NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
EU Won’t Investigate Land Concessions—for Now
The trade commissioner and foreign affairs representative of the European Union (E.U.) have turned down a request from 13 members of the European Parliament that they immediately investigate Cambodia’s much criticized economic land concessions, but said they were monitoring the issue closely. In a March letter ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-wont-investigate-land-concessions-for-now-25194/
Election Monitors Submit Request to Review NEC Documents
Independent election monitors and civil society groups submitted a request to the National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday asking to review post-election voter rolls and Identity Certificates for Elections (ICE) forms in seven provinces in which reports of election irregularities were widespread on July 28. The ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/election-monitors-submit-request-to-review-nec-documents-38287/
CNRP’s Kem Sokha Refutes Claim That the Party Is Divided
CNRP vice president Kem Sokha on Monday denied claims made by Interior Minister Sar Kheng’s cabinet chief that leaders of the opposition party were making conflicting demands of the ruling CPP. The two parties have been locked in a political stalemate since July’s election, with the ...
Khy Sovuthy and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrps-kem-sokha-refutes-claim-that-the-party-is-divided-45109/
Education to Receive 20% Boost in 2014 Budget
The Education Ministry on Monday said it was in line for a near 20 percent hike from the government’s $3.52 billion draft budget for 2014, approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cabinet on Friday, though other details of how money was to be allocated remained ...
Zsombor Peter and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/education-to-receive-20-boost-in-2014-budget-46127/
Leprosy Hospital Expands as Cases Increase
About 20 leprosy patients have been treated at a rehabilitated and expanded wing of the Battambang Provincial Referral Hospital, the second hospital to offer professional treatment for leprosy patients in Cambodia. “We have two doctors and one nurse who specialize in leprosy treatment, and in the ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/leprosy-hospital-expands-as-cases-increase-46778/
(English) Chainsaws stayed busy in past year
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Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chainsaws-stayed-busy-past-year
(English) Addicts’ lifeline to go
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Stuart White and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/addicts%E2%80%99-lifeline-go
Cambodia Aims for Offshore Production Next Year
The Cambodian government expects U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. CVX -0.53%to begin developing the country’s first offshore oil field early next year, and hopes the nation will become a regional hot spot for oil and gas investment, a government official said Wednesday Chevron discovered commercial resources ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443507204578020023711640726.html
Workers not allowed to march on Labor Day
Around 20,000 workers from the garment, construction, tourism, banking, service and agriculture sectors want to march to present a petition to the National Assembly on International Labor Day, May 1, but Phnom Penh City Hall did not approve the rally. City hall asked them to wait ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YWNjNWUyNzMwYmE
Majority of workers denied annual leave
Only about 10 per cent of Cambodia’s workforce is being granted paid annual leave, a report released last week says. Under the 1997 Labour Law, workers who work a standard 48-hour week are entitled to 18 days of paid annual leave, in addition to one day ...
Shane Worrell and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/majority-workers-denied-annual-leave
នគរបាលប៉ុស្តិ៍ភ្នំពេញថ្មី ខណ្ឌ សែនសុខ ស្វែងរកការជួយឧបត្ថម្ភស្រាបៀក្នុងពិធីបុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំចិន
ដោយពិធីបុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំចិនជិតមកដល់ អំណាចច្បាប់បានចេញម្តងទៀតសម្រាប់ក្រុមហ៊ុនអាជីវកម្មនានានៅក្នុងសង្កាត់យ៉ាងតិចមួយក្នុងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ដោយសុំជួយឧបត្ថម្ភដល់នគរបាលនូវស្រាបៀក្នុងការចូលរួមពិធីបុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំមមី។ យោងតាមលិខិតស្នើសុំ ...
បែន សុខហ៊ាន
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/9946/
Mekong Dams a Long-Term Risk to Food Security
The momentum toward large-scale dams on the Mekong River may be unstoppable, but governments must work fast to mitigate their effects on fisheries and biodiversity or risk long-term food insecurity for millions of people whose lives depend on the river and its tributaries, leading academics ...
Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mekong-dams-a-long-term%E2%80%88risk-to-food-security-48415/
Girl freed from T&P training centre
The Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies will consider kicking its most notorious member, T&P Co Ltd, out of the association if the company is found to have falsified documents to conceal the age of a 15-year-old girl rescued from its training centre last week. ACRA ...
Financing Cambodia's Muslims
Islamic finance could help to boost trade between Cambodia and the Middle East, as well as attract investment from Muslim-majority countries, experts said on Saturday. Knowledge of Islamic finance and banking, which bars interest lending and discourages unfair trade advantages, is almost nonexistent among Cambodia’s Muslims, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031254976/Business/financing-cambodias-muslims.html
Research differentiates investing in stock exchanges from gambling at the casino
One of the men deeply involved in the development of Cambodia’s financial system, Dr Ghanty Sam, of the Financial Institute of Cambodia, who is also a board member of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, says people should be aware of the downside of ...
បទល្មើសធនធានធម្មជាតិ ២៧៨ ករណី បានបញ្ជូនទៅតុលាការរយៈពេល ១០ ខែ
ក្រសួងបរិស្ថានបានកសាងសំណុំរឿងបទល្មើសធនធានធម្មជាតិដាក់ទៅតុលាការខេត្ត/ក្រុងចំនួន ២៧៨ ករណី ក្នុងរយៈពេល ១០ ខែ នៃឆ្នាំ ២០១៩ នេះ ខណៈមនុស្សចំនួន ៥០៧ នាក់ ត្រូវបានអប់រំ និងធ្វើកិច្ចសន្យា ព្រមទាំងដកហូតរណារ និងម៉ូតូសរុបចំនួន ៦៥៧ គ្រឿង និងអន្ទាក់សត្វព្រៃចំនួន ៤ ០៤៧ ...
សុទ្ធ គឹមសឿន
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រដ្ឋាភិបាលនឹងបង្កើនចំណូលពន្ធ ២០% នៅឆ្នាំ ២០២០
ដ្ឋាភិបាលបានកំណត់ទិសដៅបង្កើនប្រាក់ចំណូលតាមរយៈការប្រមូលចំណូលពីពន្ធដារ និងគយជាង ២០ ភាគរយ នៅឆ្នាំក្រោយ ជាវិធានការមួយដើម្បីពង្រឹងឯករាជភាពរបស់ខ្លួន ដោយលើកកម្ពស់ការប្រមូលប្រាក់ចំណូល។ ច្បាប់ថវិកាឆ្នាំ ២០២០ បានបង្ហាញថា ការប្រមូលប្រាក់ចំណូលពីគយ និងរដ្ឋាករនឹងកើនឡើង ២៨,១ ភាគរយ រហូតដល់ ២,៨៧ ពាន់លានដុល្លារ ឬស្មើនឹង ១៧,៧២ ភាគរយ ...
ម៉ៃ គុណមករា
https://bit.ly/33okw24
Firms Need to Improve Accounting Standards
Cambodia’s businesses need to dramatically improve their accounting standards if they are to attract interest from investors abroad and reach the standards necessary to list on the recently launched stock market, experts and government officials said yesterday. Speaking at the National Conference on Accountancy in Phnom ...