Officer convicted of fraud still employed at Defense University
A military officer convicted of fraud and sentenced to one year in prison in October is still employed by the National Defense University (NDU), the school confirmed this week, despite the fact that the officer’s co-conspirator is now behind bars. ...
Buth kimsay and Taylor O'connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officer-convicted-of-fraud-still-employed-at-defense-university-112874/
PM again hits at US as bomb removal planned
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) will begin removal next week of two chemical bombs found in Svay Rieng in January, as Prime Minister Hun Sen again took aim yesterday at the United States for allegedly not shouldering the burden of its war legacy. ...
Phak Seangly and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-again-hits-us-bomb-removal-planned
90 Garment Factory Workers Faint Over Two-Day Period
About 90 garment factory workers fainted over a two-day period last week at Zhen Tai garment factory in Sen Sok district’s Phnom Penh Thmei commune, union officials and police said yesterday, though accounts of what caused the mass fainting differed. Thirty workers first fainted on ...
At 10th Anniversary, Arbitration Council Faces Funding Shortage
The Arbitration Council, an independent body that resolves labor disputes in Cambodia’s garment sector, celebrated its 10th anniversary yesterday, though officials expressed concern that funding for the body was due to run out in March next year. Oum Mean, secretary of state at the Ministry of ...
National Police arrests three over COVID-19 social media hoaxes
The National Police yesterday said it will strengthen its campaign to clamp down on individuals spreading fake news about the COVID-19 outbreak on social media. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700785/national-police-arrests-three-over-covid-19-social-media-hoaxes
Factory inspection turns up unauthorised floor
Inspectors from the ministry in charge of construction who were called to investigate a “shaking” garment factory last Tuesday discovered that an entire extra storey had been built without permission or oversight from authorities, officials said yesterday. As workers returned to the Siu Quinh Garment factory ...
Mom Kunthear and Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-inspection-turns-unauthorised-floor
Ministry of Health releases statistics at annual congress
The Ministry of Health held its 41st annual congress to promote public health on Tuesday, attended by more than 500 officials from the ministry, local authorities and 25 provincial and municipal health departments. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-health-releases-statistics-annual-congress
Cambodian embassy in Thailand denies extortion allegations
Cambodia’s embassy in Thailand has denied allegations that officials from the embassy were extorting Cambodian employers and migrant workers in Thailand by demanding bribes for fake passports and pushing along applications to legalize a person’s working status. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22694/cambodian-embassy-in-thailand-denies-extortion-allegations/
Customs trends, guidance at key meet
The private sector has drawn attention to a host of issues for customs and excise to optimise operations, control the entry of illegal or restricted goods into Cambodia, bring in more revenue to state coffers, and protect local producers. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/customs-trends-guidance-key-meet
Deaths raise new questions on ANZ funding of Cambodian sugar projects
First Sum Tea lost her farm. Then she lost her son. Sum Tea is one of hundreds of farmers who lost her small landholding in 2006 when the Cambodian government granted Phnom Penh Sugar, a company owned by Cambodian tycoon and ruling party senator Ly Yong ...
Daniel Quinlan, Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie
http://www.smh.com.au/national/investigations/deaths-raise-new-questions-on-anz-funding-of-cambodian-sugar-projects-20140427-zr0bj.html
Thousands strike over pay at Kompong Cham garment factory
More than 5,000 workers from a footwear factory in Kompong Cham province went on strike Monday, calling on factory management to increase their benefits. The lively crowd rallied outside the Taiwanese-owned Juhui Footwear factory in Choeung Prey district, dancing to music pumped out of loudspeakers as ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-strike-over-pay-at-kompong-cham-garment-factory-67397/
Korea assists Cambodia on occupational safety
Cambodia and Korea have joined hands to study the legislation of occupational health and safety regulations for employees at factories and business enterprises. The project was initiated on Thursday at the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training when Minister Ith Sam Heng met with Choi Heaeun, ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/korea-assists-cambodia-occupational-safety
New Ministry decree aims at tourist safety
A Ministry of Tourism official said they would finalize an inter-ministerial prakas before the end of this year to enhance tourists’ safety, as previous fatal accidents have led to concerns in the tourism sector. Tith Chantha, general director of tourism at the Ministry of Tourism, said task force officials, affiliated with Tourism ...
Minister to kids: Study digital technology skills
The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth issued a formal letter on October 18 appealing to students who are taking the upcoming high school diploma exam to focus on learning digital skills. ...
Vann Sak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-kids-study-digital-technology-skills
Annual cold spell on the way: weather official
Ministry spokesman Mao Hak said yesterday that seasonal rains are expected to taper off in mid-November, with cooler winds sweeping into the Kingdom from Siberia and Tibet, promising a “winter” even cooler than last year’s, in which some areas saw temperatures as low as 18 ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/annual-cold-spell-way-weather-official
Program aims for safer workplaces for women
A new program launched yesterday has its sights set on ending the endemic problem of sexual harassment against women in the workplace. A ceremony at the Hotel Cambodiana marked the start of Safe Workplaces, Safer Communities, a project run by CARE Cambodia. The three-year program, which will ...
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/program-aims-safer-workplaces-women
More protests at Land Ministry
About 100 people representing nearly 200 families protested at the Ministry of Land Management in Phnom Penh yesterday, demanding the ministry expedite a solution to their land disputes with three sugarcane plantation companies in Koh Kong province. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35079/more-protests-at-land-ministry/
Sugar plantation burns in Svay Rieng province
A fire burned through 45 hectares of sugarcane plantation belonging to three companies in Svay Rieng province’s Svay Tiep district on Tuesday, with one company representative suspecting that the fire was intentionally set. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sugar-plantation-burns-svay-rieng-province
Confidence at central bank
As volatility strikes Asian markets in anticipation of the US Federal Reserve winding down quantitative easing – the practice of injecting money into the economy – the National Bank of Cambodia says the Kingdom will remain largely insulated thanks to an investment market still in ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013062566455/Business/confidence-at-central-bank.html
Minimum wage set at $190 for 2020
Next year’s basic minimum wage has been increased by 4.4 per cent to $190 a month from $170 per month last year after the final round of negotiations ended in a vote last week, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minimum-wage-set-190-2020