Jobs saved as factories obtain raw materials
The garment and footwear industries in the Kingdom have been given a new lease of life, thanks to the arrival of raw materials from China. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/jobs-saved-factories-obtain-raw-materials
Kingdom ready for Covid-19
The Ministry of Health, the World Health Organisation in Cambodia (WHO) and Institute Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) on Monday held a joint press conference to reiterate that they are fully prepared for all eventualities in facing the global outbreak of COVID-19. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-ready-covid-19
COVID-19 cases double to 24
The Health Ministry has detected 12 new cases of COVID-19 in Phnom Penh and five other provinces, bringing the Kingdom’s total to 24. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50702670/covid-19-cases-double-to-24/
Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations looking to hire
Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations in the Kingdom’s northeast are short on workers and are looking to recruit as many as 105,000 of them from now until the end of 2021. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vietnamese-owned-rubber-plantations-looking-hire
Task of creating voter list kicks off
A crucial time-saving function of the new digital voter registration system may not have been taught to the more than 2,000 computer operators who today will begin the task of registering Cambodia’s nearly 10 million eligible voters, it has emerged. After months of preparation, and several ...
Bun Sengkong, Shaun Turton and Daniel Nass
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/task-creating-voter-list-kicks
Deportation of Chinese scammers was Cambodia’s decision: Kheng
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Wednesday dismissed rumours of ulterior motives behind the deportation of a Chinese “scammer” group. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deportation-chinese-scammers-was-cambodias-decision-kheng
More than two million people benefit from NSSF: Prime Minister
Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 134th of International Labour Day said more 2.1 million people including workers, employee, and public officials have received benefits from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) since 2008. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50719325/more-than-two-million-people-benefit-from-nssf-prime-minister/
Health ministry issues warning as cold front take aim on Cambodia
The Ministry of Health is warning the public to be ready for a cold front and protect their health as the temperature drops. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-issues-warning-cold-front-take-aim-cambodia
Koh Kong confronts encroachment on protected state land
Authorities in Koh Kong province are searching for the individuals who set up border posts on nearly 200ha of protected forest, with officials and activists claiming that powerful tycoons had hired local people to encroach on the land. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-confronts-encroachment-protected-state-land
CHRC responds to recent human rights criticisms
The Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) on Wednesday issued a press release on the situation of human rights, the implementation of democracy and the rule of law in Cambodia. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/chrc-responds-recent-human-rights-criticisms
IDPoor cardholder list grows to 610,000, budget hits $28M
The fund to support poor families during Covid-19 increased to $28 million in July and 50,000 more poor people were added to the list, Prime Minister Hun Sen said while visiting farmers in Takeo province on Tuesday. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/idpoor-cardholder-list-grows-610000-budget-hits-28m
No entry from two nations
Alarmed over the number of Covid-positive passengers coming in via Malaysia and Indonesia, the government is temporarily suspending flights from both countries from August 1 until their infection rates decline. ...
Khann Chan Virak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50748812/no-entry-from-two-nations/
$28m allocated for round two of IDPoor scheme
The government has allocated $28 million to Wing agents nationwide to provide for the second round of payments for the equity card scheme, set to benefit some 610,000 poor and vulnerable families. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50749581/28m-allocated-for-round-two-of-idpoor-scheme/
Gov’t finds 145 cases of fake news last month
The Fake News Monitoring Committee of the Ministry of Information found 145 cases of fake news, incitement, social pollution and insults against the Kingdom’s senior leadership on social media in September. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-finds-145-cases-fake-news-last-month
UN rapporteur told to follow code of conduct
The Cambodian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva on Wednesday urged UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia Rhona Smith to strictly observe the code of conduct and her office’s operations manual. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/un-rapporteur-told-follow-code-conduct
Chevron plans to increase Caltex petrol stations to 100
The government has welcomed Chevron (Cambodia) Ltd’s plan to nearly triple its network of Caltex petrol stations in the Kingdom to 100, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Mines and Energy on February 28. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chevron-plans-increase-caltex-petrol-stations-100
Dry season rice crops have bumper Q1, exports decrease by 33 per cent
Yields for this year’s dry-season crops, especially rice, increased significantly in the first quarter of 2021, though exports decreased compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dry-season-rice-crops-have-bumper-q1-exports-decrease-33-cent
More than 1.77 million people vaccinated against Covid-19 in Cambodia
A report released by the Ministry of National Defense revealed that from February 10 to May 9, a total of 1,773,994 people have been vaccinated throughout the country, including armed forces and their families. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50854036/more-than-1-77-million-people-vaccinated-against-covid-19-in-cambodia/
Exports of crude palm oil up 36% in Jan-May
Cambodia exported 19,916 tonnes of crude palm oil in the first five months of 2021, an increase of 5,246 tonnes or 35.76 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-crude-palm-oil-36-jan-may
Habitat loss threatens critically endangered bird: WCS
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia has voiced concern about the rapid decline of the Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) population fuelled largely by habitat loss, rice farming and poaching, with a 2018 tally counting just over 100 territorial displaying males in the Kingdom. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/habitat-loss-threatens-critically-endangered-bird-wcs
