Takeo admin plan: Improve water, power supply for all
Takeo provincial governor Ouch Phea announced the province’s intention to improve access to electricity and clean running water to each household in the province. ...
Sem Pisey
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/takeo-admin-plan-improve-water-power-supply-all
Kingdom prepared to tackle Delta as confirmed cases soar
Detection of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 – has become a humdrum part of life with new cases reported almost on a daily basis in most parts of the country. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-prepared-tackle-delta-confirmed-cases-soar
PM welcomes GDP to forum
After hosting 16 of the Kingdom’s 20 registered parties at the inaugural meeting of the Consultation Forum, two additional parties earlier this week announced their intention to join the group but pushed back against the idea of opposition leaders receiving salaries. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-welcomes-gdp-forum
Sar Kheng, Sam Rainsy to re-talk on commune council election law
Deputy Prime Minister, minister of interior Sar Kheng, who is also vice president of the ruling Cambodian People Party (CPP) will hold talk for second times with Sam Rainsy, the president of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/sar-kheng-sam-rainsy-to-re-talk-on-commune-council-election-law-8989
Chea Sim's son named Prey Veng governor
Marking the latest scion of the Cambodian People’s Party’s leadership to ascend into a prominent public position, the youngest son of late former ruling party president Chea Sim has been promoted to governor of his father’s native Prey Veng province. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chea-sims-son-named-prey-veng-governor
Second call for rice exports
The Ministry of Agriculture is calling on rice millers to apply for a second round of quality checks for exports to China after only 28 local rice mills, out of 60 which applied for inspection in the first round, passed last year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35211/second-call-for-rice-exports/
Protest against former Bavet governor set for January 27
Free Trade Union of Workers President Chea Mony has announced plans to protest the dropping of charges against former Bavet governor Chhouk Bandith. The former governor was accused of seriously injuring three women when he opened fire on striking workers in Bavet in February. ...
Boost to tourism-related business
More than 30 percent of tourism-related businesses have resumed operations after closing or suspending work since March this year because of COVID-19, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Tourism. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50760394/boost-to-tourism-related-business/
Rainsy announces ‘official’ election boycott
Opposition figure Sam Rainsy formally called for a boycott of this year’s national election in the name of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party on Saturday, though some former senior party leaders challenged his authority to speak on behalf of the opposition. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-announces-official-election-boycott
Ministry holds workshop on ASF control
The recent outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China has put the Kingdom’s authorities on alert, with Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday holding a workshop on the measures to be taken in order to keep the Kingdom free of the disease. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministry-holds-workshop-asf-control
Hun Sen visits Laos dam site, again promises cheap power
Prime Minister Hun Sen joined his Laotian counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith for a visit to the site of the controversial Don Sahong Dam just across the border on Tuesday, remarking that the trip was a reminder of Laos’ commitment to improving the livelihoods of Cambodians. ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-visits-laos-dam-site-again-promises-cheap-power-123248/
Kingdom mourns for Sok An
With the passing of Deputy Prime Minister Sok An on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen has lost one of his closest right hand men, someone who has been by his side for more than three decades since the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1980. ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36584/kingdom-mourns-for-sok-an/
France a better place to fight convictions: Rainsy
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday that he will be more able to fight the recent imprisonment of CNRP activists from abroad, while a prominent member of the opposition said the jailings could be a sign of worse things to come before the next elections. ...
Alex Willemyns and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/france-a-better-place-to-fight-convictions-rainsy-89300/
CNRP lawmaker denies border incitement, predicts arrest
Opposition lawmaker Um Sam An on Tuesday denied claims by the government that he was inciting instability in a Facebook post last week in which he boasted about finding a copy of a map of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam at the U.S. Library of Congress. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-lawmaker-denies-border-incitement-predicts-arrest-93161/
Cambodian National Assembly disappointed with EU Parliament’s resolution
The National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia has issued a statement rejecting a recent resolution of the EU Parliament against Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501072188/cambodian-national-assembly-disappointed-with-eu-parliaments-resolution/
Cambodia-Russia relationship to be further developed, believes Russian PM
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin has expressed his conviction that under the leadership of Dr Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the traditional ties between the two countries will be further fostered. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349594/cambodia-russia-relationship-to-be-further-developed-believes-russian-pm/
Despite moderate progress, most SDG targets addressed
Cambodia started the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, with the aim of driving more action into critically important areas in the country. The country has set targets for 109 SDGs out of a total of 169 goals identified under the ...
Kazi Mahmood
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50523715/despite-moderate-progress-most-sdg-targets-addressed/
Cambodian peacekeeper in Mali dead from malaria
Suon Sambo, 32, was hospitalized in Senegal earlier this month, but he succumbed to the disease on Monday, officials said. Last year, one member of a force of 300 Cambodian peacekeepers in Mali died of food poisoning. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodian-peacekeeper-in-mali-dead-from-malaria/2966155.html
Hun Sen gives ousted director new Ministry job
Prime Minister Hun Sen appointed the former director of Phnom Penh’s health department to a new position at the Ministry of Health on Monday, two days after he stripped the official of his erstwhile position during an on-air call to the popular ABC radio station. ...
Kuch Naren and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-gives-ousted-director-new-ministry-job-116720/
ASX chief steps down amid probe into payment
The chief executive of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) resigned his post on Monday in the wake of an investigation into a possible $200,000 bribe paid by a gaming firm he previously headed to a consultancy with connections to a sister of Prime Minister Hun ...
Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/asx-chief-steps-down-amid-probe-into-payment-110230/