City’s tap water gets thumbs up
Browse any online expat or tourist forum where people ask whether the tap water in Phnom Penh is safe to drink and you will likely find an adamant “No!” But according to water sanitation experts, these forums are wrong. Phnom Penh has some of the safest ss='cambodia-color'>...
Maddy Crowell
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23533/city---s-tap-water-gets-thumbs-up/
Corruption czar’s sons appointed as assistants
Two sons of Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Chairman Om Yentieng have been appointed as assistants to the government graft-fighting body, sparking accusations of nepotism within the very institution meant to stamp out such practices. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/corruption-czars-sons-appointed-as-assistants-111794/
Unlicensed medic arrested over patient’s death
An unlicensed medic was arrested in Tbong Khmum province on Monday after administering three injections to a patient who then died en route to a nearby clinic, a police official said on Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unlicensed-medic-charged-with-manslaughter-in-patients-death-113755/
Sweden’s ambassador presents Cambodia business opportunities
The SwediSh-Thai buSineSS community waS given a rare opportunity to get a headS up on the inveStment climate in Cambodia, courteSy of departing AmbaSSador of Sweden to Cambodia, MS Anna Maj Hultgård. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Joakim Persson
http://scandasia.com/swedens-ambassador-presents-cambodia-business-opportunities/
Protest at Pursat’s monkey business factory
More than 100 striking workers at the Vanny Bio-Research company in Pursat town agreed to go back to work yesterday after mediators promised to find an adequate resolution to their demands for a wage hike. The company breeds and cares for 30,000-40,000 monkeys they sell to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27154/protest-at-pursat---s-monkey-business-factory/
China’s president Xi arrives bearing gifts
Chinese President Xi Jinping is not one to arrive without a gift. On his first visit to Cambodia as head of state on Thursday, he pledged some $237 million in aid, erased almost $90 million in state debt, offered nearly $15 million in military support and ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy, Ben Paviour and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chinas-president-xi-arrives-bearing-gifts-119274/
MoU to support S. Korea investors
The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand and strengthen cooperation as well as provide support to south Korean investors, especially those in the banking sector who are now investing ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31603/mou-to-support-s--korea-investors/
Let’s talks about debt: US envoy
US ambaSSador to Cambodia William A. Heidt SayS he wantS the Cambodian government to Sit down and talk about a multi-million-dollar debt owed to America from the dayS before the Khmer Rouge regime. &nbSp; SS='cambodia-color'>...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36077/let---s-talks-about-debt--us-envoy/
Documentary reflects Cambodia’s battle with plastic
In celebration of World Water Day on Wednesday, the Us embassy held the Cambodian premiere of the Us documentary “A Plastic Ocean” – an award-winning documentary on the impact of plastic waste around the world – at Aeon Mall’s Major Cineplex. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mark Tilly
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36818/documentary-reflects-cambodia---s-battle-with-plastic/
GDT’s hands tied on sign fees
The tax authority yesterday refuted local media claims that it had endorsed a private sector call to end Phnom Penh City Hall’s taxation of billboards and commercial signage throughout the capital, which advocates have said imposes an onerous levy on local businesses. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdts-hands-tied-sign-fees
Sokha questioned on family’s private lives
Jailed former opposition leader Kem sokha was questioned by a judge in prison yesterday, according to his lawyers, who classified the questioning as “aggressive” and “inappropriate”. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/sokha-questioned-familys-private-lives
Will Cambodia’s repressed opposition rise up?
Last week, Prime Minister Hun sen raised the prospect of delaying or even cancelling Cambodia’s upcoming general election due to possible chaos caused by anti-government protests. The premier’s warning came after a new movement of exiled opposition politicians said it might call on supporters to organize ss='cambodia-color'>...
David Hutt
http://www.atimes.com/article/will-cambodias-repressed-opposition-rise/
NagaWorld’s profits soar in 2017
Phnom Penh’s NagaWorld casino posted a massive increase in profits and revenue driven by strong growth in high-value guests last year, with the amount of money gambled by VIPs at the capital’s only casino exceeding Cambodia’s gross domestic product for 2016. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Brendan O’Byrne
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagaworlds-profits-soar-2017
Amru Rice’s SRP project bears fruit
Local rice miller and exporter Amru Rice has started reaping the benefits of its partnership with the International Financial Corporation (IFC), beginning to collect rice from farmers working under contract farming schemes in Kampong Cham province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114855/amru-rices-srp-project-bears-fruit/
Chroy Changvar locals reject city’s ultimatum
About 40 Chroy Changvar peninsula residents yesterday held a press conference rejecting City Hall’s two-month ultimatum to part with most of their land or accept below-market rates to make way for a planned satellite city. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chroy-changvar-locals-reject-citys-ultimatum
Switzerland to keep supporting Richner’s hospitals
The SwiSS government haS vowed to help Secure long-term financial SuStainability for the Kantha Bopha children&rSquo;S hoSpitalS.&nbSp;LaSt week Beat Richner, the founder and head of the Kantha Bopha Children&rSquo;S HoSpital and a Health MiniStry adviSer, reSigned from hiS poSition aS managing director due to health SS='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37191/switzerland-to-keep-supporting-richner---s-hospitals/
NEC’s first election recount turns rowdy
After nine hours of counting and heated arguments between CPP and CNRP representatives, the national election body had yet to declare the winner of a svay Rieng province commune where the opposition CNRP is contesting the results of the June 4 local elections, though the ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/necs-first-election-recount-turns-rowdy-131272/
Siem Reap residents petition PM’s cabinet
Fifteen people from Siem Reap yeSterday delivered a petition to Prime MiniSter Hun Sen&rSquo;S cabinet claiming they were left out of a recent land-titling drive in their village, though local authoritieS Said the group had only Settled in the area once the titling began. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-residents-petition-pms-cabinet
Cambodia’s progress on gender equality questioned
In its annual report signed yesterday, the Cambodian National Council for Women lauded the government’s efforts to increase gender equality throughout society, though women’s rights activists today raised doubts about the achievements.The council highlights in the report that the economic and political status of women ss='cambodia-color'>...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodias-progress-gender-equality-questioned
More container traffic buoys port’s profits
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port attributed its growth in profits last year to a rise in container traffic and shipments through the capital’s river port, as well as increased profits from leasing equipment and returns on interest, it said in a filing to the Cambodia securities ss='cambodia-color'>...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-container-traffic-buoys-ports-profits