ព័ត៌មាន
Mfone to File Complaint Against Six Companies
Bankrupt mobile phone operator Mfone is planning to file a complaint with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court against six telecommunications firms it says have failed to pay back more than $1 million in outstanding debt to the firm, the court administrator charged with overseeing Mfone’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/mfone-to-file-complaint-against-six-companies-34409/
Congressional Hearing in US Pushes Cut to Cambodian Aid
At a congressional hearing in Washington on Tuesday that scathingly rebuked Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ruling CPP, a U.S. lawmaker called for legislation to cut American aid to Cambodia following the national election on July 28. Representative Steve Chabot, who chaired the House Subcommittee ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/congressional-hearing-in-us-pushes-cut-to-cambodian-aid-34389/
Land complaint filed
Four Preah Vihear villagers filed a complaint with rights group Adhoc yesterday, requesting help in gaining permission to farm 93 hectares of land the Provincial Forestry Administration barred them from last year. The four complainants represent 65 families who have farmed the area in Kolen district ...
Anti-Corruption Unit seeks response over Information Ministry complaint
The government’s Anti-Corruption Unit has sent a letter to the Ministry of Information asking it to respond to allegations that its officials demanded bribes to let applicants pass exams for jobs in the ministry, a letter published on the ACU’s website reveals. ACU President Om Yentieng’s ...
គ្រាន់តែជាង ២សប្តាហ៍ មានមនុស្សជិត ២០ម៉ឺននាក់ ចូលពិនិត្យឈ្មោះក្នុងគេហទំព័រ របស់គ.ជ.ប
ភ្នំពេញ៖ គិតចាប់ពីថ្ងៃធ្វើយុទ្ធនាការ ឃោសនារកសំឡេងឆ្នោត របស់គណបក្សនយោបាយ ដែលមានរយៈពេលជាង ២សប្តាហ៍មកនេះ មានប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជិត ២០ម៉ឺននាក់ហើយ ដែលបានពិនិត្យបញ្ជីឈ្មោះរបស់ខ្លួន និងមានប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជិត ១ម៉ឺននាក់ ដែលបានទូរស័ព្ទ មកសួររកឈ្មោះ របស់ខ្លួនក្នុងបញ្ជីឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត។ លោក ទេព នីថា អគ្គលេខាធិការ គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិ រៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) បានមានប្រសាសន៍ប្រាប់អ្នកសារព័ត៌មាន នៅក្នុងសន្និសីទកាសែតមួយ នៅថ្ងៃទី១១ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣ថា ចំពោះប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ដែលបានចូលទៅពិនិត្យ មើលបញ្ជីឈ្មោះរបស់ខ្លួន នៅក្នុងគេហទំព័ររបស់ គ.ជ.ប គឺមានជិត ២០ម៉ឺននាក់ បើគិតចាប់តាំងពីថ្ងៃឃោសនា រកសំឡេងឆ្នោតដំបូង ដែលមានរយៈពេលជាង ២សប្តាហ៍មកនេះ។ ដោយឡែកប្រជាពលរដ្ ឋដែលបានទូរស័ព្ទ មកសាកសួររកឈ្មោះ តាមប្រព័ន្ធទូរស័ព្ទដែល គ.ជ.ប បានរៀបចំ គឺមានជិត១ម៉ឺននាក់។ ...
http://www.dap-news.com/2011-06-14-02-39-55/68028-2013-07-11-09-27-59.html
Korea trade nears $1 billion
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and South Korea nearly reached the $1 billion dollar realm in 2012, a hike of nearly 100 per cent from the year before, senior officials said yesterday. According to official data from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, total bilateral trade between ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/korea-trade-nears-1-billion
Cambodia's rice exports up 125 pct in first half of 2013
Cambodia has seen a sharp rise in the exports of milled rice in the first six months of this year thanks to increasing demand on international markets, an official said Wednesday. The figures, from the single window secretariat for facilitating milled rice exports, showed that the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-07/10/c_132529640.htm
Managers Taught How to Spot Underage Labor
Staff at eight factories producing footwear for Japanese sportswear brand ASICS were trained Tuesday in how to make sure they are not employing child laborers, a company representative said. ASICS corporate staff have been in Cambodia this week in a bid to overcome the negative publicity ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/managers-taught-how-to-spot-underage-labor-34211/
Cash for Siem Reap Market Repair to Come From National Budget
A $300,000 sum to repair Siem Reap City’s fire-ravaged Doeum Kralanh market, originally billed on Monday as a donation from Prime Minister Hun Sen, will actually be taken from the national budget, according to a senior ruling-party official. Less than three weeks before the July 28 ...
Families complain over visas
Three families lodged complaints with authorities in Banteay Meanchey on Monday, requesting that action be taken against a recruitment firm that sent their family members to work in Thailand on tourist visas, a move that subsequently led to their arrest. Leng Yen, a monitor with ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-complain-over-visas
Tax revenues rise, but aren’t reflective of overall GDP growth
While the country’s tax revenue grew about 20 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2012, experts say the amount still isn’t high enough to accurately reflect the country’s GDP growth. Stephen Higgins, former CEO of ANZ ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-revenues-rise-aren%E2%80%99t-reflective-overall-gdp-growth
មន្ត្រីមូលដ្ឋានឲ្យប្រជាពលរដ្ឋគូសសន្លឹកឆ្នោតសាកល្បងសម្រាប់ CPP
អ្នកបោះឆ្នោតនៅក្នុងខេត្តយ៉ាងតិចចំនួនពីរ បានលើកឡើងកាលពី ...
Khuon Narim and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/2198/
Myanmar rice is back
While exports of Cambodian rice have been booming, analysts are predicting that new competition from Myanmar could eventually rain on the parade. Cambodia exported nearly 176,000 tonnes of rice in the first six months of the year, a 125 per cent increase from the same period ...
គណបក្សប្រជាជនបង្កើនចំនួនស្រីក្នុងជួរមន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាល
ភ្នំពេញៈ ក្នុងសេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍មួយកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាតែងតាំងរដ្ឋលេខាធិការស្រ្តីម្នាក់និង អនុរដ្ឋលេខាធិការស្រ្តីម្នាក់ទៀត ក្នុងក្រសួងរដ្ឋាភិបាលនីមួយៗ ប្រសិនបើខ្លួនឈ្នះការបោះឆ្នោតជាតិនៅថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកក្កដា។ លោក ជា ស៊ីម ប្រធានគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា បានចុះហត្ថលេខាឯកភាព នៅលើការសន្យារបស់ ...
វង្ស សុខេង
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/100535-2013-07-10-03-31-34
Rising Demand Boosts Organic Rice Industry
Production of Cambodian organic rice is rising rapidly as international demand for the product increases, experts said at a forum for growers and other industry members held Tuesday at the Phnom Penh headquarters of agricultural NGO Cedac. “In the first six months of this year we’ve ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/rising-demand-boosts-organic-rice-industry-34216/
ភាពមិនប្រក្រតីនៃការឃោសនាបោះឆ្នោតសម្រាប់ថ្ងៃ១០កក្កដា
មេភូមិបក្សប្រជាជនរងការចោទថាគំរាមកំហែងសិទ្ធិអ្នកបោះឆ្នោត ដោយ អ៊ុក សាវបូរី ខេត្តតាកែវ៖ ក្រោយពីមានការអំពាវនាវរបស់គណៈកម្មការរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោតខេត្តតាកែវ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី៥ ខែកក្កដា កន្លងមក មេឃុំព្រែកផ្ទោល ស្រុកអង្គរបុរី និងឃុំកំពែង ស្រុកព្រៃកប្បាស ខេត្តតាកែវ បានបញ្ជាឲ្យមេភូមិគ្រប់ភូមិ ប្រមូលអត្តសញ្ញាណប័ណ្ណ និងលិខិត ...
Bribes remain rampant: TI
Despite facing a rampant graft problem that has seen Cambodians paying bribes far more often than their regional neighbors, they have growing faith in the government’s ability to fight it, a Transparency International survey has found. TI’s 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, which measures perceptions of corruption ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bribes-remain-rampant-survey
Harvest Fears as Snail Infestation Destroys Crops
An infestation of large snails is destroying rice fields in Preah Sihanouk province’s Prey Nop district, raising concerns among farmers that yields from this year’s harvest will be much lower than usual. Eng Samol, Prey Nop district agriculture director, said Tuesday that the snails had already ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/harvest-fears-as-snail-infestation-destroys-crops-34215/
Cambodia Receives 1.79 Million Foreign Tourists In First Five Months
Cambodia attracted 1.79 million foreign visitors in the first five months of the year, up 19 per cent over the previous year. From January to May, Vietnam remains the main source of visitors with 341,000 tourists, up 11 per cent year-on-year, followed by South Korea with ...
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=962064
Cambodia collects 470 mln USD in tax in first half of 2013
Cambodia’s General Department of Taxation said Tuesday that it had collected 470 million U.S. dollars of tax in the first six months of this year, up 21 percent compared with the same period last year. The country earned the tax of 740 million U.S. dollars ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-07/09/c_132525765.htm
Cambodia marks Forest Day
Cambodia observed the Forest Day on Tuesday, urging people to plant trees in order to ensure the sustainability of forest and environment. The celebration was presided over by King Norodom Sihamoni and attended by Prime Minister Hun Sen and senior officials of the government, the parliament, ...
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2013-07/09/c_132525872.htm
Families complain governor’s crooked
More than 30 families evicted from a former airport site in Preah Vihear province’s Chea Ksan district have filed four complaints with the provincial court since April against district governor Sok Hay. Lor Chan, provincial coordinator for rights group Adhoc, said a total of 31 families ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070966736/National/families-complain-governor-s-crooked.html
Scammers pose as bank staffers
Acleda Bank is trying to protect its customers from getting bamboozled by a phone scam in which callers allegedly posing as bank employees ask for money transfers in exchange for a prize, according to a statement and ads placed in a local newspaper. An Acleda ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013070966730/Business/scammers-pose-as-bank-staffers.html
Garment Exports Booming Despite Concerns
Despite criticisms over safety, outbreaks of sometimes violent industrial action and a raise in the minimum wage that it was warned would scare off manufacturers, Cambodia’s garment sector is booming, according to government figures. A report on state newswire Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) on Friday said ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/garment-exports-booming-despite-concerns-34035/