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Cambodia to pass on Philippines’ rice tender
State-owned agriculture company Green Trade said yesterday that it will not participate in the latest Philippine government’s rice auction as Cambodia’s rice cannot compete on price with neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-pass-philippines-rice-tender
Alleged bride brokers busted
Anti-human trafficking police yesterday arrested six suspected traffickers who were in the process of arranging for three Cambodian women to be flown to China to marry local men, a court official said yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/alleged-bride-brokers-busted
Mobile options fuel insurance surge
Partnerships with mobile service providers have greatly helped insurance companies with market penetration here, insurers told Khmer Times. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15538/mobile-options-fuel-insurance-surge/
Interior ministry ‘suspends’ beach evictions
In early August, Sihanoukville city’s then municipal governor, Chin Sarin, issued a notice giving 26 vendors and their families at Ochheuteal Beach days to remove their stalls from the beach or face forced eviction. ...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15540/interior-ministry----suspends----beach-evictions/
Land management minister to give answer to the National Assembly
Senior Minister, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Im Chhun Lim will go to the National Assembly tomorrow morning at 8:30 am to give answers to the National Assembly’s members. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/land-management-minister-to-give-answer-to-the-national-assembly-8939
Mam Sonando elected as the president of his newly-created political party
Members of the newly-establishment the Beehive Social Democratic Party elected Mam Sonando, a prominent radio station director, to be the president of party. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/mam-sonando-elected-as-the-president-of-his-newly-created-political-party-8937
Cambodian NGOs, provincial officials applaud interior minister’s warning against illegal fishing
Cambodian nongovernmental organizations and officials in Sihanoukville province have applauded a warning issued earlier this week by Interior Minister to local authorities to not accept bribes from Thai and Vietnamese fishermen to fish in the Southeast Asian nation’s waters. ...
Prime Minister Hun Sen says French experts may need for border verification
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Cambodia and Vietnam may request French expert for border verification. “On some disagreed points, Cambodia and Vietnam may request the border experts from France to verify or hire any independent experts to help in case of need”, he added. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-hun-sen-says-french-experts-may-need-for-border-verification-8935
Svay Rieng Court summons CNRP lawmakers for questioning over violent clash at the border
The Svay Rieng provincial court will summon a number of lawmakers from Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to give answer before court over the violent clash on June 28th near border pole 203. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/svay-rieng-court-summons-cnrp-lawmakers-for-questioning-over-violent-clash-at-the-border-8938
Vice President of India to pay official visit next week
The vice president of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari will pay an official three-day visit to Cambodia next week. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/vice-president-of-india-to-pay-official-visit-next-week-8936
Cambodian parties to monitor voter registration project
Cambodia’s political parties say they are preparing to monitor a voter registration pilot project which will be held in November ahead of future local and national polls. Cambodia’s last election in 2013 was marred by disputes over the results. The opposition alleged widespread voter fraud, ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-election-voter-registration-pilot-project/2954222.html
Construction standards on the way
The International Business Chamber of Cambodia (IBS) on Friday took a step to formulate industry-wide construction standards by signing a memorandum of understanding with the UK’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), an accreditation agency that monitors quality and safety across the property market. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15449/construction-standards-on-the-way/
India gives up Angkor Wat replica: Cambodian spokesman
The Indian government is giving about $4 million to conserve the Preah Vihear temple complex, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Chum Sounry. ...
Ban Sokrith and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15492/india-gives-up-angkor-wat-replica--cambodian-spokesman/
In sweeping address, PM defends border work
In a three-hour speech delivered on state television, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said his government has not ceded a single meter of land while demarcating Cambodia’s border with Vietnam. He also threatened further arrests of border critics and warned that war would break ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-sweeping-address-pm-defends-border-work-93682/
Gov’t announces plans to cut down on deputies
The government will prune superfluous “deputy” manager roles from the state bureaucracy’s many branches by restricting the number of people able to hold the title from the ministerial level down to kindergartens and hospitals. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-announces-plans-cut-down-deputies
CNRP pols fear possible set-up
An outspoken opposition lawmaker says he fears a set-up after a Svay Rieng woman was questioned in court yesterday over a complaint against him and others that she denies ever having made. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-pols-fear-possible-set
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/