Police chief called on to curb protests in capital
Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng on Tuesday told the newly appointed municipal police chief to continue preventing protests and crimes of all kinds in the capital. Sar Thet, who maintains his position as deputy National Police chief, replaced Chuon Sovann who has been promoted as ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-chief-called-curb-protests-capital
Agriculture issues ‘unresolved’
At the capital’s Peace Palace on Monday, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sokhon led a delegation at a meeting with the Supreme Consultation Forum to discuss all issues under the ministry’s remit. Following the meeting, some council members expressed dismay that several of ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/agriculture-issues-unresolved
Lawmakers to take oaths today
All 125 elected CPP members will today attend the National Assembly’s first session and take oaths to be lawmakers before King Norodom Sihamoni. The National Assembly’s secretary-general Leng Penglong said yesterday that the King will preside over the opening session today with the presence of ...
Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50530485/lawmakers-to-take-oaths-today/
PM marks National Literacy Day
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged all ministries to continue work on improving literacy in order to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030. To mark National Literacy Day on Saturday, Mr Hun Sen said government officials must continue to develop Cambodia’s human resources by improving ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50531929/pm-marks-national-literacy-day/
Register now or miss out on tax breaks, ministry says
Government officials and private sector leaders on Friday reiterated their calls for all small and medium-sized enterprises to join the regulatory fold. Public officials and representatives of employers’ organisations assured business owners that the recently announced tax incentives are not a “trap” and that registering ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50549752/register-now-or-miss-out-on-tax-breaks-ministry-says/
CMAC deactivates 132 cluster bombs in Kratie
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) on Monday deactivated 132 US-made BLU-24 cluster bombs in Samrong village in Kratie province’s Snuol district. CMAC director-general Heng Ratana on Monday urged people who live in provinces along the Cambodia-Vietnam border to be vigilant. He cautioned villagers to ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-deactivates-132-cluster-bombs-kratie
Property owners asked to report foreign tenants to immigration department
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has instructed owners of residences throughout the Kingdom to report the presence of all foreign tenants. In a letter dated Friday, Sar Kheng said the ministry had noticed that many residence owners had failed to duly ...
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/
Notification on the temporary suspension of the implementation of VAT on nontaxable supplies
On 06 July 2017, the General Department of Taxation has issued a notice to all financial institutions operating in the Kingdom of Cambodia to be aware that the implementation of a May 25 prakas that more clearly defines the government’s laws for nontaxable supplies concerning ...
General Department of Taxation
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 ...