Test takers say their prayers
On the eve of the grade 12 national exam students across Phnom Penh put down their revision notes and flocked to local pagodas and shrines yesterday, praying that they will pass the high-stakes test – and that the proctors will let them cheat.With testing starting ...
Taing Vida and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/test-takers-say-their-prayers
Reporters send complaint over warning letter
More than 30 journalists in Ratanakkiri province have written to the Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) about what they described as a threatening letter sent by the provincial governor last week in which he said journalists should stop extorting money from illegal loggers. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rkiri-reporters-send-complaint-over-governors-warning-letter-93044/
Education minister predicts an improvement in exam results
After thousands of teachers completed grading the grade 12 national exam on Wednesday, the education minister on Thursday predicted improved results compared to last year, when less than 25 percent of students passed the first round of the test. ...
Janelle Retka and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/education-minister-predicts-an-improvement-in-exam-results-93393/
CCC passes amendments on 10 articles of Trade Union Law
The Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) on Thursday reviewed and approved the draft law on amendments to 10 articles of the Law on Trade Unions amid criticism from local and international civil society organisations. The amended articles, which were approved by the National Assembly in ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ccc-passes-amendments-10-articles-trade-union-law
GDT: ‘Tax reforms won’t harm corporations’
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) released a statement on Wednesday aiming to quash fears that the Kingdom’s tax reforms would adversely affect corporate taxpayers, saying the moves are meant to “strengthen tax collection transparently and equitably”. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/gdt-tax-reforms-wont-harm-corporations
Anti-fake news site online
The Women’s Media Centre of Cambodia (WMC) has launched an information verification website named ‘Crosscheck WMC’ to combat the spread of misinformation on social media. It will enable the public to verify information from a number of sources to identify whether the information is true ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/anti-fake-news-site-online
CDC unveils system to manage imports
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has announced a new service that aims to facilitate imports for investment projects, according to an announcement issued on Monday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-unveils-system-manage-imports
Rubber exports rise by 30% year-on-year
Cambodia exported more than 282,071 tonnes of rubber last year, a 30 per cent increase from 2018’s 217,501 tonnes, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. The commodity reeled in $377 million in revenue last year, up 32 per cent from 2018’s $286 ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rubber-exports-rise-30-year-year
Regulator touts achievements of local stock market
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) continues to go from strength to strength, with the average trading value growing nearly five-fold from 2018 to 2019 to surpass $157,000, the latest report from the market regulator shows. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/regulator-touts-achievements-local-stock-market
French chamber supports tourism sector subsidies
The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) in Cambodia has endorsed the government’s measures to address a decline in tourist numbers in Siem Reap. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/french-chamber-supports-tourism-sector-subsidies
At least 139 Killed in February traffic accidents
Accidents claimed 139 lives and injured 383In February 2020, At least 106 people were killed in motorcycle accidents, according to the report of the Department of Traffic and Public Order of the National Police. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50697213/at-least-139-killed-in-february-traffic-accidents
Announcement of the Forestry Administration on the dismissal of false information accuse that Ministry of Agriculture colludes with TMS company in the auction of forestry crime exhibit
On 03 March 2020, Forestry Administration has released an announcement on the dismissal of false information and to response to the accuse that the Ministry of Agriculture has colluded with TSM company in the auction of forestry crime exhibit. According to the announcement, the auction ...
Forestry Administration
Former land director in pre-trial detention following ACU arrest
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday placed a former director of the Preah Sihanouk provincial land management department in pre-trial detention after he was charged with abuse of power and committing forestry crimes during his two-year stint in office. ...
Investment projects worth millions greenlit by CDC
The Council for the Development of Cambodia has approved 15 investment projects in several provinces worth at least $530 million. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50701273/investment-projects-worth-millions-greenlit-by-cdc
Senate set to review emergency law
The Senate’s Standing Committee is set to convene a meeting on Monday to review the state of emergency draft law after it was unanimously passed by the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday. Senate spokesman Mam Bun Neang said the committee will put the law up ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senate-set-review-emergency-law
ICRC races to prevent virus transmission in prisons
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Phnom Penh on Friday donated 20 tonnes of health care, hygiene and sanitation supplies to the Directorate General Prison at the Correctional Centre 1. The humanitarian aid aims to assist the General Department of Prisons in preventing ...
Som Kanika
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712382/icrc-races-to-prevent-virus-transmission-in-prisons/
Silvered langur endangered, but plentiful in Kingdom
Some 3,000 Indochinese silvered langurs – monkeys native to Southeast Asia and considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – are believed to be living in the eastern part of Cambodia. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/silvered-langur-endangered-plentiful-kingdom
Phnom Penh Mapping Meetup #16 is Happening!
You’re invited to attend the ODC’s monthly Phnom Penh Map Meetup (#16), which is scheduled to take place on May 28th (a week from today) at Equinox. It will begin at 6:00pm and end by 7:30pm. Please mark your calendar and invite your friends via ...
Ministries unclear over who needs work permits
About three weeks after the interior and labor ministries announced a crackdown on foreigners without work permits, officials this week could provide few answers on how expatriates can comply with the country’s labor regulations. According to the 1997 Labor Law, all foreigners working in Cambodia are ...
Chris Mueller and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministries-unclear-over-who-needs-work-permits-76262/
Officials to return from Nauru Refugee Center Monday
A government delegation that traveled to the South Pacific island nation of Nauru last week to study the possibility of resettling in Cambodia some of the refugees Australia is currently holding there will return to Phnom Penh on Monday, a government official said. ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-to-return-from%E2%80%88nauru-refugee-center-monday-76357/