Election group suggests revamped, modern voter registry
A new voter registration system that could eliminate irregularities would cost about $17 million, an election monitor said Thursday. A new system would eliminate duplicate names and improperly spelled names, but would also be based on the old registry, Koul Panha, head of the monitoring group ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/election-group-suggests-revamped-modern-voter-registry/2527764.html
CNRP set to ‘reshuffle lawmakers’: officials
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party is about to undergo a significant reshuffle of elected members, according to party sources. According to a senior party official, who asked not to be named, several elected lawmakers will change jobs, leaving Their constituents without The representatives who ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-set-reshuffle-lawmakers-officials
Lawmaker urges more cooperation to prevent force fishing labor
Cambodian authorities must cooperate with Thailand to reform illegal fishing practices there, a lawmaker says. the governments of Cambodia and Thailand “have not been talking seriously to put strict conditions” on labor practices, she said. “they tend to deal with the problem case by casewith ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/lawmaker-urges-more-cooperation-to-prevent-force-fishing-labor/2850581.html
CNRP lawmaker punished over Facebook post
Opposition lawmaker Um Sam An has been suspended from the next 15 sessions of parliament and will have his salary cut as punishment for critical comments he posted to Facebook earlier this month, according to a statement issued Friday by the National Assembly’s Secretariat General. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmaker-punished-over-facebook-post-89443/
Chan confirmed as new NEC chairman by National Assembly
King Norodom Sihamoni has issued a Royal Decree appointing Prach Chan as the chairman of the National Election Committee (NEC). ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50880675/chan-confirmed-as-new-nec-chairman-by-national-assembly/
‘One million more’ to get Covid-19 jab by end-Sept
Following Prime Minister Hun Sen’s order to accelerate Covid-19 vaccination drives across the country, progress seems to be back on track with the milestone of nine million adults vaccinated reached on August 28. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/one-million-more-get-covid-19-jab-end-sept
Govt stresses relief aid, shelter construction for flood victims
The government has stressed that grant aid must reach targeted communities and that everything possible must be done to accelerate The construction of shelters for flood-hit villagers.More ...
Times Reporters
Union representatives summoned
Union leaders representing workers on strike at the Tropicana Casino and Resort were served with a summons by the Banteay Meanchey provincial court yesterday after a complaint by the casino’s management. the court summons came around the time Sum Sam Ith, the Tropicana representative, sent ...
Over ninety poisoned by noodles; vendor shut down
More than 90 people had been hospitalized in Takeo province as of Tuesday evening after eating tainted noodles during a Buddhist ceremony at a pagoda on Monday, officials said. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ninety-poisoned-noodles-vendor-shut-108624/
Eight timber trucks seized
A team of Pursat provincial and national military police seized eight trucks loaded with timber on National Road 55 in Kravanh district’s Samraong commune on Monday and yesterday. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5099637/eight-timber-trucks-seized/
Election monitor: Sample-based observation most effective
Transparency International has pledged a rapid assessment of potential irregularities In Sunday’s commune elections by sendIng 1,100 observers across Cambodia—IncludIng, if needed, by boat and helicopter. ...
Hannah Hawkins
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-monitor-sample-based-observation-most-effective-130668/
Unionising masseuses to protest alleged firing
Nearly 40 former employees at a Siem Reap province massage parlour will protest in front of its storefront today after management allegedly fired them for trying to introduce a labour union. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unionising-masseuses-protest-alleged-firing
Villagers protest against waste recycling plant
Villagers in Lat Bua Luang district of Ayutthaya province are again protesting that a foreign-owned recycling factory in their locality is causing severe pollution, and say their complaints have been ignored for years. Keep reading ...
More rain forecast due to storm Molave, amid flooding crisis
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology yesterday announced that tropical storm Molave, currently causing havoc as it crosses The Philippines, will soon drop furTher rain on Cambodia, already suffering from devastating floods. Cambodia expects The impact of Molave from October 28 through 29, with ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50776745/more-rain-forecast-due-to-storm-molave-amid-flooding-crisis/
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
Pestech plans to list subsidiary on CSX
Malaysian power infrastructure provider Pestech international has announced plans to list one of its indirect wholly owned Cambodian subsidiaries on the local stock exchange. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pestech-plans-list-subsidiary-csx
Sex slaves rescued from Japan
Cambodian and Japanese authorities have rescued seven Cambodian women forced into sexual slavery after being lured to Japan with the promise of restaurant jobs. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34419/sex-slaves-rescued-from-japan/
Hydropower dam to open early
The Lower Sesan II Dam hydropower plant will start generating 50 megawatts of power by October this year, according to a senior government official. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40152/hydropower-dam-to-open-early/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Investment”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Investment”. This bilIngual new topic page gives a quick overview of Investment In Cambodia, together with the related contents such as data, Information, and publications.=>Please click here to go to “Investment”. ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Sugarcane”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Sugarcane”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of sugarcane in Cambodia, together with the related contents as well as relevant reports, news and statistic.=>Please click here to go to “Sugarcane”. ...