More Cambodian borrowers of MFIs are buying land than selling
The financial standing of Cambodian borrowers has seen improvement over the years in many cases, as per data with the Cambodian Microfinance Association (CMA). ...
Rachel David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501523109/more-cambodian-borrowers-of-mfis-are-buying-land-than-selling/
Electricity production
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In Cambodia, electricity demands have been forecast to grow at 17.9 percent annually from 2012 to 2020.1 Distribution of electricity around the country has been a challenge: according to UN data, 79 percent of people live in rural areas,2 and the entire national population had grown ...
Interior Ministry to meet with NGOs
The Interior Ministry is due to hold a forum today between government officials and NGOs to raise and iron out any problems leading up to the upcoming election in July. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50503204/interior-ministry-to-meet-with-ngos/
Land win for satellite city families
Nearly 400 families in Prek Takong I village have won a five-year battle to regain control of land earmarked for a new satellite city being developed by ING Holdings. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50505752/land-win-for-satellite-city-families/
Budget boosts for health and education
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the government will increase the budget for the health and education ministries in next year’s national budget to improve the welfare of people. ...
Ven Rathavong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50523127/budget-boosts-for-health-and-education/
New organisation to boost Japan-Cambodia business ties
The official website of the Cambodian Embassy in Japan reported that Cambodian Ambassador Ung Rachana hosted the opening ceremony for the Japan-Cambodia Culture and Business Council (JCBC) on Tuesday. ...
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50630252/new-organisation-to-boost-japan-cambodia-business-ties/
Kith Meng re-elected as CCC president
Prominent businessman Kith Meng was re-elected yesterday as the president of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce with the support of 15 presidents of chambers in Phnom Penh and provinces. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50643673/kith-meng-re-elected-as-ccc-president/
Officials testing blood after mass food poisoning
Ratanakkiri provincial health department officials are testing blood samples to find out why nearly 200 villagers came down with food poisoning at a funeral in Ou Chum district on Friday. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50549486/officials-testing-blood-after-mass-food-poisoning/
Government holds forum with NGOs
NGO workers have called on the government to seek solutions to challenges and difficulties they have faced in recent years following the enforcement of the law on association and NGOs. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50503791/government-holds-forum-with-ngos/
Five people held for illegally-cut timber
A joint task-force consisting of the national police and Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district police on Saturday arrested five people found transporting illegally-felled timber in Santre commune. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50524318/five-people-held-for-illegally-cut-timber/
Ministry plans to support pedestrian welfare
The Land Management Ministry announced last week a series of construction projects to increase safe spaces for pedestrians, including new sidewalks and bike lanes in Phnom Penh and provincial cities. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50526760/ministry-plans-to-support-pedestrian-welfare/
Rare turtle hatchlings come home to Kratie
More than 560 endangered Asian giant softshell turtle hatchlings were released on Thursday into their natural habitat along the Mekong River in Kratie province, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rare-turtle-hatchlings-come-home-kratie
Conservation alliance to include local communities
The Environment Ministry is planning to create an alliance of civil and governmental bodies to step up the country’s management of natural resources and encourage conservation in local communities. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50500686/conservation-alliance-to-include-local-communities/
Second industrial lab centre on the way
A new laboratory for testing local products and issue quality certificates will open in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district by the end of 2019, the Ministry of Handicraft recently announced. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50509878/second-industrial-lab-centre-on-the-way/
Ministry clamps down on classroom abuse
The Education Ministry plans to eliminate all violence against children in schools. The ministry and partner NGOs held a workshop on Friday to discuss and implement a child protection policy. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514721/ministry-clamps-down-on-classroom-abuse/
Preah Vihear Temple bombs being removed
The Cambodian Mine Action Center has begun searching for and removing unexploded ordnances left behind from a dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over the Preah Vihear Temple complex in 2008. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519712/preah-vihear-temple-bombs-being-removed/
Beach development being scrutinised
The National Committee for the Management and Development of Coastal Zones is taking action against an unnamed company accused of reclaiming parts of Prek Treng beach in Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50534017/beach-development-being-scrutinised/
Improving construction sector safety
Labour Ministry officials met with members of Japan’s parliament and the International Labour Organisation to discuss a project aimed at improving safety standards in the construction sector on Thursday. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50538061/improving-construction-sector-safety-2/
Former CNRP lawmaker predicts Sam Rainsy role may ‘split’ the part
Former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker Ou Chanrath predicted on Tuesday that Sam Rainsy’s contentious new position as acting president may cause an inevitable “split” in the party. ...
Three more ‘terrorists’ pardoned
The government has pardoned and released three men convicted alongside self-exiled dissident Sourn Serey Ratha in January on terrorism charges that were characterized by rights groups as baseless and politically motivated. ...
Zsombor Peter and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-more-terrorists-pardoned-95004/