More graft charges mulled
Disgraced former Phnom Penh Municipal Court president Ang Maltey, his ex-right-hand man and the mother of tycoon Tong Sarath may face new charges over an alleged pay-off in February to grant the latter and her husband bail amid a manhunt for their son.Phnom Penh Municipal ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-graft-charges-mulled
Migrant workers in Thailand told not to leave amid global COVID-19 fears
The Cambodian Embassy in Thailand has asked its migrant workers and students in the country not to leave for home during the upcoming Khmer New Year as COVID-19 fears mount. ...
Committee tracks influx of migrants
A newly-established inter-ministerial committee is discussing ways to contain the Covid-19 pandemic ahead of the Khmer new Year and in anticipation of the return of more migrant workers from Thailand. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/committee-tracks-influx-migrants
Kandal police chief moved amid allegations of corruption
Kandal provincial police chief Eav Chamroeun has been moved to a new position amid allegations that he took bribes and engaged in other forms of corruption and immoral behaviour. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-police-chief-moved-amid-allegations-corruption
Investors’ $14.4M projects approved
In just the first week of this month, the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved three new investment projects worth more than $14.4 million. They are expected to generate 625 jobs. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/investors-144m-projects-approved
CBC develops wide-ranging financial app
The Credit Bureau of Cambodia (CBC) has made available a new digital application that for the first time allows Cambodian citizens to check their credit score, view credit reports and receive credit monitoring alerts. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50787813/cbc-develops-wide-ranging-financial-app/
Savagely battered Cambodia’s garment industry seeks urgent help to stay alive
Cambodia’s garment industry had issued a renewed plea for help amidst new statistics revealing that more than 150,000 workers have now lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Eco Textile
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50744740/savagely-battered-cambodias-garment-industry-seeks-urgent-help-to-stay-alive/
More rain expected across Cambodia from today
More rain, from low to heavy, is expected to come across Cambodia, from today to August 11, according to the new forecast released Tuesday by the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50751858/more-rain-expected-across-cambodia-from-today/
Mondulkiri land-use committee established
A new land-use committee will register State and indigenous land, and tackle land disputes in Mondulkiri, Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction Chea Sophara said. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mondulkiri-land-use-committee-established
Ministries to establish more medical facilities in Kingdom
The ministries of Health and Interior have plans in the works to establish nearly 30 new medical facilities in underserved provinces, including health centres, health posts and referral hospitals. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministries-establish-more-medical-facilities-kingdom
Visa profiles survival strategies of small businesses during pandemic
According to a new think-piece released by Visa, small businesses have demonstrated their resilience by adapting quickly to the impact of COVID-19. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50824887/visa-profiles-survival-strategies-of-small-businesses-during-pandemic/
Higher education enrolment shrinks
The number of students enrolled in higher educational institutions in the new academic year has decreased compared to previous years, a trend which the education sector largely blames on the Covid-19 crisis. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/higher-education-enrolment-shrinks
City’s clean water supplies to stabilise by by 2025
Drinking water supplies will stablise in Phnom Penh and Takmao town south of the capital over the next five years, thanks to new water treatment facilities coming on-line between now and 2025. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50809588/citys-clean-water-supplies-to-stabilise-by-by-2025/
Digital policy framework launched
The government has launched a 15-year policy framework for the Kingdom’s evolving digital socioeconomic environment to pave the way for a thriving digital economy, as a new engine of economic growth. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/digital-policy-framework-launched
8 provinces on Thai borders put in lockdown amid Delta fears
The government has decided to place several border provinces in lockdown for two weeks in a bid to prevent the new coronavirus Delta variant spreading further into community. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/8-provinces-thai-borders-put-lockdown-amid-delta-fears
Australia supports Cambodia through Mekong-Australia Partnership
Yesterday, Australia’s Ambassador to Cambodia, Pablo Kang briefed Aun Pornmoniroth, Minister of Economy on various new Australian programmes commencing in Cambodia under the Mekong-Australia Partnership (MAP). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50918848/australia-supports-cambodia-through-mekong-australia-partnership/
Prime Minister Hun Sen congratulates 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday sent a letter to Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob as 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia congratulating him on the new position. ...
King Sihamoni endorses ‘single citizenship’ law in principle
King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday endorsed in principle the new draft Constitutional Amendment limiting the top four national positions to only Khmer nationality, thereby easing its passage through the legislatures without stumbling blocks. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50950340/king-sihamoni-endorses-single-citizenship-law-in-principle/
UNICEF warns of $390 billion impact of COVID-19 on mental health of children/young people in Cambodia and globally
New analysis indicates lost contribution to economies due to mental disorders among young people is nearly $390 billion a year worldwide, stressed a UNICEF’s News release. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50947790/unicef-warns-of-390-billion-impact-of-covid-19-on-mental-health-of-children-young-people-in-cambodia-and-globally/
Government and partners support quality education throughout the country’s COVID-19 recovery
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) was joined by its Capacity Development Partnership Fund (CDPF III) partners to celebrate school reopening in Kampong Chhnang to witness the use of the new Home Learning Packages which are being distributed to all 760,180 Cambodian children in ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50965883/government-and-partners-support-quality-education-throughout-the-countrys-covid-19-recovery/