With Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers due to meet their ruling party
counterparts this morning at the National Assembly, talk of a deal to resolve
the Kingdom’s political stalemate hangs in the air, though it remains to be seen
what, if any, compromises will be made.
A long-in-the-works “code of conduct” for Cambodia’s artists and performers
moved a step closer to reality yesterday, a fact that has prompted concerns of
censorship from some in the artistic community.
The government’s wage-setting body, the Labour Advisory Council (LAC), will
Thursday afternoon discuss – and quite possibly rule on – a wage proposal
emerging from today’s final tripartite meeting of garment industry
stakeholders.
The integration of technology into Cambodia’s agricultural sector is vital to
increase the competitiveness and overall performance of the Kingdom’s harvest,
but efforts to push for widespread adoption of innovative solutions has been
slow to take off, industry experts and stakeholders said at a forum in Phnom
Penh yesterday.
China has signed an agreement to assist the Kingdom with judicial reforms and
to share expertise in overhauling such systems, though one international expert
yesterday cautioned that China shouldn’t be considered “a model for justice
reform in Cambodia”.
Government officials have denied the sand-dredging industry is mired in
corruption in the wake of damning figures pointing to a 70-million-tonne hole in
Cambodian sand-export numbers to Singapore.
Despite uncertainty over the global economy, which has been stymied by a
continued weak recovery in many developed economies, Cambodia will continue on
its projected growth rate for the rest of this year and into 2017, buoyed by
sustained growth from China and India, the Asian Development Bank (ABD) said
yesterday in a reiteration of its previous growth forecast.
The trial of Cambodian-American businessman San Richer and three others
accused of defrauding a local businesswoman out of a $1 million investment in
2012 resumed yesterday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
Cambodia’s rampant land grabs have had a devastating impact on the
psychological health of women and have led to a sharp increase in the rates of
domestic violence they suffer, according to a new report.
An unidentified man in his twenties was shot dead yesterday morning in Siem
Reap town’s Ampil commune, according to local authorities.
Outspoken Radio ABC owner “Aja A” has announced he will not apologise to
journalists – whom his media outlet branded as thieves and extortionists – after
the Ministry of Information announced it would call him to meet with the
aggrieved reporters.
The National Election Committee (NEC) has thrown cold water on a request by
the Cambodian Labour Confederation (CLC) that it permit garment workers extra
time off to register in their home provinces without receiving a pay cut,
according to a letter posted on the NEC’s Facebook page yesterday.
At least one person was killed and two more seriously injured after a
speeding truck overturned and plunged into a pond in Kampong Thom province’s
Santuk district on Monday afternoon, an accident an official attributed to a
“sleepy” driver, who fled the scene.
Japan has pledged to help fund three projects in Cambodia with a grant
totalling about $31.9 million.
Representatives from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Ministry of
Environment and a handful of climate advocates met in Phnom Penh yesterday to
brainstorm ways the country can transition to a “sustainable energy future”.
Twenty-six Cambodians were arrested by Thai authorities for allegedly
illegally logging rosewood in Pang Sida National Park in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo
province on Sunday.
Villagers from Preah Sihanouk province yesterday again protested the ongoing
imprisonment of a local woman arrested for illegal forest clearing, claiming
local authorities often allow illegal logging and are using her as a scapegoat.
An obscure NGO is providing life insurance coverage to low-income
individuals, mostly garment workers, offering a financial safety net for the
families of its policyholders, but triggering the concern of insurance
regulators who take issue to its unlicensed operations.
Cambodia has been selected to chair the Global Coordination Bureau of the
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) next year, state-owned media outlet AKP
reported yesterday.
The number of active SIM card users in Cambodia has decreased to 19.2 million
from a late-2015 high of 21 million, Moa Chakyra, director-general of the
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication, was quoted as saying in state-owned
media outlet AKP yesterday.
The state-owned bank entrusted with extending $27 million in emergency loans
to millers to purchase rice paddy has marginally lowered the interest rate on
these conditional loans in an effort to shorten some of the strings
attached.
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