Troops to join UN’s CAR effort
Cambodia will send a detachment of 216 peacekeepers to the United Nations stabilisation mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), the Information Ministry has said. The Kingdom already sent a delivery of tanks, trucks and other materiel there on Friday. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/troops-join-un%E2%80%99s-car-effort
Degrees of change in the air
Public and private universities are experiencing an exponential rise in the number of students opting for two-year associate degrees rather than four-year bachelor’s programs following last year’s disastrous high school exit examinations, education officials said yesterday. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/degrees-change-air
Maid firm exposed
Scores of crying women who said they had been forcibly detained and girls who claimed to have received fake documents to conceal the fact that they were as young as 16-years-old were discovered at a centre owned by the SKMM Investment Group labour recruitment firm ...
Yi Somphose, Tep Nimol, David Boyle and Eak Soung Chhay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/maid-firm-exposed
Ebola a worry among peacekeepers
As Cambodian soldiers assembled for a ceremony Wednesday ahead of a one-year peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic, military officials expressed concerns over the Ebola outbreak that has been ravaging parts of West Africa. Since 2006, Cambodia has sent a total of 2,165 peacekeepers ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ebola-a-worry-among-peacekeepers-headed-to-africa-70657/
Experts call on gov’t to encourage garment workers to vote
With the commune elections just around the corner, the government has yet to come up with a plan to help garment workers get to the polls.Many have come forward with concerns that they may be unable to get time off work or be able to ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/experts-call-on-government-to-encourage-garment-workers-to-vote/3877544.html
Rein in market thuggery: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday took a stand against intimidation and harassment at markets, ordering municipal and provincial governors to crack down on aggressive fee collectors they employ. Speaking at a graduation ceremony at the capital’s Royal School of Administration, Hun Sen distanced himself from what ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rein-market-thuggery-pm
Soldiers confirmed dead
Three Cambodian peacekeepers have been confirmed dead in Central African Republic, a day after they went missing following an attack on their convoy by a Christian militant group. The three men, Mao Eng, 37, Seang Norin, 35, and Mom Tola, 31, were shot to death and ...
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/soldiers-confirmed-dead
Sar Kheng slams fake news
Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday rebuked reports that the new Phnom Penh police chief Lieutenant General Sar Thet is his brother. Lieutenant General Sar Thet officially took over as Phnom Penh police chief on Tuesday, filling a void left by General Chuon Sovann, who took ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50533027/sar-kheng-slams-fake-news/
Buyers going for gold
Consumer interest in gold has increased in Cambodia even with the price of gold at a record high. Gold is up more than $333 from the same time last year. The increase in gold prices is said to be a result of the 2008 financial ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072050514/Business/buyers-going-for-gold.html
Senior CPC Official Highlights Inter-party Exchanges With Cambodia
PHNOM PENH A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said here Saturday that the CPC is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Cambodian political parties to boost mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Cambodia. Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-08/21/c_131064410.htm
Central bank mulls its inflation response
Cambodia’s central bank is looking to tighten monetary policy to slow an inflation rate that could hit 8 to 9 percent this year, National Bank of Cambodia Director General and Spokeswoman Nguon Sokha said yesterday. Increases in commodity prices and petroleum has led to rising prices ...
Smart axiata funds degrees for students
Ten students will have the opportunity to further their studies for free thanks to Smart Axiata’s SmartEdu Scholarship Program, which not only covers their entire tertiary education tuition, but has also awarded them a monthly stipend amounting to $15,000 for the duration of their degree. ...
Mayuri Mei Lin
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31378/smart-axiata-funds-degrees-for-students/
Hun Sen orders Education Minister to stop signing university diplomas
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday publicly announced that Education Minster will no longer sign the university diplomas which shall be signed at the university level. He said the reason to let the rectors sign the diplomas, is to promote the quality of education in ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NmQzNzVkZDIxYTN
Thai-Cambodian central banks sign MoU
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) on August 25 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Exchange of Banking Supervision Information with the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the regulator of financial institutions in Cambodia. The MoU provides a formal basis for banking supervisory cooperation between the ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Thai-Cambodian-central-banks-sign-MoU-30189102.html
Market tycoon sent to prison over $140k toilet tax dispute
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court imprisoned a prominent businesswoman who has exclusive rights to collect taxes at a number of Phnom Penh markets Monday over breach of trust charges related to a subcontracting agreement, signed in 2008, to let a business partner collect fees at ...
Ben Sokhean and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/market-tycoon-sent-to-prison-over-140k-toilet-tax-dispute-65698/
Police raid store, seize fake beauty products
Police raided a discount store in Phnom Penh and seized more than 1,000 bottles of beauty products on Monday after receiving a tip that the shop was selling counterfeit goods, an official said. Police confiscated 872 bottles of shower gel and 280 bottles of whitening cream ...
Hay Pisey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-raid-store-seize-fake-beauty-products-59803/
Ministry warns media over fake product ads
Media outlets should review the health and agriculture products they advertise, as exposure to unlicensed medicine and insecticides can be fatal, the Ministry of Information has warned. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079494/ministry-warns-media-fake-product-ads/
Acleda Applies To Open Banks In Burma
Acleda Bank has filed an application to start banking operations in Burma with the central bank and is on track to open its first microfinance branch in the country by January, Acleda President In Channy said yesterday. Mr. Channy said the bank submitted its application for ...
Cops crack down on faux shampoo
Seven sellers of fake shampoo have been detained for questioning at the Kampong Speu provincial police station after being arrested this week while plying their sub-par wares at the Chbar Mon town market. Seoung Savuth, deputy police chief of anti-economic crime in the province, said police ...
Cambodia Real Estate Could Benefit From QE3
Cambodia’s highly dollarized economy could benefit from a rush of foreign capital into Asia unleashed by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest economic stimulus, unlike some of its Asian neighbors, as it lifts demand for real estate and garment exports in the developing country, a senior ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323894704578106160673901682.html?mod=googlenews_wsj