Interior Ministry receives Sourn Serey Ratha's letter, seeking to establish a political party
The Ministry of Interior received a letter Monday from Sourn Serey Ratha who is seeking permission to form ‘Khmer People Power Party’. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/interior-ministry-receives-sourn-serey-rathas-letter-seeking-to-establish-a-political-party-7863
Indian delegation to visit Vietnam, Cambodia to discuss issues pertaining to pharma trade
A high level Indian delegation from the department of commerce and trade, government of India, is expected to visit Vietnam and Cambodia this month to discuss various issues pertaining to pharma trade and improve business ties with the two South East Asian countries. Rajeev Kher, secretary, ...
A Raju Hyderabad
http://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=86004&sid=1
New group of Christian Montagnards flee to Cambodia
Montagnards hiding in Ratanakkiri province, speculation grew that more would arrive in the coming weeks. Sev Lyn, chief of Pak Nhai commune’s Lom village, said police were searching the area for 18 Jarai Montagnards — indigenous villagers from Vietnam’s Central Highlands — and were under orders ...
The Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN) Staff
http://www.ucanews.com/news/new-group-of-christian-montagnards-flee-to-cambodia/72708
Gov’t to monitor prices at pump
The Cambodian government is again urging petrol retailers to pass on savings to the consumer amid the continued plunge in global oil prices, which hit a new five-year low yesterday. The premier’s criticism of foreign fuel retailers comes after the minister of commerce, Sun Chanthol, ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-monitor-prices-pump
Dreams not panning out
In the shadow of Anlong Mountain in Preah Vihear province, the whir of engines pierces the tranquil scrubland. Here, in the midday heat, a group of workers scour the earth for traces of gold. A licence granted to Malaysian gold miner Delcom, which first began ...
May Titthara and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dreams-not-panning-out
Cambodia looks to ignite female sports culture
Ahead of hosting the SEA Games the country’s Olympic Committee leader is trying to develop more elite female athletes. This means vaulting a culture barrier that currently keeps many parents from allowing their daughters to play sports. ...
Kristi Eaton
http://womensenews.org/story/athleticssports/150213/cambodia-looks-ignite-female-sports-culture
Equipment on block to meet debts
Ministry of Labour officials have agreed to allow the selling off of equipment inside a Phnom Penh garment factory, abandoned by its owner at the end of January, to pay money owed to workers, union officials said Tuesday. ...
Pech Sotheary and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/equipment-block-meet-debts
Oil deal before petroleum law
Singaporean energy firm KrisEnergy and the Cambodian government will conclude their long-drawn negotiations for extraction of oil from offshore oil field Block A before the passage of an upcoming law for the petroleum sector. The petroleum law, which will be the country’s first legislation governing ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/oil-deal-petroleum-law
Villagers’ request for crossing rebuffed
Demanding that 20 metres of a median on National Road 6A in the capital be removed to ease commutes to and from their villages, about 45 people protested outside the Ministry of Public Works and Transport yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-request-crossing-rebuffed
Draft food law could be ready by July: UN
The first draft of a long-awaited food law that aims to regulate food safety and quality “from the farm to the table” could be completed as soon as July, UN and government officials said yesterday. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/draft-food-law-could-be-ready-july-un
Everything But Arms treaty under scrutiny after bicycle trade problems
The European Union is increasingly scrutinising abuse of its Everything But Arms treaty with Cambodia, underscoring both the importance of the zero-tariff agreement to the Kingdom’s economy and the potential for its misuse. In Cambodia’s rice sector, fears that cheap rice from neighbouring countries is ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/everything-arms-treaty-under-scrutiny-after-bicycle-trade-problems
Court date postponed for seven suspects in Ponzi scheme case
Police in Siem Reap province delayed sending seven suspects accused of running a ponzi scheme to court Monday on the order of a prosecutor, who said the director of the company behind the scheme would be appearing today to “guarantee them.” ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-date-postponed-for-seven-suspects-in-ponzi-scheme-case-85220/
Gov’t slams edict pushback
Council of Ministers Secretary of State Tek Reth Samrach yesterday rebuked opposition lawmakers Ho Vann and Son Chhay over their criticism of a government directive forbidding ministry employees from dealing directly with lawmakers on corruption issues, calling both misinformed and accusing Chhay of “incitement and ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-slams-edict-pushback
Tiny frog in Virachey added to red list
A tiny species of frog that may be found only in Virachey National Park in Cambodia’s remote northeast was yesterday officially classified as endangered by a major international conservation group. ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tiny-frog-virachey-added-red-list
Stalled interbank market clogging up liquidity
At least $1 billion in surplus liquidity is sitting idle in Cambodia’s banking system and could be unlocked if the central bank implemented a more effective interbank lending mechanism, experts say. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12776/stalled-interbank-market-clogging-up-liquidity/
Police ignored another arrest warrant for Meas Muth
A second arrest warrant for former Khmer Rouge navy commander Meas Muth was ignored by judicial police last month, a declassified document released Monday by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia shows. ...
George Wright and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-ignored-another-arrest-warrant-for-meas-muth-87422/
Mining tax likely won’t budge
Cambodia’s new mining law is on track for adoption by the end of this year and will introduce a raft of reforms to the sector, a senior official said, although the country’s mining tax will likely remain the same. Meng Saktheara, secretary of state at the ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mining-tax-likely-wont-budge
Officials to improve Prey Speu conditions
Following a visit to Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu detention centre on Friday, the United Nations, NGOs and authorities have vowed to work together to find solutions for those detained there. ...
Alice Cuddy and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-improve-prey-speu-conditions
New day for old finance market
The formalisation of Cambodia’s derivatives sector will provide budding investors with more choices for their portfolio – although at a risk, insiders say.After years of deliberation, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) on July 2 passed a prakas, or regulation, which allows individuals ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-day-old-finance-market
Minister calls for ban on chainsaw imports
A ban on the importation of chainsaws into Cambodia could be in the offing, after agriculture officials this week called for a nationwide crackdown on the illegal logging trade. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-calls-ban-chainsaw-imports