Phnom Penh Post - In Brief: Govt, Donors to discuss reforms
International donors are
to meet with government officials today for the 14th Government Donor
Coordinating Committee (GDCC) , where donors are expected to evaluate
the year's progress towards reform targets promoting responsible
development. The GDCC meets twice each year to discuss the government's
progress in areas such as corruption, good governance and land rights.
Cambodia received around US$1 billion in aid revenue for 2009.
Guards protest dismissals, reject claims of sharing naked photos of childSome 20 former security guards at the US Embassy in Phnom Penh protested on Tuesday against their dismissal. They accused their employers of falsely claiming they had viewed and shared child pornography from their mobile phones as grounds for their termination. In total, 32 personnel were dismissed
We’re going to Wisney World!More than 6,000 mostly Chinese attendees witnessed the inauguration ceremony of a $1 billion Sihanoukville resort project called Wisney World in the capital on Wednesday. The event on Koh Pich, attended by several senior Cambodian government officials, is a joint venture between China’s AMC International and
Funcinpec urges probe into deadly Preah Sihanouk accidentTHE Funcinpec party has urged the government, especially the Ministry of Interior, to investigate the traffic accident in Preah Sihanouk province which left Prince Norodom Ranariddh badly injured and his wife Ouk Phalla dead. Funcinpec Vice President You Hokry told reporters at Botum Votey pagoda,
Gov’t continues China tilt as ties with the US slide on ‘interference’ in Kingdom’s internal affairsCHINA has granted some $131 million in aid to the Cambodian military. It comes as yet another sign that the Kingdom is strengthening strategic ties with its Asian neighbour to counter increasingly cold relations with the United States. The aid was announced as part of a
