Sacred site threatened by construction in Mondulkiri
Villagers in Mondulkiri province are protesting the construction of a Ministry of Mines vocational training centre on a piece of land they say is sacred with cultural significance to people across the province. ...
Phak Seangly and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sacred-site-threatened-construction-mondulkiri
New spy school announced
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the creation of a school to train spies to combat “colour revolution” and terrorism in Cambodia yesterday, tapping his son and Ministry of Defence Intelligence Director Hun Manith to lead it. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-spy-school-announced
Encryption aid deal inked
Vietnam inked a deal with Cambodia on Friday to provide more than half a million dollars’ worth of training in encryption coding, prompting some to question the wisdom of accepting foreign help to protect state secrets. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/encryption-aid-deal-inked
A meal for a child’s smile, the living legacy of Christian des Pallieres
Founded in 1995 by a French couple, Christian and Marie-France des Pallieres, PSE is a well-recognized charity, home to nearly 7,000 students who are educated, fed, provided with healthcare and vocational training skills. ...
Ten Soksreinith and Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/a-meal-for-a-child-smile-the-living-legacy-of-christian-des-pallieres/3744006.html
RCAF helicopter crashes, killing 5
A ROYAL Cambodian Armed Forces helicopter, one of a group of Z-9 helicopters received from China in 2013, has crashed during a training exercise in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district, killing five people with one seriously injured. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rcaf-helicopter-crashes-killing-5
U.S. secretary of state to visit Cambodia
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will pay an official visit to Cambodia later this month to boost bilateral ties, Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20012/u-s--secretary-of-state-to-visit-cambodia/
Experts urge agriculture investments as farmers face low rice prices
Ruon Thol plans to harvest his rice crop early next month. The farmer spent more than 6 million riel (about $1,500) this wet season to cultivate his four hectares of farmland in Battambang province’s Banan district. ...
Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/experts-urge-agriculture-investments-as-farmers-face-low-rice-prices/
IMF staff completes 2016 article IV mission to Cambodia
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission from Washington, D.C., headed by Sonali Jain-Chandra, visited Cambodia from July 6 to July 20, 2016 to conduct the annual Article IV staff discussions. ...
IMF Communications Department
http://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2016/07/18/13/34/PR16343-Cambodia-IMF-Staff-Completes-2016-Article-IV-Mission
Cops in Kampong Cham, Pursat take course in how to prevent riots
Nearly 600 provincial police officers from Kampong Cham and Pursat completed a training course in protest and strike preparedness which taught them how to deal with potential unrest before and after the national elections on July 29. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-kampong-cham-pursat-take-course-how-prevent-riots
Army on artillery recruiting drive
At least 700 applicants have signed up to join the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), with the successful recruits to be trained to operate new Chinese-built artillery, a senior military source said yesterday. ...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/army-artillery-recruiting-drive
Food project targets women
USAID is spending $1 million on a project the aim of which will improve nutrition across four provinces by training women in farming practices that have higher yields, produce more nutrient-rich vegetables and require less resources. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/food-project-targets-women
Switzerland continues to support decentralization reform in Cambodia and training projects to strengthen the capacity of Interior Ministry officials
According to the Ministry of Interior, the Swiss government will continue to support the Royal Government of Cambodia in decentralization reforms as well as training and capacity-building projects for Ministry of Interior officials. ...
Villagers denied land titles after demarcation
Sixty families in Kompong Cham province’s Krathor district are planning to file a complaint with provincial authorities after local land management officials decided to take away their registration documents for land titles under Prime Minister Hun Sen’s recently launched titling program. Pon Pumm, 44 a farmer, ...
For arrested activists, thumbprints on police contracts are often the cost of freedom
In mid-August, Chhoeun Daravy and eight others found themselves negotiating with police over the wording of a handwritten contract. Officers initially wanted the agreement to say that the nine had “illegally” entered a “prohibited area” in the recently logged Phnom Tamao forest and flew a ...
Ngay Nai and Matt Surrusco
https://cambojanews.com/for-arrested-activists-thumbprints-on-police-contracts-are-often-the-cost-of-freedom/
Maid ban to remain until safety improves
The ban on sending Cambodian women for employment as maids in Malaysia will be lifted once certain safety and training precautions for workers are established, a senior government official said yesterday. Seng Sakada, the director general of the Ministry of Labour, said that his office is ...
Chinese state firm in talks to take over rail project
With renovation work on the country’s dilapidated railway at a standstill, the Ministry of Public Works has entered into talks with a regional consortium backed by one of the largest firms in China to replace the railway’s current operator, officials said yesterday. Faced with a ...
ADB offers $15m loan for financial-sector growth
Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank have signed their latest loan agreement of US$15 million for the development of the Kingdom’s financial sector, according to ADB. The money would be used for a number of development programs, including the improvement of regulatory regimes, creation of an ...
Climate plan has Kingdom seeing REDD
The Forestry Administration has teamed up with the Cambodian Wildlife Conservation Society and Forest Carbon to develop a large-scale REDD project in eastern Cambodia, officials said yesterday. REDD – or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, a UN initiative – is one of the ...
Bridget Di Certo
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011102752383/National-news/climate-plan-has-kingdom-seeing-redd.html
Toilet drive aimed at reducing disease, death
Nearly 10 million Cambodians and 2.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to a toilet on a daily basis, a World Toilet Organisation official said on Saturday. Sum Sokun, program manager for the WTO, gathered to celebrate World Toilet Day with villagers in the Ponhea ...
Farming group to quadruple organic production
The Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (Cedac) said yesterday that it plans to raise its annual production of organic vegetables from 120 tons to 600 tons by the end of 2015. Lim Sokun Darun, program coordinator at Cedac, said that the decision to ...