Kratie authorities tell families to get off land
Kratie’s provincial authorities on Friday gave an ultimatum to over 100 families living in Damrei Phong commune in Chhloung district, telling them to get off their land or face legal action. ...
Kong Meta and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-authorities-tell-families-get-land
Minister plans railway for workers
The Labor Ministry is considering constructing a railway line connecting Phnom Penh and select provinces to special economic zones (SEZ) or industrial areas in response to the high number of road accidents involving commuting workers. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34978/minister-plans-railway-for-workers/
More than 60 children poisoned
Health officials have urged people to take care when buying food beyond its use-by date or suspected to be chemically contaminated after more than 60 students in Takeo province became ill from eating noodles. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35872/more-than-60-children-poisoned/
Legal firm to help elite gain dual citizenship
A NEW international law firm is preparing to set up shop to provide foreign citizenship or residency services to Cambodia’s wealthy elite by helping to facilitate large overseas investments as well as business expansion plans. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/legal-firm-help-elite-gain-dual-citizenship
Students to get business training
The Ministry of Education has included a business training programme at 25 high schools across the country to give students the soft skills necessary to create their own jobs or find suitable jobs upon graduation. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112833/students-to-get-business-training/
Minister criticizes tycoon
Ongoing land disputes between the Ministry of Land Management and the owner of development firm Phanimex are influencing White Building residents’ decision on whether to relocate or stay, according to Land Management Minister Chea Sophara. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31842/minister-criticizes-tycoon/
Cambodia hails Chinese firm for helping develop telecom industry
Cambodian Minister of Post and Telecommunications Prak Sokhonn on Sunday praised Chinese-owned Southeast Asia Telecom (Cambodia), or SEATEL, for investing a huge amount of capital in the development of 4G services in Cambodia. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=299208
WHO encourages jabs for pregnant and breastfeeding women
The World Health organization (WHO) yesterday approved Covid-19 vaccines for women who are menstruating, pregnant, trying to get pregnant or breastfeeding. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50927650/who-encourages-jabs-for-pregnant-and-breastfeeding-women/
Carlsberg Unworried by Call for Beer Boycott
Danish beer giant Carlsberg, a partner in Cambodia’s largest brewery, Cambrew, said it is not concerned by a call to boycott its popular Angkor Beer brand over a partner company’s investment in a Laos dam. Ben Morton, vice president of Carlsberg’s international media relations and issues ...
Dene-Hern Chen
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/carlsberg-unworried-by-call-for-beer-boycott-45794/
Sar Kheng Accuses CNRP of Launching ‘Constitutional Coup’
Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng became the latest senior member of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CPP government to accuse the opposition CNRP of attempting to “topple” the government though what he claimed is a “constitutional coup.” In a posting to the Interior Ministry ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-accuses-cnrp-of-launching-constitutional-coup-51186/
CNRP Youth Activist to Protest Over Leaked Passport Details
An outspoken CNRP youth activist who claims that her passport application was leaked by immigration police said Thursday that she will lead protests in front of the Ministry of Interior and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s residence in Phnom Penh if authorities do not attempt to ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-youth-activist-to-protest-over-leaked-passport-details-51160/
United Nations removes Kingdom from list of nations that apply torture
Cambodia has been removed from the United Nation’s list of states not complying with Article 17 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/united-nations-removes-kingdom-list-nations-apply-torture
Health ministry will levy fines for public smoking offenders
People smoking tobacco in offices, restaurants and other public spaces will have to indulge their habit in clearly demarcated smoking areas or both the smoker and establishment owner will face fines, the Ministry of Health announced. ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/health-ministry-will-levy-fines-for-public-smoking-offenders-112894/
Pardons unlikely for Khmer new year
The Ministry of Justice has announced it is unlikely that any Royal pardons granting inmates amnesty or reductions in prison sentences will be given ahead of the Khmer New Year, according to a ministry spokesman yesterday. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23638/pardons-unlikely-for-khmer-new-year/
Illegally Logged Concessions Face Invalidation
The Ministry of Agriculture will request that Prime Minister Hun Sen from now on revoke all economic land concessions (ELC) whose owners are found guilty of illegal logging or other major forestry crimes, a ministry official said yesterday. ...
Hotels, Casinos That Detain, Traffic, Exploit Workers Will Be Prosecuted: Preah Sihanouk
Preah Sihanouk authorities have issued a statement that hotels and casinos that detain, traffic or sexually exploit workers can have their business licenses revoked and cases sent to court. ...
Home-based treatment allowed for Delta patients
The Ministry of Health has permitted Covid-19 patients infected with the Delta variant to get treatment at home or private clinics. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/home-based-treatment-allowed-delta-patients
Storm destroys 2,302 houses, injures two people in Svay Rieng
A total of 2,302 houses were destroyed on Friday in a storm in Svay Rieng province, with many collapsing or having their roofs torn off, National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy said on Sunday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/storm-destroys-2302-houses-injures-two-people-svay-rieng
Tests verify parasite deaths
The Ministry of Health yesterday issued a warning for citizens not to eat raw or undercooked meat after tests confirmed that eight people who died from eating undercooked wild hog in Kampong Thom province had contracted trichinosis. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083636/tests-verify-parasite-deaths/