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Development of oilfield to continue as planned
The recent gains in the global price of oil will not affect plans for the development of the Apsara oilfield, according to a representative of the company that holds the rights to the area. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517257/development-of-oilfield-to-continue-as-planned/
CPP sweeps National Assembly as figures from elections come in
Even before the National Election Committee (NEC) had announced the official results of Sunday’s national polls, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) said on Monday that it had managed to secure more than 77 per cent of the popular vote. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-sweeps-national-assembly-figures-elections-come
Observers: Cambodia election was free and fair
Representatives of election observers from six countries and leaders of the National Election Committee (NEC) claimed that Sunday’s national elections were free, fair and transparent. They also congratulated the 82 per cent of registered voters who turned up at the polls. The statements were made ...
Mech Dara and Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/observers-cambodia-election-was-free-and-fair
Government donates flood aid to Laos
The government yesterday said that it donated $100,000 in humanitarian aid to Laos as a relief package for thousands of victims affected by a collapsed dam that left dozens dead, hundreds missing and thousands displaced. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517409/government-donates-flood-aid-to-laos/
Stung Treng floods displace more families
Stung Treng provincial authorities yesterday evacuated nearly 100 more families in Stung Treng city due to continued flooding caused by rising water levels in the Mekong river. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517408/stung-treng-floods-displace-more-families/
No energy after national election
Residents here yesterday expressed concern about the lack of energy during the count process for Sunday’s national election. Many in Kampong Siem district’s Koh Mit commune said that they felt indifferent, even as the National Election Committee said that the voter turnout rate in the ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517412/no-energy-after-national-election/
Families displaced in Siem Pang
Thousands of families along the Sekong river were evacuated last week after the collapse of a dam in Laos led to a deluge in the district. A member of the Kavet ethnic minority, Ms Doung and her family were among 15 other families in Santepheap ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517410/families-displaced-in-siem-pang/
CDC gives nod to $3.5B in projects
The Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved projects worth a total $3.5 billion in the first half of this year – a 14 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, a statement released on Saturday said. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-gives-nod-35b-projects
Preliminary turnout said to be over 82% as votes are cast
Caretaker prime minister and president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party Hun Sen cast his vote in the 2018 national elections – in which preliminary turnout figures were said to be more than 82 percent – on Sunday morning, in front of some 100 national ...
Niem Chheng, Mech Dara and Meas Sokchea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preliminary-turnout-said-be-over-82-votes-are-cast
Voting goes on quietly in Takeo
The election in Takeo province’s 1,585 polling stations went smoothly on Sunday, though it was relatively quiet compared to the 2013 national polls and the 2017 commune council elections, officials from the provincial election committee (PEC) and participating political parties said. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voting-goes-quietly-takeo
Strung Treng flood rescue efforts continue through elections
As the nation was in an election mood on Sunday, authorities revealed more than 1,400 families were impacted by floods in Siem Pang and Sesan, Strung Treng province after the collapse of a hydropower dam in southern Laos on Monday evening. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/strung-treng-flood-rescue-efforts-continue-through-elections
Result of Cambodia vote must be 'fully rejected': opposition
The result of Cambodia’s general election, in which long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) declared victory, must be fully rejected by the international community, the opposition said on Monday. ...
Reuters Staff
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-election-opposition/result-of-cambodia-vote-must-be-fully-rejected-opposition-idUSKBN1KK09B
Illegal fishing cases see decline
Illegal fishing cases slumped by about 12 percent in the first half of this year compared with the same period last year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries said in a report released yesterday. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514953/illegal-fishing-cases-see-decline/
Property sector strong despite election: CBRE
Growth in the local property sector remained robust in the second quarter of 2018, with the condominium, office and industrial sectors all contributing significantly to its expansion, according to CBRE’s latest report. However, uncertainty regarding the upcoming general election has chipped away at investors’ confidence ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514823/property-sector-strong-despite-election-cbre/
Ministry clamps down on classroom abuse
The Education Ministry plans to eliminate all violence against children in schools. The ministry and partner NGOs held a workshop on Friday to discuss and implement a child protection policy. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514721/ministry-clamps-down-on-classroom-abuse/
Internet users rise as network coverage expands
There has been a spike in the number of internet connections in the Kingdom, with nearly two million new subscribers registered in the first half of 2018, an official with the Telecommunication Regulator Cambodia said yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514827/internet-users-rise-as-network-coverage-expands/
Fake news a serious issue
The Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) on Monday said ‘fake news’ has been polluting publications and sparking controversy in the Kingdom, especially on social media. The remarks were made on Monday at a roundtable discussion organised by CCJ in Phnom Penh. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-news-serious-issue
Number of international observers poised to hit record: NEC
A National Election Committee (NEC) official on Monday said the number of international observers signed up to monitor the July 29 polls is steadily increasing. NEC member and spokesman Hang Puthea told The Post that 155 international observers have been officially approved, while another 115 ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/number-international-observers-poised-hit-record-nec
Interior Minister slams UNTAC
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has slammed the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) which organised the 1993 elections. He said there were irregularities under UNTAC’s supervision of the polls, and despite spending $2 billion to bring democracy and peace to the country, war still ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-minister-slams-untac
Cambodia to probe election boycott call
Cambodia’s election organizers said on Monday they will investigate a complaint against about 30 former opposition party members for calling for a boycott of Sunday’s general election. ...
Chan Thul Prak
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-election/cambodia-to-probe-election-boycott-call-idUSKBN1KD0OH
Authorities evacuate villagers
Authorities yesterday began evacuating villagers affected by floods along the Sesan river in Ratanakkiri province, the Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology said. The ministry also asked villagers along the river to continue to take precautions following a rise in water levels. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514965/authorities-evacuate-villagers/
Transport Minister denies Japan aid cut
Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said on Sunday that the Japanese government will not cut infrastructure financing following international criticism and calls made by former opposition members to end funding. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514899/transport-minister-denies-japan-aid-cut/
Civil Society Groups in Cambodia Suppressed: Report
Local and international civil society groups operating in Cambodia face government-imposed restrictions on their operations and have been significantly hindered in their work in the lead up to Sunday’s general election, according to a recent report by a U.S.-based think tank. ...
Channy Chheng
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/civil-society-groups-in-cambodia-suppressed-report/4495078.html
Parties set to make history
Some 270,000 supporters of competing political parties will participate in rallies in Phnom Penh on Friday when campaigning ends – the largest such gathering in the Kingdom’s history. It will be the final push as the 20 parties taking part in the July 29 national ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-set-make-history