Tbong Khmum enforces curfew
After the government imposed nationwide Covid-19 restrictions to stem the new coronavirus Delta variant, Tbong Khmum province has begun enforcing them with a night-time curfew effective through August 12. ...
So Visal
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tbong-khmum-enforces-curfew
Ministry, partners launch a tool to understand climate risks
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), a Consultative Group on the International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD), in collaboration with the General Department of Agriculture (GDA), launched the “Climate Smart Map” (CS-Map), to guide local-level assessment and planning for climate resilience. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501500241/ministry-partners-launch-a-tool-to-understand-climate-risks/
Cambodia Security Exchange Launches
The Cambodia Security Exchange (CSX) has launched though trading has yet to begin. Government officials and investors are upbeat about the launch saying that it will spur economic growth. The chance for investment in Cambodia is said to have grown significantly since the advent of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011071150302/Business/stock-exchange-launches.html
Sihanoukville Port uncompetitive ahead of listing
Just months before Sihanoukville Autonomous Port is supposed to list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange, officials said yesterday that the state-owned enterprise is still more expensive and slower at processing goods than other ports in the region. An investor said that the problems confronting the port ...
Share Price Set for Stock at City Water Authority
Shares of the state-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will trade at 6,300 riel, or $1.57, when the firm launches its initial public offering (IPO) on the Cambodian bourse on April 18, PPWSA announced yesterday. The price puts the company at the top of the ...
Forty Koh Kong families not happy with deal
Forty of the 375 families involved in a recently settled land dispute in Koh Kong province claimed on Tuesday that they have not yet received their promised cash compensation. Hence, the families requested the authorities to change the site of the land offered as they ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forty-koh-kong-families-not-happy-deal
Elephant herds spotted in Wildlife Sanctuary
Researchers have released new photos offering a rare glimpse of endangered elephant herds seen traveling with calves through the Tonle Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province earlier this month. The photos are part of a conservation supervisory project undertaken by Winrock International and the World Wildlife ...
Safiya Charles
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26631/elephant-herds-spotted--in-wildlife-sanctuary
Major facelift for notorious Prey Speu
Officials in the Ministry of Social Affairs are planning to make a set of major changes to the infamous Prey Speu detention center, aimed at improving its healthcare services, educational options, and the quality of the housing it offers. But some critics say the changes ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18784/major-facelift-for-notorious-prey-speu/
Sugar plantation caught again with illegal wood
Authorities in Kompong Speu province on Wednesday seized more than 1,000 logs on the property of a Chinese-owned sugarcane plantation, marking the third time the firm has been found with illicit timber in the past year. Local officials offered no explanation for why the plantation’s on-site ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sugar-plantation-caught-illegal-wood-118908/
CMAC to get pensions in framework of RCAF
The Cambodian Mine Action Center has been incorporated into the “framework” of the Cambodian military, ostensibly to allow CMAC employees to receive government pensions. “Officials and staff of [CMAC] would like to deeply thank [Hun Sen] for offering officials and staff of CMAC official framework ...
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cmac-get-pensions-framework-rcaf
New Zealand supports Angkor restoration
New Zealand will offer US$3.7 million in aid to Cambodia to support a five-year Angkor Wat preservation project. Accoriding to local media reports, the funding was signed, last week, between Bun Narith, Cambodia’s Apsara Authority and Brent Rapson the first secretary of New Zealand Embassy to ...
Wanwisa Ngamsangchaikit
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2014/06/new-zealand-supports-angkor-restoration/
‘Alternative’ approach for drug addicts: gov’t
After facing heavy criticism for the conditions inside its drug-rehabilitation centres, the Ministry of Health has said it will begin offering an alternative community-based approach at health centres nationwide by 2015. According to Chhum Vanarith, a secretary of state in the Health Ministry, the alternative ...
Sen David and Charles Rollet
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98alternative%E2%80%99-approach-drug-addicts-gov%E2%80%99t
Unique pension plan pushed
A new union has been founded pledging to offer members a post-retirement pension with a novel twist – it will be funded by sponsorship from private companies. The head of the new Workers Retirement Fund of Cambodia Union president, Sidney Sok Ke, claims to have spent ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/unique-pension-plan-pushed
Tourism hit in coronavirus fight
According to the Tourism Ministry, tourism declined 52 percent earlier this year.The government in February responded by offering promotional Angkor Archaeological Park fare tickets. ...
Marie Lamy and Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50707708/tourism-hit-in-coronavirus-fight/
New factory home for workers in brawl’s wake
Hundreds of Cambodian workers who refused to work at a Thai seafood factory after the deaths of two men in a violent brawl on Monday have been offered employment at another factory, their spokesman said yesterday. “The manager told us that in three more days, ...
Stock Exchange Launches, Waits for Customers
The Cambodian Stock Exchange in Phnom Penh was launched by Finance Minister Keat Chhon, who has called on state-owned corporations to prepare for their initial public offerings. No companies as of yet are listed on the Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX), though the launch was symbolic ...
Malaysia looks to improve maids' conditions
Malaysia wants to reach bilateral agreements with Cambodia and other labor-sending countries that would allow foreign maids to keep their passports, limit their work-day to eight hours and give them one day off per week, Malaysian news media reported yesterday. Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Subramaniam ...
Ministry ups mental health centres
The Health Ministry has published a list of more than 400 health centres offering treatment for mental disorders and drug abuse, including their locations and contact numbers. The ministry expanded its outreach efforts to address mental health issues and drug abuse in public health facilities ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50575069/ministry-ups-mental-health-centres-2/
Report slams dam payouts
Households displaced by the massive Lower Sesan II hydropower dam project in Stung Treng province are being under-compensated by as much as $80,000, according to a new study.The research, published by the Rivers Coalition of Cambodia and led by political aspirant Kem Ley, found that ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-slams-dam-payouts