Dengue cases on the rise, three times higher than last year
In the first seven weeks of the year, Cambodia had more than 750 cases of dengue fever, of which two were fatal. The increase was almost three times higher than the same period last year, according to the National Dengue Control Programme (NDCP). ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501259572/dengue-cases-on-the-rise-three-times-higher-than-last-year/
Cambodian Women’s basketball team makes winning move on first day at 4th Asian Para Games
The Cambodian women’s basketball team defeated the Lao team with a score of 65-35 in the opening round of the 4th Asian Para Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, on Oct. 19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379448/cambodian-womens-basketball-team-makes-winning-move-on-first-day-at-4th-asian-para-games/
Hun Sen says Cambodia won’t discuss CNRP with Japan
Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday that a meeting with Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Taro Kono next week would not include discussions of the dissolved CNRP, affirming his commitment to holding this year’s elections while rejecting the possibility of negotiations or pardons for the ...
Ben Sokhean and Leonie Kijewski
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-says-cambodia-wont-discuss-cnrp-japan
In ‘historic lawsuit’, Oddar Meanchey villagers take sugar giant Mitr Phol to court in Thailand
Cambodian villagers have filed a class action suit in Bangkok against Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation for human rights violations after the eviction of hundreds of villagers in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province, with a US rights group calling the case a “historic lawsuit”. ...
Ananth Baliga and Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/historic-lawsuit-oddar-meanchey-villagers-take-sugar-giant-mitr-phol-court-thailand
Rain cuts Banteay Meanchey drought
While 600 hectares of farmland has dried up in Banteay Meanchey province’s Thmar Puok district, as the region’s nearly month-long drought took its toll, local officials on Monday were optimistic that Sunday evening’s rainfall will spare the rest of the district’s fields. ...
Oung Dane
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rain-cuts-banteay-meanchey-drought
Voters give government mixed marks
Just a quarter of Cambodian voters are fully satisfied with the government’s efforts to deliver on its promises thus far in the fifth mandate, though more than half rated themselves partly so, according to the results of a nationwide survey conducted by election watchdog Comfrel. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voters-give-government-mixed-marks
Border troops on standby after threat from Laos
Cambodian soldiers in Stung Treng province have been placed on standby following threats of violence by Laotian authorities due to a dispute over Laos’ attempt to construct a military base near a stretch of undemarcated border, a spokesman for the provincial government said on Friday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/border-troops-on-standby-after-threat-from-laos-111057/
Assembly approves PM's ministerial reshuffle
The National Assembly yesterday approved a reshuffle of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet, with a pair of unidentified opposition lawmakers backing the changes along with the ruling party, even after the prime minister reminded the CNRP he didn’t need their support. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/assembly-approves-pms-ministerial-reshuffle
Angkor Wat continues to lure foreign tourists
Revenue from ticket sales at the Angkor Archaeological Park complex in Siem Reap province, the site of Angkor Wat, increased slightly during the first half of the year, compared to the same period in 2015, new figures from the state-run Angkor Institution show. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-wat-continues-lure-foreign-tourists
Chainsaws to be set ablaze
Community forest monitors in Preah Vihear province who seized more than 20 chainsaws over the course of a recent weeklong patrol of the Preah Roka forest now plan to ask local officials to join them in publicly setting the confiscated equipment ablaze, according to community ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chainsaws-be-set-ablaze
Vietnam, Cambodia hold first defence policy dialogue
A senior military delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh is attending the Vietnam – Cambodia Dialogue on National Defence Policies, from October 18-20 in Cambodia, as part of the 2015 Cooperation Plan between the two Ministries of National Defence. ...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/144285/vietnam--cambodia-hold-first-defence-policy-dialogue.html
Villagers complain about dam deal
Several families affected by the construction of the Lower Sesan II dam yesterday renewed their calls for the government to demarcate boundaries so they can stay on their “ancestral land,” while others who chose to relocate painted a grim picture of squalid conditions in their ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36329/villagers-complain-about-dam-deal/
Monitor’s results CPP took about 50% at election
Transparency International (TI) Cambodia yesterday said that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party appeard to have won 49.4 percent of the nationwide popular vote on June 4 based on the stations it monitored, nearly six percentage points ahead of the CNRP’s 43.2 percent. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitors-results-cpp-took-about-50-election
NEC releases official June 4 election results
The country’s election authority released its official results for the June 4 commune elections on schedule on Sunday, calling 1,156 out of a total 1,646 communes for the CPP, which also won 6,503 of the 11,572 council seats up for grabs. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-releases-official-june-4-election-results-131758/
Kem Sokha headed to National Assembly
CNRP vice president Kem Sokha will next week leave the safety of the opposition’s headquarters in Phnom Penh for only the second time since police attempted to arrest him six months ago, with a party official saying he plans to attend Tuesday’s sitting of parliament. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kem-sokha-headed-national-assembly
NEC rejects election complaints for being filed past deadline
The country’s national election body says it has rejected more than half of the 61 complaints it received about the June 4 commune elections, most of them requests by the opposition CNRP for recounts in races it narrowly lost, claiming the complainants missed the deadline. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-rejects-election-complaints-filed-past-deadline-131488/
Leaked document spells out CPP’s plan to monitor members
After losing more than 400 communes to the opposition in June’s local elections, the Cambodian People’s Party is embarking on a membership drive – among its own members – according to a leaked document, which describes plans to monitor the mentality of supporters of the ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/leaked-document-spells-out-cpps-plan-monitor-members
Wildlife meat trade rampant
To get a sense of the wildlife in the forests of northeastern Cambodia, visitors need only visit Stung Treng’s central market, where – despite repeated attempts by conservation groups to crack down – illegally poached meat is sold openly, as The Post witnessed earlier this ...
Phak Seangly and Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/wildlife-meat-trade-rampant
Confiscated bulldozer rejected
Hundreds of people from 10 villages in Svay Rieng province’s Krasaing commune claim that Mittapheap Rubber Tree Company has been clearing parts of their community-owned forest illegally for more than a year. On Tuesday, residents involved in the land dispute took matters into their own hands. ...
Phnom Penh markets to be “extended”
Khuong Sreng, Governor of Phnom Penh, has confirmed that the Phnom Penh Municipal Authority plans to expand the scope of sales in all 25 state markets after the COVID situation in Phnom Penh seems to be stabilising. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50871262/phnom-penh-markets-to-be-extended/