Police chief sacked in corruption scandal
Kampong Thom’s provincial police chief has been stripped of his rank and moved after officers under his command accused him of demanding money for promotions. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36900/police-chief-sacked-in-corruption-scandal/
Border road damaged in riverbank collapse
A vital road linking Kandal province to the Vietnamese border has been seriously damaged after the banks of the Mekong river collapsed in Lerk Dek district. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37607/border-road-damaged-in-riverbank-collapse/
National rail system in the pipeline
Royal Group, led by prominent businessmen Kith Meng, signed the agreement with China-based Railway 17th Bureau Group and Sino Great Wall international Engineering at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38434/national-rail-system-in-the-pipeline/
Villagers occupy land in stand-off
Police yesterday confronted more than 200 villagers in Svay Rieng province as they tried to occupy land at the centre of a long-running dispute with a development company. The villagers are unhappy because the government granted NK Venture special permission to build a sugar plantation on ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38700/villagers-occupy-land-in-stand-off/
Smart helps in disaster risk reduction
Turning away from the traditional tools of providing information about weather forecasts, people now can access real-time weather alerts on their smartphones and mobile phones via SMS and voice messages to better help them prepare to avert disasters caused by severe climatic events. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38737/smart-helps-in-disaster-risk-reduction/
‘Life Skills’ course in the works
A new school course would teach children from grades 5 to 12 for the first time about LGBT issues, sex and gender-based violence, as part of a proposed Ministry of Education curriculum. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/life-skills-course-works-1
Lightning kills 47 in six months
Forty-seven people were killed by lightning in the first six months of the year, down from 60 in the same period last year, according to a report from the National Committee for Disaster Management. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39689/lightning-kills-47-in-six-months/
$23 million boost in education budget
The Finance Ministry is planning to raise the national education budget to more than $700 million next year in a bid to improve standards in schools. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40325/-23-million-boost-in-education-budget/
Growling prowlers rumble in the jungle
The government is working in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund on a plan to release eight tigers into the wild in Mondulkiri province by 2022. WWF-Cambodia communication manager Un Chakrey said yesterday that they are working with the ministries of environment, agriculture and tourism, among ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074022/growling-prowlers-rumble-jungle/
Samrin’s hometown technically in Vietnam
National Assembly President Heng Samrin’s native village is, as map lines go, technically inside of Vietnam, the head of Cambodia’s Royal Academy said at a recent press conference. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/samrins-hometown-technically-vietnam
Remains hostage in spat with US
Prime Minister Hun Sen hit back yesterday in response to United States visa sanctions by saying Cambodia would no longer assist in finding and repatriating the remains of American soldiers who lost their lives during the Vietnam War. ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា និង Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/remains-hostage-spat-us
PM approves headscarves in the workplace
Employers must allow all Muslim women to wear headscarves and traditional clothing to work, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. Addressing workers in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, Mr Hun Sen said he met Muslim women on a recent visit to Kampong Cham, who told him they ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083772/pm-approves-headscarves-workplace/
Stamps to replace pens in polls
The National Election Committee says voters will use stamps instead of pens for the next election in a bid to eliminate disputes over incorrectly marked ballots. NEC president Sik Bun Hok said on Friday that stamps would prevent a repeat of problems that arose at June’s ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083970/stamps-replace-pens-polls/
Talks narrow gap in minimum wage
Union negotiators on the minimum wage for garment, textile and footwear workers have lowered their claim from $176.26 per month to $175 while the employers have increased their offer from $161 to $161.50. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084033/talks-narrow-gap-minimum-wage/
Cambodia falls further behind in competitiveness
Cambodia slid further down the rankings of global competitiveness on this year’s Global Competitiveness Report, which showed the Kingdom dropping five notches on the annual index to hold its position as the second least competitive country in Asean after Laos. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-falls-further-behind-competitiveness
Forest clearing ‘rampant’ in Prey Lang
Illegal logging within the Prey Lang protected forest decreased significantly year-on-year over a six-month period ending in February, collected data show, though forest-clearing in the area remains rampant. ...
Phak Seangly and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-clearing-rampant-prey-lang
Land rights organisation in Lango limbo
More than a month after the announcement of its ostensibly 30-day suspension, land rights organisation Equitable Cambodia remains stuck in limbo, with the Ministry of interior saying the NGO must wait for the ministry’s approval to reopen. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-rights-organisation-lango-limbo
Trainees off to Japan in April
About 60 Cambodian trainees will be recruited to study and work in inuyama town in Japan by the inuyama Chamber of Commerce in Japan, a decision made after the minister of labour met with the chairman of the chamber yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098121/trainees-off-japan-april/
UN help sought in land dispute
Human rights representatives from NGO Adhoc and the United Nations have been asked to intervene in a land dispute between villagers and an army lieutenant they say was granted a land title illegally inside a protected community forest in Oddar Meanchey province. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-help-sought-land-dispute
Snakes seized in Pursat, owner fined
Military police, forestry administration officers and Wildlife Alliance officials on Wednesday raided a house in Pursat province used to facilitate the illegal wildlife trade, seizing nearly 80 kilos of snakes. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50107472/snakes-seized-pursat-owner-fined/