WWF calls for more action to protect endangered animals
<p>Kratie province–World Wildlife Fund Cambodia yesterday urged Kratie provincial authorities to take firm action against fishing, forestry, and forest land encroachment crimes in order to protect and preserve rare species of wild animals that are currently under threat. Horm Chandet, a landscape manager for WWF’s ...p>
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50679406/wwf-calls-for-more-action-to-protect-endangered-animals
Gov’t urged to halt building collapses, protect workers
<p>Civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged the government to take preventative measures and tougher action following a series of tragic building collapses that have claimed nearly 70 lives since last year. The call was made during a conference jointly organised by the Centre for Alliance ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-urged-halt-building-collapses-protect-workers
Press release: Japan provides US$363,224 for, road improvement, construction of health facility and water treatment Kiosks
<p>On 8 January 2020, the Government of Japan has agreed to provide US$363,224 in total for three recipient organisations under the framework, the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security projects (“KUSANONE” Grant) for road improvement in pailin province, constructing inpatients ward in Kandal province, and ...p>
Embassy of Japan in Cambodia
Firm set to launch 150MW solar power plants in Kingdom
<p>Jinkosolar Holding Co Ltd has announced it is to supply photovoltaic panels for three solar power plants in Cambodia with a combined capacity of 150MW. New York Stock Exchange-listed JinkoSolar said Cheetah solar panels will be installed at two photovoltaic power stations in pursat province’s ...p>
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firm-set-launch-150mw-solar-power-plants-kingdom
Gov’t ups security to block virus
<p>With the new coronavirus claiming its 17th life in China, the Cambodian Ministry of Health on Thursday said it is taking measures to ensure the disease does not enter the Kingdom, including inspecting all flights from Wuhan City, the outbreak’s epicentre. Ministry secretary of state ...p>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-ups-security-block-virus
Forest crimes see a drop in Ratanakkiri
<p>Government officials and civil society organisations in Ratanakkiri province report a significant decrease in the number of forest crimes, noting that perpetrators are no longer using large vehicles to transport the timber. Ratanakkiri provincial Department of Agriculture director Soy Sona said that, on the surface, ...p>
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-crimes-see-drop-ratanakkiri
Future is bright for nation’s rice farmers
<p>In the wake of concerns about the detrimental impact of the European Commission’s partial EBA withdrawal on Cambodia’s rice export industry, there is positive news. As the country’s most important crop, around 600,000 tonnes of jasmine and fragrant rice are exported every year, according to the ...p>
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50694317/future-is-bright-for-nations-rice-farmers
Cambodia faces supply chain crunch, no thanks to COVID-19
<p>Southeast Asian suppliers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam have become increasingly important to global fashion brands. Nearly 20% of Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing’s disclosed core sewing factories are in Vietnam, though China is still home to about half. However, these suppliers now face a supply ...p>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50694492/cambodia-faces-supply-chain-crunch-no-thanks-to-covid-19
Press release: Sweden and USAID fund to enhance Cambodia's labour dispute resolution services
<p>On 27 February 2020, the Arbitration Council has posted a press release on receiving the additional fund from Sweden and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to enhance Cambodia’s labour dispute resolution services. According to the press, approximately 1.5 million USD has been ...p>
The Arbitration Council
GMAC: Announcement on arrival of raw materials for the garment industry and special facilitation measures of the Royal Government of Cambodia
<p>On 11 March 2020, the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has announced to the public on arrival of raw materials for the garment industry from China. The announcement said, with intervention from the head of the Royal Government to the Chinese side, raw materials ...p>
Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia
Announcement of the Ministry of Health on the positive COVID-19 case on one 73 years old English man and one 69 years old English woman who are the passengers of the Viking Cruise Journey in Kompong Cham province
<p>On 12 March 2020 the Ministry of Health has posted an announcement on its official Facebook page addressing the positive COVID-19 cases of two passengers on the Viking Cruise Journey. According to the announcement, one 73 years old English man (husband) and one 69 years ...p>
Ministry of Health
Announcement on temporarily closing of public city bus and water-taxi service of the Phnom Penh City Bus Authority
<p>On 26 March 2020, the phnom penh Municipal Administration issued an announcement to temporarily closed public city bus and water-taxi service amid the COVID-19 outbreak. In order to join the government and the Ministry of Health to stem the infection and outbreak of the COVID-19 ...p>
Phnom Penh Municipal Administration
Burma, Bangladesh and Cambodia have world's lowest labour costs
<p>Businesses with supply chains and operations in Burma, Bangladesh and Cambodia are benefiting from the world’s lowest labour costs, according to a new global ranking.
Risk analytics company Verisk Maplecroft’s Labour Costs Index measures a combination of wages, employment regulations, social security contributions and labor productivity ...p>
Marino Donati
http://www.supplymanageme
Announcement on the implementation of electronic tax filing service (E-Filing)
<p>On 04 June 2020, the General Department of Taxation (GDT) has officially now put into operation an electronic filing system for all medium and large taxpayers starting from early this month. GDT Director-General Kong Vibol said that at present, the taxation department has been aggressively ...p>
General Department of Taxation (GDT)
Inside the criminal network ravaging Cambodia’s forests ― and the community fighting to save them
<p>These illicit networks have had devastating ramifications in Cambodia, where rural poor and indigenous communities have relied on forested areas as a vital source of income for thousands of years. With one of the highest rates of tree cover loss in the world, the country saw nearly 2 million hectares, ...p>
Jesselyn Cook
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cambodia-forest-devastation_us_5a3d86b0e4b06d1621b45772
Press release: Exchange of notes for Japan ODA Grant Aid
<p>On 05 June 2020, the Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia issued a press release stated that the Government of Japan had decided to extend its ODA Grant Aid up to the amount of ¥ 4,501,000,000 approximately around USD 41 million for the ...p>
Embassy of Japan in Cambodia
Under a controversial new plan by the Ministry of Interior, ethnic Vietnamese – some living in Cambodia for generations – begin to see documents revoked
<p>Behind the traffic police station in Kampong Chhnang town, set against the picturesque backdrop of the Tonle Sap, immigration officials gathered thousands of ethnic Vietnamese to begin a nationwide process of revoking “improperly” issued documents this week. The plan to review birth certificates, identity cards, passports ...p>
Kong Meta and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth/ethnic-vietnamese-some-living-cambodia-generations-see-documents-revoked
Mr. Ian RAMAGE
<p>Mr. Ian RAMAGE is the founder and director of Angkor Research and Consulting. With a Master of Science degree in psychology from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, he previously worked as a psychologist in juvenile detention centers in Australia and, as a consultant, ...p>
Press release of Preah Sihanouk provincial department of environment
<p>On 27 July 2020, preah Sihanouk provincial Department of Environment issued a press release to inform the national, international and public media that the preah Sihanouk provincial Administrative Unity Force in cooperation with the preah Sihanouk Municipal Administrative Unity Force and the Rangers of preah ...p>
Preah Sihanouk Provincial Department of Environment
Joint statement: CSOs call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to repeal the sub-decree on the establishment of the National Internet Gateway
<p>On 19 February 2021, the CamboJA released a joint statement on the CSOs call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to repeal the sub-decree on the establishment of the National Internet Gateway. Since some articles are broadly written, not clearly defined, harshly restrictive of freedoms, ...p>
CamboJA
