Positive sign in EU rice tariff saga
The European Union yesterday failed to come to a consensus on taxing Cambodia fragrant and white rice, giving leaders of the local rice sector more time to plan the next step in their fight to stop the EU from imposing tariffs. ...
Sok Chan and Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50556403/positive-sign-in-eu-rice-tariff-saga/
Kandal rally enters second day
A protest by more than 100 of 300 Prestige Garment Co garment workers in front of their factory in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district’s Tbeng commune, the result of their representative being dismissed, entered its second day on Tuesday. ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-rally-enters-second-day
Minister urges graduates to continue studies and be ‘skilful intellectuals’
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron on Thursday encouraged recent graduates to continue their studies and become “skilful intellectuals”. The minister’s remarks were made during the Limkokwing University graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh’s Tonle Bassac commune. ...
Body of foreigner found in suitcase
The unidentified body of a male foreign national, stuffed into a suitcase with only the head sticking out, was found by local fishermen in Kep province yesterday morning after washing up on the side of a canal near a mangrove forest. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/body-foreigner-found-suitcase
Wife of jailed senator denies claims of hit-and-run
The wife of imprisoned opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour on Thursday denied reports that she and the driver of her husband’s SUV fled the scene of a crash in Kandal province that left another man with a broken femur. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wife-of-jailed-senator-denies-claims-of-hit-and-run-98065/
Students grow school gardens against hunger
Thirty schools in Siem Reap, Battambang and Kampong Thom will participate in a two-year pilot project to host vegetable gardens to improve nutrition and teach students life skills, starting in December, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Friday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-grow-school-gardens-against-hunger
Government tax revenue collection grows nearly 22% in 2015
The government collected about $1.3 billion in tax revenue in 2015, a 21.67 percent increase over the previous year, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s general department of taxation on Monday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-tax-revenue-collection-grows-nearly-22-in-2015-105200/
Market vendors hold protest against arrest of colleagues
About 300 vendors from the Tumnup market in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district protested in front of the municipal court on Wednesday to demand that two of their colleagues who were arrested amid a dispute over market fees be released. ...
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/market-vendors-hold-protest-against-arrest-of-colleagues-105953/
Firetruck fleet set to double with China deal
The Interior Ministry has struck a deal with China to buy 200 firetrucks this year, nearly doubling Cambodia’s current fleet in a bid to better serve the country’s rural reaches, officials said on Monday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/firetruck-fleet-set-to-double-with-china-deal-108838/
Beachfront evictions begin in Sihanoukville
Authorities in Sihanoukville followed through with their long-threatened eviction of vendors from the end of the popular O’Chheuteal beach on Saturday afternoon, demolishing nearly 100 structures along the 2 km strip known locally as Ariston. ...
Peter Ford and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/beachfront-evictions-begin-in-sihanoukville-111101/
Government lifts decade-old Snakehead fish farming ban
The government has lifted a decade-old ban on snakehead fish farming following a request from the Ministry of Agriculture last month to once again allow farmers to breed the voracious fish, according to a statement dated Thursday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-lifts-decade-old-snakehead-fish-farming-ban-112009/
Reporters without borders ‘concerned’ by threats
International media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said in a statement released on Tuesday that it was concerned by what it characterized as a “surge” in threats against journalists and news organizations in Cambodia in recent weeks. ...
Julia wallace
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/reporters-without-borders-concerned-by-threats-115667/
Chair of ASEAN audit board goes to Kingdom
Som Kimsour, the chairwoman of Cambodia’s National Audit Authority, was appointed to chair the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI), a collaborative body of public sector auditors, during a summit on Thursday in Phnom Penh, according to state media outlet AKP. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chair-asean-audit-board-goes-kingdom
Prime minister warns ‘bad officials’ over building violations
Days after City Hall ordered NagaWorld casino to halt its expansion because it was damaging Phnom Penh’s beauty, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday warned “bad officials” to stop allowing construction projects to damage the country’s aesthetic allure. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-warns-bad-officials-over-building-violations-99703/
Watchdog eyes telecom, ISP licenses
The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) has called on 34 telecom operators and Internet service providers (ISPs) to submit their business performance reports by the end of this month to ensure they are in compliance with their licensing agreements, officials said yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17944/watchdog-eyes-telecom--isp-licenses/
Opposition lawmakers to boycott Assembly
The opposition CNRP’s 55 lawmakers will boycott this morning’s sitting of the National Assembly and all future sessions until the ruling CPP guarantees their safety and returns to a spirit of parliamentary cooperation, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said on Sunday. ...
Alex Willemyns and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-lawmakers-to-boycott-assembly-101443/
Senate passes two laws; opposition boycotts
Forty-six senators from the ruling CPP on Monday unanimously approved the 2016 national budget and the telecommunications law in the absence of 10 boycotting senators from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), according to a press release. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senate-passes-two-laws-opposition-boycotts-102349/
National Assembly Chairman holds talks with Cambodian Senate President
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung held talks with visiting President of the Cambodia Senate Samdech Say Chhum in Hanoi on December 16, dealing with an array of important contents of comprehensive cooperation between the two legislatures. ...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/148864/national-assembly-chairman-holds-talks-with-cambodian-senate-president.html
Cambodia police break up 8,000 strong garment protest
Water cannons have been used to bring the angry protest by garment workers to an end. Thousands of people went on strike after they had been promised an 18 euro pay rise and only received half. ...
DW News Staff
http://www.dw.com/en/cambodia-police-break-up-8000-strong-garment-protest/a-18931690
Hun Many says goal is to be prime minister
Hun Many, the youngest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen and a CPP lawmaker, revealed during a radio show on Wednesday his ambition to follow in his father’s footsteps and become the future prime minister. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-many-says-goal-is-to-be-prime-minister-104231/