PAL looks to operate direct flight to Cambodia
Philippine Airlines (PAL) plans to enter Cambodian skies for the first time with the launch of a direct flight from Manila, aviation officials said yesterday, though whether the airline will serve Phnom Penh or Siem Reap has yet to be decided. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pal-looks-operate-direct-flight-cambodia
Asean forms sugar alliance
Cambodia, along with six other Asean member countries, reached an agreement to form an alliance of sugar-producing countries ‒ or so the called Asean Sugar Alliance (ASA) ‒ to promote and support the regional sugar industry and make it more competitive globally. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27411/asean-forms-sugar-alliance/
Garment workers injured after truck veers, plunges into canal
Almost 50 garment workers are recovering from their injuries in the hospital or at home after the flatbed truck that was transporting them home from work in Kompong Chhnang province on Monday evening plunged into a canal, police said on Tuesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-workers-injured-after-truck-veers-plunges-into-canal-101708/
Banks covering their assets
Cambodian financial institutions surveyed yesterday said they were in compliance with the central bank’s revised liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) requirements as the deadline passed to increase their cash and highly liquid assets to weather any internal or external shocks. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banks-covering-their-assets
Teachers’ association condemned
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport issued a statement yesterday condemning the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) for calling on the Kingdom’s teachers to strike or protest in support of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25621/teachers----association-condemned/
France loans €30M for water plant expansion
The French Agency for Development has granted a 30 million euro, or $31.1 million, loan for the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) to expand one of its four water plants and increase its water distribution in the capital. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/france-loans-eu30m-water-plant-expansion
US envoy calls government claims ‘absurd’
United States Ambassador William Heidt yesterday said allegations of US interference in Cambodia’s internal affairs were “absurd” and made without a “shred of serious or credible evidence”, but stopped short of speculating on any potential repercussions from the superpower. ...
Ananth Baliga and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-envoy-calls-government-claims-absurd
Sewage canal poised for facelift
Phnom Penh municipal authorities plan to restore the Stung Meanchey sewage canal, a rubbish-filled eyesore where residents face flooding, foul smells and health fears. City Hall said the canal will be developed without the need to evict or relocate residents. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39899/sewage-canal-poised-for-facelift/
Prahoc to go international
A small community in Siem Reap province’s Chong Kneas commune is adamant about getting global recognition for their unique fermented fish paste, or prahoc, after the government endorsed a national standard for the most distinctive ingredient in Khmer cooking. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082981/prahoc-go-international/
QR code stickers to build consumer trust
The Ministry of Agriculture is preparing to launch a QR code sticker scheme that will allow authorities and consumers to check the origin of vegetables and other agricultural products and see whether or not producers follow good agricultural practice (GAP). ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100404/qr-code-stickers-build-consumer-trust/
Push to increase education, training
A senior government official has urged the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport to help children – both those who have never attended school as well as dropouts – get an education or receive training to improve their job prospects and income. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36747/push-to-increase-education--training/
Foreigners working in Cambodia face permit fines
About 100,000 foreigners working without permits will be fined after Khmer New Year and potentially face jail time and deportation if they fail to get paperwork or pay their fines, the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Labour announced yesterday. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreigners-working-cambodia-face-permit-fines
Families call for help to find maids
The families of two maids working in Malaysia asked Preah Vihear’s anti-human trafficking office and the human rights group Adhoc yesterday to intervene on behalf of their daughters, whom they haven’t seen or heard from since last year, officials said. ...
ADB to help find answers for railway families
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday promised to help pry answers out of the government for residents of Phnom Penh who fear losing all or some of their land to a bank-funded project to rehabilitate the country’s railway network. ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-to-help-find-answers-for-railway-families-70398/
Gamblers risk illegal crossing to get to Cambodia casinos
Hundreds of Vietnamese gamblers trying to get to casinos in Cambodia are testing tightened security at two border gates in Long An Province, and a crackdown at Binh Hiep Border Gate has opened a market for gangs facilitating illegal crossings or bribing guards. ...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/123023/gamblers-risk-illegal-crossing-to-get-to-cambodia-casinos.html
Warning for illegal MFIs
The governor of the National Bank of Cambodia hit out at unlicensed microfinance institutions or lenders, who he said were the reason why interest rates in the sector were high, despite interest rates falling among registered lenders. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/warning-illegal-mfis
Ministry announces surprise inspections of prisons
Rights group Licadho has welcomed an announcement from the Interior Ministry that conditions at prisons, social rehabilitation centers and drug rehabs will be improved to ensure that the rights of inmates, patients and others housed or confined at the centers will be respected. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14307/ministry-announces-surprise-inspections-of-prisons/
Police raid drug dens, arrest 88
More than 100 police officers descended on a notorious slum in Sen Sok district’s Toek Thla commune on Friday in a coordinated effort to flush out drug-related crime from the ghetto, ultimately arresting 88 people for using or selling crystal methamphetamine. ...
Sek Odom and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-raid-drug-dens-arrest-88-92312/
Cambodia to use AstraZeneca vaccines from UK as booster third dose in the vaccination campaign
Prime Minister Hun Sen said that Cambodia will use the UK-donated AstraZeneca vaccines in the third dose or booster dose vaccination campaign in the country. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50909783/cambodia-to-use-astrazeneca-vaccines-from-uk-as-booster-third-dose-in-the-vaccination-campaign/
Phenomenon of Cambodian women trafficked to China as brides
The number of women travelling from Cambodia to China for forced or arranged marriages has surged since 2016 and experienced a further spike since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501073873/phenomenon-of-cambodian-women-trafficked-to-china-as-brides/