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China holds $300 million in loan to Cambodia rice project
The government of China has put on hold a $300 million loan to a Cambodian rice project, aimed at developing storage and warehousing facilities in the country, as the government of Cambodia has not been able to meet the criteria set by the Chinese authorities, ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/23369/china-holds-300-million-loan-cambodia-rice-project
Authorities charge Chinese man with illegally transporting Cambodians
Cambodian human trafficking authorities charged a Chinese national on Thursday with attempting to illegally transport 18 men to work in China in what one government official said was the first such case of trafficking Cambodian men to the country. ...
Speech therapists struggle to meet the needs of many
Speech therapy is slowly gaining ground in Cambodia. That’s good news for children like Lin, 14, who lives in Siem Reap province and in the past has hardly said a word to anyone, including his family. He has had some speech therapy, however, and on ...
Leng Sreynich
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/speech-therapists-struggle-to-meet-the-needs-of-many/2883631.html
Construction permits slow in 2015, while total investment remains unclear
The amount of companies granted construction permits from the government are slowly decreased in 2015 compared to previous years while the government attempts to reform construction laws and regulations. ...
Arbitration body orders capitol tours bus drivers back to work
The Arbitration Council on Wednesday ordered 40 Capitol Tours bus drivers to end a strike that began on July 22 over claims that five other drivers were fired for attempting to organize a union at the company. ...
Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/arbitration-body-orders-capitol-tours-bus-drivers-back-to-work-90014/
ELCs tied to destruction of forests in new report
Cambodis’s most crucial forests are disappearing at a rate of more than 2,000 kilometres a year, as agricultural firms continue to harvest timber by illegal means in protected areas and national parks, according to a study from Washington-based Forest Trends. ...
Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elcs-tied-destruction-forests-new-report
Statues built on ancient bricks
Authorities in Kampong Chhnang took down two Vietnamese religious statues on Tuesday that had appeared overnight, after it was discovered their base was made of bricks allegedly stolen from two ancient temples. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/statues-built-ancient-bricks
Anti-dredging protests in Koh Kong called off
Representatives of about 100 villagers and activists in Koh Kong province on Wednesday said they decided to temporarily halt their campaign against two sand-dredging companies because a group of suspected agitators had appeared in the area. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-dredging-protests-in-koh-kong-called-off-90020/
Mobile voice messages a hit with new moms
Dr. Thearith helps thousands of women in Kampong Chhnang province care for their babies. He provides them with advice about how to breastfeed, how to keep their infants from contracting malaria, and how to avoid infections. ...
Srey Kumneth and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13850/mobile-voice-messages-a-hit-with-new-moms/
Opposition to submit complaint over LANGO
The opposition is expected today to lodge a constitutional challenge to the controversial law on associations and non-governmental organisations (LANGO) in a last-ditch effort to stop the legislation before it’s signed by the King. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-submit-complaint-over-lango
Over 50 illegal vietnamese workers arrested in capital
More than 50 illegal Vietnamese migrant workers were arrested Wednesday while working on the construction site of luxury estates in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district, police said. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/over-50-illegal-vietnamese-workers-arrested-in-capital-90035/
Dengue cases flying under the radar
Dengue fever can kill. But like the mosquitoes that carry the disease, the number of cases of dengue each year can be difficult to count. One thing is certain: the number of cases in Cambodia goes massively underreported every year. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13844/dengue-cases-flying-under-the-radar/
Microfinance loans up 47 percent in first 6 months
Cambodia’s microfinance sector is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, with loan disbursements in the first six months of this year increasing almost 50 percent on last year, according to an industry association. ...
Kang Sothear and Tsz-kwan Ho
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/microfinance-loans-up-47-percent-in-first-6-months-90039/
Nearing lower-middle income
Cambodia is expected to reach a GDP per capita of $1,220 this year, putting it on course to being a lower-middle income economy, said Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol, who was attending a meeting with Macau entrepreneurs in Phnom Penh yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nearing-lower-middle-income
Alarm over 'timber grab' from Cambodia's protected forests
The analysis, from campaign group Forest Trends, says that large corporations are using legitimate development permits to illegally clear land.Around 2,000 sq km of forests are being lost every year, they say. ...
Matt McGrath
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33702814
Governor on interpol list three years after shooting
An international arrest warrant has finally been issued for Chhouk Bundith, the former governor of Svay Rieng province’s Bavet City who went into hiding before being found guilty of shooting three garment workers three years ago, according to National Police spokesman Kirth Chantharith. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governor-on-interpol-list-three-years-after-shooting-90005/
In letter to lawmakers, PM says border work on track
Responding to 12 opposition lawmakers who issued a letter asking the government to bring a case against Vietnam to the International Court of Justice over its alleged border incursions, Prime Minister Hun Sen this week said his administration was already doing fine demarcating its eastern ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-letter-to-lawmakers-pm-says-border-work-on-track-90030/
Families fear eviction in dispute with Try Pheap
Twenty-three families in a village in Pursat province currently embroiled in a land dispute with a company owned by tycoon Try Pheap have claimed that authorities are putting pressure on locals in an attempt to quash the issue. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-fear-eviction-dispute-try-pheap
Interior ministry to launch own TV station
The Interior Ministry on Wednesday signed an agreement with a Chinese media company to launch its own radio and digital television stations next year, with the firm planning to invest more than $30 million into the joint venture. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-to-launch-own-tv-station-90018/
Shipping deals turn the tide for Cambodian economy
New shipping agreements will soon be signed between companies in Cambodia and China that will see the Kingdom’s largest port continue its transformation into a regional hub, port officials say. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13852/shipping-deals-turn-the-tide-for-cambodian-economy/
In praise of RCAF Inc
Cambodia’s defence minister lauded a decade of corporate sponsorship of the country’s military, which he said had enabled underfunded units to acquire weapons with the backing of affluent supporters.Prime Minister Hun Sen’s policy on the relationship between Cambodia’s powerful tycoons – known as oknhas – ...
Vong Sokheng and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/praise-rcaf-inc
Olympia City sets the bar higher
During a time when skyscrapers are emerging one after another in the capital of Cambodia, the Overseas Cambodia Investment Company (OCIC) is commencing the development of a 60-storey building and several high-rises to its’ Olympia City project. ...
Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/olympia-city-sets-bar-higher
Verdict in agriculture fraud case delayed
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday delayed a verdict in the $1-million fraud case brought by a Phnom Penh dentist against Cambodian-American businessman Richer San and three of his associates, saying further investigation is needed. ...
Khuon Narim and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/verdict-in-agriculture-fraud-case-delayed-90028/
Farmers try to cash in on cashews
Cambodian farmers want to grow more cashews in response to rising prices. But lack of information and resources is holding them back. ...
Un Raksmey and Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13835/farmers-try-to-cash-in-on-cashews/