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NGO report finds banned exports of logs to Vietnam still increasing
The ostensibly-outlawed export of logs to Vietnam increased in May, while the trade in sawn timber, also supposedly banned, remained substantial, new Vietnamese customs data shows. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-report-finds-banned-exports-logs-vietnam-still-increasing
Construction workers denied paid leave
More than 90 percent of construction workers in the capital do not receive paid holiday, a survey into the industry has revealed. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074185/construction-workers-denied-paid-leave/
Cambodia takes the regional lead in HIV treatment effort
Cambodia has made significant progress in HIV treatment, taking the lead regionally by reaching 80 percent of those living with the virus and becoming one of only seven countries globally to reach target treatment goals, according to a U.N. report released on Thursday. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-takes-the-regional-lead-in-hiv-treatment-effort-132751/
Tycoon held in land case
Phnom Penh military police officials have arrested tycoon Sok Heng and some aides involved in a land dispute in Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov district. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074196/tycoon-held-land-case/
Nhek Bun Chhay loyalists stripped of government roles
Twelve government advisers—many of them said to be allies of KNUP leader Nhek Bun Chhay—have been stripped of their positions in a suspected purge of officials loyal to the former general. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nhek-bun-chhay-loyalists-stripped-of-govt-roles-132754/
Situation room seeks meeting with Minister
Two key members of the election monitoring group dubbed the Situation Room are seeking a meeting with Interior Minister Sar Kheng to discuss a recent government order that would bar the NGO consortium from continuing its work for next year’s general election. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/situation-room-seeks-meeting-with-minister-132742/
Vietnam pledges $25m to cambodia for national assembly building
Vietnam has pledged $25 million to Cambodia to build a new National Assembly secretariat building in Phnom Penh, while also promising greater cooperation on a range of issues between the two nations, officials said on Thursday. ...
Global Fund donates $98m despite graft investigation
Global Fund will provide $98 million to fight malaria, tuberculosis and AIDs from 2018 to 2020, an official said on Thursday, with the donor seemingly banking on improved oversight to prevent alleged government fraud and nepotism it described as recently as March. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/global-fund-donates-98m-despite-graft-investigation-132750/
Decree puts riel prices into focus
The government has issued a decree that requires all businesses to put price tags on their products and services in riel to increase transparency for consumers and boost the use of the local currency. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/decree-puts-riel-prices-focus
World Bank commits $540 million to Cambodia
The World Bank will disburse some $540 million from 2018 to 2021 to finance economic development in Cambodia with a focus on supporting the implementation of the government’s Industrial Development Policy as well as other socio-economic projects. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5073984/world-bank-commits-540-million-cambodia/
Vietnam border boost for farms
Cambodia and Vietnam yesterday inaugurated the O’Yadav International Border Checkpoint in Ratanakkiri province in a move hailed as a boon to the northeastern agriculture industry. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074019/vietnam-border-boost-farms/
Push for an end to sugarcane land row
Koh Kong provincial authorities have urged 200 families involved in a decade-long land dispute with a sugar cane company to prepare evidence of their claims amid hopes of a final solution from the government. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074027/push-end-sugarcane-land-row/
Halt migrant recruitment ads, radio stations told
The Ministry of Information has sent a letter to radio stations ordering them to immediately cease advertisements from recruitment agencies looking to send migrant workers abroad. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074021/halt-migrant-recruitment-ads-radio-stations-told/
French project to set up day care services for factory workers
France has pledged nearly $400,000 to set up maternal health and early childhood services, including child care centers, at a dozen garment factories across Cambodia, the French Embassy said on Wednesday. ...
Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/french-project-to-set-up-day-care-services-for-factory-workers-132702/
Apsara Authority grants home building permits
The Apsara Authority granted permission to more than 320 minor projects to build or renovate homes within the Angkor archaeological park in the first half of 2017, according to a report released yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074028/apsara-authority-grants-home-building-permits/
Rubber exports bounce higher
Cambodian rubber exports surged 37 percent during the first half of the year, compared to the same period in 2016, as the Kingdom’s rising harvest capacity coincided with firmer global demand for rubber products. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-bounce-higher
Parties lambast legal changes
Two of Cambodia’s minor parties yesterday railed against the adoption of amendments to the Law on Political Parties, saying their rapid push through parliament waylaid important legislation and served only the political interests of Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-lambast-legal-changes
NEC urged to Let Cambodians vote abroad
NGOs on Wednesday renewed a push for the National Election Committee to let Cambodians working abroad register to vote, as an opposition lawmaker also challenged the committee to back up its claim that current laws would need to be amended to make it happen. ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-urged-to-let-cambodians-vote-abroad-132706/
CNRP to ask king to snub new party law changes
The CNRP is expected today to urge King Norodom Sihamoni to withhold his signature from a set of changes to the Law on Political Parties designed to sideline opposition figure Sam Rainsy. ...
Ben Sokhean and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-to-ask-king-to-snub-new-party-law-changes-132705/
Growling prowlers rumble in the jungle
The government is working in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund on a plan to release eight tigers into the wild in Mondulkiri province by 2022. WWF-Cambodia communication manager Un Chakrey said yesterday that they are working with the ministries of environment, agriculture and tourism, among ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074022/growling-prowlers-rumble-jungle/
Koh Rong land hard titles released to fasttrack Island Development Plan
After the government confirmed legal land titles to residents of Koh Rong and ends conflict and uncertainty between land of residents and land of companies on 14 July 2017, it is highly likely that land prices will skyrocket and Koh Rong will change its new ...
Corn farmers welcome government action
As the government used the untapped funds of an emergency rice loan package to support struggling corn farmers , people in the sector considered this action as a good solution although there was not much success proved. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://bit.ly/2teim3G
A road paved with promise
Land prices along one of Cambodia’s main highways have seen a slight increase in the first half of 2017, thanks to road improvements and residential developments, insiders say. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5073593/road-paved-promise/
Fisheries earnings on the rise
Cambodia’s fisheries sector that plays a vital role in food security and improving nutrition, generated a slightly improved income of more than $275,000 in the first half of the year, according to a report released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5073695/fisheries-earnings-rise/