Sihanoukville police set sights on tuk-tuk “mafia”
Municipal officials and the police have started identifying and registering the city’s previously unregulated tuk-tuk and moto drivers, following a constant flow of complaints about them from tourists and business owners, officials say. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12285/sihanoukville-police-set-sights-on-tuk-tuk----mafia---/
Over 200 fishermen to return from Indonesia on charter airliner
More than 200 Cambodian fishermen trapped in Indonesia were scheduled to be returned home Thursday morning on a charter Boeing 737 airliner following the intervention of Indonesia’s Fisheries Ministry and Cambodian diplomats in Jakarta. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-200-fishermen-to-return-from-indonesia-on-charter-airliner-85764/
Racism on display in immigration raid
Police from the Interior Ministry’s general department of immigration on Thursday detained more than 100 Vietnamese men working at a metal scrapyard in Phnom Penh to assess the legitimacy of their employment in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/racism-on-display-in-scrapyard-immigration-raid-86591/
Registration open for LANGO meet
The National Assembly has announced that members of the public hoping to participate in the consultation regarding Cambodia’s contentious draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations (LANGO) will have until Tuesday to register. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/registration-open-lango-meet
Milestone in eye health
Officials from the Ministry of Health’s national eye health program yesterday released a report announcing that trachoma, an eye infection that can lead to blindness, is no longer a public health problem in Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/milestone-eye-health
Vendors arrested for ‘plastic’ seafood
Four vendors were temporarily detained by Battambang’s sangke district police on Friday after complaints from residents that the dried squid and stingrays they were selling were of poor quality and partly made of plastic. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vendors-arrested-plastic-seafood
UN expert urges senate to reject NGO law
U.N. human rights expert Maina Kiai on Thursday urged Cambodia’s senate not to pass a controversial NGO law that the National Assembly approved this week, warning that the legislation could have “disastrous” effects. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-expert-urges-senate-to-reject-ngo-law-88701/
Land rights protesters arrested
Six activiStS from Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Borei Keila and Boeung Kak communitieS were arreSted on Saturday morning while handing out leafletS denouncing the controverSial NGO law, paSSed by the National ASSembly laSt week. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-rights-protesters-arrested
Japan wraps up tax audit project
Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation and the Japan International Cooperation Agency yesterday completed a more than three-year project to improve taxpayer services and increase tax audit capacity of the government entity. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-wraps-tax-audit-project
Microfinance loans up 47 percent in first 6 months
Cambodia’s microfinance sector is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, with loan disbursements in the first six months of this year increasing almost 50 percent on last year, according to an industry association. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/microfinance-loans-up-47-percent-in-first-6-months-90039/
Prison spot checks ordered
The Minister of Interior has ordered senior officials to conduct unannounced spot checks of the Kingdom’s detention centres in an effort to ensure that inmates are not receiving ill treatment behind bars. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-spot-checks-ordered
Hor Namhong wants water institute built locally
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong on Thursday requested that China construct its planned regional water resources institute in Cambodia, during a meeting with China’s special rapporteur in charge of Asia affairs, a spokesman said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hor-namhong-wants-water-institute-built-locally-92215/
Cambodia and China pledge to enhance bilateral friendship to a much higher level
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen has reaffirmed the Kingdom’s commitment to enhance more cooperation, especially the iron-clad friendship with China. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50933962/cambodia-and-china-pledge-to-enhance-bilateral-friendship-to-a-much-higher-level/
PM: Vaccine, the foundation to protect people against COVID-19
Vaccine is the strong foundation to protect people’s lives from COVID-19, reiterated Prime Minister Hun sen in a special voice message. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50955262/pm-vaccine-the-foundation-to-protect-people-against-covid-19/
A raft of complications
Riun Pau ran out of food last week. For the 13-year-old and her family, that moment was the culmination of weeks of distress caused by flooding that had already ravaged their Battambang home and farmland. Pau’s neighbours are experiencing similar problems. In Battambang, 67.3 per cent ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/raft-complications
Introducing ODC Director Thy Try
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ODC Director Thy TryWe are happy to introduce Thy Try, Open Development Cambodia’s new director as of today. Try has been involved with ODC as a member of the advisory board since 2011. He previously coordinated a project of Development and Partnership in Action (DPA). ss='cambodia-color'>...
YA Somary
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Finance and Administration Managersomary is the Finance and Administration Manager at ODC, where she collaborates closely with the Executive Director to produce financial reports for donors, the Management Team, Board members, Ministries of Interior, Ministry of Economic and Finance, and the Accounting and Auditing Regulator ss='cambodia-color'>...
Japan introduces fresh water fish in Cambodia
A group from the Japanese Fish Rearing Association led by Kazuki Nishimura met with Chan sarun, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. During the meeting Kazuki Nishimura told the minister that the Japanese Fish Rearing Association wished to introduce Japanese fresh water fish (Nishiki Koi) ss='cambodia-color'>...
Government officials at odds over debt levels
Government officials are at odds over how much Cambodia’s national debt amounts to. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun sen said Cambodia’s debt stands at just $2 billion, contradicting information provided by CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap last week that the number is actually $7 billion, or 63 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thais arrest 38 Cambodians on charges of illegal logging
A combined task force of Thai soldiers and national park officials yesterday arrested 38 Cambodian villagers who encroached on the Panom Dong Rak Wildlife sanctuary in Thailand’s si sa Ket province, which borders Oddar Meanchey province. Thai National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department chief Damrong ss='cambodia-color'>...