ព័ត៌មាន
ក្រសួងផ្សព្វផ្សាយពីការកម្ចាត់សត្វល្អិត
ក្រសួងកសិកម្មចាប់ផ្តើមផ្សព្វផ្សាយវិធានការជីវសាស្ត្រទប់ស្កាត់សត្វល្អិត និងជំងឺបំផ្លាញដំណាំដល់កសិករក្នុងបំណងកាត់បន្ថយការប្រើប្រាស់ថ្នាំពុលគីមី ដែលនឹងរួមចំណែកកាត់បន្ថយការចំណាយរបស់កសិករក៏ដូចជាបង្កើនទិន្នផលកសិកម្ម។ វិធានការជីវសាស្ត្រទប់ស្កាត់សត្វល្អិត ...
ចាន់ មុយហុង
http://www.postkhmer.com/business/business/114778-2014-05-23-04-26-38
រដ្ឋាភិបាលពង្រឹងការគ្រប់គ្រងលើដីសម្បទានសេដ្ឋកិច្ច
ដីកប់ខ្មោច និងព្រៃសហគមន៍ គួរត្រូវទទួលបានកិច្ចការពារបន្ថែមទៀតក្រោមប្រកាសថ្មីរបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលដែលបានចេញកាលពីដើមខែនេះ ប៉ុន្តែអង្គការសិទិ្ធមនុស្សនិងជនរងគ្រោះព្រួយបារម្ភថា បើគ្មានការអនុវត្តឲ្យបានត្រឹមត្រូវ ប្រកាសនេះ នឹងពុំមានប្រសិទ្ធភាព ...
ផាក់ សៀងលី
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/directive-aims-stop-elc-abuses
កម្ពុជានឹងពិចារណាកែប្រែអត្រាពន្ធលើឧស្សាហកម្មរ៉ែ
រដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជានឹងពិចារណាពីការផ្លាស់ប្តូរដ៏ច្រើនលើ ច្បាប់រុករកធនធានរ៉ែរបស់កម្ពុជា ដែលរួមមានការគិតឡើងវិញពីអត្រាតម្លៃពន្ធខ្ពស់ក្នុងវិស័យនេះផង ដែរ។ ដោយលើកឡើងពីការពិភាក្សាធ្វើឡើងជាមួយតំណាងឧស្សាហកម្មរុករករ៉ែអូស្ដ្រាលីភាគខាងលិចកាលពី ...
Eddie Morton
http://www.postkhmer.com/business/business/114493-2014-05-19-04-07-22
រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងបរិស្ថានជួបប្រជុំជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុនឯកជននានាដើម្បីជំរុញឲ្យមានការអនុវត្តច្បាប់
លោក សាយ សំអាល់ រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងបរិស្ថានបានជួបប្រជុំជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុនឯកជន ដែលទទួលបានសម្បទានដីកាលពីសប្ដាហ៍មុន ដើម្បីចង់ដឹងថា តើក្រុមហ៊ុនទាំងនេះអនុវត្តតាមច្បាប់និងបទប្បញ្ញតិរបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាល និងប្រកាន់ខ្ជាប់តាមកិច្ចសន្យារបស់ខ្លួនឬយ៉ាងណា។ អង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សបានចោទ ...
មន្ត្រីបារម្ភពីការបន្តធា្លក់ចុះនៃតម្លៃកៅស៊ូកម្ពុជា
មន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់ក្រសួងកសិកម្ម និងអ្នករកស៊ីក្នុងវិស័យដំណាំកៅស៊ូសម្តែងការព្រួយបារម្ភពី តម្លៃកៅស៊ូដែលបានបន្តធ្លាក់ចុះពីមួយឆ្នាំទៅមួយឆ្នាំ ខណៈផ្ទៃដីដាំដុះកៅស៊ូកំពុងតែបន្តកើនឡើង។ លោក អ៊ុក រ៉ាប៊ុន រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងកសិកម្មបាន ...
ចាន់ មុយហុង
http://www.postkhmer.com/business/business/112655-2014-04-01-04-18-03
ចាប់ខ្លួនពលរដ្ឋ ៦នាក់ ចូលកាប់ព្រៃក្នុងតំបន់ព្រៃអភិរក្ស កែវសីមា
ជនសង្ស័យបួននាក់ក្នុងចំណោម ៦នាក់ ត្រូវបានចោទប្រកាន់និងឃុំខ្លួននៅពន្ធនាគារខេត្ត មណ្ឌលគិរី បណ្តោះអាសន្នកាលពីថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ បន្ទាប់ពីពួកគេកាប់រានព្រៃក្នុងតំបន់ព្រៃការពារអភិរក្សជីវចម្រុះ កែវសីមា ក្នុងស្រុក កែវសីមា ខេត្ត មណ្ឌលគិរី ដោយខុសច្បាប់។ ...
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី
http://postkhmer.com/national/1-national-news/109435-2014-01-20-03-12-09
Try Pheap Firm in Talks to Replicate Timber Deal
Well-known timber magnate Try Pheap is preparing to expand cross-country with a scheme that already gives him exclusive rights to buy all the wood felled on economic land concessions (ELCs) in Ratanakkiri province, a spokesman for the businessman said. The Agriculture Ministry’s Forestry Administration in February ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/try-pheap-firm-in-talks-to-replicate-timber-deal-48511/
EU's fish import ban not harming Cambodia's export: official
The European Commission’s proposed ban on fish imports from Cambodia would cause no harm to the country’s fish exports since it has never sold fish to European countries, a Cambodian fisheries chief said Wednesday. “The sanctions, announced by the European Commission on Tuesday, do not affect ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-11/27/c_132922402.htm
Lumber Tycoon Denies Allegations of Illegal Deforestation
The assistant of a lumber tycoon accused of major deforestation and forced evictions rejected Thursday the findings of a recent report by local rights groups. The Cambodian Human Rights Task Force said in its report that some 1,400 families had been pushed from their land by ...
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/lumber-tycoon-denies-allegations-of-illegal-deforestation-cambodia/1794954.html
Official Says Legality of Sanctuary Logging Unknown
A district-level Environment Ministry official in Ratanakkiri province on Wednesday claimed that he had no way to determine the legality of logging operations by firms with private land concessions inside the province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary. The claim by Chou Sopheak, director of Lumphat district’s environment department, ...
Aun Pheap and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-says-legality-of-sanctuary-logging-unknown-47518/
ELC in Nature Preserve Is Illegal, Government Spokesman Says
An “unofficial” land concession granted earlier this year to an agro-industry firm that has logged luxury hardwood in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary is in violation of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 2012 moratorium on new economic land concessions (ELCs), a government spokesman said Tuesday. Phay Siphan, ...
Aun Pheap and Ben Woods
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/elc-in-nature-preserve-is-illegal-government-spokesman-says-47379/
Loss of Forest in Cambodia Among Worst in the World
Cambodia lost more than 7 percent of its forest cover over the past 12 years—the fifth fastest rate in the world—according to a new study of global forest cover change that sharply contradicts the government’s own rosier figures. Published Friday in the journal Science and led ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/loss-of-forest-in-cambodia-among-worst-in-the-world-47259/
Cambodia's rubber export surges 46 pct in 10 months
Cambodia has seen a 46 percent rise in dry rubber export in the first ten months of 2013 thanks to rising global demand, said the report of the Commerce Ministry on Friday. The country exported 62,915 tons of dry rubber during the January-October period this year, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-11/08/c_132870615.htm
Eco-tourists made to leave
An eco-tourism initiative in Mondulkiri hit a snag this week when authorities asked management to vacate overnight guests while provincial officials determine whether the project is properly licensed to operate a guesthouse. Guests of the Elephant Valley Project (EVP), which is located in a Forestry Administration ...
Sean Teehan and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eco-tourists-made-leave
Spending on Defense and Security up 17% in 2014
The country’s draft $3.4 billion national budget for 2014 proposes yet another $920 million in new debt to make ends meet, the same amount taken on this year, according to a copy of the spending bill obtained Thursday. The draft budget calls for nearly $400 million—or ...
Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/spending-on-defense-and-security-up-17-in-2014-46747/
Home Farming, No Compensation to Blame for H5N1 Rate
Cambodia has been the country regionally worst affected by bird flu in humans this year—with 23 cases compared to just two in Vietnam and none in Thailand—largely due to the difference in poultry farming, an official with the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/home-farming-no-compensation-to-blame-for-h5n1-rate-46685/
Hun Sen Makes More Cuts to Sok An’s Portfolio
Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on a directive last week to transfer 11 government bodies, previously overseen by Cabinet Minister Sok An, to relevant ministries and institutions, further cutting the expansive portfolio of the deputy prime minister in the wake of July’s national election. ...
Aun Pheap and Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-makes-more-cuts-to-sok-ans-portfolio-46512/
Government Suspends Logging in Stung Treng Dam Concession
The government has ordered Ang & Associates Lawyer Co. Ltd., a company headed by well-known businessman Kith Meng, to cease logging in an area of Stung Treng province where a hydropower dam will be built. Sesan district governor Yeang Srey Sary said Thursday that a delegation ...
Kuch Naren and Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-suspends-logging-in-stung-treng-dam-concession-45878/
Government Must Work With Farmers to Combat Climate Change
Some 9.5 million Cambodians who directly engage in agriculture must adopt new techniques in order to counter dynamic weather patterns caused by climate change, and the government must work with farmers to ensure that it happens, an agricultural conference was told last week. Flown in from ...
Matt Blomberg and Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-must-work-with-farmers-to-combat-climate-change-45678/
Fertilizer Scam Referred to Anti-Corruption Unit
The case of a Battambang provincial government official accused of embezzling some $200,000 in state funds has been referred to the Anti-Corruption Unit in Phnom Penh, provincial officials said Thursday. Battambang Provincial Court deputy prosecutor Long Hokmeng said a two-week investigation into the case brought against ...
Eang Mengleng and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fertilizer-scam-referred-to-anti-corruption-unit-42818/
Further JICA Support Hinges On Fertilizer Scandal
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has said that its future support of agricultural development in Cambodia depends on the outcome of an investigation into a provincial official accused of embezzling funds from JICA-donated fertilizer. The accused, deputy bureau chief of Battambang’s department of agriculture Seng ...
Matt Blomberg and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/further-jica-support-hinges-on-fertilizer-scandal-42143/
Four More Named in Fertilizer Embezzlement Scandal
An official from Battambang province’s department of agriculture who was charged last Monday with embezzling $200,000 from the illegal sale of fertilizer donated to the poor by Japan has implicated four other officials in the case, including the son of senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap, ...
Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-more-named-in-fertilizer-embezzlement-scandal-41913/
The slaughterhouse blues
It’s 1am and, as Phnom Penh sleeps, the haunting squeals of distressed animals are all that can be heard in the darkness of a field in Russey Keo district. Pigs in open-air sheds have sensed what’s coming: Hundreds of them are about to be slaughtered for ...
Shane Worrell and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/slaughterhouse-blues
Drop-off in beverage imports questioned
Despite the fact that beverage consumption in Cambodia is on the rise, government statistics show that imports of alcohol and non-alcoholic products in the first half of 2013 have declined by 51 per cent year-on-year. The seemingly conflicting figures left some scratching their heads. Meng Saktheara, ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/drop-beverage-imports-questioned