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Residents protest over land claimed by FEBC
A land dispute between Prek Pnov district residents and the Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) came to a head on Sunday, with protesters claiming they were threatened and detained while company representatives and local officials said the demonstrators were peaceably removed. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/residents-protest-over-land-claimed-febc
Businesses vacate White Building
As families begin to move out of the iconic White Building, small business owners who have operated in the capital’s dilapidated landmark are facing tough decisions. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/businesses-vacate-white-building
Tackle issues early to ensure growth: IMF official
Cambodia stands to benefit from an uptick in global and regional economic growth but will need to diversify its economy, improve infrastructure and reduce obstacles to doing business if it is to continue on its impressive growth track, a visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) official ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tackle-issues-early-ensure-growth-imf-official
Main parties cut into each other’s traditional strongholds
The ruling CPP is losing votes in remote provinces while making up ground on the opposition CNRP in Phnom Penh and surrounding areas, according to election data showing the two major parties cutting into each other’s leads in traditional strongholds. ...
Michael Dickison
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/main-parties-cut-others-traditional-strongholds-131132/
Commune vote smooth but not perfect, says watchdog
Asian election monitor Anfrel yesterday commended authorities, citizens and political parties for Sunday’s smooth commune elections, but stopped short of calling the ballot “free and fair”, raising concerns over the heightened political rhetoric in the run-up to June 4. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-vote-smooth-not-perfect-says-watchdog
Bank services VAT seen as ‘inefficient’
Banking sector leaders have expressed concern over a new government decree that places additional fees on financial services, warning that the costs of what some have described as an “impractical and inefficient” tax would likely be passed along to consumers. ...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bank-services-vat-seen-inefficient
Patience a virtue for coconuts
Khdib Sreymich, general manager of Coco Khmer, a Cambodia-based coconut cosmetics manufacturer, said her company is forced to import coconuts from Vietnamese suppliers to meet consumer demand for the company’s products. She explained that the farmers preferred to sell the coconuts when they were young, ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/patience-virtue-coconuts
CNRP’s chiefs will keep campaign promises or quit, says Sovann
Opposition spokesman Yim Sovann said yesterday that if any of the CNRP’s more than 400 new commune chiefs who won office on Sunday cannot follow through on the party’s campaign pledges, they will “give up” their positions.Sovann said the Cambodia National Rescue Party had made ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrps-chiefs-will-keep-campaign-promises-or-quit-says-sovann
CPP lead in popular vote slim, say NGOs
Preliminary returns from Sunday’s commune elections appear to show a tighter popular vote than the breakdown of communes won would seem to suggest, with the CNRP raking in an estimated 45 percent of votes to the CPP’s 48 percent, according to a coalition of NGOs. ...
Andrew Nachemson, Soth Koemsoeun and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-lead-popular-vote-slim-say-ngos
Ex-Adhoc staffer, now CPP Commune Chief-elect, pledges to address logging
Apparent CPP Commune Chief-elect Chhay Thy yesterday pledged to tackle ongoing forestry crimes in Ratanakkiri’s Pate commune – a cause he strongly advocated for during his tenure as a human rights staffer at Adhoc. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ex-adhoc-staffer-now-cpp-commune-chief-elect-pledges-address-logging
Acleda Bank reports $28M net profit in Q1
Aceleda Bank, Cambodia’s largest bank by assets, reported a net profit of $28.39 million in first quarter this year, down slightly from $30.19 million in the same period in 2016, according to the bank’s latest financial report. ...
The Phnom Penh Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-bank-reports-28m-net-profit-q1
Western policies may slow growth
Long-term growth prospects for developing economies, including Cambodia, will continue to be undermined by a lack of investment as well as the risk of increased protectionist policies by the United States, which could hamper the growth of commodity-driven economies, according to a new report released ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/western-policies-may-slow-growth
Victories were few for small parties
As commune election results continued to trickle in yesterday, it was abundantly clear that Cambodia’s political landscape is now dominated by just two main competitors. However, the Kingdom’s smaller parties, some with lofty ambitions, came away with a few successes. ...
Niem Chheng and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/victories-were-few-small-parties
Commune elections 2017: CPP wins 70%
The Cambodian People’s Party won 70 percent of the country’s 1,646 commune councils at yesterday’s elections, according to unofficial results published by a government-aligned media outlet – a marked drop from the 97 percent it won in 2012 but one far smaller than the opposition ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-wins-70-communes-0
‘Law needed’ on campaign spending
The amount of money political parties spent on the campaign trail ahead of yesterday’s nationwide commune elections varied wildly, with observers and party members yesterday blaming the lack of a campaign finance law in Cambodia for what they characterised as the uneven playing field among ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/law-needed-campaign-spending
Ruling party, opposition both claim commune election win
A lack of official results did not stop both major political parties from claiming victory in Cambodia’s highest-stakes and highest-turnout local elections to date on Sunday, with the CPP citing its dominance in winning commune chief seats and the CNRP boasting of huge opposition gains ...
Ben Paviour, Van Roeun and Brendan O’byrne
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ruling-party-opposition-both-claim-commune-election-win-130972/
Australian journalist arrested
Australian national James Ricketson was arrested on Saturday, according to police officials, with local media claiming the independent journalist was detained for “stealing information”. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/australian-journalist-arrested
Minor hiccups at elections
While yesterday’s commune elections went more smoothly than past iterations, they were not free from claims of irregularities, with opposition activists bearing the brunt of the legal punishments. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minor-hiccups-elections
Business outlook still positive
Bun Mony, advisor to the Cambodian Microfinance Association (CMA) noted that though the interest rate cap could lower revenue and cut profit margins in the sector, overall neither the election nor the cap would have a lasting impact for the industry. ...
Hor Kimsay and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/business-outlook-still-positive
Sar Kheng downs offer of inclusion into CNRP
A remark by an opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) senior adviser that Minister of Interior Sar Kheng would remain deputy prime minister if the opposition party won the 2018 national elections drew a terse response from the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), with the minister ...
Leonie Kijewski and Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-downs-offer-inclusion-cnrp
Soldiers appear to have swung seats
Ta Siem, a remote commune in Siem Reap province, yesterday changed hands from the opposition to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party after several hundred soldiers were trucked there from another province to vote. ...
Shaun Turton and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/soldiers-appear-have-swung-seats
LDP warned by NEC over alleged violation
Khem Veasna, founder and president of the League for Democracy Party, has been issued a formal warning by the National Election Committee (NEC) today for allegedly violating election rules by continuing to campaign on Facebook despite the ban. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ldp-warned-nec-over-alleged-violation
CNRP takes decisive victory in Kampong Cham
Jubilant cheers resounded at the Cambodia National Rescue Party headquarters in Kampong Cham last night as the party transformed its solid support base in the province into an undeniable stronghold. ...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-takes-decisive-victory-kampong-cham
Ministry to begin $20M plan for domestic vegetables
Implementation of a previously announced three-year $20 million programme to increase local vegetable and fragrant rice production will begin next month to help boost domestic supply and reduce imports, an agriculture official said yesterday. To date, 2,060 farmers and 260 rice cooperatives have been recruited ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-begin-20m-plan-domestic-vegetables