The Phnom Penh Post
Water running out in Reay Pai
About 2,700 families in Kampong Cham province’s Reay Pai commune, where wells and ponds have almost dried up, could soon be left without any safe water. ...
Sen David and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-running-out-reay-pai
Police official avoids prosecution for rosewood smuggling
A police official in Kompong Thom province has so far avoided prosecution in a weekend timber smuggling case involving his brother, three unidentified loggers and three carloads of rosewood logs marked with his name. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-official-avoids-prosecution-for-rosewood-smuggling-109650/
Journalists want more upfront public figures
The Club of Cambodian Journalists on Monday called for politicians and local authorities to be more transparent and help facilitate the work that journalists do in order for them to better serve society. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/journalists-want-more-upfront-public-figures
EU market could tap into tapioca
Local agro-industrial conglomerate Mong Reththy Group is negotiating a new partnership that would send large-volume shipments of Cambodian cassava products to Europe for the first time. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-market-could-tap-tapioca
Capital residents protest airport expressway
Roughly 100 Phnom Penh residents who believe they will be affected by a planned expressway leading from the airport to the city centre protested again at the Ministry of Public Works yesterday, demanding that community representatives be included on the committee that settles such matters ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-residents-protest-airport-expressway
Unions, NGOs ask for time to review draft union law
With the draft union law due to be debated during a public forum on Wednesday, a group of 21 unions and NGOs released a statement yesterday calling on the National Assembly to allow more time to discuss the legislation before it is passed. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unions-ngos-ask-time-review-draft-union-law
Revised rubber export tax scheme criticised
Rubber producers said yesterday the government’s decision to amend the export tax scheme on natural rubber fell short of expectations and would do little to stem the losses of farmers as rubber prices hover near a six-year low. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revised-rubber-export-tax-scheme-criticised
Bodies swap control over ELCs, preserves
Authority over economic land concessions (ELCs) currently under the purview of the Ministry of Environment will be transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, while all protected areas and nature preserves currently under the Ministry of Agriculture will pass to the Ministry of Environment, according to ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bodies-swap-control-over-elcs-preserves
Ticket sales for Angkor Wat to go online
A new online ticketing system for the Kingdom’s biggest tourist draw, Angkor Wat, will be introduced to provide faster and convenient service to tourists, while increasing the transparency and clarity of ticket sales revenues. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ticket-sales-angkor-wat-go-online
A clearer picture for lenders
The double-digit growth of consumer lending in Cambodia has created a need for a comprehensive and centralised database of individual credit histories. The Post’s Cam McGrath sat down with Pascal Ly, CEO of the Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC), to discuss the role of the Kingdom’s ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/clearer-picture-lenders
Chicken farm razed in Preah Sihanouk
A grass fire raged through a chicken farm in Preah Sihanouk province on Wednesday, destroying two coops and the chickens within and causing $10,000 in damage, according to provincial authorities. ...
Sen David and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chicken-farm-razed-preah-sihanouk
Surge in new product standards as tariffs fall
A recent surge in the development of national standards for manufactured goods and food products is creating more opportunities for local products in regional markets, a government official said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/surge-new-product-standards-tariffs-fall
City hall planning to privatize 280-hectare development site
City Hall plans to privatize a 280-hectare plot of public land set aside for a $3 billion development by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district, officials said Thursday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-planning-to-privatize-280-hectare-development-site-109413/
Gov’t may hire wing to collect tax revenue
The government is considering appointing Wing (Cambodia) Limited, a specialised bank and mobile payment company, as a designated agent to collect tax revenues, the Ministry of Economy and Finance announced yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-may-hire-wing-collect-tax-revenue
Workshop to air views on draft union law
A public consultation session on the controversial draft union law will be held at the National Assembly next Wednesday, officials confirmed yesterday. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workshop-air-views-draft-union-law
Kampong Chhnang factory boss calls scuffle ‘murder attempt’
A boss at a garment factory in Kampong Chhnang province has accused the husband and a friend of a recently fired employee of chasing down her car and trying to kill her. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-chhnang-factory-boss-calls-scuffle-murder-attempt
Third undersea cable to plug kingdom into data fast lane
The government has contracted the private sector to build a third submarine communications cable linking Cambodia to a major international telecommunications artery in a bid to significantly increase internet speed while helping to bring down prices. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/third-undersea-cable-plug-kingdom-data-fast-lane
NGO backs crackdown on logging, wants more
The Indigenous Peoples and Forestry Network (IPFN) yesterday released a statement praising the government’s ongoing purported crackdown on illegal logging, but saying far more needs to be done. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-backs-crackdown-logging-wants-more
Fire season brings warning from ministry
As the Kingdom moves into the heart of the dry season, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries has issued a set of guidelines on the prevention of forest fires, stressing that jail is in the cards for those starting blazes. ...
Bun Sengkong and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fire-season-brings-warning-ministry
Passenger train services to resume
Passenger trains are set to roll between the capital and the coast next month for the first time in 14 years, a railway official said yesterday. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/passenger-train-services-resume
‘Hitler of Stung Meanchey’ weighs in
Amid a staunch defence of the performance of a newly formed illegal logging committee’s recent crackdown and remarks on concerns over gun control, National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha took time out to address his now infamous year-old comments on Adolf Hitler yesterday at the ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gender-underplayed-krts-00201-report
Groundwater shortage could jeopardise 1.5 million farmers: study
Amid late-arriving rains and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, groundwater supplies are shrinking, a fact that could leave 1.5 million Cambodian farmers unable to water their crops within 15 years, according to a study published last month in the Journal of Hydrology. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/groundwater-shortage-could-jeopardise-15-million-farmers-study
Koh Kong town’s drinking water tainted during repairs
Koh Kong town was left without a clean water supply on Friday when the company responsible for the utility made repairs to a filter pipe. Koh Kong resident Ing Soth yesterday said the water was so dirty that the villagers could not use it at ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-towns-drinking-water-tainted-during-repairs
Siem Reap residents protest unwanted address change
About 70 residents from a village in Siem Reap’s Ampil commune yesterday submitted a petition to provincial officials requesting that they not be switched to the authority of neighbouring Nokor Thom commune, though at least one local official claimed the matter was long decided. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-residents-protest-unwanted-address-change