โDengue at manageable levelโ
The Ministry of Health said the dengue epidemic had been relieved to a manageable level despite the fact that to date, the number of people who suffered from it this year is almost three times higher than in the same period last year. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-manageable-level
Emerald Resources, Sprott enter credit agreement
Australia-listed Emerald Resources NL has entered into an investment committee approved term sheet with Sprott Private Resource Lending II LP to provide a $60 million facility that will be used to finance the Okvau Gold Project in Mondulkiri. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/emerald-resources-sprott-enter-credit-agreement
Nationโs banks adopt NBCโs COVID-19 crisis measures
As COVID-19 continues to carve out a path of economic destruction in the Kingdom, several financial institutions are considering re-classifying their loan-repayment structures to help relieve customers in fiscal trouble, in line with recent guidelines released by the National Bank of Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712853/nations-banks-adopt-nbcs-covid-19-crisis-measures/
Khmer Krom ethnic group denied many rights: report
While Cambodia in theory offers full citizenship to members of its Khmer Krom minority, in practise, many members of the community remain in a legal shadowland, unable to access a wide range of rights, a new report released yesterday shows. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/khmer-krom-ethnic-group-denied-many-rights-report
Announcement of the Ministry of Health on the outcome of the 3rd Meeting of the new Coronavirus Response Team
On 21 February 2020, the Ministry of Health released an announcement on the outcome of the third meeting of the new Coronavirus Response Team. Acccording to the announcement, the Ministry of Health has established 9 measures to prevent the spread of several corona viruses. ...
Ministry of Health
Vets living on SLC say site lacks clean water
About 30 veterans living in Aphivat Thmey village in Stung Treng’s Samaki commune – on land granted to them as a social land concession (SLC) last year – are pushing authorities to deliver a basic necessity the site lacks: clean water. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vets-living-slc-say-site-lacks-clean-water
Tourism Ministry bans large gatherings at resorts
The Ministry of Tourism has instructed all local Tourism-related businesses To implement additional preventive measures, including the prohibition of mass gatherings at local resorts, To prevent the spread of COVID-19 following the “November 28 community incident”. ...
Taing Rinith
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50788848/tourism-ministry-bans-large-gatherings-at-resorts/
Kampong Speu could get cement plant
Conch KT Cement (Phnom Penh) Co Ltd plans to build a $263 million cement factory in Kampong Speu province with a two-million-tonne-a-year capacity, according to provincial governor Vei Samnang on March 18. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampong-speu-could-get-cement-plant
Q1 intโl tourists rise 125% as Kingdom reopens
The number of international visitors to Cambodia hit 159,546 in the first quarter of this year, marking a 125.03 per cent increase from 70,901 on a yearly basis, of which 54.51 per cent entered the Kingdom by air, according to the Ministry of tourism. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/q1-intl-tourists-rise-125-kingdom-reopens
Stung Treng authorities defend violent arrest methods
A Stung Treng spokesperson has defended the use of violence in arrests related to “red-handed” crimes as he responded to a video of seemingly unnecessary violence while handcuffing a man in front of his young child. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/stung-treng-authorities-defend-violent-arrest-methods/
Is a higher dividend payment always the better stock option?
When investing in stocks, investors can expect some of their assets to generate a dividend payment, a sum of money paid by a company to its shareholders out of its profits. Dividends are typically paid annually, but they can also be paid quarterly or monthly. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/banking-securities-business/higher-dividend-payment-always-better-stock-option
Foreign arrivals up 250.8% in first eight months
Cambodia received some 3.5 million foreign visitors in the first eight months of 2023, a year-on-year increase by 250.8 percent, but a decrease by 19.7 percent compared to the same period in 2019, according to a report of the Ministry of tourism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501369786/foreign-arrivals-up-250-8-in-first-eight-months/
Nearly 43% decline in bicycle exports
Cambodia exported bicycles worth $424 million to foreign markets in the first nine months of 2023, a drop of 42.8 percent compared to the same period last year which recorded $742 million, said a Ministry of Commerce’s report yesterday. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375670/nearly-43-decline-in-bicycle-exports/
$50M Oddor Meanchey-East Siem Reap transmission line nears completion
The construction of the 230kV Oddor Meanchey to East Siem Reap Grid Substation transmission line project worth $50 million has been completed over 95 percent as of the end of June of this year two years after novated to ODM Power Line Company Limited (OPL), ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501136148/50m-oddor-meanchey-east-siem-reap-transmission-line-nears-completion/
NSSF targets broader membership
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is set to continue enhancing the promotion of voluntary contributions to healthcare in 2024, aimed at bolstering the effectiveness of efforts geared towards safeguarding the welfare of the Cambodian people. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nssf-targets-broader-membership
US Embassy under fire
Government officials reacted strongly yesterday after the US Embassy questioned Cambodia’s commitment to democracy. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079943/us-embassy-fire/
Dredging suspended in Banteay Srei district
Sand-dredging was suspended in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district on Monday after it was found that unlicensed operations had polluted creeks, leaving fish dead and impacting residents. Banteay Srei district governor Khim Finan told The Post on Tuesday that it had been found that ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dredging-suspended-banteay-srei-district
Dolphin death rate spikes
Conservationists have expressed alarm over the increase in the mortality rate of Irrawaddy dolphins in Cambodia’s Mekong River last year, compared to previously. The director of the Fisheries Conservation Department, Ouk Vibol, said on Wednesday: “Though we are happy at the birth of 13 dolphins ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dolphin-death-rate-spikes
Hun Sen: Enjoy Khmer New Year, but take precautions
Thanks to a steady decrease in Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Hun Sen has permitted the return of Khmer New Year celebrations in mid-April, though he urges the public to continue practising all preventive measures that have so far succeeded in slowing the spread of the ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-enjoy-khmer-new-year-take-precautions