Cambodian villagers angry over HIV outbreak
Cambodia’s prime minister appealed Thursday to villagers in northwestern Cambodia not to lynch an unlicensed medical practitioner who they suspect caused more than 100 people to become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. ...
Fox News Staff
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/12/18/cambodian-villagers-angry-over-hiv-outbreak/
Number of casinos jumps by 53% in 2018
Cambodia granted 52 licences to casinos last year, bringing the total awarded to 150 at the end of 2018, thanks largely to a surge in gambling businesses in the Kingdom’s Preah Sihanouk province. ...
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/number-casinos-jumps-53-2018
Rubber producers expect price rebound
Cambodian rubber producers expect global prices will recover this year after the four leading-rubber producing countries agreed to cut their supply to the global market over the next six months to boost prices. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22065/rubber-producers-expect-price-rebound/
With CNRP gains come risks: panel
The mixed results of the June 4 commune elections may have allowed both major parties to save face, but the opposition’s large gains show it has a serious chance of winning next year’s national election – and that could attract violent backlash from the government, ...
Alex Willemyns
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-gains-come-risks-panel
Announcement: 1.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccination campaign from 01 April 2021
On 31 March 2021, the Ministry of Health released an announcement on the 1.5 million doses of Sinovac vaccination campaign from 01 April 2021. Notably, the 1.5 million doses of vaccine will be injected to 745,000 in the target group of people such as doctors, ...
Ministry of Health
Outcomes of the 24th ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit, 27 October 2021, via Videoconference
On 27 October 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the outcomes of the 24th ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit, 27 October 2021, via Videoconference.The leaders emphasized the critical importance of the APT mechanism to the long-term goal ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
GDT collected $2.7B in tax revenue in 2021
The Minister of Economy and Finance’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected 11.402100 trillion riel ($2.781 billion) in tax revenue in 2021, 24% more than the plan of $538 million. However, this revenue is slightly less when compared to the same period of year 2020 ...
Sok Sithika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501015758/gdt-collected-2-7b-in-tax-revenue-in-2021/
Battambang farmers protest plummeting rice prices
Attempting to call attention to the havoc low rice prices are wreaking on their livelihoods, hundreds of farmers in Battambang’s Sangke district took to the streets yesterday, symbolically pouring rice onto National Road 5. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-farmers-protest-plummeting-rice-prices
Japan firm eyes stake in local MFI Chamroeun
Cambodian microfinance institution (MFI) Chamroeun Microfinance Plc is negotiating with Japanese firm Renet Japan Group to sell a 90 percent stake in the MFI to the Japanese used goods dealer, according to Nikkei Asian Review. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-firm-eyes-stake-local-mfi-chamroeun
The 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Phnom Penh
On 12 January 2022, the Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued the notification on the 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine to the leaders, civil servants and staffs, 14 Khan Administration, 105 Sangkat Administration Departments, special units, frontline health workers, the private sector and the people in ...
Phnom Penh Capital Administration
Will Cambodia’s repressed opposition rise up?
Last week, Prime Minister Hun Sen raised the prospect of delaying or even cancelling Cambodia’s upcoming general election due to possible chaos caused by anti-government protests. The premier’s warning came after a new movement of exiled opposition politicians said it might call on supporters to organize ...
David Hutt
http://www.atimes.com/article/will-cambodias-repressed-opposition-rise/
SL garment strike resumes after pact disavowed
Employees hurled stones at one of two SL garment factories in Phnom Penh yesterday as they returned to picket lines after management refused to recognise that a document signed on Friday that had enticed them back to work was a formal agreement. Female worker Rith Sineourn, ...
Ban on trucks lifted amid materials shortage
City Hall is temporarily allowing trucks to transport goods during daytime in the capital to facilitate the much-needed flow of raw materials from Sihanoukville to garment factories in Phnom Penh, according to GMAC. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700791/ban-on-trucks-lifted-amid-materials-shortage
NBC warns of scammers in disguise
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has appealed to the public to exercise increased caution before transferring money to anyone in order to avoid cyber-scams. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nbc-warns-scammers-disguise
Nagacorp could bid on Cyprus casino licence
Nagacorp Ltd, the parent company of NagaWorld, Cambodia’s biggest casino, is expected to bid on a licence to operate the first casino resort in Cyprus, according to a media report from the Mediterranean island. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagacorp-could-bid-cyprus-casino-licence
Activist ‘thorn in govt’s side’
As opposition grew yesterday over plans to remove Areng dam activist Alex Gonzalez-Davidson from the country when his visa expires later this week, analysts said the Government was hoping to clear the way to develop the valley. ...
Alice Cuddy and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/activist-thorn-govts-side
Spat between lawmakers continues
CPP lawmaker Chheang Vun wrote to National Assembly President Heng Samrin on Thursday to complain that CNRP lawmaker Um Sam An broke the parliament’s rules by attempting to be interviewed while Mr. Vun himself was being interviewed. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/spat-between-lawmakers-continues-87253/
NEC chief still firmly in place
The National Election Committee has no plan to replace its secretary general, Tep Nytha, despite a pledge after the revamped body’s approval earlier this year to name someone new to the post within three months. ...
Shaun Turton and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-chief-still-firmly-place
Education not curbing use of pesticides: study
Cambodian farmers are mixing pesticides to increase their potency in ways that are known to be hazardous, but increased knowledge of the hazards presented by pesticides does not appear to curb their use, a new study shows. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-not-curbing-use-pesticides-study
More suspects in Thailand arms smuggling case sought
Banteay Meanchey Provincial Police are hunting four more suspects believed to be connected to a recent case of smuggling weapons to Thailand, with an official saying the group is accused of transporting the ordnance across the border. ...
Niem Chheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-suspects-thailand-arms-smuggling-case-sought