Free HPV tests target married women, nearly 500 screened
Nearly 500 women were tested this month in a screening drive at Phnom Penh’s Calmette Hospital for human papillomavirus (HPV), two strains of which are known to cause cervical cancer, but the free Pap smear was advertised as being available only to married women. Hav Monirath, ...
Hay Pisey and Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/free-hpv-tests-target-married-women-nearly-500-screened-57082/
Cambodian labor minister holds urgent talk with pro-opposition trade unions over strikes
Cambodian Minister of Labor Ith Samheng on Friday afternoon held an urgent talk with the representatives of six pro-opposition trade unions after they have led tens of thousands of workers off work in protest against low wage increase for 2014. As the meeting was going on, ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/27/c_133002053.htm
Finance Ministry Accused of Ignoring Education Sector
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday again publicly accused the Ministry of Finance of not injecting enough funds into the education sector in order to bring Cambodia in line with the rest of Southeast Asia. Speaking at the close of a two-day workshop to formulate the ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/finance-ministry-accused-of-ignoring-education%E2%80%88sector-41040/
Experts Question New Trade Goal with Vietnam
Officials and experts yesterday questioned the likelihood Of Cambodia and Vietnam’s proposal to hike bilateral trade by more than US$2.5 billion by 2015. The pledge Of $5 billion in total trade, made by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Tan Dung, last ...
Gov’t denies CCIM land concessions report
A government official has denied information recently released by the Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) about the impact of investment in land concessions in several provinces.He considered the information to be dated and the problem already solved, but welcomed the investigation of complaints, if ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-denies-ccim-land-concessions-report
Monks protest over institute
A group of about 100 people, including 50 or so monks, attempted to march yesterday to protest outside Phnom Penh’s Buddhist Institute, but were thwarted by droves of military police and district security guards on Sisowath Quay. No violence occurred as Independent Monk Network leader But ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monks-protest-over-institute
China plays key role in securing energy security in Cambodia: officials, academics
China has played a crucial role in securing Cambodia’s energy security, which is a key element for socio-economic development, Cambodian officials and academics said on June 14. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501094337/china-plays-key-role-in-securing-energy-security-in-cambodia-officials-academics/
ASEAN Ministers say carbon neutrality can unlock $3.5 trillion in economic opportunities
Asean economic ministers have endorsed a carbon neutrality strategy aligning with Paris Agreement commitments and could unlock a $5.3 trillion ($1=RM4.64) economic opportunity. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346296/asean-ministers-say-carbon-neutrality-can-unlock-3-5-trillion-in-economic-opportunities/
Asian mega centre boost for Christchurch business
Three New Zealand companies will leave their mark on Kids City, a massive new family entertainment complex in Cambodia offering 7000 square metres of indoor activities, shops, cafes and an ice skating rink on the top floor. When it opens in March, visitors to the 12-story ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10851834
Proposal to teach Hun Sen’s life story in schools seen as hagiography by some
Students at schools in Cambodia will learn about the life, achievements and leadership of Prime Minister Hun Sen under a proposal by the Defence Ministry to change the nation’s curriculum and introduce the ruling party’s fiercely contested historical narrative into textbooks. ...
Mech Dara and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/proposal-teach-hun-sens-life-story-schools-seen-hagiography-some
Cambodia ‘keen on as many trade deals’ as possible
Prime Minister Hun Sen says he wants the nation to have many trade agreements with different partners to diversify its economic partners and attract more foreign direct investment. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50695217/cambodia-keen-on-as-many-trade-deals-as-possible
FM to NGOs: Submit financials
Foreign minister Prak Sokhonn urged international NGOs to respect Cambodia’s Law on Accounting and Auditing, noting that less than 50 per cent of them have submitted their required annual financial reports. While presiding over the opening of the third round of consultative meetings with foreign NGOs ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fm-ngos-submit-financials
NagaCorp chief CEO’s son smashes casino striker’s phone, union says
A son of casino firm NagaCorp’s billionaire senior CEO has been accused by unionists of snatching and throwing to the ground a phone belonging to a striking employee of the company’s NagaWorld casino, with video also showing the identified executive lobbing a traffic cone at ...
Sovann Sreypich and Jack Brook
https://cambojanews.com/nagacorp-chief-ceos-son-smashes-casino-strikers-phone-union-says/
South Korea loans $21 million for rural improvement
H.E. Aun Pornmonirath, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia and Mr. Sang Wang Byun, Executive Director of Export-Import Bank of the Republic of Korea, on September 21 signed $21 Million Loan Agreement for Cambodia’s Rural Roads Improvement Project. “The ...
PPSEZ revenue drop due to land sales
The 50 percent drop in revenue of the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) recently announced for the first nine months of the year is due mainly to a significant decline in land sales, a senior official said yesterday. According to the initial, un-audited revenue statement ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32100/ppsez-revenue-drop-due-to-land-sales/
Grassroots Forum Issues Demands Ahead of Asean
The Asean Grassroots People’s Assembly (AGPA) agreed yesterday on a list of demands it intends to present to the Cambodian and regional governments. A crowd of more than 2,000 people-including garment factory workers, victims of evictions, and sex workers, as well as undercover police-gathered at Phnom ...
Hun Sen seeks to bolster trade at India-Asean meet
Indian government data show that annual trade between the Cambodia and India has lagged of late, decreasing by nearly 30 percent to $141 million during the last Indian fiscal year, which ran from April 2016 to May 2017. That’s the lowest level since the 2012-2013 ...
Hor Kimsay and Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-seeks-bolster-trade-india-asean-meet
Plans for another ‘Hun Sen High School’ renaming canceled
A provincial governor’s request to rename a Siem Reap City high school after Prime Minister Hun Sen has been abandoned, according to an official and the school—a decision some have speculated was influenced by online criticism of the suggested change. ...
Rachna Thim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/plans-another-hun-sen-high-school-renaming-canceled-132584/
RCEP gives extra boost to regional trade development in Cambodia
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, which took effect last year, has given an extra boost to trade exchanges in the region, a Cambodian senior official and experts said on Saturday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501372824/rcep-gives-extra-boost-to-regional-trade-development-in-cambodia/
Telecommunications Minister Assures Internet Cafe's Futures
More than a month after ordering Internet cafes within 500 meters of schools to shut down, Telecommunications Minister So Khun said yesterday that no cafes would be force to close. “We have no plans to close any cafes. We encourage more to open,” Mr. Khun said ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/telecommunications-minister-assures-internet-cafes-futures-6801/