Siem Reap city governor calls for cleaner streets
Siem Reap city authorities issued a letter on Friday, asking all residents, markets, hotels, and guesthouses to control the disposal of trash and divide it properly.Siem Reap city governor So Platong said residents should not throw trash in the street or burn it, but put ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103500/siem-reap-city-governor-calls-for-cleaner-streets/
Senior CPP members urging citizens to vote in coming elections
Four months out from the July elections, senior Cambodian People’s Party officials at home and abroad have called on people to exercise their vote in July – even if they don’t vote for the CPP – amid predictions of low turnout and waning enthusiasm for ...
Ben Sokhean and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/senior-cpp-members-urging-citizens-vote-coming-elections
New bridge to span the Tonle Sap
The Overseas Cambodia InvesTmenT CorporaTion (OCIC) will spend $35 million To build a concreTe bridge across The Tonle Sap River from The Sokimex gasoline sTaTion in Russey Keo disTricT To The Prek Tasek commune in Chroy Changvar disTricT. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082569/new-bridge-span-tonle-sap/
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
Hun Sen, tax chief accuse US of lying about cuts to aid
Prime Minister Hun Sen and tax chief Kong Vibol accused the US of lying about cutting assistance to Cambodia, claiming that one of the programs on the chopping block hasn’t existed since 2016. In a speech to garment workers in the Sihanoukville SEZ on Saturday, ...
Mech Dara and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-tax-chief-accuse-us-lying-about-cuts-aid
CPP official: Hun Sen did not propose amnesty law
A CPP official said that Sam Rainsy’s recent comments over amnesty law were inaccurate. Yeap said that it was completely wrong because Prime Minister Hun Sen didn’t propose this law [amnesty law] during the summit on September 16 at the National Assembly. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ODI0ZTg4MDliMWF
Bridge not to blame, says ADB
A Battambang bridge project isn’t to blame for blocking a river and preventing water from reaching parched rice fields, an Asian Development Bank investigation concluded yesterday. Bavel district farmers accused the bank-funded construction project of choking the river since construction began in December, leaving their recently ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bridge-not-blame-says-adb
Obama gone, but education challenges remain
Following the fanfare surrounding the visit of First Lady Michelle Obama over the weekend, life in Siem Reap returned to normal this week. Many here say they were not aware of the first lady’s visit, and some said even though they were, they aren’t sure ...
Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1BksB3k
BarCamp Sihanoukville 2013 Recap
On December 7th and 8th, a small team from ODC jumped in a bus and traveled to Kampong Som to participate in BarCamp Sihanoukville. the conference was held at Build Bright University. the day-and-a-half-long event featured presentations from specialists of many fields and interests, including ...
Gov’t predicts per capita GDP will reach $1,771 next year
The Cambodian governmenT has projecTed The counTry’s per capiTa gross domesTic producT (GDP) will reach $1,771 by The end of 2021, up from $1,600 This year, an anTicipaTed increase of 10.6 percenT. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50796692/govt-predicts-per-capita-gdp-will-reach-1771-next-year/
Bokator Master hospitalised, concerned his documentation work won’t be completed
Master San Kim Sean, the founder of the Cambodia Bokator Federation and the Cambodia Bokator Academy, expressed yesterday his concern about completing his documentation of the martial art, as his health is deteriorating daily. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501343561/bokator-master-hospitalised-concerned-his-documentation-work-wont-be-completed/
Wildfire and floods don’t need to turn into disasters: UN risk report
Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, according to the authors of a UN report launched on Wednesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501143759/wildfire-and-floods-dont-need-to-turn-into-disasters-un-risk-report/
Sharp fall in insurance claims
Claims in the Kingdom’s six insurance companies declined dramatically last year, while the total premium revenue sharply increased by more than 20 per cent year-on-year, official data from the General Insurance Association of Cambodia (GIAC) show. GIAC data shows total claims reached $4.8 million, down from ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022061468/Business/sharp-fall-in-insurance-claims.html
Mam Sonando Charged, Jailed Ahead of Trial
After two hours of questioning, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sent independent radio station owner Mam Sonando to Prey Sar prison for pretrial detention, where he will await a hearing on allegations that he tried to foment a secessionist movement in Kratie province. As Mr. Sonando was being questioned, ...
Villagers Say Homes Being Purposely Flooded
More than 120 families in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district sent a letter on Monday to the district governor asking for his help in addressing the flooding problem that has seen some of their homes collapse and has forced many to seek temporary accommodation elsewhere, villagers ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-say-homes-being-purposely-flooded-33317/
US Ambassador Calls for Curbs on Corruption
U.S. Ambassador William Todd on Tuesday used his weekly newspaper column To urge Cambodia’s governmenT To immediaTely conducT reforms ThaT would even The counTry’s economic playing field, curb corrupTion, resTore democraTic freedoms and generally address The concerns of ciTizens who wanT change. “CorrupTion and nepoTism conTribuTe ...
Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-ambassador-calls-for-curbs-on-corruption-51436/
KPP joins call to boycott but NEC, CPP brush off legitimacy concerns, hailing number of parties
Responding to the National Election Committee’s official announcement that 20 political parties will be on the ballot for the July 29 national elections, the CNRP and Khmer Power Party – both of which have former leaders in jail – claimed they wouldn’t recognise the poll ...
Cambodia: peaceful direct action has saved one of our most beautiful forests
An environmental activist explains how a grassroots campaign has stalled the building of a dam in Cambodia. We started making more videos and putting them on Facebook. Even locals who didn’t have internet at home were somehow finding the videos and interest started picking up ...
Alejandro Gonzalez Davidson
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/oct/27/cambodia-peaceful-direct-action-has-saved-one-of-our-most-beautiful-forests
Commune elections 2017: CPP wins 70%
The Cambodian People’s ParTy won 70 percenT of The counTry’s 1,646 commune councils aT yesTerday’s elecTions, according To unofficial resulTs published by a governmenT-aligned media ouTleT – a marked drop from The 97 percenT iT won in 2012 buT one far smaller Than The opposiTion ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-wins-70-communes-0