Thai soldiers arrest youths for logging across border
Thai soldiers arrested four Cambodian youths on Saturday for allegedly logging rosewood in Thailand’s Trat province, near the border with Battambang province, officials said on Sunday. “Thai soldiers in black uniforms arrested the four Khmer youths because they crossed the border illegally in an attempt to ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/brief/thai-soldiers-arrest-youths-logging-across-border-117277/
Who owns the 2,949 logs found by a government task force?
The government’s anti-logging task force on Monday confiscated nearly 3,000 logs stashed in a forest clearing in Mondolkiri province, officials said on Tuesday. The owner of the 2,949 pieces of second-grade timber—Khlong, Tbeng and Trach—is unknown, said Eng Hy, spokesman for the National Military Police, which ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/owns-3000-logs-found-government-task-force-118253/
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated existing dataset of "Fisheries resource management"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated 273 map features of community fisheries in the existing dataset of “Fisheries resource management”. This dataset provides information on fish sanctuary, community fishery, and flooded forest in Cambodia.=>Please click here to go to “Fisheries resource management data” ...
Provincial and local governments
Patients are registered during the outreach screening at Vien Health Center. Photo by Community Eye Health, taken in 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0The Kingdom of Cambodia is an indivisible state. The country’s administration at all levels and in all sectors falls under the same ...
Two Siblings from Kratie Die From Bird Flu on Same Day
A 7-year-old boy and his 3-year-old sister died from bird flu at Kompong Cham Provincial Referral Hospital on Friday, Hong Palla, team leader of the rapid response unit at Kratie Provincial Health Department, said Tuesday. The two young siblings from Snuol district’s Sre Cha commune contracted ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-siblings-from-kratie-die-from-bird-flu-on-same-day-51979/
Tobacco worth over $2M exported to VN last year
Cambodia exported more than 1,000 tonnes of dry tobacco leaves to Vietnam last year, valued at more than $2 million. The figure marks a 24 per cent increase from 2016, the Ministry of Commerce said. Ministry of Commerce spokesman Long Kemvichet said data showed the ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tobacco-worth-over-2m-exported-vn-last-year
Electric bills come with threat: no online gripes
Customers of state power provider Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) may get an added shock when they open their bills this month. Along with their monthly total, customers in the capital and four provinces will receive a warning that they could end of up in court if ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/electric-bills-come-threat-no-online-gripes-116878/
Move-out begins at White Building; no official deadline set
As residents began to move out of Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building on Tuesday, government officials were also present, handing out documentation to those leaving while microfinance staff offered their services.While some residents piled their possessions into trucks or blocked narrow hallways with unwanted goods, ...
Brendan O’byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/move-begins-white-building-no-official-deadline-set-131081/
Value of imported goods from Thailand jumps 14 percent
The total value of goods imported from Thailand increased more than 14 percent in the first four months of this year compared to the same period last year, according to data released Friday by the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh. The figures show that the total ...
Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/value-of-imported-goods-from-thailand-jumps-14-percent-60671/
Animal husbandry to rise
Animal husbandry in Cambodia is projected to enjoy a slight increase of 1.1 percent this year. The growth rate will rise to 1.6 percent in 2021, according a recent report from the government. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50737483/animal-husbandry-to-rise/
Ministry warns against spread of swine flu
The Ministry of Health has appealed to the public to protect itself from the H1N1 swine flu virus in a video posted on Facebook yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21784/ministry-warns-against-spread-of-swine-flu/
Hun Sen sees the signs of a strong economy
Cambodia’s economy will grow 7.1 per cent in 2016 while per capita income will reach $1,301 this year, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-sees-signs-strong-economy
Improved economic conditions boost land prices in Battambang city, province
Battambang land prices have increased this year, according to a local real estate firm. Sorn Seap, general manager of Key Real Estate, said land prices in Battambang city, capital of the province of the same name, have increased by around 12 per cent this year compared ...
More Cambodian borrowers of MFIs are buying land than selling
The financial standing of Cambodian borrowers has seen improvement over the years in many cases, as per data with the Cambodian Microfinance Association (CMA). ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501523109/more-cambodian-borrowers-of-mfis-are-buying-land-than-selling/
CCC plans to establish EU liaisons
In a move to bolster foreign investment, the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) has announced plans to establish additional liaisons abroad, with a particular focus on the European Union. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501529677/ccc-plans-to-establish-eu-liaisons/
Forest cover analysis (1973 - 2014)
Depicts the bar graphs that analyses Cambodia's forest cover change and forest cover distribution from 1973-2014 on a national and provincial level. ...
Police chief admits wife is timber smuggler
A Toyota SUV and the load of illegally logged luxury wood found inside it on Monday belong to the wife of a district police chief in Tbong Khmum province, according to local officials, who say they have no intention of taking action against the couple. “We ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-chief-admits-wife-timber-smuggler-118251/
Cambodia's inflation slightly up to 3.8% in June
Cambodia’s consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.1 percent to 3.8 percent in June from 3.7 percent in May this year, according to the latest statistics of the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) on Wednesday. From May to June 2012, price for food increased by 0.9 ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2012-07/25/c_131737766.htm
Commerce Minister announces reduction in petrol prices
Gasoline prices have been decreased by 300 Riel per liter, according to an announcement issued Thursday by Ministry of Commerce. The oil prices of four companies are decreased from current 5,050 Riel to 4,750 Riel per liter for gasoline, while from 4,750 Riel to 4,500 ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/commerce-minister-announces-reduction-in-petrol-prices-7695