Britain’s Fraud Office Probes Biofuel Scheme
A biofuel company is currently under investigation for fraud in the U.K. after millions of dollars of investors’ money was spent on a jatropha plantation in Banteay Meanchey province that never produced even a single drop of biodiesel. The company, London-based sustainable Agro Energy PLC, had ss='cambodia-color'>...
Supporters Pray for Mam Sonando’s Release
More than a hundred supporters of imprisoned Beehive Radio owner Mam sonando gathered at the Preah Ang Dang Keu shrine in front of the Royal Palace yesterday morning to offer prayers for his release. sporting shirts printed with photos of Mr. sonando, the group lit candles ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s Hydro Plans Carry Steep Costs
The Cambodian government has committed to the construction of five dams along the Mekong River in order to meet a huge demand for electricity, but environmental groups warn that severe repercussions loom for this strategy. “While each project proposed in Cambodia comes with a different set ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/nvironment/cambodias-hydro-plans-carry-steep-costs/539293
Cambodia’s trade with Malaysia grows sharply
Cambodia’s trade with Malaysia grows sharply in 1st 4 months of Y 2011 The bi-lateral trade between Cambodia and Malaysia increased by 75% in the 1st 4 months of this year, compared to the same period last year, said a senior commerce official Wednesday. From January to ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.livetradingnews.com/cambodias-trade-with-malaysia-grows-sharply-47229.htm
Garment industry stokes Cambodia’s political growth
Under dazzling white strip-lights, a production line of young Cambodians stitch, iron and fold their way to the day’s target of 820 two-piece children’s pajamas. These garments are destined for the shelves of Los Angeles, shop price $9.97. The workers, mostly women, start at 7:30 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phnom Penh’s new commune prices steady
Land prices in Meanchey district’s four communes that had been transferred into Phnom Penh municipality’s control from Kandal province have held steady, despite the construction of Prek samroung Bridge and the extension of roads to the area. Meanchey Governor Kuch Chamroeun said that he is ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122760489/Real-Estate/phnom-penh-s-new-commune-prices-steady.html
Kratie Village Sealed After Girl’s Killing
Kratie city – soldiers and military police yesterday blocked all access to a village where a 14-year-old girl was shot dead by security forces on Wednesday while the authorities launched a massive operation to evict hundreds of families from the area under a cloak of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian port’s cargo rises 10 percent
The cargo of merchandises including clothes, agriculture products, construction, electronics and other products through the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) has increased 10 percent in the first five months of this year in comparison to the same period last year, according to PPAP’s statistics. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Siphana’s law firm joins ZICOlaw
Lawyer and government advisor sok siphana has made his law firm, sok siphana & Associates, a member of ZICOlaw, a leading regional law firm based in Kuala Lumpur and focused on the AsEAN region. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Maid’s Death Believed Linked to Abuse
A Cambodian maid who recently returned home from work in Malaysia fell ill and died over the weekend, highlighting ongoing concerns over the treatment of impoverished southeast Asian women who seek work abroad but are often abused by their employers. Kuy Lyda, 17, died at a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Serey
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/maid-06252012155226.html
Strings attached to Thai firm’s offer
Cambodia migrant workers seeking to leave allegedly exploitative conditions at the Phatthana seafood factory in southern Thailand said yesterday that they were still being forced to pay to get their passports back. The factory, which exports fish to buyers across the world including Walmart, has come ss='cambodia-color'>...
Flights boost tourism to Cambodia’s seaside
Increased flight connections to sihanoukville helped boost tourism figures in the seaside province during the first five months of the year, tourism officials said yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Former anti-drug czar’s appeal begins
Disgraced anti-drug czar Moek Dara’s appeal against his life sentence for convictions in 25 separate cases of bribery and masterminding a criminal enterprise began yesterday morning in Phnom Penh. Co-accused, former Ministry of Interior anti-drug police department chief Chea Leng also appeared at the Court of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia’s garment exports grow in 2012
The exports of garments and textiles from southeast Asian nation of Cambodia grew to Us$ 4.61 billion, up nine percent over total textiles and garment exports worth Us$ 4.24 billion made in 2011, according to The Phnom Penh Post report. However, the rise in garment ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=120092
Cambodia, U.S. sign emissions reduction agreement
Cambodia and the United StateS on Friday Signed a Memorandum of UnderStanding on low emiSSionS and climate reSilient development in Cambodia, according to a preSS Statement from the U.S. EmbaSSy to Phnom Penh. The deal waS inked between Cambodian MiniSter of Environment Mok Mareth and Rebecca SS='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2013-05/31/content_28997411.htm
Cambodia’s bourse sees record low volume
In the frenzied run-up to the national election Sunday, Phnom Penh haS been the Site of concertS, rallieS and StreetS packed with campaignerS. But the energy haSn&rSquo;t Spread to the hallS of the Cambodia SecuritieS Exchange. At the cloSe of trading TueSday, five buSineSS dayS had SS='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia%E2%80%99s-bourse-sees-record-low-volume
NEC’s verification is questioned by NGO
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) yesterday raised concerns over the ongoing election results verification process, saying the manner in which it was carried out makes it almost meaningless as a tool to check returns. From saturday to Tuesday, the National Election Committee carried out ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec%E2%80%99s-verification-questioned-ngo
Small rise in Kingdom’s February inflation
Cambodia saw a 1.7 per cent rise in inflation in February compared with the same month the previous year. Prices of food and fuel rose, according to official data from the National Institute of statistics (NIs). “The increase for all index group of a 1.7 per ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042365161/Business/small-rise-in-kingdom-s-february-inflation.html
SEZ adds to tycoon’s growing portfolio
Okhna Try Pheap’s ballooning empire of exclusive natural resource licences and concessions has been expanded even further with the granting of a special economic zone (sEZ) in Ratanakkiri province. The May 27 issue of the Royal Gazette reveals Pheap was granted a 136-hectare sEZ in O’Yadav ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013061266216/National/sez-adds-to-tycoon-s-growing-portfolio.html
CPP’s political machine purring in Ratanakkiri
Welcome to CPP country. On the roads snaking up from Banlung through Ratanakkiri’s lush mountain passes up to O’Yadav district, samdechs peer down from billboards and farmers in dirt-streaked party shirts speed past on dilapidated motorbikes. It is perhaps a measure of how successful the ruling ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp%E2%80%99s-political-machine-purring-ratanakkiri