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Gov't working group to tackle money laundering
The government is seeking to strengthen its ability to counter money laundering and terrorism funding through a new working group that combines representatives across several ministries and the private sector. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-working-group-tackle-money-laundering
Still waiting for the rain
People are no longer denying that El Nino – a cyclical weather phenomenon that can cause severe drought – has arrived in Cambodia. ...
Naomi-Collett Ritz
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15484/still-waiting-for-the-rain/
Pig disease contained; pork sales still down
The recent outbreak of “blue-ear pig disease” in two districts of Siem Reap province has been successfully contained, but consumer demand for pork in the province has not recovered, a senior official said. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pig-disease-contained-pork-sales-still-down-93700/
Parties at impasse over rules for 2017 commune elections
The ruling CPP and opposition CNRP are deadlocked in their ongoing negotiations over new rules for commune elections, according to party officials, with the length and scale of election campaigns at the center of the dispute. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-at-impasse-over-rules-for-2017-commune-elections-93692/
H&M eyes ‘fair wage’ push
Amidst ongoing negotiations to boost the minimum wage for garment workers in Cambodia, H&M, the world’s second-largest fashion retailer, has rolled out a program aimed at improving pay in the Kingdom’s factories, arguing that higher wages improve industrial relations and productivity. ...
Mom Kunthear and Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hm-eyes-fair-wage-push
NGO files suit over ‘seizures’ in Phnom Oral
A Kampong Speu-based NGO has accused a police officer and several rangers working for the provincial Environment Department of seizing more than 100 hectares of Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary, demanding a court order to restore the land and hold the parties to account. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-files-suit-over-seizures-phnom-oral
As common market nears, Interior minister calls for ASEAN cooperation on immigration
As border controls ease among ASEAN nations, Interior Minister Sar Kheng warned Tuesday the downside could be a freer flow of criminals and illegal immigrants. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15494/as-common-market-nears--interior-minister-calls-for-asean-cooperation-on-immigration/
ILO says latest draft law on Trade Union an improvement
The regional director of the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Tuesday that the latest proposed changes to Cambodia’s draft Trade Union Law—which has been blasted by employers and unions alike—marked an improvement over the last version, which the ILO had called a “step backward.” ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ilo-says-latest-draft-law-on-trade-union-an-improvement-93690/
GMOs: cheaper food and higher farm incomes for Cambodia?
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Cambodia’s agriculture industry contributes 37 percent of GDP, and employs 67 percent of the workforce, with 75 percent of cultivated land dedicated to growing rice. ...
Gabrielle Ward and John Humphreys
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15487/gmos--cheaper-food-and-higher-farm-incomes-for-cambodia-/
4,000 unlicensed health care providers: ministry
The Ministry of Health yesterday issued a tally of illegal health-service providers in the country, saying there were nearly 4,000 such facilities as of August. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/4000-unlicensed-health-care-providers-ministry
Ministry to investigate complaint from seamen
The Interior Ministry’s anti-human trafficking department will investigate a complaint made against a local maritime school Tuesday by seven Cambodian seamen who fled from a pair of cargo ships last month after enduring what they described as slave-like conditions, an official said. ...
Anthony Jensen and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-to-investigate-complaint-from-seamen-93697/
Minister urges health officials to report clinics
Health Minister Mam Bunheng on Tuesday urged health departments in Phnom Penh and the provinces to file complaints with the courts if they discover that people running health services are breaking the law, a ministry official said. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-urges-health-officials-to-report-clinics-93704/
Telecom firm takes action over embezzlement
Telecom Cambodia has suspended a manager accused of stealing $230,000 and is preparing a legal complaint against him and a former senior employee in the firm’s finance office who supposedly received the missing money, a company official said. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/telecom-firm-takes-action-over-embezzlement-93684/
Kampot holdouts take compensation, move out
Six families in Kampot City accepted compensation of $3,000 each on Monday for their houses situated on a road that authorities want to expand, after initially rejecting the offer last week. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kampot-holdouts-take-compensation-move-out-93702/
Cambodia and other GMS countries to meet in Myanmar on infrastructure development
The Cambodia minister and other senior officials from the other countries Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) will gather this week for the 20th GMS Ministerial Conference to explore ways to boost infrastructure investment and development, said the press release of the ASIAN Development Bank. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-and-other-gms-countries-to-meet-in-myanmar-on-infrastructure-development-8933
"Blue-ear disease" kills over 1,200 pigs in northwest Cambodia
A new outbreak of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has taken the lives of more than 1,200 pigs while infecting some 3,200 more in three districts across Cambodia’s Siem Reap province since mid-August, according to Chinese News Agency-Xinhua. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/%22blue-ear-disease%22-kills-over-1200-pigs-in-northwest-cambodia-8929
ASEAN senior immigration officials discuss cooperation in Cambodia
Senior immigration officials from the ten ASEAN member countries gathered here on Monday to discuss ways to further enhance regional cooperation, according to Chinese News Agency- Xinhua. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/asean-senior-immigration-officials-discuss-cooperation-in-cambodia-8930
The National Police establishes a new department
The General Commissariat of National Police has recently established a new department called “Department for Anti-technology Crime”, said Gen. Khieu Sopheak, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staffq
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/the-national-police-establishes-a-new-department-8932
HIV patients in Cambodia’s Roka commune too weak to work
Patients living with HIV/AIDS in northwestern Cambodia’s Battambang province have called on the government for help in supporting their families as they are too weak to work, some nine months after an outbreak of HIV in the region saw more than 270 residents test positive ...
Hum Chamreoun
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/hiv-09082015131559.html
Nightclub fire kills five
A nightclub fire in Phnom Penh has killed five women and seriously injured two other men, officials said late Monday.Patrons inside had been trapped when the fire broke out at the Key Club, in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, said Prum Yorn, municipal fire chief. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/nightclub-fire-kills-five/2952236.html
Buyers worried about union demands, garment manufacturers say
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia says unions and their demands for higher wages are rattling the country’s industry and could lead to a decline in buyers, factories and jobs. ...
Phorn Bopha
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/buyers-worried-about-union-demands-garment-manufacturers-say/2952398.html
Small Planet Airlines and Sky Angkor to cooperate in Cambodia
In accordance with an agreement made between Small Planet Airlines and Sky Angkor, the two airlines will cooperate flying tourists to Siem Reap in Cambodia from Chinese and South Korean cities for at least five years. Sky Angkor is the South Korean and Cambodian capital ...
Aviation Pros News Staff
http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/12111947/small-planet-airlines-and-sky-angkor-to-cooperate-in-cambodia
Man charged with posting death threat on Facebook
Phang Seiha, who is originally from Prey Veng province, was arrested Saturday in the border town of Poipet, where he was returning to Cambodia from Thailand. Authorities say he posted a death threat to Sok Touch, an academic who is tasked with reviewing Cambodia’s border ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/man-charged-with-posting-death-threat-on-facebook/2951024.html
Sar Kheng orders end to illegal fishing off coast
At a ceremony to install a former military commander as governor of Preah Sihanouk province on Monday, Interior Minister Sar Kheng chided local police for allowing a Russian faction to give the tourist hub a bad name and ordered an end to illegal fishing off ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-orders-end-to-illegal-fishing-off-coast-93581/