Visitors vanish from Asia’s most visited site, Angkor Wat
<p>As dawn breaks, the unmistakable tapered towers of Angkor Wat emerge from the gloom – but for once there are no tourists jostling on its steps to capture Cambodia’s most famous sunrise. ...p>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700155/visitors-vanish-from-asias-most-visited-site-angkor-wat
Increasing safety for female journalists
<p>A project to improve the safety of women journalists is slated to start this month after a study revealed an increasing number of women in the media experience violence ...p>
Chhorn Raksmey
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodia-increasing-safety-for-female-journalists
SDG 10 Reduced inequalities
<p>The 2030 Agenda was developed to reflect that “the international community has made significant strides towards lifting people out of poverty (). However, inequality still persists and large disparities remain in access to health and education services and other assets”. 1Although the number of people ...p>
Forest protection
<p>Deforestation has always been a problem in Cambodia since the 1970s, and it has aggravated inthe last decade. Some protected areas have been deforested. Between 2001 and 2018, Cambodia had lost 557,000 hectares (11.7%) of forest cover in protected areas.27 This loss has had an ...p>
Commune/Sangkat budget
<p>Joint Accountability Action plan (JAAp) meeting in Andoung pou commune, Romeas Haek district, Svay Rieng province. photo by Open Development Cambodia Team, taken on 26 June 2018. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0The budget of khan/municipality and commune/sangkat administrations is included under the budget of the ...p>
Run Ta Ek residents hope for jobs from the new govt
<p>FacebookTwitterEmailShareFormer squatters who agreed to leave the Angkor Archaeological park area for relocation to the Run Ta Ek development site in Siem Reap province want to see the new government help to create jobs because the location is new and far from the urban area ...p>
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501332639/run-ta-ek-residents-hope-for-jobs-from-the-new-govt/
National government
<p>Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. According to the 1993 Constitution, although he is the head of state, the king has very limited powers compared to the prime minister, the head of the government. Unlike the 1947 Constitution, power does not come from the king but ...p>
Ministry of Women's Affairs
<p>Ministry of Women’s Affairs. photo taken from the Ministry’s Facebook page, taken on 17 September 2016.EstablishmentUnder Royal Decree No. NS/RKM/0197/22, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs was formally established on 24 January 1996. The Ministry became the Ministry of Women and Veteran’s Affairs under the Royal ...p>
Transfer of power ‘still slow’
<p>Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said on Wednesday that the delegation of authority from national level to sub-national administrations remained slow, resulting in a lack of clarity concerning their roles and responsibilities in providing public services. Speaking at the 17th meeting of the National Committee ...p>
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transfer-power-still-slow
Press release on the first meeting of the National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD)
<p>On 31 August 2016, National Council for Sustainable Development issued a press release on the first meeting of the National council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) which was held at the Ministry of Environment under chairmanship of H.E. Say Samal, Minister of Environment of Environment and ...p>
Gov’t to spend $8.2 billion this year
<p>The government will spend more than $8 billion and take out $2 billion in foreign loans this year, according to the 2020 National Budget Law, which was made public on Tuesday after being signed off by King Norodom Sihamoni. The government will spend some $8.196 ...p>
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-spend-82-billion-year
As rice exports to EU drop, dealers are reducing prices due to tariffs
<p>Government data showed that Cambodia’s rice exports to the European Union had dropped by 30 percent in 2019, after the economic bloc imposed tariffs at the start of last year. Ministry of Agriculture data showed that rice exports dropped from 300,000 tons in 2018 to around ...p>
Concern as census counts just over 170 cranes in protected wetlands
<p>Environmental technical teams and bird conservationists on Sunday expressed concern for the biodiversity of birds in the wetlands due to the water shortage this year. The concern comes as this year’s ongoing crane census has so far recorded more than 170 of them in the ...p>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/concern-census-counts-just-over-170-cranes-protected-wetlands
News release on the implementation of the Incentive Policy of Angkor Archaeological Park Pass
<p>On 25 February 2020, Angkor enterprise has issued a news release on the incentive policy of Angkor park pass in order to the support the tourism sector amidst of COVID-19. The new incentive policy will be implemented for four months started from 25 February 2020 ...p>
Angkor Enterprise
Outpost Cambodia launches startup sponsorship competition
<p>The co-working and co-living space Outpost Cambodia announced details of a startup competition today that will offer a winning company free 24/7 access to a desk for up to six people for six months in its workspace on phnom penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula, four specialised consultations with ...p>
Euan Black
http://sea-globe.com/outpost-cambodia/
Notification on the postponement of payment of back pay seniority indemnity before 2019 and new seniority indemnity in 2020
<p>On 02 June 2020, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued an announcement to the owners, directors of factories, enterprises, and workers/employees using undetermined duration contract (UDC) to get informed that the payment of back pay seniority indemnity before 2019 (for textile, garment, and ...p>
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Announcement on the need for Access to Information Law in Cambodia
<p>On 01 July 2020, the Advocacy and policy Institute issued an announcement on the need for Access to Information Law in Cambodia in a debate workshop on the update on the rights to Access to Information Law held on Tuesday 30 June 2020. It is ...p>
Advocacy and Policy Institute
Notice on pricing policy for COVID-19 test, quarantine and treatment services to foreign travelers entry to Cambodia at public hospital
<p>On 11 June 2020, the Ministry of Health issued a notice to inform all relevant ministries and institutions and foreign travelers entry to Cambodia about charge fees for COVID-19 test, quarantine and treatment services foreign travelers entry to Cambodia at public hospital. Upon arrival to ...p>
Ministry of Health
Disenfranchisement at Polls as Citizens Unable to Vote and Illegal Voting Allowed
<p>TIC Executive Director Kol preapTransparency International Cambodia (TIC) Conducted a sample-base observation of the July 28th election and vote count. In this observation, TIC deployed a total of 906 TIC observers to a representative sample of 407 polling stations across 24 provinces and municipalities. Here ...p>
Advisory Note to GMAC Members On Cambodia and the UK’s General Scheme of Preference (GSP)
<p>On 19 November 2020, Garments Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has posted an advisory note regarding UK’s General Scheme of preference (GSp). Following Brexit, eligible developing countries will be able to benefit from UK’s General Scheme of preference (GSp). Cambodia, classified by the UN as ...p>
Garments Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC)
