SHE launches new tools for women-led businesses
SHE Investments, a social enterprise supporting women entrepreneurs, has announced the official launch of its Digital Resource Centre (DRC) and Kotra Riel app. The event was held to celebrate both the concurrent launches and the achievements of women in the work world and their importance href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/she-launches-new-tools-for-women-led-businesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50814158/she-launches-new-tools-for-women-led-businesses/
PM orders Justice Minister to prosecute quarantine violators
Prime Minister Hun Sen today ordered Justice Minister Koeut Rith to push for the enforcement of law on measure to combat COVID-19 and work with the court officials to establish a court to put quarantine violators on trial, as the Kingdom is facing an alarming href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-orders-justice-minister-to-prosecute-quarantine-violators/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50836799/pm-orders-justice-minister-to-prosecutor-quarantine-violators/
Fines to be imposed on those who do not wear masks
In a message to the people broadcasted live on TV and Facebook on the morning of April 10, Prime Minister Hun Sen has sternly announced that in the future, those who do not wear masks will be fined. Wearing of mask is mandatory to prevent href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fines-to-be-imposed-on-those-who-do-not-wear-masks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50836946/fines-to-be-imposed-on-those-who-do-not-wear-masks/
Kampong Speu warns of legal action against loggers at national park
Kampong Speu provincial authorities have warned against logging and forest land clearing in Suramarit-Kossamak National Park “Kirirom”. Authorities have also said they would enforce the law, but the clearing of the forest has continued even though authorities have issued a series of letters revoking land href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-warns-of-legal-action-against-loggers-at-national-park/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-warns-legal-action-against-loggers-national-park
Indebted oil company reports lower-than-expected oil at Cambodian block
KrisEnergy has warned that its current production rate at Cambodia’s Apsara offshore oil block has yielded only around half the company’s projected peak rate, and it has extended debt repayment deadlines and brought in an engineering firm to assess the situation amid “material uncertainty href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/indebted-oil-company-reports-lower-than-expected-oil-at-cambodian-block/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Danielle Keeton-Olsen
https://vodenglish.news/indebted-oil-company-reports-lower-than-expected-oil-at-cambodian-block/
80MW wind farm project in Kampot hits EdC price snag
French-owned The Blue Circle’s 80MW wind power investment project in Kampot province has hit an impasse, as its proposed $0.068 per kWh tariff rate for the national grid exceeds what state-run energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) is willing to pay, according to a Ministry href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/80mw-wind-farm-project-in-kampot-hits-edc-price-snag/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/80mw-wind-farm-project-kampot-hits-edc-price-snag
Capital redesignates colour-coded zones amid resurgence of Covid-19
The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration has redesignated some areas in Russey Keo and Por Sen Chey districts as orange zones after a resurgence of Covid-19 cases there. This came as restrictions were lifted for certain orange zones in several districts after the community outbreak eased. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/capital-redesignates-colour-coded-zones-amid-resurgence-of-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-redesignates-colour-coded-zones-amid-resurgence-covid-19
KrisEnergy approaches end of the line
KrisEnergy’s oil production dreams in the Khmer Basin appear to be dead in the water after the oil and gas company revealed it was not able to form a viable debt restructuring plan and will lose its revolving line of credit from Singapore-based DBS Bank. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/krisenergy-approaches-end-of-the-line/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50842923/krisenergy-approaches-end-of-the-line/
Phnom Penh officials rehabilitates drainage canals to combat flooding
On June 22, a team from the Phnom Penh Capital Administration began the rehabilitation of 5 drainage canals with s combined length of 1 km in Sangkat Stung Meanchey 3, Khan Meanchey. The rehabilitation was done with the purpose of preventing the canals from overflowing href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-officials-rehabilitates-drainage-canals-to-combat-flooding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50879174/phnom-penh-officials-rehabilitates-drainage-canals-to-combat-flooding/
Another dolphin calf spotted in Kratie
Another Mekong dolphin calf of less than a week-old was spotted on Monday, swimming alongside nine adult dolphins at the Kampi pool in Kampi Dolphin Canyon in Sambok commune, Chit Borey district, Kratie province. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/another-dolphin-calf-spotted-in-kratie/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mao Chanvireak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50885686/another-dolphin-calf-spotted-in-kratie/
Circular economy strategy, plan launched
The government, with support from development partners, on June 28 launched the National Circular Economy Strategy and Action Plan, as well as an affiliated platform to engage the private sector in the Kingdom’s transition towards a circular economy. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/circular-economy-strategy-plan-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/circular-economy-strategy-plan-launched
Kingdom produces 137kg of gold dore bars
Australian miner Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Ltd has produced 137kg dore bars with 90 per cent gold solution, in just over a month since it kicked off commercial operations of its flagship gold mine in northeastern Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province, according to Prime Minister Hun Sen on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-produces-137kg-of-gold-dore-bars/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-produces-137kg-gold-dore-bars
Cambodia to benefit from ADB’s climate resilience in health sector project
A six-year, pioneering regional technical assistance initiative has boosted the capacity of health systems in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), and Viet Nam to respond to climate-induced health threats amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease pandemic, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced today. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-to-benefit-from-adbs-climate-resilience-in-health-sector-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897188/cambodia-to-benefit-from-adbs-climate-resilience-in-health-sector-project/
Cambodia ranks fourth for friendliness towards foreign residents
With an endless sea of genuine and contagious smiles and an abundance of hospitality and generosity that warms the heart and soothes the soul, Cambodia ranked fourth among countries and territories with the friendliest attitudes towards foreign residents, according to a survey conducted by Expat href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-ranks-fourth-for-friendliness-towards-foreign-residents/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-ranks-fourth-friendliness-towards-foreign-residents
Covid rattles Phnom Penh’s retail landscape through H1
The Covid-19 pandemic has rocked the retail landscape in Phnom Penh, with anxiety around infection risk keeping the masses away from shopping malls and driving retail consumption down by nearly five per cent in the first half of this year, compared to July-December 2020, according href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/covid-rattles-phnom-penhs-retail-landscape-through-h1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/covid-rattles-phnom-penhs-retail-landscape-through-h1
Building climate-resilient health systems in Cambodia
The impacts of climate change in Cambodia are increasingly posing risks to people’s health, while straining the country’s health system. Since 2019, the country has been piloting a project to help increase the resilience and capacity of its health systems to respond to these climate-sensitive href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/building-climate-resilient-health-systems-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50898868/building-climate-resilient-health-systems-in-cambodia/
World Bank financial aid for Kingdom, Malpass says
Cambodia is among the East Asian and Pacific (EAP) countries set to receive financial support from the World Bank to underpin a resilient post-Covid-19 economic recovery, fuelled by solid vaccination progress, the Washington-based development lender’s president told The Post. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-financial-aid-for-kingdom-malpass-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
May Kunmakara
https://phnompenhpost.com/business/world-bank-financial-aid-kingdom-malpass-says
Info access draft law all set for final review
Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith said access to knowledge is indispensable in a democratic society and expressed hope that people will soon be able to have more confidence when choosing their leaders once the new draft law on information access is passed. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/info-access-draft-law-all-set-for-final-review/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/info-access-draft-law-all-set-final-review
CHRC addresses human rights concerns about new NHRC
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) on Wednesday addressed the concerns expressed in a joint statement of 60 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), trade unions, associations and communities that was posted on the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho)’s website about href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chrc-addresses-human-rights-concerns-about-new-nhrc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50924056/chrc-addresses-human-rights-concerns-about-new-nhrc/
Official: Protect rare pitcher plants
A senior environment official called on holidaymakers to Cambodia’s pristine tropical forest tourist destinations to avoid plucking, collecting or breaking vulnerable plant species – especially the exotic carnivorous pitcher plants of the Nepenthes genus – to conserve the beauty and scenic value of nature, and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-protect-rare-pitcher-plants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/official-protect-rare-pitcher-plants