A country in love with injections and drips
In Cambodia almost anyone who sees a doctor or goes to hospital, is given an Injection or put on an Intravenous drip. This is what patients want, and what medical staff give them – it has become part of the healthcare routIne. But it has ...
John Murphy
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35111566
China gives $2.5 million in military equipment
China on has handed over medical equipment worth $2.5 million to Cambodia’s Preah Ket Melea military hospital, underpinning China’s growing role as the country’s major military donor and defense partner. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18906/china-gives--2-5-million-in-military-equipment/
Tax revenue from casinos rises sharply in 2015
Thanks to improved collection efforts, a total of $34.7 million in taxes was taken in from Cambodia’s casinos in 2015, a 33 percent increase on the previous year, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. Ros Phearun, deputy director-general of the ministry’s finance industry department, said ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tax-revenue-from-casinos-rises-sharply-in-2015-105069/
Kerry presses for reform in talks with PM
US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday pushed Prime Minister Hun Sen and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on the need for greater political freedom in Cambodia during meetings in Phnom Penh but also praised the Kingdom’s “extraordinary” development since his first visit as a senator ...
Mech Dara, Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kerry-presses-reform-talks-pm
Cambodia and UNICEF reinvest in country’s future
In an effort to identify and address “key barriers that impede the realization of children’s rights In Cambodia,” the Cambodian government and UNICEF Cambodia officially signed a new Country Program Action Plan yesterday, enterIng a three-year partnership that will cost an estimated $65 million, accordIng ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21234/cambodia-and-unicef-reinvest-in-country---s-future/
US weighs in on anti-Hun Sen protest
Amid fears of a potential reprise of anti-opposition violence that flared in October, a US Embassy spokesman yesterday called on the government “to ensure that no one is threatened, punished, or harmed in Cambodia” if a planned anti-Hun Sen rally takes place as scheduled next ...
Brent Crane
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-weighs-anti-hun-sen-protest
Two Cambodian merchants denied bail in Thai court
The two Cambodian merchants arrested at Rong Kluea Market during a Thai Department of Special investigation (DSI) raid that turned violent earlier this month were denied bail on Friday by the Thai Court of Appeals, according to a statement released by the Cambodian Foreign Affairs ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21374/two-cambodian-merchants-denied-bail-in-thai-court/
Sokha vows neutrality in Cambodia’s civil service
Cambodia’s civil servants and security forces must be politically neutral, and will be if the Cambodia National Rescue Party takes power after the 2018 election, acting opposition leader Kem Sokha told supporters in Banteay Meanchey on Saturday. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-vows-neutrality-cambodias-civil-service
Pilot project for disabled in Pailin to spread
Pailin province will be ground zero for a Ministry of Social Affairs’ pilot project that will offer 20,000 riel stipends monthly to poor, disabled citizens, according to ministry officials. The funds will be distributed to citizens for set amounts of time based on their level ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21618/pilot-project-for-disabled-in-pailin-to-spread/
Program to deal with LGBT issues in works
The Ministry of information says it is working with LGBT rights groups to create a regular radio program that discusses LGBT issues, with the aim of making society more welcoming. ...
Morn Vanntey
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/program-deal-lgbt-issues-works
Surge in new product standards as tariffs fall
A recent surge in the development of national standards for manufactured goods and food products is creating more opportunities for local products in regional markets, a government official said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/surge-new-product-standards-tariffs-fall
Crime down in 2015, armed robberies up: report
Though the Kingdom’s total number of reported crimes was down in 2015, instances of robbery and armed robbery in some provinces noticeably increased, according to an annual National Police report. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22877/crime-down-in-2015--armed-robberies-up--report/
More power outages in store for pp locales
Parts of Phnom Penh experienced scheduled power outages yesterday, as a result of state power company Electricite du Cambodge moving power poles to make way for road widening, the EDC said yesterday. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-power-outages-store-pp-locales
Foreign minister urges North Korean restraint in peninsula
Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong urged North Korea to have bilateral meetings with the South to help resolve tensions on the Korean Peninsula in a meeting with North Korean Ambassador Hong Ki Choi at the Cambodian Foreign Ministry yesterday. ...
Ban Sokrith
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22937/foreign-minister-urges-north-korean-restraint-in-peninsula/
No case of yellow fever detected in Cambodia
Cambodia is closely watching the situation of yellow fever virus, though the country has not seen any case of the virus, said a joint statement from the Health Ministry and the World Health Organization on Wednesday. ...
Shanghai Team
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=324726
Magistracy meet calls for order in the court
Judge and prosecutors were called to a two-day workshop to address the sector’s pervasive ethics challenges, but legal experts said change could not occur until there were concrete rules, instead of vague moral guidelines. ...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/magistracy-meet-calls-order-court
Malaysia’s Sunway in $220 mil regional expansion
Malaysian-owned Sunway Hotels & Resorts will spend $223 million in a redevelopment and expansion plan on its hotels in Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam within three years, according to Malaysian media. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23471/malaysia---s-sunway-in--220-mil-regional-expansion/
Anemia in Kingdom not always about iron: study
Nearly half of Cambodian women of reproductive age suffer from at least mild anemia, however iron and other nutrient deficiencies may not be to blame, a study published on Friday suggests. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anemia-kingdom-not-always-about-iron-study
Battambang man dies in old gold-mining pit
Conflicting versions of events emerged yesterday after a Battambang man was found dead in a disused gold-mining pit in the province’s Phnom Proek district. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-man-dies-old-gold-mining-pit
Suth Dina expected to appear in court today
The parents of Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea, Suth Dina, yesterday made a public appeal to Prime Minister Hun Sen, as their son, who is accused of corruption, prepared to spend his third night in custody ahead of a likely court appearance this morning. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/suth-dina-expected-appear-court-today