Construction ends, resumes near White Building
The “temporary suspension” of construction works widely believed to have damaged Phnom Penh’s iconic White Building was officially lifted on the same day it was announced, according to a government notice. Large cracks appeared across the southern part of the historic apartment block on sunday evening, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-ends-resumes-near-white-building
State secrets law won’t stifle press, official says
A state secrets law being drafted by the Interior Ministry will not be used to target reporting on sensitive issues such as corruption, a senior military police official said yesterday. The National Police announced that the law was being drafted late last month following a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/state-secrets-law-wont-stifle-press-official-says
Land feud in P Vihear heats up
A Vietnamese-owned company in Preah Vihear province has cleared land claimed by hundreds of villagers to plant crops in violation of the law, a complaint filed with rights groups alleges. The community in Rovieng district’s Ruosroan commune, comprising 127 families, claims that since January last year, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/land-feud-p-vihear-heats
NGO Global Witness hits back at ministry
The government’s apparent unwillingness to take seriously evidence of continued large-scale illegal logging orchestrated by the Try Pheap Group is “disappointing”, Global Witness said yesterday. A report released last week by the UK-based group titled The Cost of Luxury detailed evidence, collected during an eight-month covert ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ngo-global-witness-hits-back-ministry
Laos dam ‘elephant in room’
Conservation groups have called on Prime Minister Hun sen to address “the elephant in the room” and lobby Laos’ president to postpone his country’s controversial Don sahong dam project when the leaders meet later this week. Arriving on Thursday, Laotian Head of state Choummaly sayasone will ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/laos-dam-elephant-room
MoC says registration online will boost rank
Commerce Minister sun Chanthol said yesterday that his ministry was initiating reforms that would see Cambodia’s ease of starting a business ranking leap from the current 184 to 21. He said the government would also need to make changes to the Company Registration Law, reduce ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/moc-says-registration-online-will-boost-rank
Monks bless elderly sick in fearful HIV commune
Several elderly HIV-poSitive villagerS in Battambang&rSquo;S Roka commune are SeriouSly ill, local authoritieS have Said, with Some of their familieS having called monkS to bleSS them aS they believe death may be imminent. Five people living in the commune have died Since a maSSive HIV outbreak SS='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/monks-bless-elderly-sick-fearful-hiv-commune
Rice lobby, EU discuss Italian trade complaint
A visiting delegation from the European Union met with the Cambodia Rice Federation yesterday to discuss concerns raised by Italian rice producers, who say duty-free Cambodian rice imports are undercutting the Italian market. sok Puthyvuth, president of the Cambodia Rice Federation, said yesterday that the purpose ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/rice-lobby-eu-discuss-italian-trade-complaint
Energy Ministry to decentralise licensing miners
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has decided to decentralise the process for small-scale miners and dredgers to obtain licences, with the government now permitting provincial authorities to directly issue licences to operators without ministerial oversight. speaking at a meeting on the new measures, Dith Tina, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida and Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/energy-ministry-decentralise-licensing-miners
Four Nauru refugees who agreed to go to Cambodia wait to fly out
Three refugees who have agreed to travel to Cambodia are being housed in the Nauru detention centre before they are scheduled to fly out. There are currently just four refugees who have agreed to take up the Australian government’s resettlement offer in Cambodia, despite a large ss='cambodia-color'>...
Paul Farrell
http://bit.ly/1GmWWQy
Gov’t rebukes HRW director
As the ruling party prepares this week to elect a president and deputy president following Chea sim’s death on June 8, the Ministry of Interior has lashed out at an international rights group that last week linked sim to Khmer Rouge abuses. Though he was lauded ss='cambodia-color'>...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-rebukes-hrw-director
Right to remain silent
Opposition lawmakers and transparency groups have slammed a recent Council of Ministers directive ordering government employees to deny access to parliamentary commissions investigating corruption, saying it severely undermines democracy. Released yesterday by secretary of state Tek Reth samrach, the letter dictates public employees must follow the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Taing Vida and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/right-remain-silent-0
Sweep targets still in lockup
More than 100 men, women and children rounded up from Phnom Penh’s streets last week remained in detention yesterday at the notorious Prey speu social Affairs Centre, with orders from City Hall to keep them there indefinitely. The detainees – who authorities say are either homeless, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Alice Cuddy and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sweep-targets-still-lockup
Reforms making an impact
Cambodia was ranked higher than other CLMV countries (Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Vietnam) for the readiness of private and state-owned organisations to deal with external economic changes, according to the Change 2015 Readiness Index released by KPMG. The international auditing firm’s report shows that Cambodia was the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/reforms-making-impact
Senate passes NGO law amid boycott
Cambodia’s senate today gave its expected approval to the controversial law on associations and non-governmental organisations (LANGO), amid street protests and a boycott from opposition representatives.All 44 Cambodia People’s Party senators present voted unanimously to endorse the draft legislation, which will next week head to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senate-passes-ngo-law-amid-boycott
Speech therapists struggle to meet the needs of many
Speech therapy iS Slowly gaining ground in Cambodia. That&rSquo;S good newS for children like Lin, 14, who liveS in Siem Reap province and in the paSt haS hardly Said a word to anyone, including hiS family. He haS had Some Speech therapy, however, and on SS='cambodia-color'>...
Leng Sreynich
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/speech-therapists-struggle-to-meet-the-needs-of-many/2883631.html
Hun Sen takes one last shot at Todd
Boasting of his more than 30 years’ ruling Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun sen said on saturday that he could teach a thing or two to the West about running a country while managing demands for change.The premier, who is southeast Asia’s longest-serving current leader, recalled ss='cambodia-color'>...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-takes-one-last-shot-todd
United States shows interest in energy sector
Ambassador Patrick Murphy has expressed willingness to push private investors in the United states to work with the Kingdom’s oil and gas sector, so long as Cambodia is keen to coordinate with them. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50671915/united-states-shows-interest-in-energy-sector
GDT: ‘Tax reforms won’t harm corporations’
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) released a statement on Wednesday aiming to quash fears that the Kingdom’s tax reforms would adversely affect corporate taxpayers, saying the moves are meant to “strengthen tax collection transparently and equitably”. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-tax-reforms-wont-harm-corporations
French chamber supports tourism sector subsidies
The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) in Cambodia has endorsed the government’s measures to address a decline in tourist numbers in siem Reap. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/french-chamber-supports-tourism-sector-subsidies