Kampot mangroves ‘cleared in land grab’
The Changhaon village community claims that many hectares of mangrove forest in the coastal area in a village in Teuk Chhou district’s Prek Tnort commune, in Kampot province, were being cut down to grab land for private ownership. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-mangroves-cleared-land-grab
Cambodians march for end to forced evictions on World Habitat Day
Around 1,500 protesters marked World Habitat Day on Monday by marching through Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh and calling on the government to put a stop to forced evictions in the southeast Asian nation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Prach Chiv
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/habitat-10052015160322.html
Garment sector minimum wage raised to $140
The government set the new monthly minimum wage for the country’s multibillion-dollar garment industry at $140 Thursday—up from $128—after months of tough negotiations that failed to bring employers and unions even close to a consensus. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-sector-minimum-wage-raised-to-140-97018/
Cambodia at low risk of debt distress: IMF
Cambodia’s external public debt is well within acceptable limits, but remains vulnerable to financial shocks such as export slowdowns or exchange rate fluctuations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest assessment of the Kingdom’s economy. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cam McGrath and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-low-risk-debt-distress-imf
Festival boats off to the races in Siem Reap
By 8 a.m. on Tuesday, ornately decorated boats were already gliding down the siem Reap River while other paddlers lounged on its shaded banks in preparation for the races at the center of this year’s biggest Water Festival celebration. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Kimsay and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/festival-boats-off-to-the-races-in-siem-reap-101242/
Official says information access could help people understand the courts
An official at the Ministry of Justice says he hopes a new law on information access will help improve the country’s attitude toward its judiciary, which is widely seen as politically biased and corrupt. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/official-says-information-access-could-help-people-understand-the-courts/3097251.html
Financial adjustments ‘key to decentralisation’
Government ministries were yesterday urged to continue their efforts in shifting responsibilities towards local authorities at an annual meeting to discuss ongoing decentralisation reforms, reforms one top official called key to the ruling party’s upcoming election hopes. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/financial-adjustments-key-decentralisation
Journalist detained over logging story
A journalist who accused a military police commander of accepting bribes from illegal loggers in Mondolkiri province was arrested and briefly detained on Thursday on the commander’s orders, a move that was criticized by the Ministry of Information. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/journalist-detained-over-logging-story-108258/
Indonesian firm lands deal to supply uniforms
Indonesian firm sri Rejeki signed a $50 million deal with the Min­istry of Interior last week to sup­ply Cambodia’s police and armed forces with new uniforms, ac­cording to the Indonesian Em­bassy and media reports. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/108800-108800/
Cautious optimism as malaria drug cocktail makes a comeback
Amid mounting international concern over the emergence of drug-resistant malaria in the Kingdom’s western provinces, a drug cocktail discontinued in 2008 has been reintroduced to stunning success – though how long that success can be sustained is uncertain. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cautious-optimism-malaria-drug-cocktail-makes-comeback
New minister vows to tackle land registration
The new minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, Chea sophara, should strive to resolve the country’s land disputes and expand land registration services, his outgoing predecessor Im Chhun Lim said during a handover ceremony yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-minister-vows-tackle-land-registration
New transport minister unveils 100-day plan
Sun Chanthol, the newly-appointed MiniSter of Public WorkS and TranSport, revealed hiS plan to improve the miniStry&rSquo;S efficiency and tranSparency by overhauling itS internal operationS within hiS firSt 100 dayS in office during a Speech yeSterday. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23768/new-transport-minister-unveils-100-day-plan/
Cassava in south-east Asia under threat from witches' broom disease
Climate change and globalisation are fuelling an explosion in the pests and diseases that afflict south-east Asia’s cassava crops, threatening a multi-billion dollar industry and the staple food of millions of people, a report warns. ss='cambodia-color'>...
French firm proposes two green energy plants
France’s Groupe Quadran has proposed building an electricity plant in Phnom Penh fired by waste and a solar plant in siem Reap province. The Ministry of Tourism yesterday welcomed the proposal, saying it will help keep Cambodia clean. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23964/french-firm-proposes-two-green-energy-plants/
NEC says commune elections likely for June 2017
National Election Committee (NEC) Secretary-General Tep Nytha Said on ThurSday that next year&rSquo;S crucial commune council electionS would likely be held in June but that the deciSion muSt ultimately come from the government. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-says-commune-elections-likely-for-june-2017-111642/
‘Angkor Malis’ brand name yet to satisfy
With the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) ready to adopt “Angkor Malis” in June as the official brand name for the Kingdom’s premium varieties of jasmine rice, exporters said that inconsistent English to Khmer translations need to be corrected. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-malis-brand-name-yet-satisfy
Sar Kheng hails road ‘white days’
Cambodia’s new Traffic Law has been a runaway success for road safety, Interior Minister sar Kheng claimed yesterday, hours after a collision between two trucks carrying garment workers left two dead and nearly 60 injured. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-hails-road-white-days
Meat seized after wild chase
About 100 kilograms of pig and dear meat was seized on Wednesday night after police chased down a luxury car in Kratie town’s Orusey commune, deputy chief of the Provincial Economic Police Unit Major Rin Veansa said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25478/meat-seized-after-wild-chase/
Gov’t to talk adoptions on visits to Spain, Malta
Cambodia’s minister of social affairs on sunday departed for a visit to spain, which will be followed by a trip to Malta, to discuss and sign adoption agreements with both countries, according to a statement released sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-talk-adoptions-visits-spain-malta
Acleda increases share capital
Cambodia’s leading commercial bank Acleda announced late last week that it has injected an additional $42 million to top up the current share capital of $265.7 million, bringing the total registered share capital to $307.7 million. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26026/acleda-increases-share-capital/