NEC: migrants can’t vote
The National Election Committee (NEC) dismissed a request to help migrant workers vote in the upcoming elections, despite creating a system similar to what was requested for soldiers only seven days ago. NEC spokesman Hang Puthea said they would be unable to help the roughly ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31044/nec--migrants-can---t-vote/
Hopes grow as agriculture sector gains from initiative
As one of the Kingdom’s main engines of economic growth, the agricultural sector has been drawing increased attention recently from both the government and development partners. Millions of dollars have been poured into agriculture projects by both the state and international NGOs, investments which are ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hopes-grow-agriculture-sector-gains-initiative
Climate change may undermine Kingdom’s mango production
Mango production is expected to decrease this year as climate change severely impacts yields, according to a mango association in Kampong Speu province – the Kingdom’s largest regional producer of the fruit. Kampong Speu Mangoes Association president In Chayvan said the impact of climate change ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/climate-change-may-undermine-kingdoms-mango-production
Secretary of state hits out at silk scheme
A government official has harshly criticised a prominent silk promotion project, implemented last year by the International Trade Center (ITC), saying it has not been fruitful. Mao Thora, secretary of state for the Ministry of Commerce, made his comments during a seminar on export diversification at ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012121860337/Business/secretary-of-state-hits-out-at-silk-sheme.html
Education ministry set to reform budgeting practices
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron outlined plans for reforms at his ministry, with a focus on institutional capacity building and performance-based budgeting. ...
Van Socheata
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-set-reform-budgeting-practices
Calls to stop cutting malva nut trees
The Ministry of Environment has urged the people to stop cutting down malva nut trees to harvest their fruit because it is illegal to do so during the rainy season. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-stop-cutting-malva-nut-trees
Cambodian mangoes air freighted to Chinese market
The export of Vietnamese dragon fruit and Cambodian mangos to the Chinese market has been difficult since the outbreak of Covid-19. Custom clearance procedures are often delayed and the overall export volume has declined. Exporters have tried every possible method of overland transport, but keep ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501050755/cambodian-mangoes-air-freighted-to-chinese-market/
Water levels in Mekong hit worrisome new lows
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has expressed concern that water levels in the river have dropped significantly, changing the colour of the water in some areas, and warned that this situation could impact agricultural production and wildlife migration in Cambodia and the other countries in ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-levels-mekong-hit-worrisome-new-lows
Parties told to get ready for election
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday reminded political parties participating in the upcoming commune elections to expedite the registration of their party to ensure they met the March deadline. NEC spokesperson Hang Puthea said there will be 221,458 polling stations nationwide across the 1,646 communes ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35667/parties-told-to-get-ready-for-election/
Govt to promote mental health services nationwide
Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, said that the government is planning to expand mental health services nationwide to reduce deaths caused by mental illness. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501316053/govt-to-promote-mental-health-services-nationwide/
New model education guidelines established
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron urged expert departments to enhance the model school support group’s effectiveness. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-model-education-guidelines-established
Ethnic Kreung Accuse Businessman of Threats
A group of ethnic Kreung families living in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat district have accused a wealthy plantation owner of destroying their crops and threatening to evict them from their homes, local officials and villagers said yesterday. Soeun Sarath, a representative of 13 indigenous families living in Kaleng ...
Pressure to export several food products to China simultaneously
Cambodia wants China to have a full fruit package deal in negotiations concerning sanitary and phytosanitary issues to export agricultural products to the Chinese market. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50734350/pressure-to-export-several-food-products-to-china-simultaneously/
‘Hasten longan export to China’
Longan plantation owners in Pailin province have called on the government to expedite the proposed agreement with China on the direct export of the fruit to the country. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50917990/hasten-longan-export-to-china/
Australian agribusiness explores potential in Cambodia
A major Australian agribusiness has visited Cambodia to explore agriculture investment and trade potential in produce, including mango, rambutan, longan and dragon fruit. ...
Marissa Carruthers
https://kiripost.com/stories/australian-agribusiness-explores-potential-in-cambodia
NEC says helicopter rentals a routine matter for the polls
National Election Committee (NEC) spokesperson Hang Puthea said on Wednesday that it should not come as a surprise that the committee has rented two helicopters for three days during the election period. This, he said, was because the NEC had done so consistently for every ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-says-helicopter-rentals-routine-matter-polls
Cleaners at airport to get salary bump
A monday walk-out by cleaners at Phnom Penh International Airport has resulted in the company the airport enlists for sanitary services agreeing to hike employees’ monthly salaries by $20 yesterday. More than 30 employees at HCC Co, the airport’s cleaning service, walked off the job, demanding ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cleaners-airport-get-salary-bump
Encourage students to get Covid boosters: minister
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, Hang Chuon Naron has requested public and private schools to encourage students aged 12 and over, staff and other stakeholders to get a third Covid-19 vaccine dose to prevent a new coronavirus outbreak, especially of the Delta or Omicron ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/encourage-students-get-covid-boosters-minister
Helping farmers keep their cool
One of a farmer’s greatest enemies is heat. As many as 50 percent of the fruit and vegetables harvested in Cambodia are lost because of heat – lettuce wilts, onions become slimy, tomatoes turn to mush. Because of a lack of cold storage at most of ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23636/helping-farmers-keep-their-cool/
Heavy rain, flooding expected for coastal and low-lying areas
Low-lying areas in Phnom Penh, provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake and the coastal provinces of Preah Sihanouk and Koh Kong could experience flooding caused by heavy rains from September 6. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heavy-rain-flooding-expected-coastal-and-low-lying-areas