Governor holds meeting on helping homeless
Ahead of a visit to the Prey speu social affairs center Friday, Phnom Penh governor Pa socheatvong on Wednesday urged NGOs to get homeless people off the streets and into safe environments where they can turn their lives around, according to a post on City ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governor-holds-meeting-on-helping-homeless-88711/
Survey of garment workers’ expenses to come
Hoping to help fill the void in reliable data that has stymied past negotiations on the minimum wage for the country’s garment workers, an international team of labor rights groups Monday hired a local research firm to find out exactly how much the workers are ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/survey-of-garment-workers-expenses-to-come-89657/
Council rules NGO law constitutional
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia on Wednesday deemed new legislation regulating the country’s non-governmental organizations to be in full compliance with the Constitution, rejecting all arguments—from the U.N. down to the NGOs themselves—that it flies in the face of the highest law of the land. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/council-rules-ngo-law-constitutional-91532/
Cambodian legislature strips detained opposition senator of immunity
Cambodia’s legislature voted to strip an opposition senator in police custody of his immunity Monday, prompting criticism from rights groups, after Prime Minister Hun sen accused him of treason for posting a disputed diplomatic document online relating to the country’s border with neighboring Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/immunity-08172015150909.html
Cambodian opposition MP ‘attends to personal affairs’ in US amid fears of arrest
An outspoken opposition lawmaker from Cambodia has arrived in the U.s. to “attend to personal affairs” amid fears of his arrest, after authorities detained a colleague over the weekend for posting a disputed diplomatic document online relating to the country’s border with neighboring Vietnam. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Morm Moniroth
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/arrest-08182015142212.html
Hydro dam does little for locals, study finds
Most families immediately downstream of Cambodia’s first major hydropower dam are worse off than they were before the project, according to a new study by U.K. researchers that urges the government to pay more attention to impacts on local residents as it gears up for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hydro-dam-does-little-for-locals-study-finds-92523/
Prosecutor defends denial of bail for four Adhoc workers
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s decision to keep four officials from rights group Adhoc imprisoned while the court investigates their case was right “according to the law,” a supreme Court official said on Monday during an appeal hearing. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prosecutor-defends-denial-of-bail-for-four-adhoc-workers-126208/
Entertainment outlets can only reopen as restaurants
Prime Minister Hun sen has reminded local authorities not to allow entertainment clubs and KTVs to reopen businesses if they have not been converted into restaurants. This follows the Health Ministry’s measures to stem any spread of COVID-19. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744670/entertainment-outlets-can-only-reopen-as-restaurants/
GDT set to launch property tax app
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) is set to launch a property tax app soon, according to a senior official. Director-General Kong Vibol announced this during a GDT special Live show that provided an update on the tax department’s activities. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50795586/gdt-set-to-launch-property-tax-app/
Journalists in Phnom Penh will start receiving ‘booster dose’ from September 8th
The Commission for COVID-19 Vaccination says the media in Phnom Penh will receive the third dose of AstraZeneca at the National Children’s Hospital from september 8 to 15, 2021. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50913803/journalists-in-phnom-penh-will-start-receiving-booster-dose-from-september-8th/
Dual citizenship ban for top office holders on way to King
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) will seek a consultation with King Norodom sihamoni on amendments to several articles of the Constitution which would mandate that the Kingdom’s top national leadership positions be filled by people solely in possession of Cambodian citizenship. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dual-citizenship-ban-top-office-holders-way-king
Kingdom hops on BRI digital taxation wagon
Cambodia is committed to harnessing digitalisation for better coordination in tax administration, as a jurisdiction that subscribes to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to a General Department of Taxation (GDT) press release issued on september 12. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-hops-bri-digital-taxation-wagon
Cambodia, FAO say innovation key to food security, rising income
Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Wednesday that agricultural innovations hold key to sustainable production intensification and increasing farmers’ income. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1026697/cambodia-fao-say-innovation-key-to-food-security-rising-income/
PM shares insights on peace process at South Korean summit
Prime Minister Hun sen shared Cambodia’s lessons on peacemaking and national reconciliation at the World summit in seoul, marking the end of a four-day trip to south Korea where he clinches a peace prize. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-shares-insights-peace-process-south-korean-summit
Cambodia Competition Commission established
The Cambodia Competition Commission (“CCC”) was established pursuant to the Royal Government of Cambodia’s sub-Decree No. 37 ANKr.BK on the Organisation and Functioning of the Cambodia Competition Commission (“sub-Decree”). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501045346/cambodia-competition-commission-established/
Cambodia achieves more than 100,000 tons of rice exports in January, February
Cambodia recorded an increase in this year’s rice exports for January and February compared to the same period in the previous year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501041136/cambodia-achieves-more-than-100000-tons-of-rice-exports-in-january-february/
Inauguration of ENT building, an achievement of Cambodia-Korea bilateral relations
The Cambodia-Korea Friendship ENT Building is an achievement of the good cooperation between the two countries, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun sen said when officiating the building’s inauguration ceremony held here yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501048933/inauguration-of-ent-building-an-achievement-of-cambodia-korea-bilateral-relations/
Rubber latex, wood exports worth over $77M in Jan-Feb
Cambodia netted more than $77 million from rubber latex and wood exports in the first two months of 2022, according to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery’s General Directorate of Rubber. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-latex-wood-exports-worth-over-77m-jan-feb
Independent International Observers say Cambodian local election conducted according to international rules
Hubert Moise Hai HADDAD on behalf of the independent international observers who joined the sunday’s election observation has affirmed that the election was conducted in a completely fair manner and according to international rules. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501089450/independent-international-observers-say-cambodian-local-election-conducted-according-to-international-rules/
Amnesty international calls on world heritage committee to address forced evictions at Angkor Wat
The human rights group Amnesty International has called on Unesco’s World Heritage Committee to address forced evictions at Angkor Wat as its 45th annual meeting begins sunday in saudi Arabia. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/amnesty-international-calls-on-world-heritage-committee-to-address-forced-evictions-at-angkor-wat/