OBRS listing nears 34,000, $10B capital
The total number of companies enrolled through the Online Business Registration System (OBRS) via iT Platform phase i – commonly known as Single Portal – had reached almost 34,000 as of February 25, as reported by OBRS. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/obrs-listing-nears-34-000-10b-capital
Japan-Cambodia to build more cooperation in different sectors
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Minister of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation, and visiting Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ms. Kamikawa Yoko, held a constructive bilateral talk on some keys to cooperation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519123/japan-cambodia-to-build-more-cooperation-in-different-sectors/
MoE and German ambassador champion anti-plastic campaign
In a sIgnIfIcant push towards envIronmental sustaInabIlIty, the campaIgns “Today I Don’t Use PlastIc Bags” and “Clean CambodIa, Khmer Can Do” were gIven a bIg boost In KratIe provInce on Wednesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501532280/moe-and-german-ambassador-champion-anti-plastic-campaign/
ODC Meets Open Knowledge Festival 2014
ODC Design Team Leader, Huy Eng, was supported by the OKFestival Foundation to attend the Open Knowledge Festival 2014, which took place July 15–17 2014 in Berlin, Germany. The event was held at the Kulturbrauerei, an aesthetically beautiful piece of architecture originally built and operated ...
អាមេរិកគាំទ្រការស៊ើបអង្កេតភាពមិនប្រក្រតីក្នុងពេលបោះឆ្នោត
ខណៈដែលប្រទេសជាមិត្ត និងជាម្ចាស់ជំនួយមួយចំនួន បានផ្ញើលិខិតអបអរសាទរលទ្ធផលនៃការបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសរើសតំណាងរាស្ត្រ អាណត្តិទី ៥នេះ រដ្ឋាភិបាលសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក មិនត្រឹមតែមិនផ្ញើសារអបអរសាទរលទ្ធផលឆ្នោតដូចប្រទេសឯទៀតទេ ថែមទាំងសង្ស័យថា ដំណើរការបោះឆ្នោតនេះមិនប្រក្រតីច្រើន ហើយអំពាវនាវឲ្យមានការស៊ើបអង្កេតឯករាជ្យមួយ លើដំណើរការបោះឆ្នោតនេះ និងសុំឲ្យធ្វើកំណែទម្រង់ គ.ជ.ប។ ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ប្រចាំប្រទេសកម្ពុជា គាំទ្រឲ្យមានការស៊ើបអង្កេតពីភាពមិនប្រក្រតីនៃការបោះឆ្នោត ជ្រើសតាំងតំណាងរាស្ត្រអាណត្តិទី៥ និងបានជំរុញឲ្យមានកំណែទម្រង់ គ.ជ.ប។ ការគាំទ្រនេះ ធ្វើឡើងបន្ទាប់ពីគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ បានបដិសេធមិនទទួលយកលទ្ធផលនៃការបោះឆ្នោត ដោយអះអាងថា មានភាពមិនប្រក្រតីធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ និងបន្ទាប់ពីមានភាពចម្រូងចម្រាសក្នុងការបង្កើតគណៈកម្មការចម្រុះ ដើម្បីស៊ើបអង្កេតពីភាពមិនប្រក្រតីទាំងនោះ។ ក្នុងបទអត្ថាធិប្បាយប្រចាំសប្ដាហ៍របស់ លោក លោក វីល្លៀម ថត (William E. Todd) ឯកអគ្គរដ្ឋទូតសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ប្រចាំប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ចេញផ្សាយជាភាសាអង់គ្លេស ក្នុងគេហទំព័រព័ត៌មានរបស់ស្ថានទូតសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក នៅថ្ងៃទី៤ សីហា និងត្រូវបានបកប្រែជាភាសាខ្មែរចុះផ្សាយបន្តនៅក្នុងកាសែតរស្មី កម្ពុជា និងគេហទំព័រព័ត៌មានរបស់ខ្លួន បង្ហាញពីអារម្មណ៍របស់លោក និងជំហររបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ជុំវិញដំណើរការបោះឆ្នោតនៅកម្ពុជា។ លោកបានសរសេរថា លោកសូមថ្លែងអំណរគុណចំពោះប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ...
Ease Flood Victims' Debts, Hun Sen Tells MFIs
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on microfinance institutions to reduce interest rates and expand repayment periods for the tens of thousands of families affected by last year’s devastating floods. Addressing microfinance institutions (MFis) on Tuesday during a conference at the Ministry of Rural Development, ...
Sciaroni in US to Attract American Investment
Brett Sciaroni, the storied founder of Sciaroni and Associates in Phnom Penh, is in Washington for a two-day State Department business conference where he will urge US companies to invest in Cambodia, the firm said in a statement. Mr. Sciaroni will be representing Cambodia as president ...
Chroy Changvar bridge is reopened
The Cambodia-Japan Friendship Bridge – also known as Chroy Changvar Bridge i – was reopened at a cost of $30 million on Wednesday morning, after being closed for more than a year for repairs and renovations. The reopening ceremony was held on Wednesday and presided ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chroy-changvar-bridge-reopened
Ministry Meets Striking Union Representatives
Ministry of Social Affairs officials yesterday conducted a meeting between the owners of a factory, which produces clothing for H&M, Gap and Levi Strauss, and its workers, but threatened to file a complaint against the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), union representatives ...
Cambodian producers struggle to compete with foreign goods
More creative thinking is needed to restore trust in Cambodian products, but intense competition from foreign investment has the potential to stifle local innovation, industry experts say. A survey of more than 600 Cambodian consumers undertaken by Thai Market Research Company Envirosell found that Cambodian consumers ...
Jarai ethnic minority claim forest razed
The custodians of a community forest in Ratanakkiri have accused a company of illegally bulldozing their protected jungle. Sen Youn, a representative of the Jarai ethnic minority in O’Yadav district’s Lumchor commune, said yesterday an investigation with rights groups had uncovered that the Chea Chanrith Development ...
Award for Boeung Kak lake activist
Boeung Kak lake land evictions protester Tep Vanny has been honoured for years of activism by receiving an award from an international organisation that recognises the role of women in promoting human rights. Vanny, 32, who has been imprisoned, assaulted and threatened for fighting evictions at ...
Co-op law will bolster agriculture sector: PM
WITH the passIng of a law on farmers’ co-operatIves, the government hopes to streng-then the country’s growIng agrIcultural sector, PrIme MInIster Hun Sen saId In a speech at the NatIonal InstItute of EducatIon yesterday. “In tIme, I belIeve that economIc growth wIll be tremendous In rural ...
Forest activists answer complaint in court
Eight members of the Prey Lang forest community network, summonsed to the Kampong Thom provincial court yesterday to answer a 2011 complaint, rejected its accusation that they had caused intentional damage by uprooting cassava plants belonging to Ol Ratha and maintained they had acted only ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031561954/National/forest-activists-answer-complaint-in-court.html
CPP rally possible: Manith
Supporters of the Cambodian People’s Party might stage a rally in the capital following repeated requests by the “silent majority” to take to the streets since last year, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son, Hun Manith, said on Monday. “i’m sure you know that the minority always ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-rally-possible-manith
UN Envoy Optimistic Despite NEC’s Refusal to Reform
Despite a stubborn refusal by the government to act upon his electoral reform recommendations over the past two years, U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi walked away from his meeting with National Election Committee chairman im Suosdey on Tuesday espousing optimism. “The process of reform is ...
Lauren Crothers and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-optimistic-despite-necs-refusal-to-reform-61705/
Joint patrols on agenda
In response to a spate of CambodIan Illegal loggers beIng shot dead by ThaI soldIers near the border, the government on Tuesday urged a ThaI delegatIon to consIder border patrols composed of representatIves from the two countrIes, the foreIgn mInIster saId. “I would lIke to request ...
Chhay Channyda and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/joint-patrols-agenda
Direct Japan flights set to take off later in year: PM
Japan will introduce direct flights to and from Cambodia this year in an effort to bolster trade, investment and tourism between the two nations, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday. Hun Sen announced the plan at a meeting with a delegation led by Hideo ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/direct-japan-flights-set-take-later-year-pm
Mekong countries, Japan eye new development strategy beyond 2015
The leaders of Japan and five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River plan to craft a new strategy in July for Tokyo to contribute to sustainable development of the Mekong region beyond 2015, a senior Japanese official said Thursday. “Taking this opportunity from this ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www2.bangkokpost.com/news/general/478989/mekong-countries-japan-eye-new-development-strategy-beyond-2015
Community defends sisters in sex-slave case
The relatives and neighbors of two sisters who were arrested in Phnom Penh last week over the alleged sexual enslavement of their 13-year-old niece are angry. Members of the mostly Cham Muslim community living along the Tonle Sap river in Russei Keo district’s Chraing Chamreh ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/community-defends-sisters-in-sex-slave-case-91346/