Cambodia to free or reduce jail terms for some 625 prisoners
Some 625 prisoners could be released or see their jail terms reduced on the occasion of Khmer New Year, which falls on April 14-16, according to the Ministry of Justice. ...
Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/850705.shtml#.UzJ5K_mSxqU
Press Release on the results of the Cambodian Cabinet meeting
On 05 April 2019, the Office of the Council of Ministers issued a press release on the result of the Cambodian Cabinet meeting which was held at the Peace Palace. After listening to the reports and comments, the Cabinet meeting decided to approve the following:Draft ...
Office of the Council of Ministers
Single-use plastics targeted in schools across Siem Reap
The Cambodia Rural Students Trust (CRST) in cooperation with the Ministries of Environment, and Education, Youth and Sport will implement a plastic bag reduction project initially covering 20 schools in Siem Reap province. Ministry of Environment secretary of state Neth Pheaktra said on Thursday that ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/single-use-plastics-targeted-schools-across-siem-reap
Ministry allows holding of exit exams in school premises
The Ministry of Education today allowed university students to sit for a two-days exit examination at school premises after a three-month-long closure, which was imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus. ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50742345/ministry-allows-holding-of-exit-exams-in-school-premises/
Select schools to reopen in August
A Senior Education Ministry official announced yesterday the ministry will request Prime Minister Hun Sen to allow some high-safety standard schools to reopen next month. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50743353/select-schools-to-reopen-in-august/
Schools to be reopened in ‘three stages’
With guidance from Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, is in the process of reopening schools in three stages. But no timeline has been set, ministry spokesperson Ros Soveacha said on Thursday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schools-be-reopened-three-stages
Students fed despite school closure
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has pitched in to help with Covid-19 relief efforts by distributing rice to over 13,000 students in six provinces as part of the government’s efforts to implement social protection policies. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-fed-despite-school-closure
IELTS available at ACLEDA’s business school
The ACLEDA Institute of Business (AIB) has teamed up with the IELTS Cambodia Official Test Centre at IDP Education to administer the English proficiency exam at the institute, as part of its ambition to gain widespread international recognition. ...
Hom Phanet
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ielts-available-acledas-business-school
Liger School students to launch Cambodian economy book
Students from Liger Leadership Academy are gearing up to launch a book on Cambodia’s economy after two years of research. ...
Bun Tharum
https://kiripost.com/stories/liger-school-students-to-launch-cambodian-economy-book-volume-2
Minister of Labour thanks the Japanese company for continuing to train technical schools in Cambodia
Heng Sour, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, on Nov 20, thanked the Japanese company for continuing to provide human resource training to JVC Technical Institute on vehicle repair and maintenance skills, including a project to train the capacity of Cambodian trainees in Japan through ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501395614/minister-of-labour-thanks-the-japanese-company-for-continuing-to-train-technical-schools-in-cambodia/
Limited Trafficking, Rampant Abuse in Thai Fishing Industry
Only one of the 241 Cambodians questioned for the largest survey of the notoriously abusive Thai fishing industry’s workforce to date said he was forced into the job, according to a new report by the International Labor Organization (ILO). Though some of the findings are in ...
Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/limited-trafficking-rampant-abuse-in-thai-fishing-industry-41643/
Stranded migrants on their way home
To get his teenage daughter and niece on a plane yesterday after 10 months of alleged abuse and forced marriages in China, Kim Vicheat* said he had to bury his family in debt because the Cambodian consulate refused to fund their repatriation. The two 19-year-olds told The ...
Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stranded-migrants-their-way-home
Gov’t offers tax exemption
The government has issued a three-month minimum tax exemption for the aviation sector and an exemption on all types of monthly taxes for tourism operators, it said in a press release on Tuesday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-offers-tax-exemption
Multiple suspects arrested over grenade attack, but police offer few details
Police have arrested at least five suspects over the past two days in connection to agrenade attack that rattled a Phnom Penh neighbourhood two weeks ago, injuring four people, but officials yesterday remained tight-lipped as to the suspects’ identities and motives. ...
Mech Dara and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/multiple-suspects-arrested-over-grenade-attack-police-offer-few-details
Pandemic offers challenges and opportunities to air ambulance industry
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic presents both challenges and opportunities to medical consultancies and air ambulance businesses in Cambodia and other parts of Southeast Asia. ...
Jose Rodriguez T. Senase
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50807535/pandemic-offers-challenges-and-opportunities-to-air-ambulance-industry/
Chinese-built hydropower plant offers Cambodia greener future
The Chinese-built Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Station is located in northeastern Cambodia on the Sesan River. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390759/chinese-built-hydropower-plant-offers-cambodia-greener-future/
Tax incentives offered for expansion of Qualified Investment Projects
In accordance with a recently released legal update from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), new procedures have been defined to provide income tax incentives to companies involved in expanding their Qualified Investment Projects (QIPs) in the Kingdom. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501501730/tax-incentives-offered-for-expansion-of-qualified-investment-projects/
Japan provides 305,314 USD for implementation of four projects
On 25 November 2016, under Japan’s economic cooperation framework, the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (“KUSANONE” Grant), the Government of Japan has agreed to provide US$305,314 in total to 4 recipient organizations. The Grant Contracts have been signed between H.E. Mr. HORINOUCHI Hidehisa, ...
Embassy of Japan in The Kingdom of Cambodia
Cambodia’s GMAC says factory closures continue due to ongoing strikes
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) said Thursday most of its 559 factories would continue to be closed due to security concerns after six pro-opposition trade unions led striking workers to destroy factories’ properties and forced workers to join their protests. “Because of the current ...
NZ Week News Staff
http://www.nzweek.com/world/cambodias-gmac-says-factory-closures-continue-due-to-ongoing-strikes-107149/
Government says 3.4 million land titles issued
The government has issued a total of 3.4 million land titles across the country, 500,000 of them since a renewed push personally orchestrated by Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to new figures released by the Land Management Ministry. In a notice posted to its website Friday, ...
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-says-3-4-million-land-titles-issued-58477/