Areng valley activist denies illegal logging allegations
An environmental activist in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley on Monday denied building an ecotourism information center with illegally logged wood after he was summoned to the local court to answer questions over alleged forestry crimes. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/areng-valley-activist-denies-illegal-logging-allegations-78939/
Heavy rain, flooding expected for coastal and low-lying areas
Low-lying areas in Phnom Penh, provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake and the coastal provinces of Preah Sihanouk and Koh Kong could experience flooding caused by heavy rains from September 6. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heavy-rain-flooding-expected-coastal-and-low-lying-areas
PM pats GDT chief on back after record tax revenues
Prime Minister has congratulated General Department of Taxation (GDT) chief Kong Vibol on a job well done after the agency last year collected revenues equivalent to 122.54 per cent of the target set by the annual financial management law, in the “highest surplus of all ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-pats-gdt-chief-back-after-record-tax-revenues
Bush meat still on the ‘unwritten’ menu despite joint efforts to curb poaching
Wildlife outside the zoo is hard to spot without camera traps, but their meat can be found on unwritten menus – through the whispers of sellers – in some local restaurants in Koh Kong and several other provinces. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bush-meat-still-on-the-unwritten-menu-despite-joint-efforts-to-curb-poaching
In Cambodia, family planning offers a path away from poverty
The 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly is currently underway in New York. This meeting of the world’s leaders will see the adoption of a new set of global goals – the Sustainable Development Goals – that aim to transform the world over ...
UNFPA Staff
http://www.unfpa.org/news/cambodia-family-planning-offers-path-away-poverty
Cambodians unconcerned by threats of violence ahead of election
Political campaigning in Cambodia’s local elections began on Saturday and has so far passed without incident. Cambodians in Phnom Penh on Monday said they hoped that the election could be conducted fairly and free of violence. Sim To, a second-year student at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia, ...
Kann Vicheika
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodians-unconcerned-by-threats-of-violence-ahead-of-election/3869453.html
CCHR receives rising voices microgrant and launches empowering Cloghers Project
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) launches today – 16 June 2014 – a new project, the Empowering Cloghers Project (the Project) and announces a call for applications for people interested in receiving training through the Project. The Project aims to strengthen the online ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
Water firm calm despite cut
Revenue from the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority – the first listed company on the Cambodian stock exchange – will be cut 800 million riel ($200,000) per year as the company implements a concession plan to lower water prices. The plan was passed after the government ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/water-firm-calm-despite-cut
Announcement on the suspension of education, technical and vocational, and training institutions in Prey Veng, Kampong Cham and Koh Kong province
On 09 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on the suspension of education, technical and vocational, and training institutions in Prey Veng, Kampong Cham and Koh Kong province as an effort to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 in the ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
After Chinese company’s visit, villagers fear dam construction
Following a visit by representatives of the Chinese company planning to build a controversial 108-MW hydropower dam in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley, local officials and residents say they fear that construction on the project, which will require the evacuation of an estimated 1,500 villagers, ...
Sani Sinary
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-chinese-companys-visit-villagers-fear-dam-construction-53409/
Ministry to probe child labour
The Ministry of Labour says it will investigate the claims of a Royal Holloway, University of London research team’s report alleging modern slavery in Cambodia’s brick kilns, said Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng. The report entitled Blood Bricks: Untold Stories of Modern Slavery and ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-probe-child-labour
Announcement on higher education scholarships for disabled students
On 03 May 2019, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport issued an announcement on higher education scholarships for disabled students. The ministry encouraged the disabled students (deafness, blindness, other disability) to have the privilege to receive scholarships for their tertiary education automatically for any major ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Slew of websites hacked
A group of online hackers calling themselves Cyber TeamRox have breached several local websites over the past two days, including those of the Cambodian Navy, AEON Microfinance and Build Bright University. Defence Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheath confirmed yesterday that the hackers had been able to ...
Mech Dara and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/slew-websites-hacked
Minimum wage for teachers to be $230 by April
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that the minimum wage for teachers is set to exceed $230 (about 950,000 riel), not including additional bonuses, come April next year. During a graduation ceremony for Cambodia University for Specialties students at Koh Pich, Mr. Hun Sen said the ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30315/minimum-wage-for-teachers-to-be--230-by-april/
Government promotes clean cities in Cambodia
Tourism officials have launched a new initiative called the Eco-Club designed to promote environmental awareness and improve the image of Cambodian cities through better management and disposal of plastic bags. The program aims to recruit Cambodian youth to spread the word and educate the broader community ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Business/government-promotes-clean-cities-in-cambodia.html
PM takes to stump on legal limit to overtime
Prime Minister Hun Sen broached the long-running issue of excessive overtime worked by garment factory employees in a speech yesterday, in what at least one analyst saw as a possible play for garment worker support. During his commencement speech at the National University of Management, the ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/pm-takes-stump-legal-limit-overtime
UN Millennium Goal for education remains elusive
Cambodia has made some progress in improving its education system in line with its 2015 UN Millennium Goals, but dropout rates remain high, due to endemic poverty and corruption. Universal literacy and 9th-grade education were the second-highest goal in the development plan, whose progress Cambodia will ...
Men Kimseng
http://bit.ly/1EHV8Go
Cambodia and Japan appreciate good cooperation in landmine clearance
Cambodia and Japan have appreciated their good bilateral cooperation, mainly in the field of mine clearance. The appreciation was made during a visit by a group of students from Chuo University, Japan led by Professor Hanatani Atsushi to the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) ‘s ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501147262/cambodia-and-japan-appreciate-good-cooperation-in-landmine-clearance/
Cambodian elephant with a prosthetic leg visited by UK team
Academics and students from the University of Salford have returned from an outreach trip to Cambodia where they met with a number of prosthetic users, including an elephant. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501228752/cambodian-elephant-with-a-prosthetic-leg-visited-by-salford-team/
Cambodia Proposes New Initiatives For Green Tourism
In line with Royal Government policy determining tourism as the Green Gold, 2011 is the year that we commenced mainstreaming the green tourism concept to all stakeholders. Cambodia started some new initiative to inspire green tourism in the country. “The Clean and Green Concept is basically ...