Proposed State Spending to Increase 11.4% in 2019
According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s draft budget of 2019, the national budget for 2019 will increase by 11.4% compared to 2018 state spending. More will be allocated…
Kingdom Considers Waste-Energy Power Plants
Phnom Penh (FN), Oct. 26 – Environment Minister Say Sam Al on Friday received a courtesy call from the Shandong Wangeng Energy Technology Co., LTD, a group of electric power…
23 Chinese Lose Wheels
Sihanoukville: According to the National Police, at 17:20 on Thursday, October 25, 2018, the traffic police force performed road checks in Sangkat 4. There are 23 unlicensed cars taken away from…
Kampot Gears Up For Tourists and Foreign Investment
Kampot Province: Kampot, in the southwest of Cambodia and a beautiful coastal province, is ready to tap into the potential of attracting both tourists and international and local investors. Increasing…
Swiss Promise $12 Million to Kantha Bopha Hospital
Phnom Penh (FN), Oct. 26 – Swiss Ambassador to Cambodia Ivo Siebber stated that the Swiss Government has announced to aid $12 million grant to Cambodia to support Kantha Bopha…
Power Pole Lights Up BKK1
Phnom Penh: A fire broke out from electricity wiring at 11:40 pm on October 25, 2018 on Street 288 in BKK1, Khan Chamkar Morn, Phnom Penh. Local people took their own…
Beware of Scamming Arabs
(Svay Rieng) According to a report from Fresh News, on October 24, 2018, at 11:00 am, a suspicious incident happened at a home in Leap village, Khum Ekkhearay, Svay Teap district…
Facing deportation, Cambodian refugee who killed as 14-year-old seeks pardon
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — By his own account, Borey Ai was a 14-year-old gangster when he killed a woman during a robbery that netted about $300. He spent 19 years in…
Fake Angkor Wat Off to a Flying Start
Guangxi, China (FN), Oct. 24 – To show off the potential of ASEAN tourism in China, ASEAN and the Chinese government have agreed to build temples and famous tourist destinations…
4 Chinese Collared After Cop Car Crash
Four Chinese men are in custody after trying to do a hit and run from a car with members of the Cambodian anti-human trafficking police inside. The collision occurred just…
Horrific Scene as Truck Hits Moto, and Burns in Koh Kong
Koh Kong: On October 25, 2018, at least two men were killed at the scene and 2 more still missing in the wreckage after a truck hit a motorbike, turned over…
Don’t Eat Khmer Fugu!
Sihanoukville: On the morning of October 25, 2018, three construction workers were sent to hospital after being poisoned from eating a puffer-fish near Prek Treeng Stung Hav district. They are now receiving emergency…
Mystery as “Plane Parts” Fall From Sky After Explosion
Preah Vihear: On the early morning of October 25, 2018, many people in Preah Vihear province heard a loud bang in the air over Kulen district. Pieces of aluminum and resin…
Teen Caught After Thai Man Slashed for Scoopy
Phnom Penh: A Thai man man working in a restaurant in Tonle Bassac 2 was seriously injured at 03:00 AM, on October 24, 2018, on Street 7, Toul Roka Village, Sangkat Chak…
Got One!
Phnom Penh: One of the four thieves involved in the theft of a phone from a Frenchman was detained by police. The theft occurred on October 24, 2018, along Sothearos Boulevard…
Toxic Mushrooms Kill One, Poison Others
( Preah Vihear): An elderly man died on October 23, 2018 after being sent to hospital, while five others suffered sickness after being poisoned after eating mushrooms. On the afternoon of October 24…
