Parking rules kicked to kerb
City Hall is turning its focus to Phnom Penh’s “anarchic parking” situation. Phnom Penh Governor Pa socheatvong yesterday said the municipality plans to cancel old contracts awarding private companies the right to charge for parking in certain parts of the city, and introduce new restrictions on ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parking-rules-kicked-kerb
Grand Twins again delays bourse listing
Grand Twins International (Cambodia) Co. Ltd., a Phnom Penh-based manufacturer of clothes for U.s. athletic brands, has again delayed its listing on the Cambodia securities Exchange (CsX), officials said Wednesday. The company was expected to list Thursday, but technical problems prevented it from doing so, according ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/grand-twins-again-delays-bourse-listing-59958/
Tempers flare at bus protest
Resolution continued to elude 17 former bus drivers for the Phnom Penh sorya Transportation Company yesterday when a demonstration at the company’s headquarters was roughly dispersed by company security after the ex-staffers tried to block buses from leaving. sambath Vorn, president of the union whose founding ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear and Tat Oudom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tempers-flare-bus-protest
Luxury wood seized from Kratie military base
Authorities in Kratie province on saturday night discovered nearly 90 pieces of luxury-grade wood stockpiled just outside the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) headquarters in Chhlong district, where they believe the timber was being staged for transport to Tbong Khmum province to the south, officials ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/luxury-wood-seized-from-kratie-military-base-69355/
What lies beneath: The fight to save Phnom Kulen
Illegal logging and destructive farming practices have archaeologists racing to rescue an ecologically crucial mountain and its hidden temples. some 80 per cent of the forest on Phnom Kulen – one of Cambodia’s National Parks – has disappeared due to a combination of illegal logging, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Poppy McPherson and Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/what-lies-beneath-fight-save-phnom-kulen
Timber by the numbers
Cambodia’s foremost logging baron exported more than 100,000 cubic metres of timber from sihanoukville Port last year, likely including a species protected by an international treaty to which the Kingdom is a signatory, an analysis by Global Witness of leaked export records suggests. The data, obtained ss='cambodia-color'>...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-numbers
Hun Sen wants foreign money to invest in agro-processing
Cambodia’s Prime Minister is calling for more investments on agriculture processing and technology industry in the Kingdom. speaking at a graduation ceremony yesterday, Mr Hun sen said that more than 2 million hectares of paddy were harvested among the 2.7 million hectares of cultivated land ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50674133/hun-sen-wants-foreign-money-to-invest-in-agro-processing
Police clash with villagers over land encroachment
Preah Sihanouk provincial officialS yeSterday claShed with a group of villagerS armed with StickS and macheteS aS the officialS were trying to diSmantle illegally built homeS in the Ream National Park. According to a provincial police report, the claSh took place inSide the protected area SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50680159/police-clash-with-villagers-over-land-encroachment
Grab to employ deaf drivers
Grab, SoutheaSt ASia&rSquo;S leading ride-hailing app, announced yeSterday the launch of two new initiativeS in Cambodia under itS &lSquo;Grab for Good&rSquo; Social impact programme. A company-wide commitment by Grab to create poSitive Social and economic impact through technology. The two new initiativeS are Break the SS='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50680548/grab-to-employ-deaf-drivers
Two nabbed for grabbing and clearing land in Pursat
Two men, including a village chief, were arrested on Friday for allegedly grabbing and clearing 10ha of forest land in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district. Krasaing Pnov village chief Penh sarorn, 49, and Vong Phalla, 50, were arrested on the orders of Pursat provincial governor ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-nabbed-grabbing-and-clearing-land-pursat
Ministry reports damage from droughts and floods
Floods and droughts destroyed some 67,000ha of paddy fields in the Kingdom last year, resulting in minimal declines to yields and land available for cultivation, the Ministry of Agriculture reported on Monday. Ministry spokesman srey Vuthy joined a government press unit briefing on Monday to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-reports-damage-droughts-and-floods
Ministry reveals action plan goals
The Ministry of Education, Youth and sport has set goals for its fourth phase of action plans to meet sustainable Development Goals based on the principles of quality, equity, inclusiveness and lifelong learning by 2030. Ministry spokesman Dy Kamboly spoke of the goals during a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-reveals-action-plan-goals
Otres beach stalls to be dismantled next week
The Preah Sihanouk provincial adminiStration will take StepS next week to diSmantle vendorS&rSquo; StallS along OtreS Beach in the province&rSquo;S Commune I, Stung Hav diStrict. The Stall ownerS, who have been making a living there for Some 20 yearS had earlier aSked the provincial governor SS='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/otres-beach-stalls-be-dismantled-next-week
Interior Ministry surveys One Window Services in four areas
The Interior Ministry is looking to improve One Window services in three provinces and the capital to better manage issues surrounding land ahead of its official launch at the end of this month. Prak sam Oeuen, director-general of the Interior Ministry’s general administration department, yesterday ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50676087/interior-ministry-surveys-one-window-services-in-four-areas
Probe into alleged land grab in P’Sihanouk
Inspection specialists from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction are probing a land dispute in Preah sihanouk’s Bit Traing commune, in Prey Nop district, involving 19 families and CHsN Transportation Co Ltd. The company is owned by Hun Chea, a nephew of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/probe-alleged-land-grab-psihanouk
Kampong Speu shoe factory construction suspended: Governor
The construction of a shoe factory in Kampong speu province’s Kong Pisei district has been suspended after local authorities ruled it has not been following technical standards. Officials in the Kingdom are scrambling to inspect completed and under-construction buildings to avoid collapses similar to what ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50677531/kampong-speu-shoe-factory-construction-suspended-governor
Security beefed up before Sokha trial
Security will be heightened acroSS the Kingdom on WedneSday, eSpecially in the capital and around the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, in preparation for Kem Sokha&rSquo;S treaSon trial. The former preSident of the Supreme Court-diSSolved Cambodia National ReScue Party (CNRP) waS arreSted in September 2017 and SS='cambodia-color'>...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/security-beefed-sokha-trial
Rangers remove 266 snares from Koh Kong protected area
Rangers removed 266 snares from the Chhay Areng protected area in Koh Kong province’s Thma Bang district last week, saving wild boars that are most vulnerable to them and many other animals, said Wildlife Alliance Cambodia. Posting on its Facebook page on Tuesday, it said: ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-remove-266-snares-koh-kong-protected-area
Gov’t slams NGO over 2019 corruption report
The government on Thursday slammed a report that described the Kingdom as highly corrupt. Government spokesperson Phay siphan dismissed the latest Transparency International (TI) report as “just an advertisement of NGOs to promote their own interests”. Released on Thursday, the report puts Cambodia near the bottom ss='cambodia-color'>...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-slams-ngo-over-2019-corruption-report
Man held for allegedly setting traps which killed wildlife
Mondulkiri Provincial Court on Tuesday charged a man who allegedly set traps resulting in the deaths of several species of wild animals in srepok Wildlife sanctuary. Deputy prosecutor Mam Vanda yesterday identified the accused as Hok Vann, 19, from Koh Nhek district’s Nang Khy lik ss='cambodia-color'>...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50685200/man-held-for-allegedly-setting-traps-which-killed-wildlife