National government
Ministries and other national bodies
Training offer for new councillors
The Ministry of Interior plans to offer training courses to new commune councillors, Interior Minister Sar Kheng revealed yesterday after a closed-door meeting with National Election Committee officials. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5066121/training-offer-new-councillors/
White Building demolition begins as holdouts move out
Two excavators turned bricks to rubble with ease on Monday as walls jutting out from the ground floor of Phnom Penh’s dilapidated White Building slowly tumbled to the ground. ...
Janelle Retka and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/white-building-demolition-begins-as-holdouts-move-out-132612/
Hundreds of Cambodian workers repatriated so far in 2017
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs assisted the repatriation of more than 450 Cambodian workers in the first six months of the year, according to figures released Saturday. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-cambodian-workers-repatriated-so-far-2017
Tropical storm brings flood warning
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology yesterday issued a warning that an impending tropical storm may inundate the Tonle Sap and Mekong river, causing floods to neighbouring communities. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065734/tropical-storm-brings-flood-warning/
Cambodia tourism to get Chinese help
China has revealed a plan to help Cambodia by establishing a comprehensive tourism development plan for Siem Reap province, home of the famed Angkor archeological park. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065656/cambodia-tourism-to-get-chinese-help/
Number of building projects up in 1H
The number of construction projects approved in Cambodia during the first half of the year increased 28 percent compared with the same period last year, amounting to a total value of around $4.9 billion, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Land Management, ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/number-building-projects-1h
Plans for another ‘Hun Sen High School’ renaming canceled
A provincial governor’s request to rename a Siem Reap City high school after Prime Minister Hun Sen has been abandoned, according to an official and the school—a decision some have speculated was influenced by online criticism of the suggested change. ...
Rachna Thim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/plans-another-hun-sen-high-school-renaming-canceled-132584/
Government seeking CITES licences to scale up crocodile farming
Cambodia is seeking to register more than a dozen crocodile farms under an international treaty that protects the critically endangered Siamese crocodile, paving the way for the legal export of crocodile skins to lucrative overseas markets, according to state officials. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-seeking-cites-licences-scale-crocodile-farming
79 migrant workers arrested in Malaysia
The Foreign Affairs Ministry says the Malaysian government has taken notice of Thailand’s recent crackdown on illegal foreign workers and begun one of its own, wrangling 79 illegal Cambodian migrant workers in two weeks. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065736/79-migrant-workers-arrested-malaysia/
All White Building residents cleared, says government
Demolition crews are set to begin tearing down the Phnom Penh landmark known as the White Building today, after the Ministry of Land Management announced on Saturday that all families residing in the dilapidated structure had left the premises. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/all-white-building-residents-cleared-says-government
Phnom Penh cops plan crackdown on parking
Police in Phnom Penh will next month start issuing fines of up to $25 for violations of parking regulations by using handheld devices that scan license plates and recognize the registered identity and address of a vehicle’s owner, an official said yesterday. ...
Khout Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-cops-plan-crackdown-parking
Government collects $915M in taxes in first semester
The government collected $915 million in tax revenue during the first six months of the year, according to figures released yesterday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-collects-915m-taxes-first-semester
Authorities create kidnapping hotlines
The Interior Ministry’s Central Security Department yesterday announced two hotlines for the public to report possible kidnappings after a spike in Facebook comments about parents losing their children. According to a statement issued yesterday, the purpose of the hotlines is to assist authorities with locating ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40318/authorities-create-kidnapping-hotlines/
$23 million boost in education budget
The Finance Ministry is planning to raise the national education budget to more than $700 million next year in a bid to improve standards in schools. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40325/-23-million-boost-in-education-budget/
Corn farmers block road over low prices
Hundreds of corn farmers blocked a main road in Battambang province on Thursday, hoping the barricade would persuade Prime Minister Hun Sen to put pressure on traders to raise the dwindling crop prices that are hurting their livelihoods. ...
Leng Len
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/corn-farmers-block-road-over-low-prices-132502/
Cambodia, Myanmar cooperation
Cambodia and Myanmar have agreed to further enhance trade between the two countries by encouraging investment from small and medium enterprises and exchanging agricultural products, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40333/cambodia--myanmar-cooperation/
Gov’t to continue drug crackdown with nearly $1m budget
Prime Minister Hun Sen has authorized a six-month extension of the government’s anti-drug campaign, an anti-drug authority official said on Thursday. ...
Phan Soumy and Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-continue-drug-crackdown-with-nearly-1m-budget-132497/
Ministries to pilot use of budget reform tool
The Financial Management Information System (FMIS), a reform initiative designed to improve the governance and transparency of national budget management, will be applied to 10 government ministries later this year after a successful implementation of the scheme at the National Treasury Department, officials said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministries-pilot-use-budget-reform-tool-0
Child labour identified in Siem Reap
The National Committee for Counter Trafficking’s (NCCT) six-month report, released on Monday, identified two cases of child labour in brick-making factories in Siem Reap, though officials and a rights group monitor said the use of such labour had decreased in the province. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-labour-identified-siem-reap
International group demands severance for shuttered factory’s workers
An international alliance of NGOs has started a campaign to urge two prominent U.K. clothing retailers and a Canadian brand to compensate 208 factory workers who lost their jobs when the Chung Fai Knitwear factory abruptly closed a year ago. ...
Julia-grace Sanders
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/intl-group-demands-severance-for-shuttered-factorys-workers-132451/
Prospects bright for solar in Kep
The Ministry of Environment has announced its support for a new 10-megawatt solar power development project in the coastal province of Kep to be spearheaded by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), a South Korea-based organisation set up by the UN in 2012 to chart ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/prospects-bright-solar-kep
Industry experts say ecotourism has potential to expand
As tourists’ itineraries veer toward nature resorts and jungle trekking, companies and conservationists are considering how they can define, develop and expand ecotourism and coastal tourism in Cambodia. ...
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/industry-experts-say-ecotourism-has-potential-to-expand-132411/
Migrant workers overwhelm passport center
On a narrow side street on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on Tuesday, cars and tuk-tuks crept slowly along as hordes of pedestrians and motorbikes blocked their paths. Food carts and steady streams of customers lined the road. ...
Chhorn Phearun and Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/migrant-workers-overwhelm-passport-center-132417/
Koh Kong sand exports permanently banned after volume discrepancies
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has permanently banned sand exports from Koh Kong province – eight months after it imposed a temporary ban following controversy over large discrepancies found in sand export figures to Singapore. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-sand-exports-permanently-banned-after-volume-discrepancies