Casino to open in Ratanakkiri this August
A new US$3.5 million caSino will open in Ratanakkiri province, according to a repreSentative of Try Pheap Import Export Company. “We&rSquo;ll have a Similar kind of caSino to what they have in Bavet,” Bee Chivoan Dara Said. Try Pheap Mittapheap CaSino Entertainment ReSort iS built on more SS='cambodia-color'>...
Gold Mines Blamed for Cattle Deaths Shut Down
Authorities in Battambang province’s Phnom Proek district shut down eight unlicensed gold mines saturday and sunday after a study revealed they were producing toxic runoff blamed for the deaths of three cattle last week, officials said. Deputy governor Pech Choun said four mines in the area ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mondulkiri villagers decry torching of homes by police
More than 60 families in Mondulkiri province’s Roveak village in Rayum commune are worried about their safety and that of their housing after authorities deployed forces to surround their village on sunday following eviction orders from the government. Bun sokchea, 49, said that on saturday, Koh ss='cambodia-color'>...
Questions raised over migrant worker death
Authorities are investigating the death of a Cambodian worker that took place on Monday outside a factory in Thailand’s songkhla province, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said yesterday. Phan Chem, a representative of Cambodian workers at siam International Food Co said a 19-year-old worker ss='cambodia-color'>...
Boeung Kak tale resonates in Washington
In Washington yesterday, sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Mu sochua lobbied Us government officials to withhold military funding to the Cambodian government if it does not meet two political demands ahead of her meeting with secretary of state Hillary Clinton on Monday. Mu sochua said she would ss='cambodia-color'>...
Strikers move protest to Phnom Penh
Thousands of workers from Tai Yang Enterprise, a supplier for major brands including Levis and the Gap, will move their nearly three-week-old strike from their factory in Kandal province’s Ang snuol district to Freedom Park in Phnom Penh tomorrow in order to bring their petition ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Cassava plantings decrease
Cassava plantings in Battambang province dropped more than 18 per cent in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2011, according to agriculture officials. The decease is a result of that previous year’s yield fetching a low price and farmers ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Goods smuggled en masse from Cambodia to HCMC
Various smuggled goods, mainly cigarettes, brandy and sugar, are being brought from Cambodia to Vietnam’s Long An and Tay Ninh Provinces before being transported to HCMC for sale, a Tuoi Tre investigation has found. On November 9, Tuoi Tre reporters pretending to be traders went to ss='cambodia-color'>...
Land dispute back in court
Seven repreSentativeS of 415 familieS entangled in an unreSolved land diSpute with a deputy commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed ForceS have received a Second SummonS to appear in Battambang Provincial Court to clarify accuSationS that they had vandalized the commander&rSquo;S property, “They not only SS='cambodia-color'>...
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Ly Hour Group starts second project
Housing development company the Ly Hour Group said it has begun work on its second major project, called Vimean Phnom Penh The Commercial Zone, after its first project Vimean Phnom Penh was successfully completed. The company said the amount of traffic along Phnom Penh’s Chea sophara ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Cambodia's inflation stands at 3 pct last year: central bank governor
Cambodia’s inflation rate decelerated to 3 percent last year, down from 4.9 percent in a year earlier, Governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) Chea Chanto said saturday. “This is a remarkable drop and the 3-percent rate last year is low and controllable,” he said ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-01/19/c_132113989.htm
Bangchak plans petrol stations in Cambodia
Bangchak Petroleum, a majority state-owned oil refiner and retailer in Thailand, said it wants to open five petrol stations in Cambodia, with the first station opening in 2014, the Bangkok Post reported last week. Tui Rutten, president of the Thai Business Council of Cambodia did not ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Viet Nam, Cambodia make plans for development
President Truong Tan sang has urged the planning ministries of Vietnam and Cambodia to effectively implement the agreements reached during recent talks. He made the comments at a meeting with Cambodian Minister of Planning Chhay Than in Ha Noi yesterday. Vietnam had contributed to ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Wages will increase following economic growth
Hun Sen Said SalarieS for civil ServantS and garment workerS will increaSe yearly coinciding with the growth in the economy. Speaking at a graduation ceremony for the Royal UniverSity of Phnom Penh (RUPP) at the Koh Pich center on TueSday, he Said during the general aSSembly SS='cambodia-color'>...
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Mfone employees seeking consistency
About 200 former Mfone employees gathered in front of the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh yesterday in protest over claims that Thaicom, the failed telco’s parent company, had paid Thai staff even though Cambodian staff were still owed compensation. Noun sam Ath, a former sales executive, ss='cambodia-color'>...
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Sihanoukville port volume increases 15 per cent
The volume of cargo passing through the sihanoukville Autonomous Port (sAP) rose 15 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared with the corresponding period last year. Experts say milled-rice exports and fuel imports contributed to the boost in activity. From January to March, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eighth Communal Land Title Awarded in Mondolkiri
Land Management Minister Im Chum Lim awarded a community of ethnic minority Banong in Mondolkiri province a communal land tile to their ancestral land last week, only the eighth communal land title to be handed out since the 2001 Land Law made them available. The title ss='cambodia-color'>...
Largest MFI Prasac gets loan boost for coffers
Cambodia’s largest microfinance institution, (MFI) Prasac, has received a $60.5 million loan to strengthen its capacity in offering broader financial services in the country. On Friday, Prasac signed the agreement for the syndicate loan – provided by more than one lender – with the Netherlands Development ss='cambodia-color'>...
Creditors Claim $160 Million in Mfone Debts
Thousands of creditors have come forward alleging they are owed a combined $160 million by bankrupt mobile phone operator Mfone, the administrator appointed to the case said yesterday. “Mfone owes money to hundreds of companies and thousands of individuals totaling $160 million,” he said. Nim solida, ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/creditors-claim-160-million-in-mfone-debts-16379/
Fishermen feeling the heat
Rising water temperatures are affecting fisheries and marine life, said several representatives of Cambodia’s aquaculture industry, and the effect is decreasing seed production and lowering aquaculture farmers’ productivity. say sorn, president of aquaculture seed production in siem Reap province, told the Post yesterday that water temperature ss='cambodia-color'>...
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