Training program boosts electronics skills
A three-year vocational training project aimed at creating employment opportunities in the electronics industry while eliminating electronics waste, or e-waste, wrapped up yesterday, with its organisers calling for more funding in order to continue its training component. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/training-program-boosts-electronics-skills
Prime Minister puts island projects on notice
Prime Minister Hun Sen used his Facebook page this week to order his government to revoke the project licenses of companies failing to develop islands off the coast of Cambodia, or—worse—trying to sell them off to others. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-puts-island-projects-on-notice-116299/
Phnom Penh municipality mulls new sky bridge
City Hall is in the midst of conducting preliminary studies to assess the feasibility of building either an overpass or an underground tunnel at the Chaom Chao roundabout in an effort to ease traffic congestion in the area. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-municipality-mulls-new-sky-bridge
Roadside builders told to back off by ministry
The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation in an announcement yesterday warned that action would be taken against those who illegally construct on the shoulders of, or fill in canals along, National Road 4 between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/roadside-builders-told-back-ministry
Hun Sen moves to reshuffle his cabinet
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday submitted a proposed cabinet reshuffle to the National Assembly, just weeks after he publicly warned some ministers to improve their work or risk being fired, according to a senior official. ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-moves-to-reshuffle-his-cabinet-109986/
Landmine casualties drop by 25 percent
The number of casualties from landmines last year dropped by a quarter compared with the year before, the first time the number of deaths or injuries have been less than 100, the Cambodian Mine Action Authority (CMAA) said yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34546/landmine-casualties-drop-by-25-percent/
Probe launched into police chief accused of corruption
Investigators have arrived in Kompong Thom province to pursue allegations that the provincial police chief and two of his deputies routinely accepted bribes of up to $7,000 in exchange for jobs or promotions, officials said on Thursday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/probe-launched-into-police-chief-accused-of-corruption-125748/
Oddar Meanchey dam to be drained to avoid breach
Fearing that heavy rains will cause the Ta Mok reservoir in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district to overflow, or its walls to rupture, Water Resources and Meteorology Department officials are preparing to drain the reservoir with canals. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oddar-meanchey-dam-be-drained-avoid-breach
Chroy Changvar locals reject city’s ultimatum
About 40 Chroy Changvar peninsula residents yesterday held a press conference rejecting City Hall’s two-month ultimatum to part with most of their land or accept below-market rates to make way for a planned satellite city. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chroy-changvar-locals-reject-citys-ultimatum
Foot-and-mouth affecting cattle
Many cattle in Svay Rieng province’s Svay Chrum and Chantrea districts have fallen ill or died from foot-and-mouth and other diseases over the past few weeks, resulting in the launch of a cattle vaccination campaign. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35232/foot-and-mouth-affecting-cattle/
Corporate bonds edging closer to launch
Cambodia’s market regulator has finalised regulations for establishing a corporate bond, moving one step closer to introducing a new capital market tool that would allow companies to raise funds for expansions, debt refinancing or acquisitions, officials announced yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/corporate-bonds-edging-closer-launch
Minister claims land disputes over: ‘we have solved them all’
Environment Minister Say Sam Al on Wednesday repeated his claims that forest crimes and land disputes sparked by sprawling commercial farms run by wealthy businessmen and foreign corporations had decreased or were mostly over, claims that rights groups dispute. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-claims-land-disputes-over-we-have-solved-them-all-122977/
Ley case accused seeks court delay
A lawyer for Eurth Ang, the man accused of murdering political analyst Kem Ley, has asked for his March 1 trial to be delayed because he has not received the case file or spoken to his new client yet. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35623/ley-case-accused-seeks-court-delay/
Flexibility measures weighed for CSX
Cambodia’s capital market regulator will meet soon to discuss a proposal to permit market orders for trading stocks on the Kingdom’s bourse, a move that would give investors more flexibility when buying or selling shares, officials have said. ...
Brian Ng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/flexibility-measures-weighed-csx
Path toward adoptions progressing
Marking the next step to the Kingdom’s resumption of international adoptions, the Ministry of Social Affairs distributed for the first time copies of all adoption-related prakases, or edicts, to international representatives and adoption agencies in the capital yesterday. ...
Amelia Woodside and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/path-toward-adoptions-progressing
NA asks Labor Ministry to provide Korean-language test for free to workers
The National Assembly asked Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng to provide Korean-language test paper for free to or sell in the lowest price for workers as the current test paper costs USD 24. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OGE2NzA0MmI5OTg
Cambodia’s NGOs say measures proposed by parties would curtail free speech
Nine nongovernmental organizations on Wednesday slammed Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties for considering measures that would ban them from giving interviews or making statements deemed “insulting” to political parties during election periods, saying the restrictions would violate free speech. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/ngos-02042015175755.html
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. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6634478/2015/08/23/cambodia-hails-chinese-firm-helping-develop-telecom-industry
Siem Reap authorities call an end to red and yellow zones designation
After 2 weeks of multiple areas in Siem Reap City being labelled as red or yellow zones and placed under lockdown, the provincial administration announced the termination of the preventive measures. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50944879/siem-reap-authorities-call-an-end-to-red-and-yellow-designation/
MoH ends at-home quarantine for recovered patients
The Health Ministry yesterday announced the exemption of at-home quarantine for Covid-19 patients who have completed treatment at hospitals or treatment centres. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50959497/moh-ends-at-home-quarantine-for-recovered-patients/