Nigerian law enforcement MoU review accelerating
The Ministry of Interior is in the process of reviewing a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) which focuses on law enforcement cooperation with its Nigerian counterparts. ...
Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nigerian-law-enforcement-mou-review-accelerating
Expressway officers get tough on law-breaking drivers
Officers stationed on the newly inaugurated Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville Expressway have begun to hold drivers who break the traffic rules for reprimand and make them sign contracts promising not to repeat their offences before their release. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/expressway-officers-get-tough-law-breaking-drivers
No second chance on exam this year: PM
The national high school exam will take place on August 24, but unlike last year there will be no second chance for those who fail, Prime Minister Hun Sen said. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14482/no-second-chance-on-exam-this-year--pm/
Casino in Poipet shut; reasons unknown
A Poipet venue offering online gambling and affiliated with nearby Crown Casino was closed by authorities over the weekend, according to a company security official. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/casino-poipet-shut-reasons-unknown
Floating rice: The climate-resilient alternative for Cambodia’s food production
Grown in floods and thriving without pesticides, floating rice offers Cambodia a sustainable alternative for its eco-friendly food production amid threats from climate change. ...
Pichayada Promchertchoo
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/floating-rice-cambodia-food-production-alternative-9937896
“we can’t be rich among millions of poor”
Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol warned students at the elite Royal School of Administration on Tuesday: “We cannot live on a rich island in the middle of a poor ocean.” ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13548/---we-can---t-be-rich-among-millions-of-poor---/
City Gives Lakeside Land Detail
City officials said yesterday that an offer of land to people living near Boeung Kak lake would not force residents to relocate, following concerns about how the city would implement Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order. Villagers won 12.44 hectares of land for on-site housing at the ...
Room for compromise in wage debate: official
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia and unions both need to compromise further to secure a “proper wage” for garment workers whose lives are hampered by their current $61 minimum wage, a Ministry of Social Affairs official overseeing wage negotiations said yesterday. “The government needs the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030661779/National/room-for-compromise-in-wage-debate-official.html
Sacombank Shutters Cambodian Securities Arm
A major Vietnamese bank is closing its brokerage and securities arm in Cambodia, an official said yesterday, amid the ongoing drought of listings on the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX). Sacombank, which will continue to operate as a bank in Cambodia, set up the securities firm ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/sacombank-shutters-cambodian-securities-arm-15738/
Ministry clamps down on classroom abuse
The Education Ministry plans to eliminate all violence against children in schools. The ministry and partner NGOs held a workshop on Friday to discuss and implement a child protection policy. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514721/ministry-clamps-down-on-classroom-abuse/
US chemical bombs found in Svay Rieng
The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) found two unexploded bombs containing dangerous chemical substances at a primary school and a pagoda in Svay Rieng province’s Romeas Hek district yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34710/us-chemical-bombs-found-in-svay-rieng/
Farmers Accuse Mining Company of Threatening Land Grab
Some 300 farmers protested for a second day at their local commune office in Preah Vihear province Thursday against a mining company they accuse of threatening to steal their land unless they accepted its compensation offer to relocate. The Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy granted ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/farmers-accuse-mining-company-of-threatening-land-grab-48209/
Councilors to Get Payouts Before Vote in Upcoming Elections
The ruling CPP will pay a bonus of 500,000 riel (about $125) to each of its commune councilors just weeks before they go to the polls to vote in the next elections for district, city and provincial councilors in May. According to a copy of a ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/councilors-to-get-payouts-before-vote-in-upcoming-elections-52704/
Project aims to test climate change response strategies
The Ministry of Environment has funded a Cambodia Climate Change Alliance project and selected five schools to test climate change response strategies by planting trees and developing gardens with increased biodiversity. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/project-aims-test-climate-change-response-strategies
Names removed as teachers set to grade exams
Teachers gathered at nine Phnom Penh high schools Friday to anonymize grade 12 national exam papers, replacing the section where candidates’ personal details were listed with a secret identification code prior to grading. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/names-removed-as-teachers-set-to-grade-exams-92895/
Land rights have key role in Cambodia
Faced with widespread evictions and opaque private sector deals, activists in Cambodia are calling on the government to be more open and transparent about land concessions, beef up mechanisms for resolving land disputes, and abide by the rule of law. It is estimated that ...
http://www.gulf-times.com/asean-philippines/188/details/345724/land-rights-have-key-role-in-cambodia
Minimum wage up for ministerial discussion
An interministerial committee led by Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon will meet next month to discuss the recent minimum wage increase and subsequent fallout. Ministry of Labour spokesman Heng Sour yesterday told the Post that Prime Minister Hun Sen assigned Chhon to lead the meeting ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minimum-wage-ministerial-discussion
Government-formed land dispute committee suspected of bias
The Kompong Chhnang provincial government has set up a new committee to help settle a long-running land dispute between local farmers and a company owned by the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem, but a representative of the villagers has not been invited ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-formed-land-dispute-committee-suspected-of-bias-53851/
Still no water flowing into Prey Sar prison
Prey Sar prison officials are carting thousands of liters of water to the prison each day because a construction company smashed a water main and has yet to fix it. According to prison officials, inmates are rationed 3 liters of clean water each day, which is ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/still-no-water-flowing-into-prey-sar-prison-66968/
Commute deadly: gov’t
Garment workers continue to die in traffic accidents on their way to and from the factory, a new report highlighting the deadly commute in Cambodia’s largest industry shows. In the report, titled The Dangerous Journey of Garment Workers in 2014, the Ministry of Labour’s National Social ...