The Phnom Penh Post

Road deaths crest 2014 mark

The death toll on Cambodia’s roads this year is up 5 per cent from all of 2014, according to government figures released yesterday. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-deaths-crest-2014-mark

Nagacorp could bid on Cyprus casino licence

Nagacorp Ltd, the parent company of NagaWorld, Cambodia’s biggest casino, is expected to bid on a licence to operate the first casino resort in Cyprus, according to a media report from the Mediterranean island. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagacorp-could-bid-cyprus-casino-licence

Foreign help has strings: Rainsy

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy, currently in self-imposed exile and lobbying for foreign diplomatic support, told supporters in France on Sunday that Cambodia should not rely on foreign powers to solve its own problems, given the country’s history. ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-help-has-strings-rainsy

Migrant cooperation agreements slated for Thai visit

As Cambodian workers continue to stream illegally across the border to work in Thailand, the two countries are set to sign twin agreements to combat the issue when Prime Minister Hun Sen visits Thailand on Friday. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrant-cooperation-agreements-slated-thai-visit

Quach restructures, sets course for likely IPO

Mengly J. Quach Holdings (MJH), an umbrella for companies engaged in education, health care, food, media and financial services, is undergoing a restructuring and audit, and plans to spin off of its core educational arm ahead of a possible listing on the Cambodian stock exchange, ...

Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/quach-restructures-sets-course-likely-ipo

ADB boosts climate funds

The pool of climate finances available to Southeast Asia is set to expand following an announcement by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that it plans to double its climate funding to the region by 2020 – a move welcomed by the Cambodian government and climate ...

Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adb-boosts-climate-funds

Prison population swells

Cambodia’s badly overcrowded prison population leapt by nearly 20 per cent in the first 10 months of this year, government data show, raising serious health concerns.The figures, released by the Interior Ministry’s general department of prisons yesterday, show that there were 17,522 prisoners in jails ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-population-swells

Plan to reintroduce tigers moves forward

The return of tigers to the Cambodian wild edged a little closer this week, as the wildlife charity spearheading the project sent a representative to India to see how numbers were boosted there and to discuss bringing big cats from the subcontinent to the Kingdom. ...

Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/plan-reintroduce-tigers-moves-forward

Provincial top cops on notice following crime wave

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday took aim at the police chiefs of Battambang, Kandal and Pursat provinces, warning that they should be prepared to lose their titles if they fail to crack down on a recent crime wave.Kheng said the three police chiefs needed to ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/provincial-top-cops-notice-following-crime-wave

Many jobs ‘vulnerable’: UN report

The persistence of dangerous and demeaning forms of work remains a major challenge for the Kingdom’s development, according to the UN’s annual Human Development Report (HDR) launched yesterday by the United Nations Development Programme.Dubbed “Work for Human Development”, the 2015 report finds the Asia-Pacific region home ...

Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/many-jobs-vulnerable-un-report

Ratanakkiri prison boss fires back at accusers

The Ratanakkiri prison director accused of a litany of crimes by his underlings has fired back, denying their reports and accusing them of drug-taking, laziness and running illegal timber businesses. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-prison-boss-fires-back-accusers

For many LGBTs, a secret life

LGBT Cambodians face a formidable level of prejudice and discrimination, which for many means a life lived in secrecy and isolation, a major new study of attitudes has revealed.The survey of almost 1,600 people, straight and LGBT, across seven provinces, published yesterday, found that a ...

Jamie Elliott and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/many-lgbts-secret-life

Sea festival nets $15M for Kampot economy

This year’s Sea Festival, held for the first time in Kampot last weekend, attracted over 300,000 visitors and generated more than $15 million in revenue for the local community, tourism minister Thong Khon said yesterday. ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sea-festival-nets-15m-kampot-economy

Ministry pledges to up female hiring numbers

New targets have been set to boost the number of women in positions of influence, according to an initiative launched yesterday by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-pledges-female-hiring-numbers

PM calls for tougher scrutiny on pardons

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday told the Ministry of Justice to re-check pardon applications from convicted robbers and drug dealers, saying that recidivism is a big problem in the Kingdom.The premier’s statement, made in a speech on Koh Pich, follows a turbulent weekend rife with ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-calls-tougher-scrutiny-pardons

CNRP lawmakers set to retake seats in NA

The CNRP yesterday announced its lawmakers will attend Wednesday’s plenary session at the National Assembly, ending the party’s almost two-month boycott that began after the brutal beating of two of its lawmakers outside parliament by pro-government protesters. ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-lawmakers-set-retake-seats-na

New orphanage sub-decree aims to protect children

The Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday issued a new sub-decree ordering all orphanages to get a permit, submit to inspections and limit the conditions under which children can be admitted.According to many experts, including Social Affairs Minister Vong Soth, orphanage care does more harm than ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-orphanage-sub-decree-aims-protect-children

Labour market unfazed by AEC

As ASEAN member states race to get ready for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) integration later this month, one of the pillars of the new economic bloc is the free flow of skilled labour across borders, with Cambodian industry experts unperturbed by the possibility of ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/labour-market-unfazed-aec

Kingdom ranks low on gender equality

In spite of gains, gender inequality in Cambodia remains significant, particularly in education and political empowerment, according to the World Economic Forum’s recently released 2015 Global Gender Gap Report. ...

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-ranks-low-gender-equality

Ratanakkiri prison director accused of abuses

Dozens of officials at Ratanakkiri Provincial Prison have called for the director of the facility to be removed, citing a wide range of violations, including having sex with a female inmate, permitting unsanctioned prison labour and pocketing money paid in exchange for benefits. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-prison-director-accused-abuses

PM’s eldest denies bribe allegations

Hun Manet, a senior military official and eldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, took to Facebook this weekend to defend himself from unnamed detractors who, he said, had accused him of spending millions of dollars buying Cambodian expatriates’ support during a youth recruitment drive ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-eldest-denies-bribe-allegations

Mixed outlook for this year’s catch of trey riel

The season for making prahok, the fermented fish paste that is a staple of the Cambodian diet, has opened this month amid mixed forecasts for the annual catch.Prahok production, which fuels the Kingdom’s largest annual fish harvest, sustains the incomes of thousands of Cambodians, particular ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mixed-outlook-years-catch-trey-riel

Koh Rong projects ‘will not bring pain’, DPM says

Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng has sought to reassure residents of Koh Rong, an island off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province that has been leased to a local tycoon, that they would not be adversely affected by planned development projects. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-rong-projects-will-not-bring-pain-dpm-says

Eight return from China, Malaysia

The Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday the rescue of eight trafficked Cambodian women who worked either as maids in Malaysia or were tricked into becoming brides to men in China.Of the eight women, five worked as domestic workers in Malaysia and three were married off ...

Charles Rollet and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eight-return-china-malaysia

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