Teachers union worried textbooks may be sold
A district education official in Preah Vihear may be hoarding state textbooks to sell at the market rather than distributing them to perennially book-strapped schools, according to the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA). ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-union-worried-textbooks-may-be-sold
Cambodia to bid on Philippine rice tender
Cambodia is vying for a share of the Philippines’ latest rice import tender of 500,000 tons, according to Thon Virak, general-director of state-owned Green Trade Company. ...
Kang Sothear and George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodia-to-bid-on-philippine-rice-tender-65922/
Border committee visits northern border posts
Secretary of state of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Long Visalo led a working group to a disputed area of the border with Vietnam in Tbong Khmum province yesterday, officials said. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13549/border-committee-visits-northern-border-posts/
Gov’t requests probe into prisoners in Malaysia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the country’s ambassador to Malaysia, Princess Norodom Arunrasmey, to investigate reports that hundreds of Cambodian migrant workers have been jailed in the country’s Selangor state. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-requests-probe-into-prisoners-in-malaysia-90388/
PM: border affairs to continue gently, but seriously
Prime Minister Hun Sen has instructed the officials in charge of border affairs to continue working on border delimitation and demarcation, according to the State News Agency-AKP. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/pm:-border-affairs-to-continue-gently-but-seriously-8923
Cambodia cooperates with other ASEAN nations and partners to promote regional and global integration
Cambodia has tried her best to cooperate with other ASEAN Member States and partners to boost regional and global integration for economic recovery. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501154152/cambodia-cooperates-with-other-asean-nations-and-partners-to-promote-regional-and-global-integration/
Women’s Rights Assessed by UN Committee in Geneva
Rights groups on Monday shared their concerns about the treatment of women in Cambodia with member states of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva. Cambodia last updated the committee—which meets three times a year to assess how member states ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/womens-rights-assessed-by-un-committee-in-geneva-44581/
Impunity Reigns as Fatal Shootings Continue to Go Unpunished
Impunity reigns in Cambodia on the back of two consecutive years of fatal shootings by state forces for which perpetrators have evaded justice, local rights group Licadho said Friday in a statement to mark International Day to End Impunity on Saturday. Since the start of 2012, ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/impunity-reigns-as-fatal-shootings-continue-to-go-unpunished-47769/
Number of ‘A’ grade earners on diploma exam quadruples
Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to meet with high school students who passed the Grade 12 exam with an “A” grade following the announcement of the results by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on January 14, indicating a nearly four-fold increase in ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/number-grade-earners-diploma-exam-quadruples
Ministry sets dates for Diploma and Bac II exams
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has announced the annual schedule for junior high school Diploma and high school Baccalaureate (Bac II) final examinations. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501275975/ministry-sets-dates-for-diploma-and-bac-ii-exams/
Savuth summoned over M’kiri ELCs
The Mondulkiri Provincial Court has summoned Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries secretary of state Chan Savuth to appear on September 12 for questioning over his alleged granting of economic land concessions (ELCs). ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/savuth-summoned-over-mondulkiri-elcs
RDB to request an extra $50 million to beef up agriculture emergency fund
The Rural Development Bank (RDB), a state-own institution, plans to request an additional $50 million to beef up the government-led emergency fund for the agriculture sector, according to a bank representative. ...
With Cambodia visit, Russia looks Southeast
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has wrapped up a three-day state visit to Cambodia, which was part of the Kremlin’s push for a stronger role in Southeast Asia. ...
Abby Seiff
http://www.dw.com/en/with-cambodia-visit-russia-looks-southeast/a-18870632
Thai warning as deadline looms
The Thai Labor Ministry yesterday said it would refuse to extend the July 29 deadline for migrant workers to register themselves, stating they will arrest workers who have not registered from next month. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27279/thai-warning-as-deadline-looms/
Telecom staff in graft inquiry
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has appointed a six-man team to investigate corruption allegations involving two Telecom Cambodia employees and some $230,000 missing from the state-owned company’s accounts. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/telecom-staff-graft-inquiry
Hun Sen calls for ASEAN cooperation in times of disaster
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday called on Asean member states to work together on cross-border rescues of citizens in the wake of natural or man-made disasters. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hun-sen-calls-for-asean-cooperation-in-times-of-disaster/3105429.html
EDC tells banks to stop outsourcing collections
State-run energy utility Electricité du Cambodge (EdC) has asked banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) to stop using third-party services to collect payment of customer electricity fees, local media reported yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/edc-tells-banks-stop-outsourcing-collections
Tourist arrivals rise, but short of estimate
An estimated 4.8 million tourists visited Cambodia in 2015, up 6 percent from the 4.5 million visitors last year, Ministry of Tourism Undersecretary of State Top Sopheak said on Sunday. ...
Kang Sothear and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tourist-arrivals-rise-but-short-of-estimate-106269/
Energy forum promotes renewables through regulation
A team of energy regulators from the four Lower Mekong countries and the United States began a three-day forum yesterday in the capital to try to coordinate a clean energy strategy for the region. ...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17448/energy-forum-promotes-renewables-through-regulation/
Banks roll out cards with new logos
Financial institutions that were abruptly ordered to change their logos earlier this year due to the perceived similarities with state iconography have begun issuing new bank cards to their clients free of charge. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banks-roll-out-cards-new-logos