Phnom Penh deputy governor Ieng Aunny yesterday acknowledged that the capital continues to struggle with waste management despite recent decentralisation measures, laying the blame with districts’ and communes’ lack of awareness of their new responsibilities, as well as what he characterised as contractor CINTRI’s ongoing ss='cambodia-color'>...

The CNRP will cut all ministry budgets by 20 percent if it wins next year’s national election to free up funds to provide $500,000 annually to each commune, the party’s spokesman said on Monday, a proposal dismissed by the ruling party as empty election season ss='cambodia-color'>...

It’s been almost a year since families in Khaob village have had a road connecting their homes to the outside world. New construction has blocked the old village road, and villagers say they are “very angry” after complaints to the local authority, controlled by the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The construction of a new container terminal as part of an expansion project of the sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAs) will start by early 2019 after Japan signed an agreement to provide a low-interest loan of about $209 million. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Amid increased demand for oranges grown in Battambang province, the Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to have the fruit’s unique and sought-after flavor recognized under the European Union’s geographical identification (GI) status. Ministry spokesperson Lor Reaksmey explained that the application process, involving ministry officials and international ss='cambodia-color'>...

Leaked materials from the United states-funded NGO National Democratic Institute (NDI) have been portrayed on Facebook and in local media as being part of an “ill intended” strategy to help the opposition party win next year’s national election, with government officials yesterday publicly questioning the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Pro-government academic and head of Cambodia’s Royal Academy sok Touch yesterday continued to voice support for the government’s recent actions against the opposition while dismissing Us pressure for Cambodia to maintain democratic principles, claiming the “American democracy” model was not palatable to the “culture and ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Defence Minister has threatened to destroy sam Rainsy’s Cambodia National Rescue Movement if it attempts to cause trouble in the country, while the Cambodian Nationality Party has called on people not to join the “illegal” group. General Tea Banh made the comments at the Defence ss='cambodia-color'>...

The French Development Agency yesterday agreed to grant Cambodia a total of $47.7 million, $8.7 million of which is a loan. The sum is to support the Kingdom’s irrigation infrastructure investment, to improve the country’s access to drinkable water and to fund the fight against emerging ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation said Tuesday that it had collected 470 million U.s. dollars of tax in the first six months of this year, up 21 percent compared with the same period last year. The country earned the tax of 740 million U.s. dollars ss='cambodia-color'>...

A ruling party lawmaker yesterday dismissed days of claims by the opposition that this year’s council elections will see a number of secret defections when it comes to the polls. Chheang Vun, a lawmaker with the Cambodian People’s Party, said opposition leader sam Rainsy had been ss='cambodia-color'>...

The activist Independent Monk Network has called on the Ministry of Cult and Religion to release paperwork proving that an agreement it struck with NagaCorp to help construct an electricity substation at Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute does not involve the selling of any of the ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 40 workers from Phnom Penh’s Meroson garment factory delivered a petition signed by 700 of their colleagues to a representative of Prime Minister Hun sen on Tuesday, calling on the premier to intervene in their dispute over what they say is the factory’s failure ss='cambodia-color'>...

The United Nations Children’s Fund is voicing concern about the decision by Australia to transfer asylum seekers detained on the Pacific island of Nauru to Cambodia, possibly as early as Monday. UNICEF’s concerns come amid growing refugee protests in Nauru and protests over transfers of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Researching Angkor’s complex underground irrigation system, the construction of a new tourist hospitality center, and the creation of a strategic plan to preserve the Kulen area were among the topics discussed at last week’s International Coordinating Committee for the safeguarding and Development of the Historic ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun again went on the attack Friday against CNRP lawmaker Um sam An, who has been at the fore of the opposition’s recent campaign to highlight Vietnam’s alleged incursions into Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

With public statements of their own over the weekend, the national police and armed forces dutifully fell in behind Prime Minister Hun sen’s call on Friday for swift legal action against anyone who still dared to dispute that his government was using the right maps ss='cambodia-color'>...

The single National Assembly vote on Tuesday which solidified Hun Manet’s position as prime minister also ushered in sweeping changes across Cambodia’s top minister roles. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Local community in Samlot diStrict of Cambodia&rSquo;S Battambang province are benefiting from government and partner&rSquo;S endeavour to reStore and enrich the community foreSt. SS='cambodia-color'>...

Opposition leader sam Rainsy yesterday said the next Phnom Penh governor should come from the Cambodia National Rescue Party, citing his party’s election dominance in the capital. The idea – floated in a speech to hundreds of commune and district council members – came ahead of ss='cambodia-color'>...