MFIs tackle over-indebtedness
Clients of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the Kingdom can now expect some form of protection from over-indebtedness that arises from their inability to meet their financial obligations on time as agreed in a credit agreement. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27142/mfis-tackle-over-indebtedness/
Water taxi system to kick off by Khmer New Year
A public transport system based on boats, known as water taxis, for the capital is in its first stage of development, with officials saying it will be ready by April, in time for Khmer New Year. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099604/water-taxi-system-kick-off-khmer-new-year/
‘Life Skills’ course in the works
A new school course would teach children from grades 5 to 12 for the first time about LGBT issues, sex and gender-based violence, as part of a proposed Ministry of Education curriculum. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/life-skills-course-works-1
Kampot’s seaport to break ground in March
With the bidding process for the project coming to an end, the construction of a new seaport for tourist vessels in Kampot will begin in March, a representative of Kampot’s tourism department told Khmer Times. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102228/kampots-seaport-to-break-ground-in-march/
Chevron offer ends Caltex station strike
Employees of Caltex petrol stations in Phnom Penh are returning to work today after management offered to raise salaries by $20 a month and not withhold pay for time missed during the strike, which started earlier this month. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chevron-offer-ends-caltex-station-strike
Meeting between Koh Kong families, development firm fruitless
Representatives for some 200 families in a yearslong land dispute with the Union Development Group (UDG) in Koh Kong province met for the first time with both company and government officials Tuesday but left with little to show. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/meeting-between-koh-kong-families-development-firm-fruitless-81149/
State-secrets law to be sent to council of ministers soon
A draft law to protect state secrets has been in the works for more than two years and could be submitted to the Council of Minister for review in two months’ time, a senior police official said yesterday. ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/state-secrets-law-to-be-sent-to-council-of-ministers-soon-77897/
Customs chief names firm in record ivory haul
Thirteen months after Cambodia’s largest ever haul of ivory was seized at the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, the chief of customs on Wednesday appeared before the provincial court to answer questions about the case for the first time. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-chief-names-firm-in-record-ivory-haul-85454/
The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was hosted by the Government of Ethiopia with the support of UN ECA and UN DESA and took place from 28 November to 2 December 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the overarching theme Resilient Internet for a Shared Sustainable and ...
ODC and ODM joined hands on data literacy training to boost evidence-based research and data-driven stories in Cambodia
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and Open Development Mekong (ODM) co-organized the first data literacy course on foreign investment for civil society organizations, journalists, and researchers in Cambodia. This training program aims to improve the skills, knowledge, and understanding of data and its value, as well ...
Workshop on using open EIA reporting to drive accountable and transparent environmental governance in Cambodia
On 01 October 2020, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted a half-day workshop on “Using Open EIA Reporting to Drive Accountable and Transparent Environmental Governance in Cambodia”. The event brought together 35 participants coming from various institutions, including local and international NGOs, grassroots organizations and media ...
Calm urged as garment workers go against the grain
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged thousands of garment workers to stop demanding one-time payments of owed seniority indemnity because their strike and protest actions are against the law and could lead to more factories closing. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50567582/calm-urged-as-garment-workers-go-against-the-grain/
Swine fever detected in Ratanakkiri
African swine fever has been detected for the first time in Cambodia with an outbreak in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district. Some 400 pigs have been killed, said a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries statement. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/swine-fever-detected-ratanakkiri
Sea festival nets $15M for Kampot economy
This year’s Sea Festival, held for the first time in Kampot last weekend, attracted over 300,000 visitors and generated more than $15 million in revenue for the local community, tourism minister Thong Khon said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sea-festival-nets-15m-kampot-economy
China admiral talks warships with Cambodia as navy drill shores up ties
China held a joint naval drill with Cambodia for the first time on Friday, tightening a budding relationship that could give Beijing a small but strategic foothold in a region being strongly courted by the United States. ...
More than 600kg of ivory seized
More than 600 kilograms of ivory were seized on Friday at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, but the provincial court has yet to receive a complaint about the case from customs officials, a provincial prosecutor told Khmer Times yesterday. ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28163/more-than-600kg-of-ivory-seized/
Sleeker tax system nets more revenue
Efforts to introduce an effective, modern taxation system appear to be paying off as government coffers swelled last year, giving the state more revenue to use for development at a time when donor aid is drying up. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sleeker-tax-system-nets-more-revenue
Coal outgrows hydropower
As Cambodia’s demand for electricity grows and domestic energy production increases, new data released from the Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday show that coal-fired energy generation surpassed hydroelectricity for the first time last year. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/coal-outgrows-hydropower
‘Incitement’ complaint filed against former opposition leader Sam Rainsy
A lawyer for the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces filed a complaint accusing former opposition leader Sam Rainsy of “incitement” yesterday, despite Prime Minister Hun Sen vowing on Wednesday to sue his long-time political opponent for “treason”. ...
Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/incitement-complaint-filed-against-former-opposition-leader-sam-rainsy
Cambodia’s ruling party promotes PM’s sons, top allies
Cambodia’s ruling party named three sons of long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen to its upper ranks on Sunday as part of a bid to rejuvenate its leadership and claw back support lost at the last general election. ...
Daily Times News Staff
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/foreign/03-Feb-2015/cambodia-s-ruling-party-promotes-pm-s-sons-top-allies