Ministry to test mosquitos for Zika
Officials from the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control (CNM) Of the Health Ministry will visit three sites in Phnom Penh today in order to catch and test mosquitoes and larvae for the Zika virus. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20993/ministry-to-test-mosquitos-for-zika/
Cautious optimism as malaria drug cocktail makes a comeback
Amid mounting international concern over the emergence of drug-resistant malaria in the Kingdom’s western provinces, a drug cocktail discontinued in 2008 has been reintroduced to stunning success – though how long that success can be sustained is uncertain. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cautious-optimism-malaria-drug-cocktail-makes-comeback
China, Cambodia ink new economic pact
On March 25, China and Cambodia inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in science and technology. The MoU, valid for 3 years, will see the Chinese side train Cambodian officials in science, technology and innovation. ...
Rui Hao Puah
http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/china-cambodia-ink-new-economic-pact/
After 14 years, passenger train service to the coast restarts
For most people who boarded the passenger train from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville on Saturday morning—the maiden ride since the service was suspended more than a decade ago—it was something of a new thrill. ...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-14-years-passenger-train-service-to-the-coast-restarts-111121/
French firm proposes two green energy plants
France’s Groupe Quadran has proposed building an electricity plant in Phnom Penh fired by waste and a solar plant in Siem Reap province. The Ministry of Tourism yesterday welcomed the proposal, saying it will help keep Cambodia clean. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23964/french-firm-proposes-two-green-energy-plants/
Governors ordered to stay put during drought
Prime Minister Hun Sen called for a continuation of the national effort to distribute water to those in need yesterday, instructing all provincial governors to stay in their provinces until the water crisis is over. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24532/governors-ordered-to-stay-put-during-drought/
Blue river buys into Cambodian gold hunt
Canadian mineral exploration company Angkor Gold Corp has signed an agreement with Vancouver-based junior mining firm Blue River Resources Ltd to fund exploration of its gold prospects in northeastern Cambodia, the company said in a press release yesterday. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/blue-river-buys-cambodian-gold-hunt
‘Angkor Malis’ brand name yet to satisfy
With the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) ready to adopt “Angkor Malis” in June as the official brand name for the Kingdom’s premium varieties of jasmine rice, exporters said that inconsistent English to Khmer translations need to be corrected. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-malis-brand-name-yet-satisfy
Arrests continue on latest ‘black monday’
Seven activists arrested in Phnom Penh on Monday morning for attempting to demonstrate against the recent arrests of four human rights workers and an election official were released by nightfall, a familiar conclusion to the latest “Black Monday” demonstration. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/arrests-continue-on-latest-black-monday-113616/
Acleda increases share capital
Cambodia’s leading commercial bank Acleda announced late last week that it has injected an additional $42 million to top up the current share capital of $265.7 million, bringing the total registered share capital to $307.7 million. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26026/acleda-increases-share-capital/
Crude palm oil exports rise 116%
The export of crude palm oil (CPO) from agro-industrial conglomerate Mong Reththy Group reached 13,000 metric tons in the first six months this year, up a huge 116 percent compared to the same period last year. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27856/crude-palm-oil-exports-rise-116-/
Svay Rieng Court summons CNRP lawmakers for questioning over violent clash at the border
The Svay Rieng provincial court will summon a number of lawmakers from Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to give answer before court over the violent clash on June 28th near border pole 203. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/svay-rieng-court-summons-cnrp-lawmakers-for-questioning-over-violent-clash-at-the-border-8938
Loggers threaten Cambodian forest and wildlife preserve
A protected forest and wildlife sanctuary in northern Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province has come under threat of illegal logging, with migrants to the area and soldiers clearing land and cutting down trees, sources say. ...
Hang Savyouth
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/threaten-10132015165540.html
Drug officials meet in Bangkok
High-ranking officials from Cambodia’s Interior Ministry were among 140 delegates from Asia-Pacific nations meeting in Bangkok yesterday, as a three-day conference on the region’s growing problem of drug production and trafficking got under way. ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drug-officials-meet-bangkok
A protest stages to oust Kem Sokha from position at the National Assembly
Dozen hundred protesters from across Phnom Penh Municipality staged a protest in front of the National Assembly this morning, demanding the NA’s current first deputy president Kem Sokha, to step down from his position. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/a-protest-stages-to-oust-kem-sokha-from-position-at-the-national-assembly-9049
Study shows dengue can be spread back to mosquitoes
A groundbreaking new study on human transmission of the dengue virus conducted in Kompong Cham province has shown that the virus can be spread back to mosquitoes by asymptomatic carriers, who are actually more infectious than those displaying symptoms. ...
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/study-shows-dengue-can-be-spread-back-to-mosquitoes-99911/
Korean firm plans JV expressway to Sihanoukville
Cambodia’s Global CAM Project Development Plc on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korea’s Green Eco Energy Co. Ltd. to build a high-speed expressway from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, executives from the two firms said. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18056/korean-firm-plans-jv-expressway-to-sihanoukville/
Cambodia still controls ‘three rocks’: scholar
An academic tasked with researching the country’s border with Vietnam visited the latest flashpoint of political tension—the “Three Rocks” village in Takeo province—on Wednesday and determined that the boulders were still under Cambodian control. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-still-controls-three-rocks-scholar-108123/
Citizens urged to ration water
Cambodia’s drought has hit even the coldest provinces, as Ban Lung’s main water supplier, Tai Seng Phalit Teuksaat Co., broadcast drought warnings to the residents of Ratanakkiri early this week, advising residents to start rationing water. ...
Aisha Down
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21847/citizens-urged-to-ration-water/
Geopacific shines on latest test drill results
Australian mining firm Geopacific Resources Ltd has made a new discovery of high-grade gold and silver mineralisation during exploratory drilling at a remote site in northern Cambodia, the company said in an announcement yesterday. ...
Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/geopacific-shines-latest-test-drill-results