Sihanoukville eviction on hold
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court delayed The destruction of The homes and subsequent eviction of 14 families embroiled in a land dispute with a company owned by tycoon Kong Treav in Village 4 of Sihanoukville’s Commune 4, local authorities said yesterday. Though many of The families ...
Takeo garment workers protest at Ministry of Labour
More than 300 garment workers from Takeo province protested in front of the Ministry of Labour yesterday, following two weeks of strikes over working conditions.Workers requested intervention from the ministry over the dismissal of 1,000 striking workers as well as 13 demands including lunch money, ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/takeo-garment-workers-protest-ministry-labour
Central bank sets interest rate ceiling, sparking fears
The National Bank of Cambodia announced on Monday that it would set an annual interest rate ceiling of 18 percent for all microfinance institutions (MFIs), sparking concerns that lenders would stop offering smaller loans that often keep The most financially vulnerable afloat. ...
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/central-bank-sets-interest-rate-ceiling-sparking-fears-126483/
Court orders continued detention of opposition senator
The Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision to jail an opposition senator, who is accused of posting false border maps online, an offense Prime Minister Hun Sen has likened to “treason.” ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/court-orders-continued-detention-of-opposition-senator/2942351.html
Commerce Minister calls on checkpoint officials to crackdown on expired goods
Commerce Minister asked officials at all border checkpoints to prevent and crackdown on expired products. Thong Thira, Banteay Meanchey’s head of Department of Commerce, said that about 71 percent of 700,000 people living in Banteay Meanchey are farmers. He said the province has big 20 ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OWFjOTZkZjI0OTh
Ministry of Post and Telecommunication petition in support of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the verdict of Kem Sokha
On 03 March 2022, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication has posted a petition in support of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the verdict of Kem Sokha on their official social media site.According to the petition, all the civil servants under the Ministry express ...
Ministry of Post and Telecommunication
Silk centre calls on private sector to take sericulture to the next level
Following a very successful year for the Kingdom’s sericulture sector in which its foundations have been cemented, the silk centre at the Royal University of Phnom Penh is ready for expansion. ...
Press Release to all the tourism industry associations and tourism operators to comply with the announcement of the Ministry of Health of Cambodia on the impose of an entry restriction measure on the foreigners into Cambodia
In regard to the announcement of the Ministry of Health dated on 14 March 2020, the Ministry of Tourism, on the same date, has released a press to announce to all the tourism industry associations, tourism operators, especially inbound tour operators who have partnership with ...
Ministry of Tourism
Prey Lang Community Network: A statement on the rapid increase in forestry crimes
On 17 June 2019, Prey Lang Community Network of four provinces such as Kratie, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear, and Kampong Thom, released a statement on the increase of illegal logging and many illegal activities in the Prey Lang forest. the majority of illegal activities found ...
Prey Lang Community Network
Prakas on salary contribution rate and regulatory of the contribution toward employment healthcare
Prakas on salary contribution rate and regulatory of the contribution toward employment healthcare of all eligible persons under the regulatory of labor law. This prakas identifies the salary contribution rate on healthcare, work-related injury/accident, spouse of the employee, spouse and dependents of passed employee and ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
PM courts cyclo drivers with free health care, new preservation foundation
Prime Minister Hun Sen today announced plans to offer free health care to cyclo drivers and to form a foundation to help preserve them as a tourist attraction. ...
Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-courts-cyclo-drivers-free-health-care-new-preservation-foundation
Push to ban public smoking
The Ministry of Health and The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a joint memo yesterday advising recipients to take measures to ban smoking in public places. The “circular” is The first of its kind in Cambodia, and is to be distributed by all government ministries in ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/push-ban-public-smoking
Press release on the outcomes of the plenary session of the Council of Ministers on 13 January 2023
On 13 January 2023, the Council of Ministers issued a press release on the outcomes of the plenary session of the Council of Ministers on 13 January 2023.the outcomes focus on 1. Draft law on public financial system 2. Draft law on clean water management ...
Council of Ministers
Announcement on the request for extension the validity of foreigner’s work permits/books in 2021
On 26 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued an announcement on the request for extension of the validity of foreigner’s work permits/books which has been postponed until 31 May 2021, without requiring fines for foreigners who had foreigner’s work permits/books in ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training chairs the first meeting of the inter-institutional inspection team
On May 8, 2024, Heng Sour, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training, chaired the first inter-ministerial meeting after the decision to announce the composition on February 23, 2024. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501485450/ministry-of-labor-and-vocational-training-chairs-the-first-meeting-of-the-inter-institutional-inspection-team/
Land Is Life, and It’s Slipping Away
Nean Narin, a humble man and father of three children, says his family is going hungry. Narin lives in the village of Boeung Kak, situated on the edge of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For years, he and other villagers relied on the Boeung Kak Lake ...
CPP ties to controversial election monitor deepen
Against a backdrop of government criticism of local election watchdogs, Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong has been elected vice president of the standing committee of the election monitor ICAPP, which has frequently been criticised for indiscriminately offering its stamp of approval to otherwise controversial elections. ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cpp-ties-controversial-election-monitor-deepen
ODC’s insight from The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy 2023
The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA 2023) was scheduled for five days from 24-28 July 2023 at Hotel President, Seoul, South Korea. The APIGA originally started in 2016 with an aim to equip participants with The knowledge and skills to participate in Internet policy-making ...
‘Tourism, Dynamic Area In Economic Sector’
Rita O’ Sullivan, ADB Country Director Tourism is a dynamic component in the economic sector. In the Greater Mekong Sub Region – Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia – bound together by the Mekong River, the tourism industry is a driving force, says Rita O’ Sullivan, ...
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/09/23/tourism-dynamic-area-in-economic-sector/
Toll Royal Railways Yet to Spend Pledged Funds
Toll Royal Railways, the company holding the 30-year concession to operate Cambodia’s rail network, has so far only spent a tiny fraction of the millions of dollars of investment it promised upon winning the deal, documents of the firm’s expenditure show. the operation of the railways ...