CNRP approves party policy manifesto
The Cambodia National Rescue Party’s 125-member steering committee yesterday approved a draft policy manifesto intended to guide the policies it takes to elections in the next two years, but party officials were tight-lipped about its substance.
Rhinoceros horns seized at Phnom Penh airport
Cambodian customs and Forestry Administration officials seized over 30 kilograms of rhinoceros horn at Phnom Penh International Airport yesterday, forestry officials said.
New guidelines on impact assessments almost ready
Civil society groups are getting closer to unveiling a new set of guidelines that will change how the impact of big development projects is assessed across the Mekong region, NGOs said yesterday, following the end of a two-month public consultation period.
Sand export answers sought
Pressure mounted on the Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday from politicians and civil society for the ministry to explain to the public massive discrepancies in data on sand exports to Singapore.
Tobacco turns over a new leaf
Agriculture officials and struggling smallholder tobacco farmers are cautiously hopeful that tariff exemptions granted under a new trade agreement with Vietnam will lift sagging demand for their crops.
PM: Cambodia on track for high-income status
Extolling forecasts that Cambodia’s economy will maintain its 7 percent growth rate this year, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday reiterated a past prediction that the country would reach upper-middle income status by 2030 and become a high-income country in 2050 – though one expert said he doubted the Kingdom could meet the “very optimistic” predictions.
Prized spice has its fans, and imitators
Given the wild success of Kampot pepper, which can fetch up to three times the amount per kilo as Cambodian pepper produced without its prized label, it is hardly surprising that the product has its share of imitators.
Beaten lawmaker to join Hun Manet suit
Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker Nhay Chamroeun has engaged a lawyer to join a lawsuit in the US against the prime minister’s eldest son, Lieutenant General Hun Manet, and the Cambodia government.
Health Ministry insists system ‘ready’ for Zika
An official with the Ministry of Health, responding to a Pasteur Institute analysis that indicated the Kingdom is at high risk of a Zika outbreak in 2017, yesterday said Cambodia’s health service teams were ready to respond.
Slain monk set to be cremated, 13 years on
The embalmed body of slain activist monk Venerable Sam Bunthoeun, who was gunned down 13 years ago, will be cremated at Phnom Oudong at the beginning of next month, Kandal provincial chief monk Chea Sam Arng said yesterday.
Wanted Australian released from prison and deported
An Australian man, wanted by police in his native country on kidnapping and torture charges, was released from Siem Reap provincial prison and deported to Thailand last week and has since been pictured enjoying the nightlife in Bangkok.
Chroy Changvar residents stop OCIC fence layers
About 10 villagers from Chroy Changvar district’s Prek Tasek commune stopped workers of a development firm from clearing their land to build a fence demarcating a planned satellite city.
Garment truck crash injures 12 in Svay Rieng
Twelve garment workers were injured yesterday morning when the open truck in which they were travelling collided with a car as it crossed an intersection in Svay Rieng province.
Medic recalls Pol Pot’s ‘treason’
A former Khmer Rouge medic – and relative of former East Zone secretary Sao Phim – yesterday told the Khmer Rouge tribunal that he began fighting a battle on two fronts, against both Vietnam and Pol Pot, after he learned of the “treasonous” mass executions of his fellow cadres.
Military men involved in two shootings
Two separate shooting incidents involving military officials occurred on Monday, leaving one man dead and another injured.
Academic extols need to balance science, mores
Drawing on her experience exhuming Khmer Rouge-era mass graves, an anthropology researcher analysing skeletal remains of Khmer Rouge victims published an essay this week in the journal Genocide Studies and Prevention extolling the importance of balancing artefact preservation with respect for local culture.
City begins installing traffic lights on riverside
City Hall has begun installing traffic lights in three spots along the capital's riverside to ease traffic conditions, with work expected to be completed before the upcoming Water Festival and its influx of visitors.
Tax service agent licences awarded to 43 firms
The government’s tax arm certified its first batch of professional tax agents yesterday ahead of a 2017 mandate that states any taxation service performed by an unlicensed individual or firm will no longer be accepted by the government.
Gov’t reviews fuel cap but leaves prices intact
No changes were made to petrol prices in the Kingdom following the latest government fuel cap revision, which comes into effect today.
ANZ to remain in local market?
The chief executive of ANZ Royal Bank has denied media reports that the Australian and New Zealand Bank Group (ANZ) is considering pulling the plug on its Cambodian operations amid a planned retreat from the region’s markets.
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