Book Outlines Best of Both Worlds for Cardamom Mountains
The protectionist bent of conservation groups and the development agenda of the government can come together in Cambodia to create a green economy. That is the message of a new book Conservation international (C.i.) launched yesterday in Phnom Penh, outlining practical options for saving the environment ...
National Park Near Preah Vihear Temple To Be Closed
The national park near the ancient Khmer Hindu temple of Preah Vihear will be closed from Monday, eight days before the international Court of Justice (iCJ) issues its ruling on disputed land, located near the temple, contested by Thailand and Cambodia. The closure, which would ...
Bernama News Staff
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=990656
Cobra house family again accuses security guards of arson
A family locked in a longstanding land dispute with a powerful real estate tycoon claims company guards late on Sunday night once again attempted to burn down their Tuol Kok home. The alleged attempted arson is the latest in a slew of bizarre attacks on the ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cobra-house-family-again-accuses-security-guards-of-arson-57606/
Cobra clan dad asked to ‘clarify’ complaint
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has invited the patriarch of a family locked in a land dispute with real estate tycoon Khun Sear to “clarify” his complaint against four officials he claims conspired to sell his home in Boeng Kak i commune without his consent, ...
Hay Pisey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cobra-clan-dad-asked-to-clarify-complaint-77266/
Cobra clan dad asked to ‘clarify’ complaint
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has invited the patriarch of a family locked in a land dispute with real estate tycoon Khun Sear to “clarify” his complaint against four officials he claims conspired to sell his home in Boeng Kak i commune without his consent, ...
Hay Pisey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cobra-clan-dad-asked-to-clarify-complaint-77266/
Groups launch initiative to improve sanitation
The United States Agency for international Development, the Stone Family Foundation, and iDE Cambodia, supported by Social Finance, yesterday launched a $10 million initiative to develop market-based solutions for sanitation in six provinces. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50661317/groups-launch-initiative-to-improve-sanitation/
Property Prices on the Rise in Phnom Penh
Preliminary results of a new survey show a steady rise in the price of land in Phnom Penh since the country’s property boom in 2008 and spectacular bust in 2009. The initial findings of the survey by VTRUST Property Co. Ltd. examine land prices during the ...
Joshua Wilwohl
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/property-prices-on-the-rise-in-phnom-penh-49622/
Preah Vihear villagers continue to protest
More than 30 families continued to demonstrate in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district on Friday and Saturday over what they say is the illegal clearing of land by a Chinese company, villagers said Sunday. The families accuse Rui Feng (Cambodia) international of clearing 500 hectares of ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/preah-vihear-villagers-continue-to-protest-52347/
NBC promote green finance
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote sustainable finance in Cambodia. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-promote-green-finance
Govt sets up teams to monitor development works
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) Saturday announced the establishment of working groups to monitor, review and evaluate the implementation of the development plans and strategic policies of the ministries and institutions based on the slogan ‘Strengthen and Organise individual Home’. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519498/govt-sets-up-teams-to-monitor-development-works/
Indigenous communities say authorities collude with loggers
IndIgenous vIllagers In MondolkIrI provInce say relevant authorItIes that are supposed to crack down on forestry crImes Instead collude wIth loggIng companIes and powerful busInessmen, allowIng them cut down trees. That has put theIr forest trIbal tradItIons and lIvelIhoods, whIch are dependent on forests, In ...
Input on NGO law over: gov’t
The government will not consult civil society groups on the latest iteration of a draft law that will regulate non-governmental organisations and associations, a senior interior Ministry official said yesterday. Meas Sarim, deputy director-general of the General Department of Local Administration at the Ministry of interior ...
Chhay Channyda and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/input-ngo-law-over-gov%E2%80%99t
Government issues roadmap to improve local admin management
The Government, through the Ministry of interior, has published the Strategic Plan for the Promotion of Territorial Administration, Security, Public Order and Social Security 2024-2028 to support the implementation of the Pentagonal Strategy-Phase 1 to achieve the set goals, objectives and vision. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501451097/government-issues-roadmap-to-improve-local-admin-management/
Hongkong Land plans to break ground in 2012
Hongkong Land, one of Asia’s largest property investment companies, plans to have excavators move in on one of its four properties in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district that it bought earlier this year, according to an official at the company. John Brinsden, country adviser for Jardine ...
City to Assess Damage to Riverside Buildings
Daun Penh district deputy governor Sok Penhvuth said yesterday that he had ent Phnom Penh Municipality a time line of events at a Vattanac Properties construction project that has severely damaged buildings along Phnom Penh’s Sisowath Quay. The report was sent ahead of the creation ...
Families blocked from fencing disputed land
About a dozen Tuol Kok district security guards in Phnom Penh on Tuesday blocked three families involved in a long-running land dispute from building a fence around the disputed property in Boeng Kak i commune, an official said. Deputy district governor Saing Sopheak Vichet said the ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-blocked-from-fencing-disputed-land-56160/
Hor Namhong to attend centenary of WWI in Paris next week
Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will visit France to attend the celebration of the Centenary of the World War i (1914-1918) in Paris, according to a statement issued Thursday by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NjRlYTY0ODZiNzN
PM wants women to play bigger role in government leadership
Prime Minister Hun Manet wants to see women play a leading role in the government as Cambodia has made gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in all areas a priority in its policy agenda. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501387386/pm-wants-women-to-play-bigger-role-in-government-leadership/
CDC improves QIP application process for foreign investors
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) is seeking to make it easier for foreign firms to register as applicants for Qualified investment Projects (QiP) in Cambodia through improvements to the online registration system. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501446568/cdc-improves-qip-application-process-for-foreign-investors/
Government urged to hasten amendment of investment laws
The government should speed up amendments to its investment laws ahead of two major business conferences set for next year when visiting foreign investors will get first-hand knowledge of the economy, the head of a local business association said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-urged-hasten-amendment-investment-laws