‘The trash just floats away’
Along a riverbank in the capital yesterday, garbage was strewn in a thick carpet 12 metres across and 10 metres long, spilling down from the embankment’s crest and directly into the water below.
Is Trump eyeing PM critic for State?
US lawmaker Dana Rohrabacher, who once said “Hun Sen is a corrupt, vicious human being” and described the premier as one of the “leaders of the Cambodian genocide”, is being considered for the role of US secretary of state by president-elect Donald Trump, a report said yesterday.
Files allege corporate misdeeds
California federal court documents – obtained by the Post yesterday – detail serious allegations against one of America’s top-three seafood importers in the orchestration of and complicity in human trafficking, as well as human and labour rights violations perpetrated against Cambodian citizens.
Bleak prospects for cassava
Amid reports that Vietnam’s early harvest of cassava is facing downward price pressure, Cambodian farmers could be in for a rough season as local prices are largely dependent on those of the Kingdom’s more developed neighbour, a ministry official said yesterday.
Charges in celeb assault case
A relative of a wealthy timber tycoon has been charged with intentional acts of violence and placed in pre-trial detention for allegedly beating his former girlfriend, actress Pich Aviza, Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court spokesperson Huot Vichet said yesterday.
Experts question praise of China’s ‘drought relief’
The Mekong River Commission, in a missive posted on their website on Monday, credited China’s “emergency water release” from its Mekong dams with successfully helping to alleviate the drought in the Mekong River Basin earlier this year, a claim disputed by experts.
With expansion, Pizza Co seeks bigger slice of market
The Pizza Company will launch another three stores by the end of this year, with a fourth slated for early 2017, as the Thai pizza restaurant chain looks to expand its presence in the provinces, a company executive said yesterday.
Rainsy’s symbolic offer
Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy on Tuesday announced that he would provide money for migrant workers in Thailand to return home to register to vote, though later qualified the “symbolic gesture” would be for 12 people.
Unofficial crossings at Thai border reopened
Cambodian and Thai authorities have agreed to reopen several unofficial border crossings in Banteay Meanchey province, two weeks after announcing they would close the checkpoints to stop smuggling, human trafficking and illegal immigration.
School infrastructure issues on kids’ minds
Nearly 90 percent of Cambodian children interviewed in a new global survey said they would first renovate school facilities and create quality learning environments if they were given the reins of the education budget, a sharp contrast with the 56 percent of children in other developing countries who shared the same top priority.
Land titles earn prison for tycoon
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced local tycoon Sieng Chan Heng to one year in prison for swindling Chinese investors in a land deal in Kampong Chhnang province.
Cruiseco still mulling compensation figure
The families of two men who drowned after a cruise ship collided with their Water Festival racing boat during practice earlier this week have yet to receive word on whether Australian operator Cruiseco will accept their demand of $35,000 dollars in compensation, Prek Thmei commune chief Ly Vantheng said yesterday.
Almost 3 tonnes of illegal wood seized
Military police and Forestry Administration officials have arrested a man alleged to have been transporting almost 3 tonnes of endangered rosewood in Pursat province, according to provincial prosecutor Long Cheap.
CNRP leader diversifies social media playbook
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has waded into the Twittersphere, using his first tweet to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump on his victory, and later calling on the few Cambodians who use the site to register to vote in next year’s commune elections.
Teen found strangled to death in trash heap
A garbage collector uncovered a gruesome scene yesterday when he found the body of a strangled woman in a trash pile in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district.
Teacher accused of rape of student, 12
A Kampong Thom high-school teacher was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping his 12-year-old student four times last week, with the case now at the provincial court.
Four drown as Kampot tour boat sinks
Four people on board an overloaded tour boat in Kampot province died when the craft sank after running into a submerged sandbar on Monday, local authorities said.
UNICEF to fund local tech startup
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that it will sink funds into a Cambodia-based tech startup as part of an initiative that uses venture capital to develop open-source technology solutions that improve connectivity, real-time data collection, identity technology and learning.
Central bank to hold second LPCO auction
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) announced yesterday that its second Liquidity-Providing Collateralised Operation (LPCO) will be held on November 22, with 40 billion riel ($9.89 million) to be made available to Cambodian financial institutions in need of liquidity.
Entrepreneurship to be taught in the classroom
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron has unveiled a plan to add coursework on entrepreneurship to the school and university curricula starting in the next academic year, state news agency AKP said yesterday.
Cambodia signs MoU with China for tourism
Chinese and Cambodian officials have signed a memorandum of understanding to increase exchanges of investment and training for tourism, the Ministry of Tourism said in a press release yesterday.
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