Delayed new casino confirms opening target
Century Entertainment has confirmed the opening target and relocation of a new casino to Dara Sakor. The project had been delayed since January. The delay was down to pandemic related business conditions including logistics problems in the delivery of essential equipment. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50812067/delayed-new-casino-confirms-opening-target/
Over 100 CSOs call for debt relief
A coalition of 103 civil society organisations (CSOs) reiterated a call for the government to issue a set of guidelines for all financial institutions in Cambodia to suspend loan payments, set interest rates to zero per cent and waive accrued interest for at least three ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/over-100-csos-call-debt-relief
Committee created to vet 'oknhas'
The government has issued a decision establishing an inter-ministerial committee to study and prepare legal standards regarding the title of Oknha — an honorific bestowed on those who have made significant contributions to national development — with provisions that allow for the official revocation of ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/committee-created-vet-oknhas
New garment factory set for Phnom Penh
A new garment factory project invested in by the Ruixue Group of China through its local subsidiary Ruixue (Cambodia) Co Ltd has been approved by the Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC). The $4.5 million project will be built in Khan Sen Sok. ...
Gareth Johnson
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50861825/new-garment-factory-set-for-phnom-penh/
Koh Kong families granted land from national park
The Koh Kong Provincial Administration has decided to grant land for housing and farming as part of the government’s land allocation policy to 131 families who have been affected by a development project of Sinomex Sim, a private firm, in Botum Sakor district’s Andong Teuk ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-families-granted-land-national-park
Kingdom lifts ban on frozen items shipped in from India
Cambodia has lifted a ban on the import of frozen meats and other frozen items classified as “high-risk” originating from India, amid recent improvements in the South Asian country’s epidemiological situation and as all samples of frozen meat imports have tested negative for the novel ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-lifts-ban-frozen-items-shipped-india
Migrants still slipping through closed Thai-Cambodian border, despite pandemic fears
In April, 18-year-old Sophoth illegally crossed the Thai-Cambodian border to work at a factory. In July, he was arrested and sent back through a legal border checkpoint. His journey mirrors that of many Cambodian workers who continue to cross into Thailand each month despite the ...
Chea Sokny and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/migrants-still-slipping-through-closed-thai-cambodian-border-despite-pandemic-fears/
Private sector gets nod to sell jabs amid Delta fears
The Ministry of Health has granted permission to authorised pharmaceutical import-export companies to import Covid-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), as part of response to the more contagious and deadly coronavirus Delta variant in Cambodia. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/private-sector-gets-nod-sell-jabs-amid-delta-fears
Negotiations underway to buy third booster shots
To enhance immunity and to protect against the increasing prevalence of new coronavirus variants, Cambodia is in negotiation with its friendly countries to buy the AstraZeneca vaccine to administer as the booster shot to those who already took two doses of the Covid-19 vaccines. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50914848/negotiations-underway-to-buy-third-booster-shots/
MENA market peppered with potential: CPSF
The Cambodian Pepper and Spices Federation (CPSF) has been connecting with 25 local exporters to explore and foster new avenues to delve into the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) markets, a whole world of diverse cuisines that are rich in spices and rely heavily ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mena-market-peppered-potential-cpsf
PaFF helps thousands in rural areas
Tens of thousands of rural Cambodians have been empowered to exercise their rights to manage, protect and benefit from local natural resources thanks to an eight-year initiative with the Partnership for Forestry and Fishery Communities in Cambodia (PaFF), according to their press release. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/paff-helps-thousands-rural-areas
Siamese croc hatchlings spotted in Srepok
A wildlife research team from the Ministry of Environment and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) confirmed that they spotted eight Siamese crocodile hatchlings (Crocodylus siamensis) on September 9 in Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary of Mondulkiri province. Siamese crocodiles are a critically endangered species. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siamese-croc-hatchlings-spotted-srepok
Minister: Food lab protects public health
The Agriculture and Food Laboratory not only has an important role in ensuring the quality of agricultural and food products but also in protecting public health by preventing infectious and non-communicable diseases in both humans and crops, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-food-lab-protects-public-health
50 new furnaces burn 100 tonnes Covid waste daily
The Ministry of Environment is installing 50 incinerators to burn medical waste from Covid-19 treatment and quarantine centres in the capital and 20 provinces to solve the problem head-on as about 100 tonnes of this waste was piling up per day across the country. ...
Lay Samean and Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/50-new-furnaces-burn-100-tonnes-covid-waste-daily
CCF inspections uncover near-50% fuel fraud rates
Officials from Of the General-Directorate Of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Prevention (CCF) inspected fuel businesses at 101 locations nationwide and revealed 46 sellers had cheated customers by selling regular fuel as super gasoline. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ccf-inspections-uncover-near-50-fuel-fraud-rates
China pledges bilateral cooperation and $270 million for development projects
In a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong on Sunday, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi pledged a $270 million grant and an additional three million Covid-19 vaccine doses, calling Cambodia one of Beijing’s closest allies in southeast Asia. ...
Areas safe to reopen schools to be mapped
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has given its municipal and provincial department two weeks to put together a report detailing which schools in their territory can safely reopen because of low Covid-19 transmission in their localities, while some schools are pushing to reopen ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/areas-safe-reopen-schools-be-mapped
CHRC, UN plan rights workshop
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) is working with the Office Of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia (OHCHR) to organise a regional workshop on October 28 to accelerate the establishment Of a National Human Rights Institution based on the Paris Principles. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chrc-un-plan-rights-workshop
Thailand trade prevails despite barriers
Bilateral trade between Cambodia and Thailand reached $5.97 billion in the first nine months of 2021, surging by 18 per cent year-on-year from $5.08 billion despite disruptions caused by the community spread of Covid-19 in the two ASEAN nations, according to a report from the ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thailand-trade-prevails-despite-barriers
Religious ceremonies and gatherings allowed to resume in Cambodia
The Ministry of Cults and Religious Affairs has authorised the resumption of all religious ceremonies and gatherings in Cambodia ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50969229/religious-ceremonies-and-gatherings-allowed-to-resume-in-cambodia/