Post Media shifts focus to digital
With sweeping changes across Cambodia’s publishing industry, Marcus Holmes, CEO of Post Media, will be steering the publication through a “digital first” agenda that will transform the iconic publication into one that is faster and more effective in reaching its audience. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/business-insider-post-media-shifts-focus-digital
House collapses into river, others removed
One home collapsed into the Tonle Bassac river on Saturday in Kandal’s Sa’ang district, while two others are at risk of collapse and eight others had to be dismantled and moved across the road, away from the riverbank, officials said yesterday. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/house-collapses-river-others-removed
Economists assail opposition proposal to ditch US dollars
Economists on Tuesday lambasted the CNRP’s proposal to eliminate the use of U.S. dollars for transactions in the country within one year of a victory in next year’s national elections, saying the policy would be “a disaster” and “impossible.” ...
Brendan O’byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/economists-assail-opposition-proposal-to-ditch-us-dollars-131307/
Soft tax approach sends mixed signals
The Tax Department has announced a one-month extension to its traditional March 31 deadline for companies to submit their annual corporate tax filings – an unprecedented last-minute move that some legal experts argue could be sending the wrong message to taxpayers. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/soft-tax-approach-sends-mixed-signals
A road paved with promise
Land prices along one of Cambodia’s main highways have seen a slight increase in the first half of 2017, thanks to road improvements and residential developments, insiders say. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5073593/road-paved-promise/
No change to Cambodia’s human trafficking rank
Cambodia failed to improve its ranking on the U.S.’ annual “Trafficking in Persons Report” after being demoted last year. Released on Friday, the global report again ranks Cambodia on the Tier 2 Watch List, one tier away from the lowest position, Tier 3. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-change-to-cambodias-human-trafficking-rank-62097/
Rolls-Royce to sell luxury automobiles in Cambodia
Fabled luxury car maker Rolls-Royce will soon be marketing its goods in one of the world’s poorest countries: Cambodia. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced Monday that it has joined with a Cambodian business partner to open a showroom in the Cambodian capital next month. ...
Fox News Staff
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/06/09/rolls-royce-to-sell-luxury-automobiles-in-cambodia/
Interior Ministry cabinet member jailed for fraud
A member of Interior Minister Sar Kheng’s cabinet was on Tuesday sentenced to one year in jail for fraud after he was found guilty of accepting $38,000 in 2011 from a Taiwanese-Canadian national in exchange for citizenship documents that were never delivered. ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-cabinet-member-jailed-for-fraud-62952/
Cambodia unlikely to achieve 1-million-ton rice export by 2015: commerce minister
Cambodian Minister of Commerce Sun Chanthol said Friday that the country is unlikely to achieve its self-imposed target of exporting one million tons of milled rice by 2015 due to lack of milling capacity and funding. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2015-02/06/c_133976076.htm
Two Russians arrested after fight over Kazantip profits
Police arrested two Russian men at a rented villa in Sihanoukville on Saturday after a Moldovan man was injured in a fight that began when one side allegedly demanded a portion of the profits from the upcoming Kazantip music festival, officials said on Sunday. ...
Ouch Sony and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-russians-arrested-after-fight-over-kazantip-profits-78001/
Free Trade Union proposes $130 garment worker minimum wage
One of the country’s largest unions on Sunday came out in favor of a new minimum wage for garment workers far lower than what many of its counterparts have been agitating for over the past several months, bolstering prospects for a compromise with factories. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/free-trade-union-proposes-130-garment-worker-minimum-wage-70304/
Commune chief behind a grenade attack
Police arrested a commune official for being mastermind behind a grenade attack in October, which left one person dead, and five others injured when two unidentified men threw a grenade at a group of family members who were having lunch in front of their house. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/commune-chief-behind-a-grenade-attack-7894
Military police officer, retired soldier detained over beating
A military police officer and a retired Royal Cambodian Armed Forces soldier are being detained at the Battambang provincial military police headquarters after beating a crowd of 11 scavengers for allegedly stealing a bra and pants from one of their wives, officials said on Sunday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-officer-retired-soldier-detained-over-beating-78014/
New WWF chief says Cambodian tigers a priority
The new director-general of the international environmental group WWF, Marco Lambertini, met Tuesday with Environment Minister Say Sam Al to raise concerns over development projects that could have harmful environmental impacts, and one in particular that could derail plans to reintroduce tigers to Cambodia. ...
Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-wwf%E2%80%88chief-says-cambodian-tigers-a-priority-79478/
Thailand placed under nationwide MERS alert
The Public Health Ministry has put Thailand on a nationwide alert for MERS after one foreigner tested positive for the virus at a Bangkok hospital on Thursday, with various measures being implemented to ensure it does not spread. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/thailand-placed-under-nationwide-mers-alert-8698
Sar Kheng acting CPP president in absence of PM
Interior Minister Sar Kheng, who was on Saturday named one of two vice presidents of the CPP, will serve as acting president of the ruling party and acting premier when Prime Minister Hun Sen is absent from the country, CPP spokesman Sok Eysan said Monday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-acting-cpp-president-in-absence-of-pm-86216/
Hundreds of students leave class to protest
One thousand students and more than 100 teachers demonstrated outside their high school in Banteay Meanchey province’s Serei Saophoan City on Friday against a private construction firm that recommenced work on disputed land, according to the school’s director. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hundreds-of-students-leave-class-to-protest-86722/
Thousands raised for CNRP TV
The Cambodia National Rescue Party reportedly raised nearly $35,000 in one day of fundraising to finance what party chief Sam Rainsy affirmed over the weekend will be an objective TV station, which will deal with issues such as border disputes, corruption and land grabs. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-raised-cnrp-tv
Court hears guards’ stories
The trial of 11 opposition activists facing charges of “insurrection” – laid in the wake of a violent protest precisely one year ago – continued yesterday with testimony from four of the 29 Daun Penh district security guards who are plaintiffs in the case. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/court-hears-guards-stories
Authorities charge Chinese man with illegally transporting Cambodians
Cambodian human trafficking authorities charged a Chinese national on Thursday with attempting to illegally transport 18 men to work in China in what one government official said was the first such case of trafficking Cambodian men to the country. ...