Monkey farm workers accept $16 pay raise
Employees of a controversial monkey breeding farm in Pursat City who protested earlier this week for higher wages have accepted their employer’s offer of a $16 monthly wage increase, authorities said on Thursday. ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/monkey-farm-workers-accept-16-pay-raise-115492/
Crop insurance takes root
A pilot project that offers micro-insurance to help rice farmers cope with the risks of flooding and drought is looking to build on the success of its first season by scaling up beyond three existing provinces. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/crop-insurance-takes-root
Controversial Facebook internet service launched in Cambodia
A controversial Facebook platform that offers users free Internet —but a limited choice of websites and apps—was launched in Phnom Penh on Thursday in cooperation with mobile operator Smart Axiata, its CEO said on Friday. ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-facebook-internet-service-launched-in-cambodia-97093/
Tax change to benefit employees
The government’s tax collection body has extended the fringe benefit tax exemption to several new industries, removing the 20-percent tax that employers were previously required to pay on the benefits they offered to their workers. ...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-change-benefit-employees
Kids key in disaster planning
Stronger disaster planning is needed to avoid future devastation and loss of life caused by flooding, according to a report published by World Vision yesterday. The report, titled Cities Prepare, recommends that the Cambodian government and civil society work to place “a stronger emphasis on disaster risk ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kids-key-disaster-planning
Gov’t to aid students facing food insecurity
The Ministries of Economy and Finance; and Education, Youth and Sport, will implement a food programme for 50,000 children in 205 target schools using community products. An announcement issued on January 23 and obtained by The Post on Monday said the two ministries would implement ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-aid-students-facing-food-insecurity
Chinese state firm in talks to take over rail project
With renovation work on the country’s dilapidated railway at a standstill, the Ministry of Public Works has entered into talks with a regional consortium backed by one of the largest firms in China to replace the railway’s current operator, officials said yesterday. Faced with a ...
Dropouts to get online education scheme
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is working in conjunction with Unesco and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) to launch an internet-based education programme for Cambodian youths in grades seven to nine who have dropped out of school. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dropouts-get-online-education-scheme
Ministry to use ‘experts’ to review exam grading
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said yesterday that next month’s Grade 12 high school exams will largely follow the same process as the past few years, though a spokesman noted that new subject “experts” will be introduced to help spot grading errors. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Rinith Taing
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-use-experts-review-exam-grading
Over 70% fail Cambodian national exam (Updated)
In 2012 and 2013, more than 80 percent of the Grade 12 high school students taking the national exam passed it. In 2014, 70 percent failed. The difference? This year cheating was not tolerated. ...
Terry Fredrickson
http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easy/429538/over-70-fail-cambodian-national-exam
Campaign aims to boost Adult Literacy
UNESCO and the Ministry of Education on Monday launched a two-month joint campaign to raise the adult literacy rate to 84.4 percent by the end of the year by airing television and radio spots to encourage enrollment in after-school literacy classes. ...
Hul Reaksmey and Ben Woods
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/campaign-aims-to-boost-adult-literacy-78943/
Obama announces new education effort to 'Let Girls Learn'
Saying every girl “has value,” President Barack Obama announced a more focused government effort Tuesday to help tens of millions of girls around the world attend and stay in school. Michelle Obama said she’s heading to Japan and Cambodia later this month to promote it. ...
ABC News Staff
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-lady-plans-mid-march-visit-japan-cambodia-29346795
Capital heading for full reopening with jab card rules in public places
Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng urged all authorities in the capital to apply strict measures in schools, markets and businesses to prevent the spread of Covid-19 before the expected reopening of all sectors. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/capital-heading-full-reopening-jab-card-rules-public-places
Start-Up helps indigenous women access education
After starting school at the age of 18 in a class of six-year-olds, Tiv Sim made a lifelong pledge to help provide his community with access to education. ...
Ngay Nai
https://kiripost.com/stories/start-up-helps-indigenous-women-access-education
Cambodian workers to get Japan opportunity
The Japanese government will offer an opportunity for specialised Cambodian workers to work in Japan through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that might be signed in April, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, Ith Sam Heng said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-workers-get-japan-opportunity
Cambodia to end border check
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has unveiled a new campaign to boost economic independence and reduce the reliance on preferential trade statuses offered by advanced countries, saying the government will provide better trade facilitation and eliminate unnecessary procedures. ...
Lor Peang residents refuse compensation for ‘their land’
Around 50 people representing 83 households from Lor Peang village in Kampong Chhnang yesterday refused concessions offered to them during a meeting with the National Assembly’s Commission on Human Rights, Complaints, and Investigation. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20731/lor-peang-residents-refuse-compensation-for----their-land---/
Boeung Kak lake dispute ‘closed’
Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday washed its hands of the decadelong contentious Boeung Kak lake issue, saying it was closing its conflict resolution process, leaving seven families who had refused to accept the government’s offers in the lurch. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/boeung-kak-lake-dispute-closed
Hun Sen lauds US-North Korea talks
Prime Minister Hun Sen applauded the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday, offering his congratulations to the odd couple at the fourth annual River Festival in Kandal province. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-lauds-us-north-korea-talks
First Khmer Rouge history mobile app released on Android
The first mobile app offering a comprehensive and interactive history of the Khmer Rouge, created in the hopes of ending a “collective denial” about some of the atrocities committed by the Pol Pot regime, went live on Tuesday. ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/first-khmer-rouge-history-mobile-app-released-on-android-132885/