Deputy prosecutor suspended for ‘clearing’ mangrove forest
Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana on Monday temporarily suspended Kampong Thom provincial deputy prosecutor Chea Sovanthet after he was alleged to have been involved in the clearing 10ha of mangrove forest with 17 tractors. Vong Vathana’s missive to the provincial prosecutor on Monday said ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deputy-prosecutor-suspended-clearing-mangrove-forest
Environment Ministry cautions villagers over land encroachment
An Environment Ministry official yesterday reiterated that Preah Sihanouk province’s Ream National Park and protected area Prek Toek Sab Kbal Chhay are both state-owned areas, reminding people to immediately stop illegal encroachment. Neth Pheaktra, ministry spokesman, yesterday said that as the price of land in ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50609126/environment-ministry-cautions-villagers-over-land-encroachment/
Salt yields hampered by labour shortages
The Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts is holdings discussions with other ministries to find solutions to some of the challenges salt production faces in the Kingdom, particularly a shortage of labour and adverse weather conditions. Ministry spokesman Um Sotha told Khmer Times yesterday that the biggest ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50608530/salt-yields-hampered-by-labour-shortages/
End to gambling deadline set for 2020
The Council of Ministers on Friday said the government has instructed authorities to eliminate all online and arcade gambling by the end of the year. “All kinds of online and arcade gambling [] must end by the end of 2019,” the Council of Ministers said in ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50639361/end-to-gambling-deadline-set-for-2020/
Salt body to import 30k tonnes from Thailand, China
The Kingdom will import 30,000 tonnes of salt to meet domestic demand as stockpiles are expected to empty by November, a leader from the Salt Producers Community of Kampot-Kep said. Citing the impact heavy rains have had on the industry, co-executive director of the body, ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/salt-body-import-30k-tonnes-thailand-china
Interior Minister says Preah Sihanouk boom could hit sea’s health
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday claimed the recent influx of Chinese visitors to Preah Sihanouk province was raising concerns over the condition of ecosystems on the Kingdom’s coast. Speaking during a ceremony to appoint leaders to posts at both the National Authority for Combating ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-minister-says-preah-sihanouk-boom-could-hit-seas-health
Preah Sihanouk beach developments halted
After receiving an order from Hun Sen, Minister of Land Management Chea Sophara led a team of experts and relevant officials to Sihanoukville to call a halt to the illegal development of a beach. The prime minister ordered the Prek Treng beach in Otres commune ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-beach-developments-halted
Villagers appeal for road access to disputed land
More than 100 families in Preah Sihanouk province’s Tracheak Chet and Bat Khteah communities gathered on Monday to submit a petition asking the Prey Nop district administration to order the Thansuor Chamkat company to open an access road for them to transport their crops through ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-appeal-road-access-disputed-land
Vehicle registration laws issued
The government on Monday issued a sub-decree on the registration for vehicle identification cards and number plates at the request of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. Article 22 of Chapter Three in the sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen gives the right ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vehicle-registration-laws-issued
‘Life goes on’ if Cambodia loses Everything But Arms
Cambodia’s business sector is exploring ways to mitigate any fallout from a possible loss of access to the EU’s Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement as talks continue before the 28-member bloc makes a final decision. The EU monitoring process is set to conclude in mid-August, ...
Husain Haider
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/life-goes-if-cambodia-loses-everything-arms
Illegal Vietnamese fisherman shot during crackdown
Prey Veng provincial police on Friday fired shots at a group of illegal Vietnamese fishermen who tried to ram their patrol boat, wounding one man in Peam Chor district’s Svay Phluos commune. Colonel Kim Salouth, provincial anti-economic crime police chief, yesterday said that six suspects ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50619549/illegal-vietnamese-fisherman-shot-during-crackdown/
Military Police vow Mondulkiri forestry crimes investigation
The National Military Police vowed to act on the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ order to crack down on forestry crimes which allegedly occurred beyond the perimeter of concession land near the Vietnamese border in Mondulkiri province. Eng Hy, National Military Police spokesperson, claimed ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-police-vow-mondulkiri-forestry-crimes-investigation
Ministries review content of draft law on cybercrime
The ministries of Interior and Justice and relevant officials are currently reviewing a draft law on cybercrime. Legal experts held a meeting on Wednesday to review its contents at the Ministry of Interior, and chaired by two ministries’ secretaries of state Bun Hun and Lam ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-review-content-draft-law-cybercrime
World Population Day marked
As 179 countries across the globe celebrated World Population Day on Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the government’s commitment to achieving the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. He also acknowledged that Cambodia still faced some major challenges. The 30th World Population Day marked the 25th ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-population-day-marked
Kratie tycoon summoned over logging
Tycoon Kong Kroeng, a well-known timber trader, was summoned to the Kratie provincial Military Police headquarters for questioning on August 15 for his alleged involvement in forestry crimes. The summons was obtained by The Post on Tuesday. It was signed by National Military Police deputy ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-tycoon-summoned-over-logging
GNC: Youths ‘forced’ into drugs
NGO Good Neighbours Cambodia (GNC) has released a report which said that 3.4 per cent of youths had tried drugs and another 4.9 per cent were enticed or forced into using narcotics by friends and neighbours. GNC said a survey of 283 youths from 13 ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gnc-youths-forced-drugs
Contract farming schemes rising: Ministry
The Ministry of Agriculture said the number of contract farming schemes is increasing remarkably, helping enhance productivity and market access for farmers. From January to August, a total of 91 contract farming schemes were inked in various sectors, including rice, sugarcane and livestock production, the ministry ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50639917/contract-farming-schemes-rising-ministry/
Mitigation policy aids more than 60,000 families
The Social Affairs Ministry yesterday said the government has helped more than 60,000 impoverished families affected by natural disasters since it first launched its mitigation policy in 2014. Lao Veng, deputy director of the ministry’s general technical department, said during a press conference at the Council ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50642974/mitigation-policy-aids-more-than-60000-families/
Kingdom to strengthen intellectual property culture with new EPO pact
Cambodia and the European Patent Office last week bolstered ties with the signing of a new cooperation agreement to increase awareness of patents and intellectual property in the Kingdom. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50657881/kingdom-to-strengthen-intellectual-property-culture-with-new-epo-pact/
Environment Ministry prepares to ban single-use plastic products
The Environment Ministry is preparing a sub-decree to ban the import and production of single-use plastic products to reduce plastic pollution in the Kingdom. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50659041/environment-ministry-prepares-to-ban-single-use-plastic-products/