Deal inked for $19m biodiverse landscapes fund
The British Embassy Phnom Penh and the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Environment on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), formalizing cooperation on the UK’s Biodiverse Landscapes Fund (BLF) in Cambodia. ...
Mon Sokeo
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-deal-inked-for-19m-biodiverse-landscapes-fund
Ministry of Inspection to leave no stone unturned
The Ministry of Inspection is dedicated to carefully examining all sectors, both national and sub-national, to prevent and adopt various actions to combat corruption, said Minister Huot Hak. ...
Som Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501418149/ministry-of-inspection-to-leave-no-stone-unturned/
Gov’t still considering taking refugees from Australia
Interior Minister Sar Kheng said Thursday that the government is still considering an Australian government proposal to take in asylum seekers intercepted while trying to reach the country. Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony to swear in the heads of the new general departments of ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-still-considering-taking-refugees-from-australia-57347/
Ethnic group petitions UN to halt Areng dam
The Areng Chorng ethnic minority group yesterday submitted five petitions – addressed to the UN office in Cambodia and four government institutions – seeking a halt to the Sinohydro dam project in Koh Kong province. After blocking Sinohydro from entering the dam site in the Areng ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ethnic-group-petitions-un-halt-areng-dam
Cambodian garment unions threaten strike after wage demand is voted down
Cambodian unions have warned of possible strikes after a tripartite working group voted down their demand for a U.S. $40 increase in the monthly minimum wage for garment factory workers. Twenty-seven representatives of unions, factory owners and the government decided in a secret vote in Phnom ...
Roseanne Gerin
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/garment-workers-wages-10302014185252.html
Cambodian cabinet approves 3 draft laws to strengthen judicial system
The Council of Ministers of Cambodia on Friday passed three draft laws, designed to strengthen the country’s longtime-criticized judicial system, according to a government media statement. The green light was given during a weekly cabinet meeting, which was chaired by Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Authint Mail News Staff
https://www.authintmail.com/article/asia/cambodian-cabinet-approves-3-draft-laws-strengthen-judicial-system
After Arrests, NGOs Continue Petitioning to ‘Free the 23′
Following the arrest of 11 activists on Tuesday as they attempted to deliver a petition to the U.S. and French embassies seeking the release of 23 jailed protesters, NGO representatives quietly delivered similar petitions to the Japanese Embassy and European Union headquarters Wednesday. The petitioners, representing ...
Aun Pheap and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-arrests-ngos-continue-petitioning-to-free-the-23-50966/
Ministry urges caution, calm over Zika
After reports of 24 more cases of the Zika virus in Singapore, bringing the total to 115 so far, the Ministry of Health has warned Cambodians traveling outside the country – especially pregnant women – to take extra safety precautions and avoid being bitten by ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29215/ministry-urges--caution--calm-over-zika/
Acleda joins WEF growth club
Cambodia’s largest financial institution, Acleda Bank, has been adopted into the World Economic Forum’s group of Global Growth Companies (GGC), an exclusive club made up of some of the world’s fastest-growing medium-size firms. The WEF yesterday announced that 20 companies from the Asia-Pacific region had been ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-joins-wef-growth-club
Ministry scolds park rangers
The Environment Ministry on Tuesday issued two directives reminding park rangers to properly manage their small arms and refrain from donning unsanctioned uniforms. According to the first directive, rangers must follow 10 points on how to properly store their weapons, meet safety standards and when to ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50642429/ministry-scolds-park-rangers/
Government scrubs database that exposed Hun family riches
The Commerce Ministry has scrubbed its website of all corporate shareholder information since last month’s release of a report damned by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s children for shedding light on the first family’s sprawling business empire. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-scrubs-database-exposed-hun-family-riches-116772/
Ministry to crack down on illegitimate firearm use by cops
Police officers have been committing crimes using firearms supplied to them by their superior officers, according to Ministry of National Defense spokesman General Chhum Socheath. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22274/ministry-to-crack-down-on-illegitimate-firearm-use-by-cops/
Hun Sen promises weekly garment factory visits
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Friday that he will make weekly visits to garment factories across the country to better understand the demands and needs of workers, in what some observers said could be an attempt to appeal to potential voters before next July’s ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-promises-weekly-garment-factory-visits
Daily silenced after 24 years
After 24 years of fiercely independent journalism, the Cambodia Daily will publish their final edition today due to an “exorbitant” $6.3 million tax bill levelled at them last month – an outcome critics say threatens Cambodia’s free press ahead of next year’s crucial national election. ...
Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/daily-silenced-after-24-years
Comfrel denies links to anti-government plot
The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia has denied accusations that its election activities were connected to attempts to foment a popular uprising or “colour revolution”. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088192/comfrel-denies-links-anti-government-plot/
Army, Ministry of Environment agree to cooperate
Environment Minster Say Sam Al and Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Commander Pol Saroeun announced three new points of cooperation following a meeting earlier this week, Saroeun announced on his official Facebook page. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/army-ministry-environment-agree-cooperate
‘Thousands of tonnes’ of weapons imported: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen bragged yesterday about importing “thousands or tens of thousands” of tonnes of weaponry overnight in the run-up to a major joint military exercise with China. “Samdech Tea Banh, the minister of defence, he does not transport flowers,” the premier said to an ...
Ben Sokhean and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-tonnes-weapons-imported-pm
Government ups plot accusations with new video linking CNRP and US groups to ‘colour revolutions’
In the latest attempt to push its narrative of an impending “colour revolution”, the Press and Quick Reaction Unit released a sweeping, nearly hourlong video, broadcast on multiple television stations on Monday night, attempting to link the opposition’s activities to protest movements in the Middle ...
Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-ups-plot-accusations-new-video-linking-cnrp-and-us-groups-colour-revolutions
PM warns party of complacency in leaked audio
Two leaked audio tapes, purportedly of Prime Minister Hun Sen speaking candidly to senior officials, appear to hint at insecurities within the ruling party over the controversial dissolution of the country’s main opposition, with the premier warning that the party’s “struggle” didn’t end with the ...
Ben Sokhean, Andrew Nachemson and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-warns-party-complacency-leaked-audio
Probe into Chinese investment to Sihanoukville still idle
A task force established a month ago to address problems stemming from an influx of Chinese investment to Sihanoukville has not received a single report of illegal businesses or taken any enforcement action, with one official maintaining it was impossible to take “serious” action for ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/probe-chinese-investment-sihanoukville-still-idle