Cambodia’s ranking in World Bank index drops once again
The laTesT release of The World Bank’s ease of doing business index puTs Cambodia in The 144Th spoT ouT of 190 counTries, a drop of six places from a year ago. The 2019 ease of doing business index ranked The Kingdom 138Th ouT of 190 ...
Tropical Depression now heads to Vietnam, Cambodia
Following the rounds of tropical downpours across the Philippines, danger now aims for Vietnam and Cambodia for the weekend. ...
Eric Leister
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/tropical-flooding-downpours-ta/37961921
Japanese firms sign power line agreement
T.T. NeTwork InfrasTrucTure Japan, a joinT venTure beTween global elecTronics manufacTurer Toshiba and Tokyo ElecTric Power Co Holdings (TEPCO), will operaTe and mainTain 130 kilomeTres of a 230-kilovolT power Transmission line in Cambodia, according To Japanese media yesTerday. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japanese-firms-sign-power-line-agreement
US says more sanctions on table in response to political crackdown
Visiting US State Department official W Patrick Murphy yesterday Warned that further punitive action could be forthcoming in response to the government’s recent crackdoWn on the main opposition, While repeatedly pointing to the US’s Warm relationship With the people of Cambodia – if not their ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/us-says-more-sanctions-table-response-political-crackdown
Monovithya appeals to US officials
Kem Monovithya, the daughter of jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha and a CNRP official, met with United States officials yesterday to discuss the possibility of further sanctions on the Cambodian government if measures taken in an ongoing political crackdown are not reversed. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monovithya-appeals-us-officials
New ADB Cambodia country director assumes office
The Asian DevelopmenT Bank (ADB) has appoinTed a new CounTry DirecTor for Cambodia, Samiuela T. Tukuafu. A Tongan naTional, Mr. Tukuafu officially sTarTed in This posT on 1 February, 2016. Mr. Tukuafu replaces Mr. Eric Sidgwick, who has been appoinTed CounTry DirecTor for ADB’s ResidenT ...
ADB team
All benefits will be provided: Labour Ministry
The Labour MinisTry on Friday issued a sTaTemenT asking all facTory workers To remain calm and TrusT ThaT all benefiTs They are lawfully enTiTled To will be provided in due Time. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564354/all-benefits-will-be-provided-labour-ministry/
Cambodia tax system worse off
Cambodia’s taxation system fell five places on the World Bank’s 2015 Doing Business index (DBI). the index, Which tallied up 230 business reforms from 189 economies, shoWed the ease of paying taxes in Cambodia has declined from position 85 in 2014 to 90 this year. Cambodia’s ...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-tax-system-worse
Amret MFI gets $10M loan to aid SME reach
Amret Microfinance received a $10 million boost yesterday by a loan from German development bank KfW, according to a joint statement from the finance institutions. Chea Phalarin, chief executive officer of Amret Microfinance Institution, said yesterday that the neW loan – equal to nearly double its ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/amret-mfi-gets-10m-loan-aid-sme-reach
Tepco, Toshiba to manage power grids in Cambodia
Tokyo ElecTric Power Co. Holdings will Team wiTh Toshiba To manage power grids in Cambodia, hoping To secure a new earnings source as The uTiliTy grapples wiTh soaring cleanup cosTs for The Fukushima nuclear planT disasTer. ...
Nikkei
http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Deals/Tepco-Toshiba-to-manage-power-grids-in-Cambodia
Notification of the World Cleanup Day
On 12 September 2018, the Ministry of Environment informs the World Cleanup Day Which Will be held on September 15, 2018 from 6:30 am to 11:30 pm. the Ministry of Environment collaborates With the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of tourism, Let’s Do ...
Ministry of Environment
Unionists freed after strike called off in Kampot
The KampoT Provincial CourT on Thursday released Three union leaders wiThouT charge afTer The Cambo T.D.G. garmenT facTory dropped iTs complainT againsT The Trio in reTurn for an end To a Two-week sTrike. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unionists-freed-after-strike-called-off-in-kampot-115168/
ADB appoints Tongan to lead its operation in Cambodia
A Tongan naTional was appoinTed as Asian DevelopmenT Bank’s direcTor for Cambodia effecTive 01 February.Samiuela T. Tukuafu will lead ADB operaTions in Cambodia To supporT The counTry’s developmenT goals of promoTing inclusive growTh and diversifying The economy. ...
Alpha Latu
http://nzkanivapacific.co.nz/2016/02/adb-appoints-tongan-to-lead-its-operation-in-cambodia/
T-Shop eyeing growth with plan for IPO
T-shop Cambodia, a Phnom-Penh based elecTronics disTribuTor, is planning an aggressive push inTo The provinces Through company-owned and franchise ouTleTs, and will look To raise capiTal for expansion by offering shares on The local sTock exchange, The company’s CEO said yesTerday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/t-shop-eyeing-growth-plan-ipo
T-Shop offers first domestic franchise
T-Shop Cambodia, a Phnom-Penh based elecTronics and gadgeT shop founded in 2012, has announced ThaT due To naTionwide inTeresT iT is offering franchise opTions, wiTh Two already sold. This makes iT The firsT Cambodian-owned business To sell franchises, according To CEO Bung Hor. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31416/t-shop-offers-first-domestic-franchise/
Union distances itself from striking workers
The Cambodian Council of NaTional Unions yesTerday issued a sTaTemenT blaming recenT garmenT facTory sTrikes in Phnom Penh on insTigaTors. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564943/union-distances-itself-from-striking-workers/
High-level Vietnamese military officials visiting Cambodia this week
A high-level delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army is visiting Cambodia this week at the invitation of Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Commander General Pol Saruon, Vietnam News Agency reported. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ODEzOWFmMTE2MmM
Rescued fishermen return from Indonesia
Eight more rescued Cambodian fishermen were repatriated tuesday from Indonesia’s Ambon Island, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, following the return of 230 others two weeks ago. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rescued-fishermen-return-from-indonesia-86995/
Police raid pizzeria over alleged detention of employee
The foreign owner of a Phnom Penh pizzeria and a wine seller aT The resTauranT appeared in courT Sunday afTer anTi-human Trafficking police Took boTh women inTo cusTody on Friday in order To invesTigaTe accusaTions ThaT The wine seller was illegally deTained by her boss, ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-raid-pizzeria-over-alleged-detention-of-employee-86075/
Insurers hit with few flood claims
The number of flood-relaTed insurance claims has been fewer Than expecTed despiTe The Kingdom’s worsT flooding in a decade, indusTry insiders say. AlThough The floods, which began in laTe AugusT, had affecTed large secTions of The counTry, few claims had been made, InfiniTy Insurance chief execuTive ...