Archive for May, 2008
UFO Explosion on Koh Trol Island
Reviewed by Prum Seila
A flying disk exploded above south-western Island of Cambodia on Tuesday according Rueters.
Residents of the Koh Trol Island (10km off the coast of Cambodia) which is now occupied by the Vietnamese settlers found the metal pieces of the UFO.
The explosion took place about 8 km in the air over the island. The [...]
Hun Sen: Stop Offering Car for the Next Mandate Ministers
Ka-set
Translated by Prum Seila
“The next mandate government has no money to buy cars for ministers, secretary of state and under secretary of state.” this is a message claimed in advance by Prime Minister Hun Sen during the reforming public financial summit held in CDC (Cambodia Development Councils) on Wednesday 28th May 2008.
He explained that [...]
Ruling CPP party no longer to accept Funcinpec’s members
Phnom Penh: Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday at a graduation ceremony at the National Institute of Education that before the national election 2008, his ruling CPP would no longer accept all members of Funcinpec who defect to the CPP because the defections could make problem with the National Election Committee’s candidate list.
He called [...]
Cambodians believed country in right direction: reported survey
Phnom Penh: According to the International Republican Institute’s survey released Tuesday, 77 percent of Cambodians believed that the country is heading in the right direction, but only 20 percent believed that is in wrong direction.
The result of the survey was conducted by IRI, interviewing the two thousand people from provinces and municipalities between January 27 [...]
The Burma Daily’s publication available online
Phnom Penh: The Burma Daily publication is exclusively available online for download (www.burmadaily.org) - which was published three times as insert inside The Cambodia Daily confiscated by the Cambodian government.
The Burma Daily was launched on May 16, which was originally published as a supplement to The Cambodia Daily, but they were removed from all newsstands [...]
New Japanese bank operated in Cambodia
Phnom Penh: the first Japanese-owned bank, Maruhan Japan Bank Plc, opened on Thursday, May 22 at its Headquarters, operated by Maruhan Cambodia Corporation, which is a subsidiary of the Tokyo-based Maruhan Corporation founded in 1957.
The bank’s Head-office is located at No.83, Norodom Boulevard in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
According to its website, Maruhan Corporation has $95 million [...]
Ex-Thai Prime Minister plans to build modern city in Cambodia
The ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told Prime Minister Hun on Friday’s meeting that he will plan to build “Modern City” in Koh Kong province bordering Thailand.
The project developments will include financial center, hospital, schools, and housing. But the amount of investment was not revealed yet.
Former Thai Prime Minister returned this home country in [...]
PM lift the rice export ban
“The ban on rice export from Cambodia will be lift from May 27 to December 31, 2008″ Prime Minister Hun Said
Speaking at the graduation ceremony on May 26, 2008 at the National Institution of Education, Prime Minister Hun said that the temporary rice import ban will be lift from May 27 but only 1.6 million [...]
Speaking another Tongue in their Own Home
by Prum Seila
Locals of Stung Treng prefer to talk in Laos to their relatives, children, grand children, neighbors, and friends at their home.
Pharktra, a little boy in the family, is only two and a half years old, but he could understand when his grandmother talked to him in Laos. In fact, he is [...]
Funcipec member removed from government official
Phnom Penh: One of Funcipec party member defected to Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) was removed from the government position on Thursday.
Ngor Pin, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Water Resources, defected to the NRP and was stripped of position by the government, official said.
No one would be replaced the vacant-position yet ahead of the [...]
