New Bar Association policy to provide pro bono legal aid
The Bar Association has introduced a new policy by calling on its members to defend the poor and to provide advice, counselling and legal services voluntarily to the public at each lawyer’s office free of charge. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50808340/new-bar-association-policy-to-provide-pro-bono-legal-aid/
PAS extends export-container demurrage
Sihanoukville AutonomouS Port (PAS) iS extending the Storage grace period from five to Seven dayS from October 1 for export containerS paSSing through the Kingdom&rSquo;S Sole deep-Sea port, in a move met with generally poSitive reSponSe from local exporterS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pas-extends-export-container-demurrage
Stalls built on drainage in Por Sen Chey dismantled
Authorities in Phnom Penh’s Por sen Chey district have dismantled more than 10 stalls that were illegally built on a drainage system and encroached on the road by 2m in Trapeang Krasang village and commune. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stalls-built-drainage-por-sen-chey-dismantled
$240M IMF allocation on way to Kingdom
Cambodia will receive about $240 million out of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) largest-ever distribution of special Drawing Rights (sDR), equivalent to some $650 billion, which came into effect on August 23. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/240m-imf-allocation-way-kingdom
Ministry of Commerce and Wing Bank sign MoU to strengthen CambodiaTrade marketplace with digital payments
The Ministry of Commerce on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Wing Bank (Cambodia) Plc on easing payments for consumers trading on the ministry’s CambodiaTrade marketplace. ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-commerce-and-wing-bank-sign-mou-strengthen-cambodiatrade-marketplace-digital
Government allays concerns over compulsory vaccinations
The government’s Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) has dispelled the concerns made by United Nations human rights experts who urged the government to consider revoking the new sub-Decree on Compulsory Covid-19 Vaccination. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893240/government-allays-concerns-over-compulsory-vaccinations/
Cambodia Permanent Mission highlights progress in human rights
Cambodian Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva has delivered a total of 17 statements, highlighting the Kingdom’s progress in the field of human rights during the four-week interactions at the Human Rights Council (HRC). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50894710/cambodia-permanent-mission-highlights-progress-in-human-rights/
Construction of first deep port terminal at Sihanoukville rescheduled for 2022
The construction of the first phase of deep-water port terminal of listed sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAs) has been delayed till next year and is set to complete by 2025, according to the port’s senior official. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930380/construction-of-first-deep-port-terminal-at-sihanoukville-rescheduled-for-2022/
Digital tech deal to change the transport game: Loba
The top logistics industry body has struck a deal with a digital technology association that is tailored to better position the freight sector to drive growth and slash delivery times and operating costs, according to the former’s chief. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-tech-deal-change-transport-game-loba
Search-rescue units get specialised prep for natural disasters
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) held a training course on techniques for search and rescue operations to further strengthen the skills of Cambodia’s emergency responders and improve their efficiency. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/search-rescue-units-get-specialised-prep-natural-disasters
CDC okays $1.3 b multipurpose port in Kampot province
The Council for the Development of Cambodia has approved a massive investment project worth $1.3 billion to develop a logistics and multi-purpose port in Kampot, one of southern Cambodia’s coastal provinces. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501010691/cdc-okays-1-3-b-multipurpose-port-in-kampot-province/
Single Portal records 10,536 companies in just 19 months
A total of 10,536 companies have been successfully registered as of January 12 on the government’s online business registration system, also known as the single Portal, in the 19 months since its launch in mid-2020. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-portal-records-10536-companies-just-19-months
Koh Kong seizes 102ha of illegally occupied state land
Koh Kong provincial authorities have reclaimed 102ha of state-owned land in Tuol Koki Krom village of Mondul seima district’s Tuol Koki commune which had been illegally occupied for more than one year. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-seizes-102ha-illegally-occupied-state-land
Final year of water shortages for Phnom Penh, say utility officials
This year’s dry season is no different from last year, with people in the suburbs of Phnom Penh beginning to complain about the lacking of clean water. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/final-year-water-shortages-phnom-penh-say-utility-officials
Almost 90 percent of Cambodian received COVID jabs
New statistics from the Ministry of Health showed that 89.78 percent of Cambodia’s 16 million population have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, still one the highest in the world. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501021130/almost-90-percent-of-cambodian-received-covid-jabs/
Mondulkiri gold mine gets go ahead despite environmental risks
Fears that history may repeat itself and lead to yet more contamination of Cambodia’s rivers has been offset by the estimated $40 million the government will receive annually from Renaissance Minerals. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phoung Vantha
https://cambodianess.com/article/mondulkiri-gold-mine-gets-go-ahead-despite-environmental-risks
Retail fuel rates raised for fifth time
Economists and manufacturing players are concerned about the relentless rise in Cambodian fuel prices, which they blame for a general upswing in the prices of other goods and services – a trend many fear may be extended by Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/retail-fuel-rates-raised-fifth-time
Hun Sen approves capital gains tax deferral until 2024
The government has decided to postpone the implementation of the capital gains tax until 2024 in a bid to restore and prop up post-pandemic economic growth, according to a notice from the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT). ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-approves-capital-gains-tax-deferral-until-2024
TSA conducting inventory of fishing gear in Tonle Sap Lake
Teams from the Tonle sap Authority (TsA)’s Department of supervision, Trade and Conservation are making an inventory of the fishing gear in the Tonle sap Lake area to document what equipment is available. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tsa-conducting-inventory-fishing-gear-tonle-sap-lake