New province Tbong Khmum officially launched
The new province of Tbong Khmum, which has been carved out of Kompong Cham, was officially launched Monday at a ceremony presided over by Interior Minister Sar Kheng. The ceremony was held at the new provincial capital of Suong City and also announced the appointments of ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-province-tbong-khmum-officially-launched-60322/
Officials Differ on Equipment Confiscation
Forestry Administration officials in Banteay Meanchey province have confiscated and continue to hold equipment valued at $1.5 million from a troubled biofuel plantation without any legal backing, an official in the provincial governor’s office said. Bulldozers, steamrollers and dump trucks were confiscated last month from a ...
Defence Ministry to ‘add new blood’ to Kingdom’s military
The Ministry of National Defence is set to add new blood into the Kingdom’s armed forces, with its military academy starting a new round of enrollment and recruitment to fill nearly 700 vacancies. While the ministry said the recruitment is meant to protect the Kingdom’s ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/defence-ministry-add-new-blood-kingdoms-military
Centre eyes potatoes for a changing diet
Cambodia’s first experimental farm and research centre for potato cultivation opened yesterday as experts confirmed that the Kingdom’s soils are suitable for the starchy tuber – raising hopes that local crops could one day satisfy the fast-food cravings that have put potatoes in high demand. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/centre-eyes-potatoes-changing-diet
CNRP lawmaker continues to accuse Gov’t of illegal maps
Two weeks after opposition leader Sam Rainsy said he would order the party’s lawmakers to stop attacking the government’s border work, CNRP lawmaker Um Sam An said Tuesday he is continuing his tour in the U.S. to tell supporters there that the CPP is using ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmaker-continues-to-accuse-govt-of-illegal-maps-95963/
Polluters hurt Kingdom: study
Cambodia is suffering disproportionately from the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from more developed nations, according to a new study published in the journal Nature on Friday. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/polluters-hurt-kingdom-study
Official blames villagers for deforestation
Government officials yesterday laid the blame for Cambodia’s deforestation on villagers gathering firewood. “Every day, they need fuel for cooking – that’s a lot of logging,” Chheng Kimsun, director general of the Forestry Administration, said at a workshop aimed at addressing sustainable forest management. Gathered at the ...
Phak Seangly and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/official-blames-villagers-deforestation
Flying squirrel and eyeless spider discovered in Greater Mekong
A series of high-flying creatures, including giant flying frogs and squirrels and a parachute gecko, are among the hundreds of exotic new species recently discovered in the greater Mekong region in southeast Asia. A new eyeless spider and a fish that mates head-to-head are also highlighted ...
Damian Carrington
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/04/flying-squirrel-and-eyeless-spider-discovered-in-greater-mekong?CMP=fb_gu
Work Remains for Cambodia After UN Rights Hearing
Though Cambodia had four years to implement 91 recommendations on how to improve its human rights record, U.N. member states still had to push for action in a number of key areas during its second Universal Periodic Review hearing in Geneva on Tuesday. In a speech ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/work-remains-for-cambodia-after-un-rights-hearing-51129/
University bans women’s day event, says it’s too political
Phnom Penh’s Panha Chiet University has informed the local NGO Silaka that it cannot hold a meeting on women’s rights planned for today because the event might deal with political issues. Silaka had rented a conference room at the University for the meeting, intended to mark ...
Khy Sovuthy And Colin Meyn
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/university-bans-womens-day-event-says-its-too-political-53675/
Safe water lowers absenteeism
Reducing absenteeism in schools in developing countries may be as simple as providing students with safe drinking water. A new study indicates that, but researchers are not sure why. The study was done at eight schools in Cambodia where the attendance records of more than 3,500 ...
Joe Decapua
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/water-absenteeism-18mar14/1874739.html
NTU and Temasek Foundation launch inaugural training programme for senior Cambodian administrators
Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Temasek Foundation are launching a new training programme to train senior Cambodian government officials in public administration and governance. ...
Xinmsn News Staff
http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/ntu-and-temasek-foundation-launch-inaugural-training-programme-for-senior-cambodian-administrators
Foreign policy challenged by regional conflicts, expert says
ambodian leaders are facing a very uncertain Asean in recent weeks, with anti-Chinese protests in Vietnam pitting two of the country’s standards allies against each other and a Thai coup sealing the western borders and leaving a neighbor in the hands of military control. Both issues ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/foreign-policy-challenged-by-regional-conflicts-expert-says/1921175.html
Cambodia weighs oil stockpile as global price nosedives: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that the government is studying the possibility to purchase petroleum for a stockpile as global oil price is going down. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-02/10/c_133983437.htm
RUPP plans student swap with Texas school
The Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Angelo State University (ASU) – located in the US city of San Angelo in the state of Texas – on October 25 to strengthen higher education cooperation, expand both institutions’ scope ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rupp-plans-student-swap-texas-school
Youth group campaigns for refusal of plastics use
The Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) launched a 4Rs campaign – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle – with the slogan “refusal to use plastics starts with you” to urge youths and others to reduce their plastic use, which they believe is harmful to the health ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-group-campaigns-refusal-plastics-use
Tina suggests exploration of Israeli market
Agriculture minister Dith Tina asked Yaron Tamir, the CEO of Israeli agricultural capacity-building company Agrostudies, to examine the possibility of importing Cambodian agricultural products into Israel. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tina-suggests-exploration-israeli-market
WHO committed to strengthening Cambodia’s health system
The World Health Organisation (WHO), announced its continued support for Cambodia’s health system through the Cambodia Cooperation Strategy for 2025–2028. ...
Som Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501510887/who-committed-to-strengthening-cambodias-health-system/
Ministry of Interior signs MoU with four universities to strengthen research
The National School of Local Administration of the Ministry of Interior yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the National University of Battambang, National University of CheaSim Kamchaymear, National University of Meanchey, and University of Kratie to jointly strengthen and develop research in all forms, especially related to capacity ...
Torn Vibol
https://tinyurl.com/4d65vbcn
Conservation Efforts Boost Crab Production
Improved quality coupled with growing international demand has sent crab prices escalating over the past year, officials said on Wednesday. In some provinces, the price has jumped as much as 66 percent during the past 12 months. Lang Kery, chief of the Koh Kong provincial Fishery Administration’s ...