National Assembly OKs mining law amendments
The National Assembly on Thursday approved amendments to Cambodia’s mining laws by revising 11 articles, in a move that would give officials the power to hand out fines or punishments instead of sending all disputes to court. In a full plenary session last week, 112 ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/national-assembly-oks-mining-law-amendments
Old hearing aids add to quality of life
ROSEBUD audiologist Fallon Arnold is about to head off on a two-week volunteer placement for all Ears Cambodia, based in the capital, Phnom Penh.The organisation offers a range of hearing health services to those afflicted with hearing loss or ear-health problems, such as infections. ...
Stephen Taylor
http://mpnews.com.au/2015/10/13/old-hearing-aids-add-to-quality-of-life/
Japan’s top airline to add Phnom Penh route in September
All Nippon Airways (ANA) – Japan’s largest carrier – will begin flying between Tokyo and Phnom Penh on September 1, the spokesman for the Secretariat of State of Civil Aviation told Khmer Times yesterday, adding that the first direct flight from Japan to Cambodia will ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20134//
River Coalition of Cambodia: say no to Lao dam
The River Coalition of Cambodia, along with 13 other NGOs, released a letter yesterday requesting Prime Minister Hun Sen demand the Lao government to cancel the construction of their Don Sahong hydropower dam and also pause all hydropower projects along the Mekong River due to ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21318/river-coalition-of-cambodia--say-no-to-lao-dam/
Krabey island resort 70% complete
A $20 million resort being developed on Krabey Island off the coast from Sihanoukville is about 70 percent complete and will open on schedule in mid-2017, according the Ministry of Tourism. Tourism Minister Thong Khon told Khmer Times that the island development was progressing as planned, ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/29359/krabey-island-resort-70--complete/
Gov’t pledges to step up land titling pace
The government yesterday vowed to finish distributing all land titles currently under consideration by 2020.In a speech, Im Chhun Lim, the minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, said the government was committed to improving land security in Cambodia in its bid to address ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-pledges-step-land-titling-pace
Nearly 100 Vietnamese nabbed in capital
About 100 Vietnamese nationals allegedly living illegally in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district were arrested by Interior Ministry officials on Friday. The 93 Vietnamese, including 34 women, had been living in Nirot commune when general department of immigration police raided their residences. all are now in ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26788/nearly-100-vietnamese-nabbed-in-capital/
Thais waive border fees for New Year
Thai officials will next month waive fees at border gates to allow workers from Cambodia to return home for the New Year. The Cambodian embassy in Thailand yesterday confirmed the move to Khmer Times and said the free pass will apply to all Cambodian workers and ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36583/thais-waive-border-fees-for-new-year/
Siem Reap city governor calls for cleaner streets
Siem Reap city authorities issued a letter on Friday, asking all residents, markets, hotels, and guesthouses to control the disposal of trash and divide it properly.Siem Reap city governor So Platong said residents should not throw trash in the street or burn it, but put ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103500/siem-reap-city-governor-calls-for-cleaner-streets/
Rice crop damaged by floods
At least 17,571 hectares of rice fields were affected by the recent floods – of which about 3,186 hectares were severely damaged, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) yesterday, which urged all provincial agriculture departments to immediately evaluate the affects from ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31368/rice-crop-damaged-by-floods/
Ministry shutters NDI for Lango violations as US Embassy hits back
The Cambodian Foreign Ministry yesterday announced that it was halting the operations of the US State Department-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) and expelling all its foreign staff from the Kingdom in the next week – a move that prompted the US Embassy to fire back ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-shutters-ndi-lango-violations-us-embassy-hits-back
Australia’s ‘dance with dictators’: Country expected to stay mum on rights abuses with Asean leaders in town
While calls from all corners have demanded Australia take Cambodia to task – not only for its political crackdown but also for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s threats to beat up protesters on Australian soil – observers say any such confrontation is unlikely to materialise during ...
Angkor Gold share restored
Canadian exploration company Angkor Gold announced on Tuesday that it agreed to buy back all shares sold to investors in 2014, through its net smelter rights (NSR) scheme in the Kingdom’s first commercial underground gold mine in Phum Syarung, in Rattanakiri’s O’Yadaw district – now ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32628/angkor-gold-share-restored/
Government’s post service increases
Cambodia Post’s services grew this year, thanks to a rise in foreign investment in Cambodia, more overseas tourists, and the rising trend of online markets. Ork Bora, Cambodia Post general director, said yesterday that the increase over all previous years was due to increased confidence of ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33441/government---s-post-service-increases/
Export licenses for Vietnam
The Ministry of Commerce is calling for producers and exporters who have been dealing in dried tobacco leaves and milled rice to apply for licenses to export to Vietnam. Vietnam agreed to waive all duties on 300,000 tons of rice and 3,000 tons of dried tobacco ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33863/export-licenses-for-vietnam/
Disabilities group urges politicians to consider their needs in local elections
The needs of disabled Cambodians have not been taken into account in the forthcoming local elections, a disabilities group has said. Ngin Saoroth, executive director of the Cambodian Disabled People’s Organization (CDPO), told reporters this week that politicians were not putting “the issue of the disabled ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/disabilities-group-urges-politicians-to-consider-their-needs-in-local-elections/3869502.html
NEC bans Senate campaign marching on main roads
The National Election Committee yesterday revealed locations in Phnom Penh that political parties will be banned from using for campaigning prior to the upcoming Senate election on February 25.The NEC has banned all political parties from campaigning on nine major boulevards in Phnom Penh, along ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50107268/nec-bans-senate-campaign-marching-main-roads/
New Cambodian rice federation elects president
The Federation of Cambodia Rice Exporters, a new government-backed association of rice exporters which aims to bring together all the players in the rice sector to boost exports, formed on June 21 and elected Kim Savuth, president of Khmer Food Co., as its first president. The election saw Kim Savuth receiving 53 of ...
Hun Sen welcomes international investigation
Prime Minister Hun Sen said this afternoon he would “welcome” an international investigation into the contested results of Sunday’s election. “For the sake of free and fair elections, I welcome the international community, all political parties and the NEC to investigate this,” he told reporters, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-welcomes-international-election-investigation
Cambodian airports to double capacity
Expansion plans will double passenger capacity at Phnom Penh and Siem Reap airports in Cambodia, according to a local aviation official. The project will expand parking areas, terminals and all facilities at the two international airports, Khek Norinda, communications director for Cambodia Airports, said. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/aviation/396752/cambodia-airports-to-double-passenger-capacity