Government salaries to rise
Prime Minister Hun Sen, ministers, secretaries of state and 2,500 other civil servants and political figures will receive substantial pay rises after the Council of Ministers approved a draft of the 2017 Draft Law on Financial Management on Friday. During the cabinet meeting, Mr. Hun Sen ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31167/government-salaries-to-rise/
Six lightning deaths, dozens of homes destroyed in storms
At least six people were killed by lightning this week in storms that destroyed dozens of homes across several provinces, officials said Thursday. Keo Vy, cabinet chief for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said that the six deaths had occurred between Monday and Wednesday ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-lightning-deaths-dozens-of-homes-destroyed-in-storms-57957/
Cracks leave tenants in fear
Residents of Phnom Penh’s historic White Building fled from their homes on Sunday night after large cracks suddenly appeared in the structure, which have been widely attributed to nearby construction work, sparking fears for their safety. A group of officials from City Hall and the Ministry ...
Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cracks-leave-tenants-fear
WFP project blends regular and fortified rice
The World Food Programme Cambodia and Green Trade Company yesterday launched a project to blend regular rice with fortified rice to be used to provide free breakfast for children in targeted schools next year. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50671914/wfp-project-blends-regular-and-fortified-rice
APSARA National Authority and Khmer Cultural Heritage Organization launch a heritage education program at Wat Lolie Primary School
APSARA National Authority cooperates with the Khmer Cultural Heritage Organization to launch a heritage education program at Wat Lolie Primary School. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501426040/apsara-national-authority-and-khmer-cultural-heritage-organization-launch-a-heritage-education-program-at-wat-lolie-primary-school/
EU, SIDA offer €33.1M grant for budget reform
The European Union and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) have agreed to provide a grant of €33.1 million to support the third phase of Cambodia’s Public Financial Management Reform Program, state news agency AKP announced Friday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-sida-offer-eu331m-grant-budget-reform
Teachers group urges ministry to open access to exam
Cambodia’s Independent Civil Servants Association (CICA) has written to the minister of education to request teachers and education officials be given equal access to an exam allowing them to move up the ministry’s pay scale. The association claims the ministry has made recent changes to a ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-group-urges-ministry-open-access-exam
Cambodia, Japan discuss special economic zone establishment
Inter-ministries and a Japanese delegation have discussed a study project on the establishment of Cambodia-Japan Special Economic Zone, aimed to encourage more Japanese investors to invest in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501413751/cambodia-japan-discuss-special-economic-zone-establishment/
Disaster management officials prep for floods
The National Committee for Disaster Management was preparing to ensure end-of-season floods did not compound the woes caused by months of drought, officials said yesterday. To minimise the effects of flooding, the NCDM had sent a request to the Council of Ministers for 16,000 tonnes of food and ...
Hot Breakfast Program Helps Students
Tuesday morning, not long after dawn, a line of students formed outside En Komar Primary School, in Kampong Thom province. Students were waiting to receive breakfast from their teachers. The breakfasts are part of a World Food Program initiative that aims to feed 3.5 million students ...
Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/hot-breakfast-program-helps-students/1933562.html
Land activists seek solutions
More than 700 land activists from the capital, Preah Sihanouk, Svay Rieng, Tbong Khmum, Preah Vihear and Kandal provinces gathered on Tuesday at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district to deliver petitions seeking solutions to their longstanding land disputes. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-activists-seek-solutions
Ministry praises redevelopment of White Building as ‘model for future’
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction has released a book detailing the process of development at the site of Phnom Penh’s White Building leading to the iconic structure’s demolition in 2017. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-praises-redevelopment-white-building-model-future
Sihanoukville water treatment plants ‘set for testing’
Officials have said that four facilities designed to prevent waste water from reaching the sea in Preah Sihanouk province would be ready for testing on Monday, as engineers readied to complete the projects before deadline. Yos Chorm Narady, under-secretary Of state at the Ministry Of ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukville-water-treatment-plants-set-testing
Investment in construction hits $6.5 billion: Ministry
Investment in construction in the Kingdom reached a new high during the first nine months of the year, amounting to $6.5 million, according to the latest government report. From January to September, investment in the sector grew by 34.7 percent compared with the same period last ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50652396/investment-in-construction-hits-6-5-billion-ministry/
Land dispute claims of 197 families rejected
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a statement on Monday rejecting the land dispute claims of 197 families in Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district. A ministry press release dated Monday said a related land dispute involving 987 families over sugar ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-dispute-claims-197-families-rejected
Government earns $366m from construction sector
The government collected more than $366 million in revenues from the construction sector from 2013 to 2017, mostly from land registration and cadastre, construction, land leases, and property title transfer services, according to a recent government report. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50501230/government-earns-366m-from-construction-sector/
Ministry orders demolition of Sihanoukville building
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction ordered a nine-storey building in Sihanoukville’s Mittapheap district to be demolished after deeming it technically inadequate and of poor quality. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-orders-demolition-sihanoukville-building
Gold tower 42 hits another hurdle
The developer of the controversial Gold Tower 42, which has sat idle for years, has been refused permission to restart development and finish off the hulking, half-built concrete shell. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25180/gold-tower-42-hits-another-hurdle/
Sen Sok locals accuse ex-rep of stealing land
About 20 representatives of more than 160 Sen Sok district families delivered a petition to the Land Management Ministry yesterday claiming a former community representative poached land from them that they had spent seven years reclaiming through the courts. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sen-sok-locals-accuse-ex-rep-stealing-land
Oddar Meanchey dam to be drained to avoid breach
Fearing that heavy rains will cause the Ta Mok reservoir in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district to overflow, or its walls to rupture, Water Resources and Meteorology Department officials are preparing to drain the reservoir with canals. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oddar-meanchey-dam-be-drained-avoid-breach