Unions and civil society rally for voting leave
Several more trade unions and civil society organisations have added their voice to calls for factory workers to be given three days off to vote. A letter signed by ten groups yesterday urged the Labour Ministry to intervene and order employers to give staff the day ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38999/unions-and-civil-society-rally-for-voting-leave/
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new profile page on allocated land for social land concession
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new profile page on “Allocated land for social land concession”. The data contains information such as location, size, information related to projects, status, references, etc. The profile page is made available and accessible in both English and Khmer.=>Please click ...
Tiger claim to be probed
Conservationists Fauna and Flora International was to send a team to Pursat province today to investigate a man’s claim that he was attacked by a tiger. Ngem Nget, a 51-year-old farmer in Phnom Kravanh district’s Santre commune, reported that while foraging in the Cardamom Mountains on ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tiger-claim-be-probed
Illegal gold mines raided in Preah Vihear
Authorities in Preah Vihear province on Friday broke up six camps they say were being used to illegally mine for gold on land the government has granted to a Chinese company. Provincial industry and mines director Kong Makara said Sunday that authorities including local police and ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-gold-mines-raided-in-preah-vihear-66713/
[Herald Interview] KFS seeks to boost youth employment
Korea Forest Service (KFS) has been working to promote overseas partnership with Southeast Asia countries by aiming to expand afforestation by 1 million hectares by 2050 from 314,000 hectares in 2013. It established relations with Indonesia to collaborate in planting trees on 700,000 hectares, and ...
Park Hyong-ki and Lee Kwon-hyung
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150205000903
Bunong villagers upset at industrialist’s silence
Ethnic Bunong communities in Mondulkiri’s Bousraa commune will soon hold protests that will call on French industrialist Vincent Bollore to honour promises his firm made during a meeting with them in Paris in October, a representative has said. His Bollore investment group is a shareholder in ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bunong-villagers-upset-industrialists-silence
Solar sheds some light on Cambodian students
While it may be unpopular, nearly everyone has had to do homework. Yet for those living in communities with no or intermittent access to electricity, the ability to study at home is sometimes a luxury. In Cambodia, French non-profit association Lumières sur le Mékong – ...
Anmar Frangoul
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102564971
China will support Kingdom despite EBA withdrawal: Official
President Xi Jinping has reassured Prime Minister Hun Sen that China will continue to support the Kingdom’s economy despite a potential Everything-but-arms suspension by the European Commission this month. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50688230/china-will-support-kingdom-despite-eba-withdrawal-official
Kingdom receives $8 million for social development
The Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday reported Cambodia received approximately $8 million from The Mekong-Lanchang Cooperation’s special fund for 20 development projects. ...
Sun Mesa
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50694324/kingdom-receives-8-million-for-social-development
More than 3,000 rooms reserved for coronavirus patients: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said the government has reserved more than 3,000 rooms in anticipation to treat coronavirus patients across the Kingdom. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50705888/more-than-3000-rooms-reserved-for-coronavirus-patients-pm/
PM lauded in Covid-19 fight
World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sent a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen thanking him for following the WHO’s guidance and commending Cambodia’s efforts in the fight against Covid-19. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-lauded-covid-19-fight
Pursat orders locale heads to annul land titles in protected area
The Pursat Provincial Administration has ordered five commune chiefs in Veal Veng district to annul land titles in The Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pursat-orders-locale-heads-annul-land-titles-protected-area
NEC plans to offer online registration
The National Election Committee (NEC) has a tentative plan to register political parties and candidates online next year to bolster trust in Cambodian elections and The country’s information technology system. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-plans-offer-online-registration
Unicef lauds IDPoor scheme for protecting children amid pandemic
Unicef country director Foroogh Foyouzat has praised Cambodia for the IDPoor scheme and its ability to protect children from exposure to child labour and trafficking amid the pandemic. ...
Khann Chanvirak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50767552/unicef-lauds-idpoor-scheme-for-protecting-children-amid-pandemic/
White-winged ducks in peril but sighting inspires hope
Only about 20-30 endangered white-winged ducks (Asacornis scutulata) remain in the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Cambodia. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/white-winged-ducks-peril-sighting-inspires-hope
ARDB to disburse $50M loan by Dec 31
The state-owned Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) expects to fully disburse a $50 million emergency fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by year’s end, its director-general Kao Thach told The Post on December 14. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ardb-disburse-50m-loan-dec-31
'Drastic' declines in Cambodia’s endangered wildlife
WWF Cambodia released a report on January 15 saying the ungulate populations in two sanctuaries – Srepok and the neighboring Phnom Prich – had seen a drastic 10-year decline. ...
Aun Chhengpor & Malis Tum
https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/drastic-declines-cambodias-endangered-wildlife
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
ARDB receives $80 million in funding to support rice sector
The Agricultural and Rural Development Bank (ARDB) on Wednesday confirmed its 2021 budget as $80 million to provide loans to rice mills and exporters so that They can purchase The rice from farmers. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904458/ardb-receives-80-million-in-funding-to-support-rice-sector/
Mental Health an issue among migrant workers
The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations have stepped in to help migrant workers who suffer mental trauma due to The Covid-19 spread have access to mental health and psychosocial support. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50922254/mental-health-an-issue-among-migrant-workers/