Alarm over 'timber grab' from Cambodia's protected forests
The analysis, from campaign group Forest Trends, says that large corporations are using legitimate development permits to illegally clear land.Around 2,000 sq km of forests are being lost every year, they say. ...
Matt McGrath
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33702814
China grants local mangoes into market
The first consignment of fresh Cambodian mangoes will soon be able to directly ship to the Chinese market. The quota allowed is up to 500,000 tonnes of quality mangoes per year, the Chinese embassy to Cambodia said yesterday. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50730611/china-grants-local-mangoes-into-market/
Rice exports grow
CRF’s president Song Saran said demand for Cambodian rice in the global market is increasing and the CRF expected exports to reach 800,000 tonnes this year. However, because there was drought, and flash-flooding in September, the figure may change. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50788230/rice-exports-grow/
'Harassed' workers stick to their guns
Ocean Garment yesterday refused to meet the sole demand of thousands of striking workers to have their manager, accused of sexual harassment, sacked. An inter-governmental ministerial committee met with union and employer representatives, but Bangladeshi-owned Ocean Garment – which supplies retail titan Gap – refused to ...
App developers serve up Khmer cuisine to thriving digital recipe market
As Cambodians increasingly embrace the digital age, homegrown developers are creating Khmer recipe apps to share the nation’s traditional dishes. On Google Play for Android, the app “Khmer Cooking Recipe” is leading the pack having recorded more than100,000 downloads. ...
Tom Starkey
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50802403/app-developers-serve-up-khmer-cuisine-to-thriving-digital-recipe-market/
ACU receives 20K asset declarations
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said it had received nearly 20,000 declarations of assets and liabilities from officials across all ministries and provincial administrations in a period of just 10 days, from January 1 to 10. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-receives-20k-asset-declarations
Bakheng water treatment facility construction breaks ground
The groundbreaking ceremony of the water treatment facility in Bakheng, outskirt of Phnom Penh, takes place today, presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen. The plant, designed and built by Vinci Construction Grands Projets, will have the capacity to supply drinking 195,000 cubic metres of ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809207/bakheng-water-treatment-facility-construction-breaks-ground/
GDP reports 73 per cent of inmates now vaccinated
The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP) has vaccinated over 73 per cent of the 37,000 inmates throughout the country as of August 5 and is continuing to vaccinate prisoners in seven remaining provinces with the US-donated Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 jabs. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gdp-reports-73-cent-inmates-now-vaccinated
Indigenous communities in Mondulkiri forced off land
About 1,000 Bunong ethnic minority families in Mondulkiri province are crying for justice after their shelters were demolished by environment officials, alleging they were living on state land, even though the families say they have been living there for generations. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50893231/indigenous-communities-in-mondulkiri-forced-off-land/
ANA promotes planting of trees, donates 100K saplings
Every year, the Apsara National Authority (ANA), a state body tasked with managing the Angkor Archaeological Park, gives away more than 100,000 tree saplings to encourage the growth of forest cover in Cambodia, especially in the Angkor area, and has requested members of the public ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ana-promotes-planting-trees-donates-100k-saplings
CCF carries out raids on 17 fuel fraudsters
Officials from the General Directorate of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) found 17 fuel businesses in four provinces conducting illegal business, while more than 1,000kg of defective goods and over 500 litres of counterfeit alcohol were confiscated and destroyed from October 18-20. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ccf-carries-out-raids-17-fuel-fraudsters
Pfizer jabs arrive from Oz to boost frontliner safety
A total of 783,000 doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines out of a promised 2.3 million doses from the Australian government arrived in Cambodia on the evening of December 26 and were received directly by Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Phnom Penh International Airport. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pfizer-jabs-arrive-oz-boost-frontliner-safety
Angkor Wat attracts ‘over 6K’ visitors for equinox sunrise
Over 6,000 tourists descended on Angkor Wat on March 21 to catch the Spring equinox, where visitors and photography enthusiasts were treated to rare sights of the sun rising directly over the top of the temple. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-wat-attracts-over-6k-visitors-equinox-sunrise
98% villages electrified but power used drops
The consumption of electricity in the country has dropped to just over 2,000 megawatts in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, causing a huge loss to the government. Cambodia has a capacity to supply about 3,800 megawatts. ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501077941/98-villages-electrified-but-power-used-drops/
Bun Rany, health minister laud efforts of midwives in Kingdom
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng raised the shortage of skilled midwives in Cambodia, which currently has more than 6,000 midwives, and urged stakeholders to consider the development of human resources in this sector in response to population growth. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bun-rany-health-minister-laud-efforts-midwives-kingdom
ACU urged to probe Phnom Tamao land irregularities
Baitong Warriors, a local environment activist group, have submitted a letter to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) seeking an investigation into alleged irregularities concerning more than 2,000ha of the Tamao Mountain forest reserve following news of a dairy farm’s relocation to the area. ...
Pann Rethea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/acu-urged-probe-phnom-tamao-land-irregularities
A grade grads meeting PM
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport said the more than 1,000 students who earned A grades in last year’s high school examinations are set for their February 2 meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grade-grads-meeting-pm
PM gives 500 tonnes of rice to flood-hit families
Prime Minister Hun Sen on October 23 delivered more than 500 tonnes of rice seeds to more than 5,000 households affected by floods in Banteay Meanchey province, and asked agriculture specialists to provide technical instruction to farmers, to ensure that their harvests are as successful ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-gives-500-tonnes-rice-flood-hit-families
Kirirom Park reforestation growing roots
In the verdant expanse of Preah Suramrit Kosamak Kirirom National Park, a notable endeavour is taking root. As part of a considerable environmental initiative, nearly 20,000 saplings have found a new home within the Buddhist Cultural Centre’s grounds. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://m.phnompenhpost.com/national/kirirom-park-reforestation-growing-roots
Cambodia expects to get $18M from first oil sale
Cambodia will generate its first revenue of about $18 million by selling nearly 3,000 barrels of crude oil to a Singaporean firm if the government approves the latest results of the negotiations between Cambodian officials, the shipment company and the buying firm, according to a ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1129068/cambodia-expects-to-get-18m-from-first-oil-sale/