Rainsy Says King Has Not Set Date for Assembly
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday he refused to believe King Norodom Sihamoni had officially announced the date he will open the National Assembly later this month, despite the King having signed a letter announcing he would convene the inaugural session on September 23. Speaking to ...
Alex Willemyns and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/rainsy-says-king-has-not-set-date-for-assembly-42120/
Reducing the digital divide with free Wi-Fi at schools
Telecom Cambodia aims to enhance access to the internet for students across the nation with a recently launched programme that seeks to equip high schools in the provinces with modern equipment, including free Wi-Fi. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50508863/reducing-the-digital-divide-with-free-wi-fi-at-schools/
Electricity subsidy to boost manufacturing
Cambodia’s upcoming cut in electricity costs will likely lower manufacturing and operation costs for the export-reliant nation, delivering a boost to the business sector while potentially attracting more foreign investment, top executives said. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50561137/electricity-subsidy-to-boost-manufacturing/
Mine of information
Prime Minister Hun Sen chastised the head of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC), Cambodia’s leading demining organisation, on Thursday during a speech to close out the National Strategic Plan of Mine Action Conference . ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mine-information
Hun Sen lays out party’s platform
Caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday credited liberating Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge as among the reasons why people will vote for his ruling Cambodian People Party (CPP) in the July 29 national elections. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-lays-out-partys-platform
China says foreigners should not interfere in Cambodia after election
Foreigners should not interfere in Cambodia’s internal affairs, the Chinese government’s top diplomat told his Cambodian counterpart, following an election in the Southeast Asian nation that critics said was neither free nor fair. ...
Vehicle tax cut gets mixed reaction
The government will eliminate taxes on vehicles used by low-income families and farmers to improve their livelihoods and boost farm production, according to the bill on the national budget approved by Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17011/vehicle-tax-cut-gets-mixed-reaction/
Vietnamese tourists released after drone flies near palace
Three Vietnamese tourists were briefly detained on Saturday for flying a drone over the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, a week after a Hong Kong national was similarly arrested and released without charge for the same offense. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnamese-tourists-released-after-drone-flies-near-palace-100359/
Traffic accidents are leading cause of death in Cambodia
Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death in Cambodia, destroying not only lives but national morale, dignity, property and development efforts, a road safety expert told the Hello VOA call-in program on Wednesday. ...
Khamboly Dy
http://www.voanews.com/content/traffic-accidents-are-leading-cause-of-death-in-cambodia/3403777.html
Siemens urges gov’t to boost power grid
Cambodia needs to focus on solidifying its national grid and shoring up its energy efficiency and transmission lines before expanding into more costly renewable technology, a visiting executive of German engineering giant Siemens said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siemens-urges-govt-boost-power-grid
Raya adds air freight service to Cambodia
Malaysian national cargo carrier Raya Airways has added Phnom Penh to its service roster in response to growing demand for air freight shipments of consumer products such as textiles and garments, the company said yesterday. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/raya-adds-air-freight-service-cambodia
Battambang farmers protest plummeting rice prices
Attempting to call attention to the havoc low rice prices are wreaking on their livelihoods, hundreds of farmers in Battambang’s Sangke district took to the streets yesterday, symbolically pouring rice onto National Road 5. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-farmers-protest-plummeting-rice-prices
Cambodia thanks Australia for agriculture support
Cambodia reiterated the important role Australia plays in the development of its agriculture sector and urged leaders of the Commonwealth nation to support the modernisation of the industry through investments in modern factories and machinery. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114866/cambodia-thanks-australia-for-agriculture-support/
Two international union groups speak for fired teachers
Two prominent international unions have written to the Ministry of Education accusing it of illegally firing several employees with ties to the now-dissolved Cambodia national Rescue Party, and asking that the group be reinstated. ...
Yon Sineat
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-international-union-groups-speak-fired-teachers
Japan Provides US$1.22 Million to ECCC
The Government of Japan has recently disbursed an amount of US$1,221,818 as its 2017 Fiscal Year contribution to the United Nations component of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). ...
Khan Sophirom
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=106960
Deal for oil field finally signed
Cambodia moved a step closer to becoming an oil-producing nation yesterday after the government finalised its long-awaited production-sharing agreement with Singapore-listed KrisEnergy to develop the country’s first oil field. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deal-oil-field-finally-signed
Delinquent loan rate continues to rise
The rate of microfinance loans with overdue payments nearly doubled last year according to the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), though it remained within a normal range and was coupled with a rise in deposits. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/delinquent-loan-rate-continues-rise
CNRP drops contentious slogan
After claiming for weeks that a controversial party slogan was not actually official, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party decided to remove the phrase from its official party platform yesterday in an attempt at “reconciliation”. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-drops-contentious-slogan
Forests cleared in Koh Kong protected areas
Around 600 hectares of the protected Southern Cardamom National Park in Koh Kong have been illegally cleared and sold off for cultivation since 2013, sometimes by local authorities, according to the conservation organisation Wildlife Alliance. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forests-cleared-koh-kong-protected-areas
Victims of Ponzi scheme petition courts, government for assistance
About 300 victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme filed complaints with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, the Justice Ministry and the National Assembly on Monday asking for the government’s help in recouping their losses. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/victims-of-ponzi-scheme-petition-courts-government-for-assistance-129262/