PM orders arrest of lying politicians
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities to arrest any politicians pledging to clear the debts of voters with micro-finance institutions (MFIs) and banks if their party wins the elections. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35279/pm-orders-arrest-of-lying-politicians/
Workers continue strike over change to pay day
About 1,000 workers from the Canteran factory in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district continued to strike on Saturday over a decision to push back the day they are paid. the workers have been on strike since Thursday after being told they will be paid on the 10th ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-continue-strike-over-change-to-pay-day-63314/
Aussie researchers make "important step" toward defeating malaria
Australian scientists have made a significant breakthrough in tackling malaria, one of the world’s deadliest diseases.Research led by the University of Melbourne, in conjunction with Stanford University and the University of Cambridge, has discovered compounds which can target the parasite present in the mosquito-borne virus. ...
Tian Shaohui
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/11/c_135089308.htm
Festival traffic death toll holds steady
The number of traffic fatalities during The 2015 Pchum Ben festival was nearly The same as last year’s, dropping just three percent.34 people were killed in road crashes between October 10 and 12, one fewer than The 35 killed during The three-day holiday in 2014. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/festival-traffic-death-toll-holds-steady
Garment Workers Block Road, Protest for Higher Wages
There were major traffic delays along Phnom Penh’s Veng Sreng Boulevard in Pur Senchey district Wednesday after about 200 garment workers from The Alim Cambodia Co. Ltd. garment factory formed a gated roadblock and protested for higher wages. A line of halted container trucks stretched for ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-workers-block-road-protest-for-higher-wages-46954/
Decline in labor complaints compared with last year
Labor dispute complaints in the garment and textile sector declined last year compared with 2015, according to the Arbitration Council, which attributed the drop to the Trade Union Law. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35923/decline-in-labor-complaints-compared-with-last-year/
Workers seek passports
The Interior Ministry is rushing to print passports for thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand before a March 31 deadline set by The neighbouring junta. So far, The Interior Ministry has received a list of just 60,000 workers in need of passports, according to The ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-seek-passports
Project aims to spur compliance in tourism sector
With the government placing tourism at the center of efforts to diversify and grow the country’s economy, a French development organization launched a project on Tuesday to encourage companies operating in the sector to comply with labor laws. ...
Meghan Tribe
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/project-aims-to-spur-compliance-in-tourism-sector-100665/
Government collects $4.5B in revenue from tax, customs
A report from the General Department of Taxation (GDT) released on Wednesday showed that the department collected $2.183 billion in taxes, while Prime Minister Hun Sen on the same day announced that $2.384 billion in customs and excise duties was collected during the period. GDT ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-collects-45b-revenue-tax-customs
Snakebites an Under-Reported but Deadly Problem in Cambodia
n the ponds and rice paddies of the Cambodian countryside, trying to catch frogs can be deadly. Along Cambodia’s rivers, floodlands and lowlands live millions of venomous snakes, 10 species of which can be lethal if you disturb their slumber. Last week, a 13-year-old teenager from Kompong ...
Denise Hruby and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/snakebites-an-under-reported-but-deadly-problem-in-cambodia-47812/
Med students accuse uni of graft, gouging
The University of Health Sciences (UHS) rejected allegations from staff and students yesterday that Their management is embezzling funds from The national medical exit examinations. On Tuesday, UHS staff and students accused The university of pocketing funds from The $125 exams that were held between February ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/med-students-accuse-uni-graft-gouging
Slow rubber market puts law on back burner
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has postponed The finalisation of a draft rubber law amid declining rubber prices, according to a senior official. Under The draft law, producers must be more selective in choosing The type of rubber for plantation and only processed ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/slow-rubber-market-puts-law-back-burner
Poipet Airport project resumes in Cambodia
The Poipet Airport development project, which had been abandoned for more than 10 years, will resume construction in 2020 as The city welcomes more Chinese, say provincial authorities. Hotel and casino investment firm Holiday Palace began construction of The airport in 2007 and had already ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/poipet-resumes-airport-project
Rights group asks for land data sharing
Rights group Licadho has called on the government to make available statistics on the full extent of economic land concessions (ELCs) in response to data collected by the organisation over five years. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rights-group-asks-land-data-sharing
Traders urged to use riel
In an effort to boost the use of the riel, private companies have called on the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) to ensure that all goods worth less than $100 are priced in riel. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36683/traders-urged-to-use-riel/
National state-of-the-art hospital scheduled for June opening
The Ministry of Health and The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration said They expect The Techo Santepheap National Hospital to be completed in June this year. When complete, it will be The largest state-of-The-art hospital in The country. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-state-art-hospital-scheduled-june-opening
Accredited lab to boost food safety nationwide
The Laboratory of Environment and Food Safety (LEFS) at Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC), is now accredited for food microbiology testing, enabling it to furTher assist food processing businesses to identify potential food safety hazards and improve The safety and quality of food products. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/accredited-lab-to-boost-food-safety-nationwide
A year after trial, still free
One year ago today, ex-Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith smiled as he sat before a judge at the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh on the first day of his trial for shooting and badly injuring three unarmed garment workers at a protest in Prey Veng ...
May Titthara and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/year-after-trial-still-free
Consumer protection draft law almost ready
Officials at the Ministry Of Commerce and Council Of Ministers announced yesterday that a draft consumer protection law, which is intended to ensure that food and consumer products made domestically or imported into Cambodia are safe, was almost complete. A quarter Of the almost 60 ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28562/consumer-protection-draft-law-almost-ready/
Cambodia’s rubber exports earn more than $200 million, up nearly 40%
Cambodia earned more than $200 million from the export of rubber and rubber products, an increase of more than 38 percent compared to the same period in 2022, reaching just over $149 million. This is according to the four-months report of 2023 of the General ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501293951/cambodias-rubber-exports-earn-more-than-200-million-up-nearly-40/