Ex-CNRP form political party
Former members of the supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and other activists on Thursday announced the formation of a new political party called the Cambodian Nation Love Party (CNLP) to continue the CNRP’s legacy and participate in future elections. One of the party’s ss='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/ex-cnrp-form-political-party
Tax revenues exceed 2019 projections
Sound macro-economic performance coupled with political Stability reSulted in the Kingdom collecting Some $6 billion in tax laSt year, up more than $1.485 billion on the government&rSquo;S target of $4.56 billion for the period. Of the figure, $2.26 billion waS collected by the General Department SS='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenues-exceed-2019-projections
PM: ‘Peace and stability the bedrock of growth’
Prime Minister Hun sen, speaking to thousands of Cambodian People’s Party faithful who had congregated on Koh Pich to commemorate the 41st Victory Day on Tuesday, said peace and political stability was the bedrock of Cambodia’s 7.1 per cent economic growth. Low inflation, a stable ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-peace-and-stability-bedrock-growth
Samrin aims to bolster diplomatic ties at APPF
National Assembly president Heng samrin will on saturday lead a senior delegation to the 28th annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) in Canberra, Australia, said the assembly’s secretary-general Leng Peng Long. Peng Long said the 28th meeting of the APPF would take ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/samrin-aims-bolster-diplomatic-ties-appf
Exports from SEZs soar 27% year-on-year
Cambodia’s exports through the special economic zones (sEZs) last year increased by about 27 per cent compared to 2018, Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth said on Thursday. speaking during a visit to the Phnom Penh special Economic Zone (PPsEZ), Pornmoniroth said the total ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-sezs-soar-27-year-year
Strike may end if deal holds: union
Workers who have been told they have been sacked for striking at the co-owned Tai Yang and Camwell factories will forget about their seniority bonuses – for now – if they are reinstated, unions and an advocacy group said yesterday. In an attempt to end one ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia's debt a concern
An International Monetary Fund and World Bank report has questioned Cambodia’s ability to deal with future financial crises if government borrowing increases. While the report indicated that Cambodia was at low risk for severe debt problems, it highlighted the need for effective management of new debt ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012022954764/Business/cambodias-debt-a-concern.html
Campaign spending in NGOs' sight
A consortium of election NGOs had banded together in a bid to push through a Campaign Finance Law that would put a ceiling on political party campaign spending ahead of next year’s national elections, representatives said yesterday. The NGO Working Group on Political Finance has embarked ss='cambodia-color'>...
Unions skirmish using factory as 'battleground'
The setting is familiar – a garment factory in Kandal province that supplies Levi’s and Gap – and so is the number of people involved, but a strike that has raged at Yung Wah Industrial II factory since Monday has a twist: it’s worker versus worker and union versus ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eviction worry delays Phnom Penh mega project
The developer of Phnom Penh’s Us$1.6 billion Chroy Chungva City project has said ground would not be broken this year, raising questions about the future of the satellite city. Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) will delay the Chroy Chungva City project after what a local Chinese ss='cambodia-color'>...
Silencing the Voice of Dissent
Before its owner was arrested in July on charges of insurrection, Beehive radio had hit the consciousness of few outside Cambodia. While international rights groups and press watchdogs were quick to jump on a story of political posturing and the quashing of free speech in the ss='cambodia-color'>...
PPAP share offer fully subscribed
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP), the state enterprise that operates Cambodia’s second-largest port, successfully raised $5.2 million in an initial public offering that was more than 1.4 times oversubscribed, its underwriter said yesterday.subscription for 4.1 million shares, a 20 per cent stake, of the port ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cam McGrath and Sorn Sarath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ppap-share-offer-fully-subscribed
Aquaculture sector takes off in Cambodia
Cambodia has seen remarkable increase of aquaculture with in the last decade, according to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Minister Veng sakhon, shared the notice recently underlining that Cambodia’s aquafarming rose from 50,000 tonnes in 2009 to more than 300,000 tonnes in 2019. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phal Sophanith/AKP
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743003/aquaculture-sector-takes-off-in-cambodia/
Gov’t, USAID criticized for inaction over severe forest loss at Prey Lang sanctuary
The University of Copenhagen’s open letter used data from the University of Maryland’s Global Forest Change dataset and other data points to show that 7,510 hectares of forestland were lost at the Prey Lang Wildlife sanctuary in 2019, the worst loss since 2016 when the ss='cambodia-color'>...
New governor in Kratie
Prime Minister Hun sen appointed former Kratie deputy governor sar Chamrong, one of his personal advisers, as the new governor of the province in a ceremony there on Friday, the government’s official news agency said over the weekend. The Post reported earlier this month that Kratie ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052156281/National-news/new-governor-in-kratie.html
Sar Kheng urges police academy grads to adopt ‘higher standards’
Minister of Interior sar Kheng is leading the charge for higher standards among Cambodia’s police force. speaking to this year’s crop of 569 police science graduates, he stressed the importance of applying their knowledge with efficiency and integrity. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-urges-police-academy-grads-adopt-higher-standards
Cambodian Air Arrivals Eclipse 2007 Numbers
The number of people arriving in Cambodia through the nation’s airports has passed the 2007 number for the same period, providing proof of recovery from the financial crisis. The levels reached 1.8 million passengers for siem Reap and Phnom Penh international airports. Traffic through Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...
Filipino real estate firm targets local expats
Megaworld International a Philippines-based development company is expanding its operations in Cambodia in order to attract more of Cambodia’s growing middle class. They held an exhibition in Phnom Penh to entice locals to invest in the Manila property market. There are approximately 3000 residents in ss='cambodia-color'>...
Villagers to continue road block
About 700 villagers in Kratie province’s Kampong Damrei commune will continue their protests today to persuade provincial authorities to release one of their representatives, villagers said yesterday. Representative Bun sithet said the villagers, who are involved in a land dispute with Kasotim company, would protest outside ss='cambodia-color'>...
Nicfec opts not to observe, citing fears of volunteers, election watchdog will not field monitors
NGO Nicfec on Wednesday joined fellow election watchdog Comfrel in deciding not to register poll observers with the National Election Committee (NEC) for July’s national elections, citing a lack of volunteers resulting from, they say, fear of being accused of being part of a colour ss='cambodia-color'>...