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Mirach finalizing plans for exploration drilling at Cambodia's block D
Mirach Energy Ltd. reported Tuesday that the company is currently finalizing plans to conduct exploration drilling at Block D in Cambodia following the approval by the Cambodians Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) to extend the exploration period for the permit till December 2018. ...
Rigzone Staff
http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/143316/Mirach_Finalizing_Plans_for_Exploration_Drilling_at_Cambodias_Block_D
Gov’t may hire wing to collect tax revenue
The government is considering appointing Wing (Cambodia) Limited, a specialised bank and mobile payment company, as a designated agent to collect tax revenues, the Ministry of Economy and Finance announced yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-may-hire-wing-collect-tax-revenue
Third undersea cable to plug kingdom into data fast lane
The government has contracted the private sector to build a third submarine communications cable linking Cambodia to a major international telecommunications artery in a bid to significantly increase internet speed while helping to bring down prices. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/third-undersea-cable-plug-kingdom-data-fast-lane
Information minister rebukes officials
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith yesterday said some officials within his ministry were failing to carry out the work required by their positions and were focused on personal gain rather than work. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22144/information-minister-rebukes-officials/
Fire season brings warning from ministry
As the Kingdom moves into the heart of the dry season, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries has issued a set of guidelines on the prevention of forest fires, stressing that jail is in the cards for those starting blazes. ...
Bun Sengkong and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fire-season-brings-warning-ministry
Construction jobs doubled last year: ministry
The construction sector created almost twice as many jobs last year as it did in 2014, according to a report from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22067//
‘No land revolution’ coming: official
While vast tracts of Cambodia remain concentrated in the hands of a few and accusations of land grabbing remain rife, the broader distribution of land is more than equitable and could never lead to an uprising, the government official in charge of finding solutions to ...
Lay Samean and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-land-revolution-coming-official
Rice sector facing collapse, millers warn
About half of the country’s rice millers and exporters went out of business last year and those clinging on are likely to follow suit within two years unless the government injects capital into the sector and takes measures to curb the flood of imported rice ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22030/rice-sector-facing-collapse--millers-warn/
Forestry crimes decrease by 9 percent in 2015, report says
Forestry crimes fell by around 9 percent last year compared to 2014, according to an annual report released by the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forestry-crimes-decrease-by-9-percent-in-2015-report-says-109231/
Government starts preparing confiscated ELCs for poor
Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim said on Monday his staff were already at work studying land that the government has confiscated from economic land concession (ELC) owners for redistribution to poor families, though details on the location of the sites remained elusive. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-starts-preparing-confiscated-elcs-for-poor-109220/
Gov’t: illegal fishing on rise
Police officials at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said cases of illegal fishing continued to rise last year, when almost 4,000 illegal fishing offenses were stopped and 181 were sent to court. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22020/gov---t--illegal-fishing-on-rise/
Cambodia, Vietnamese pledge crime cooperation
The Justice Ministries of Cambodia and Vietnam will sign agreements regarding inmate transfers and mutual assistance, according to Cambodian Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin. The agreements will make it easier and more efficient for the Justice Ministries to crack down on border crimes, particularly ...
Taing Vid
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22028/cambodia--vietnamese-pledge-crime-cooperation/
Ministry says arsenic levels in rice 'no problem'
The Ministry of Agriculture has played down the results of a study that found high levels of arsenic in some samples of locally grown rice. ...
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-says-arsenic-levels-rice-no-problem
Sar Kheng paying traffic cops bonus out of own pocket
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has been paying traffic officers daily bonuses directly from his own pocket since January 1, information he revealed on Friday at a ministerial meeting on the transparent disbursement of traffic fine revenue, officials said yesterday. ...
Bun Sengkong and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-paying-traffic-cops-bonus-out-own-pocket
New scrutiny for heavy trucks on tsubasa bridge
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has set up a checkpoint with a vehicle scale at the eastern entrance to Tsubasa Bridge on Friday, after an overloaded rice truck damaged the bridge’s pavement last week. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-scrutiny-heavy-trucks-tsubasa-bridge
US museum returns stolen Rama statue
A 10th century stone carving of the Hindu deity Rama, the last remaining statue from the Koh Ker temple complex that had been on public display outside Cambodia, was returned to Phnom Penh last week, officials confirmed on Sunday. ...
Peter Ford and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-museum-returns-stolen-rama-statue-109134/
Illegal construction sites surge almost 40 percent: Gov’t
The number of construction sites without permits rose almost 40 percent in the capital last year, with officials and realtors putting this down to a lack of understanding of regulations. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21906/illegal-construction-sites-surge-almost-40-percent--gov---t/
Human trafficking up, spurred by migration
Human trafficking out of Cambodia is on the rise, according to an Interior Ministry report released on Thursday, and is being fueled by relaxed border controls and economic disparity in the region, according to a separate U.N. report. ...
Taylor O'Connell and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/human-trafficking-up-spurred-by-migration-109004/
Cambodian military to train Vietnamese peacekeepers
Vietnamese officials have requested Cambodian peacekeepers help train Vietnamese forces in preparation for additional training the Vietnamese military will receive from the United Nations. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21915/cambodian-military-to-train-vietnamese-peacekeepers/
Report shows improved gov’t response to human trafficking
The National Committee on Combating Human Trafficking released its annual report yesterday, with figures showing an improved effort by authorities since 2014 to crackdown on the trade. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21924/report-shows-improved-gov---t-response-to-human-trafficking/
PM gives ministers an 'F', lashes out at illegal logging task force
Prime Minister Hun Sen unleashed a tirade against underperforming government officials in a pair of speeches yesterday – musing aloud about reshuffling his Council of Ministers and wondering why rockets had not yet been deployed in the Kingdom’s recent “crackdown” on illegal logging. ...
Mech Dara, Lay Samean and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-gives-ministers-f-lashes-out-illegal-logging-task-force
More abused brides returning from China
Two Cambodian women will return home tomorrow after spending almost two years each living in China with abusive husbands, officials said yesterday.. ...
Srey Kumneth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21843/more-abused-brides-returning-from-china/
Drug busts up in 2015: ministry
The Interior Ministry yesterday called for Beijing’s cooperation in tackling a ring of Chinese methamphetamine traffickers operating in Cambodia, one day after an annual Interior Ministry report announced that the number of drug busts in 2015 had more than doubled compared to 2014. ...
Kong Meta and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drug-busts-2015-ministry
MFI summit to mark decade of growth
The National Bank of Cambodia is hosting the National Summit on the Development of the Microfinance Sector in Cambodia next month, marking a decade since the government announced that 2006 was the “Year of Microfinance.” ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21836/mfi-summit-to-mark-decade-of-growth/