US weighs in on anti-Hun Sen protest
Amid fears of a potential reprise of anti-opposition violence that flared in October, a US Embassy spokesman yesterday called on the government “to ensure that no one is threatened, punished, or harmed in Cambodia” if a planned anti-Hun Sen rally takes place as scheduled next ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-weighs-anti-hun-sen-protest
Two months to claim land certificates
City Hall said villagers affected by the development project of the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district would have two months to claim the certificate of land policy before it would stop assuming responsibility for losses, according to a statement ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29893/two-months-to-claim-land-certificates/
Two new power plants planned
Two new power plants are being planned for Cambodia, a $167 million garbage-fueled plant for Phnom Penh, and an $89 million solar plant for Siem Reap province, the tourism ministry announced. In a statement on the ministry’s Facebook page yesterday, the ministry unveiled plans for the ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29970/two-new-power-plants-planned/
Teachers’ salaries to be reviewed
The Education Ministry will look into further increasing the minimum wage for teachers in Cambodia after educators said the recent hike of $37, to take effect next April, was still insufficient. During the 2016 Teachers’ Day celebration at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia yesterday, Education ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30562/teachers----salaries-to-be-reviewed/
Decision time at white building
Residents of Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building were presented with two options yesterday: take a $70,000 payout for their apartment or live in Phnom Penh’s Teuk Thla commune for three years while the structure is renovated. The 50 people representing the 554 families living in the ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31387/decision-time-at-white-building/
White Building locals get Ministry send-off
The Land Management Ministry hosted a farewell party for residents of Phnom Penh’s iconic but crumbling White Building Saturday, serving up large quantities of noodles and bringing in Buddhist monks to bless the residents before they move. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-building-locals-get-ministry-send
White Building holdouts
More than 430 of the 493 families who formerly resided in Phnom Penh’s White Building have vacated the premises, but around 15 families have yet to accept compensation packages for their apartments, according to a Land Management Ministry official. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-building-holdouts
79 migrant workers arrested in Malaysia
The Foreign Affairs Ministry says the Malaysian government has taken notice of Thailand’s recent crackdown on illegal foreign workers and begun one of its own, wrangling 79 illegal Cambodian migrant workers in two weeks. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065736/79-migrant-workers-arrested-malaysia/
Embassy in Malaysia lacks funds to send workers home
An official at the Cambodian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said on Monday that with more Cambodians seeking support and refuge amid a labor crackdown by Malaysian authorities, the embassy’s budget was not enough to pay to bring them home. ...
Leng Len and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/embassy-in-malaysia-lacks-funds-to-send-workers-home-132613/
Start date set for garment worker health checks
The Ministry of Labour’s spokesman yesterday said that free medical treatment for garment workers, announced by Prime Minister Hun Sen last week, will start on January 1. Spokesman Heng Sour said the scheme would have help from other ministries. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081004/start-date-set-garment-worker-health-checks/
First elderly care centre to open
The Ministry of Social Affairs plans to create an elderly care centre, which would be the first centre in Cambodia focused on receiving and taking care of the elderly. officials said it might be created next year. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091115/first-elderly-care-centre-open/
Land dispute protest drags on
Representatives of 175 families in Koh Kong province gathered once again in front of the Ministry of Land Management yesterday to ask for a quicker resolution to a decade-long land dispute. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5094769/land-dispute-protest-drags/
Jump in fainting cases in 2017 for garment workers
The National Social Security Fund of the Ministry of Labour said more than 1,600 workers fainted in 22 factories in 2017, an increase of more than 400 from the previous year. According to a Facebook post that published the conclusion of the 2017 annual results and ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106532/jump-fainting-cases-2017-garment-workers/
US cuts aid to Cambodia with aim to ‘urge government to reconsider its current course’
The White House is cutting aid to several assistance programs in Cambodia due to “recent setbacks to democracy”, it announced late Tuesday. Some programs supporting Cambodia’s Tax Department, military and local government will be cut or reduced “to ensure that American taxpayer funds are not being ...
Daphne Chen and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-cuts-aid-cambodia-aim-urge-government-reconsider-its-current-course
Villagers want dispute resolution
About 100 residents from Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel and Botum Sakor districts gathered to protest and block the road of Koh Kong Sugar Industry to demand the company, local authorities and relevant ministries expedite a resolution to end their land dispute. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112239/villagers-want-dispute-resolution/
Penalties for logging falling
A recent government report on protecting the country’s natural resources reveals that a total of 1,166 crimes were recorded, but only 873 ended up in court and only 293 of those cases resulted in small fines being issued. The report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31256/penalties-for-logging-falling/
Deeper water expected to yield more fish
Just weeks ahead of the main fishing season on the Tonle Sap river, which supplies the majority of the fish used in the Kingdom’s traditional cooking sauce, prahok, government officials are predicting a better catch this season as water levels have recovered from last year’s ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/deeper-water-expected-yield-more-fish
Ministry to meet sugar companies over land dispute
The Land Ministry will meet with the three companies at the center of the decade-long land dispute in Koh Kong province this week in an attempt to finally resolve the villagers’ grievances. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34488/ministry-to-meet-sugar-companies-over-land-dispute/
Agro-processing SEZ moves closer to reality
A Chinese firm that plans to invest $2 billion into developing the Kingdom’s first special economic zone (SEZ) dedicated solely to agricultural processing and storage has signed on a new partner to help jumpstart the stalled project, a top agriculture official said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/agro-processing-sez-moves-closer-reality
As region cracks down on migrants, agencies provide costly, illegal passport service
Amid crackdowns on undocumented migrants in Malaysia and Thailand, demand for passports among Cambodian migrants has seen large spikes in recent weeks, with many making the costly journey to Phnom Penh to get their paperwork in order. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/region-cracks-down-migrants-agencies-provide-costly-illegal-passport-service