Outcry over acid use in food
Allegations that acetic acid imported from Thailand is being used in recipes to replace lemon juice in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang provinces has caused an outcry on social media.
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25403/outcry-over-acid-use-in-food/
KrisEnergy signs oil deal next week
Singapore-based oil and gas company KrisEnergy is scheduled to sign an agreement with the Cambodian government next Wednesday for the extraction of petroleum from Block A to develop the Aspara oil field.
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078426/krisenergy-signs-oil-deal-next-week/
Hundreds strike at K Speu garment factory
Workers at A & J Carter (Cambodia) Limited in Kampong Speu province’s Samrong Tong district protested outside the factory yesterday, continuing a strike that began five days ago.
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-strike-k-speu-garment-factory
2nd rescued giant stingray returned to river’s depths
The Mekong River Wonder project – in collaboration with the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute (IFREDI) – released a gigantic freshwater stingray back into the river, after it was caught by fishermen on May 22 in Koh Preah commune of Stung Treng province’s Siem
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/2nd-rescued-giant-stingray-returned-rivers-depths
Press release on the denial of RFA broadcasts regarding fishing crimes
On 28 March 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries issued a press release on the denial of RFA broadcasts regarding fishing crimes.The Fisheries Administration rejects RFA’s report on “People claiming that fishing crimes are on the rise in the Tonle Sap area of
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Cambodia takes steps to eliminate illegal fishing practices
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is teaming up with Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration (FiA) to strengthen the country’s efforts against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501398763/cambodia-takes-steps-to-eliminate-illegal-fishing-practices/
Construction of new airport planned for 2014
After being delayed twice, construction of the New Siem Reap International Airport (NSRIA) is expected to start in early 2014, a senior government official said yesterday.
Tek Reth Samrach, chairman of the NSRIA steering committee, said a detailed plan must be completed by the airport’s two
Chan Muy Hong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-new-airport-planned-2014
US seeks to continue funding for Khmer Rouge tribunal, ambassador says
The new US ambassador to Cambodia, William A. Heidt, says the US is currently looking at how much it can contribute to the Khmer Rouge tribunal.
Pin Sisovann
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-seeks-to-continue-funding-for-khmer-rouge-tribunal-ambassador-says/3188530.html
Rosy official forecasts fail to lift freshwater fishermen’s hopes
While river fishermen are claiming to have had smaller catches this season, experts are predicting that this year’s freshwater fish yields will be double that of previous years. Heng Kong, director of the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute at the Fisheries Administration (FiA), predicted that
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rosy-official-forecasts-fail-lift-freshwater-fishermens-hopes
PM calls for quick establishment of commercial court
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the Ministry of Justice to expedite the establishment of a commercial court and to operationalise it as soon as this year. This is to ensure the resolution of trade and business disputes and to improve the investment and business climate
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501314495/pm-calls-for-quick-establishment-of-commercial-court/
Adult male dolphin found dead from fishing net in Stung Treng
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has reiterated its demands that fishermen stop all fishing activity including the use of nets, hooks and illegal fishing equipment in the dolphin conservation zone in Stung Treng province to ensure the sustainability of the endangered species and
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adult-male-dolphin-found-dead-fishing-net-stung-treng
Bonna Reality inks deal with Malaysian real estate developer
Bonna Realty Group yesterday signed an agreement with the National 6A Investment, a Malaysian real estate developer, to be an authorised sales agent for a 10-storey condominium that is currently being constructed and is expected to be finished by the end of 2014.
The National 6A
Chevron aims for 2016
Oil production in Cambodia may not begin until 2016, or at least three years after the originally appointed date, Chevron officials reportedly said at a Ministry of Environment meeting on Friday.
Government officials yesterday confirmed the feasibility of the time frame.
If Chevron Overseas Petroleum Cambodia gained
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012070257137/Business/chevron-aims-2016.html
UN data show nearly half of Kingdom’s rice exports undocumented
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is forecasting that 44 percent of Cambodia’s total rice exports will be smuggled out of the country through informal channels this year, a persistent problem that weighs down profits and threatens to cripple the industry.
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/un-data-show-nearly-half-kingdoms-rice-exports-undocumented
US ambassador urges investment treaty
Cambodia has been asked to accelerate the final negotiations for a bilateral investment treaty with the United States to pave the way for more American investment in the Kingdom.
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26569/us-ambassador-urges-investment-treaty/
Coral spawning observed in Cambodian waters
Conservationist working groups have urged participation in protecting and conserving important coral habitats following the first-ever observation of coral reef spawning in Cambodian seawaters.
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/coral-spawning-observed-in-cambodian-waters
Genes of carcinogenic liver fluke revealed
The tiny liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini causes damage out of all proportion to its size. Consumed as cysts within raw fish by people in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, it causes the tropical disease, Opisthorciasis, putting its victims at risk of cancer. Despite affecting millions of
Medical X Press News Staff
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-02-genes-carcinogenic-liver-fluke-revealed.html
Food safety needs tightening
The Cambodian government will introduce a food-safety law later this year that would see the Kingdom adopt a set of national food safety standards and ensure greater coordination across ministries, according to a health official.
Aing Hoksrun, chief of the food bureau at the Department of
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/food-safety-needs-tightening
Buried mine injures pair of soldiers
Two Cambodian soldiers sustained injuries after accidentally setting off a buried anti-personnel mine in Pailin on Sunday.
The soldiers were stationed at the A3 military camp based in Chheu Krom village, on the Cambodian-Thai border in Pailin.
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/buried-mine-injures-pair-soldiers
Beds block busy road
About 100 villagers embroiled in a land dispute in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district gathered on National Road 6A at 7am yesterday, blocking the road with wooden beds and their bodies for three hours.
The protest stems from a December 15 court injunction ordering 30 villagers
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/beds-block-busy-road
