Tours aimed at attracting workers
As cooks prepped for lunch yesterday at an outdoor cafeteria for workers employed by the Japanese-owned Taica factory, more than a dozen commune-level officials inspected the premises. Seemingly satisfied with the dining operation, they moved into a recreational room with a large, flat-screen television. Taica ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tours-aimed-attracting-workers
Political sides fail to reach agreement before New Year
Cambodia’s rival political sides failed to sign an agreement that would have ended the ongoing political crisis on Friday. Kem Sokha, vice president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, told VOA Khmer that the gulf between the two sides in negotiations remains too wide ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-political-sides-fail-to-reach-agreement-before-new-year/1893239.html
Anti-Phanimex roadblock causes traffic snarl
About 200 villagers blocked National Road 5 in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district for about two hours Tuesday, lighting fires with wood and tires and causing a large traffic jam as they called for authorities to intervene in their ongoing land dispute with the Phanimex ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-phanimex-roadblock-causes-traffic-snarl-57772/
Scores fainted in Tboung Khmum high school: Officials
Scores of high school students in Tboung Khmum province fainted over the weekend due to high temperatures and personal health factors, authorities said. Deputy provincial governor Hak Sok Makara yesterday said 41 students at Kroch Chhmar High School fainted during classes on Friday and Saturday, ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50681282/scores-fainted-in-tboung-khmum-high-school-officials
CLRA makes call to raise more pigs
The Cambodia Livestock Raisers Association (CLRA) has called on locals to increase pig production to curb imports as pork prices and demand rise. Its director Srun Poav said pig farming in the Kingdom remains relatively limited following the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) last ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/clra-makes-call-raise-more-pigs
US told to refrain from interfering in Sokha case
Senior Cambodian officials said on Thursday that the US can monitor Kem Sokha’s trial as it wishes but would not be allowed to interfere in court procedures. The point was made in response to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s comments on Wednesday at a ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/us-told-refrain-interfering-sokha-case
Kampong Speu shoe factory construction suspended: Governor
The construction of a shoe factory in Kampong Speu province’s Kong Pisei district has been suspended after local authorities ruled it has not been following technical standards. officials in the Kingdom are scrambling to inspect completed and under-construction buildings to avoid collapses similar to what ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50677531/kampong-speu-shoe-factory-construction-suspended-governor
Gov’t slams NGO over 2019 corruption report
The government on Thursday slammed a report that described the Kingdom as highly corrupt. Government spokesperson Phay Siphan dismissed the latest Transparency International (TI) report as “just an advertisement of NGOs to promote their own interests”. Released on Thursday, the report puts Cambodia near the bottom ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-slams-ngo-over-2019-corruption-report
Man held for allegedly setting traps which killed wildlife
Mondulkiri Provincial Court on Tuesday charged a man who allegedly set traps resulting in the deaths of several species of wild animals in Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary. Deputy prosecutor Mam Vanda yesterday identified the accused as Hok Vann, 19, from Koh Nhek district’s Nang Khy lik ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50685200/man-held-for-allegedly-setting-traps-which-killed-wildlife
Switzerland will donate $6M
Switzerland will donate $6 million to support demining work in Cambodia and clear all mines in the country by 2025, its ambassador announced on Wednesday. During a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, Swiss Ambassador to Cambodia Helene Budliger Artieda said ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/switzerland-will-donate-6m
UN: Record-breaking 60 million forcibly displaced worldwide
The U.N. refugee agency warns the number of people forcibly displaced from their homes is likely to exceed 60 million in 2015.The UNHCR has released its Mid-Year Trends 2015 report covering global forced displacement during the first six months of this year. ...
Lisa Schlein
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/record-breaking-60-million-forcibly-displaced-in-the-world/3109147.html
Report slams Boeung Kak 13 sentencing
The 13 Boeung Kak lake women imprisoned after a three-hour trial on May 24 were tried unjustly on charges that had no basis, according to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights report released yesterday. Ou Virak said the women’s sentencing, which came two days after ...
New spin on an old traditionArtisan Designers (AND)
Putting a new spin on a traditional art form isn’t a simple thing to achieve, but for niche fashion enterprise Artisan Designers (AND) an ambitious new branding campaign is seeing Cambodian handicrafts pushed in a new direction. Opening eight months ago on the tourist-friendly street 240, ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012080657820/Business/new-spin-on-an-old-tradition.html
Controversial Pöyry tapped for Xayaburi
Multinational consulting and engineering firm Pöyry has signed a contract with the Lao government to supervise construction of the divisive Xayaburi hydropower dam in the country’s north, it announced Friday. This work, carried out by its Energy Business Group, will include reviewing the design and ...
Ratanakkiri prison chief issues warning to staff
Embattled Ratanakkiri prison director Tin Sovanny yesterday issued a warning – but no lawsuit – against staff members who have accused him of a slew of crimes, including having sex with an inmate, using prison land to build a house and using prison labour for ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-prison-chief-issues-warning-staff
Survey sheds light on coronavirus-restricted SMBs
Cambodian small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have recorded lower sales during the pandemic while 39 per cent of them have trimmed down their staff, a Facebook survey found. Among the business owners in Cambodia who responded, the State of Small Businesses survey found that 52 per ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/survey-sheds-light-coronavirus-restricted-smbs
Cambodia’s plan to establish internet gateway raises concerns
The Cambodian government has proposed the establishment of a national internet gateway to control and monitor online traffic, drawing concerns among rights groups and businesses. The proposal was detailed in a July sub-decree titled the “Establishment of the National Internet Gateway (NIG)”. The sub-decree, obtained by ...
Phorn Bopha
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-s-plan-to-establish-internet-gateway-raises-concerns/5570653.html
WWF Cambodia, ministry set to celebrate Earth Hour on Mar 27
The Ministry of Environment and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Cambodia) will this year take to social media to celebrate Earth Hour under the theme “Love Nature”. Environment ministry spokesperson Neth Pheaktra said the ministry would not hold a public gathering to celebrate the event ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wwf-cambodia-ministry-set-celebrate-earth-hour-mar-27
Public warned against igniting forest fires
The public has been urged to stop using fires to collect bees, catch animals or clear land in forests. In a letter dated January 20, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said burning grasses and other unsanctioned activities like harvesting forests or clearing them for ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-warned-against-igniting-forest-fires
Germany gives $16 million for healthcare sector
In the context of COVID-19, Germany donated $16 million to Cambodia for health projects that include complementing the Ministry of Health’s initiative to help the poor who cannot afford to pay for hospital treatments and fight against the coronavirus. ...
Buth Sela
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50817778/germany-gives-16-million-for-healthcare-sector/