A more personal B Kak dispute makes airwaves
<p>In the past few years, the explosive events at Boeung Kak lake – including violent evictions and arrests – have gone largely unreported outside the Kingdom’s independent media outlets.
Outspoken community representative Tep Vanny has been under attack from her fellow Boeung Kak residents, who ...p>
Voters split in Boeung Kak
<p>The battle for phnom penh at Sunday’s national election will be fought out with the years-long Boeung Kak land dispute still unresolved, after the city’s governor announced yesterday a solution would be found only after the ballot, villagers said.
phnom penh Governor pa Socheatvong, who in ...p>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voters-split-boeung-kak
Speed up FOI law, PM says
<p>prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Ministry of Information to accelerate the drafting of a long-awaited freedom of information law that could see more transparency in the Kingdom’s government.
According to a press release issued by the Council of Ministers after a cabinet meeting ...p>
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/speed-foi-law-pm-says
Nations unite against dam
<p>Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand have all called on Laos to submit its planned Don Sahong hydropower dam to an intergovernmental assessment.
According to the dam’s opponents, the Laos National Mekong Committee has acted unilaterally in the planning of its second Mekong dam, a project they fear ...p>
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nations-unite-against-dam
Avis pulling into town
<p>International car rental operator Avis is bringing its brand to Cambodia and Laos, according to a statement released last week from local licensee RMA Group.
If the deal is seen through, Avis would be the first global car rental company to compete in the Kingdom.
The company ...p>
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/avis-pulling-town
Kubota enters Cambodia
<p>Siam Kubota Corporation (SKC), a leading farm truck maker, has partnered with Group Lease to enter the agriculture machine market in Cambodia.
Mitsuji Konoshita, chief executive of Group Lease, said the partnership with SKC is a bid to extend leasing service to Kubota’s clients in ...p>
Nuntawun Polkuamdee
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/368267/kubota-enters-cambodia
Faintings halved in 2013: gov’t
<p>The number of workers fainting in garment and footwear factories halved in 2013, a National Social Security Fund (NSSF) report released last week claims – a decline the Ministry of Labour puts down to increased education.
The NSSF, which is part of the ministry, recorded 823 ...p>
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/faintings-halved-2013-gov%E2%80%99t
Creating a common language for nation’s deaf
<p>By the age of 17, Chan Chonreasmey was yet to have a conversation with another person—not with her mother, not with her father, and certainly not with any other children.
Two years ago, Ms. Chonreasmey was enrolled in the Maryknoll Deaf Development program’s (DDp) education ...p>
Holly Robertson and Ouch Sony
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/creating-a-common-language-for-nations-deaf-67639/
Announcement on the result of the new mandate meeting of the Permanent Council of Ministers dated on 31 March 2020
<p>On Monday, March 31, 2020, at the peace palace of the Council of Ministers, a new mandate meeting of the permanent Council of Ministers was presided over by Samdech Akka Moha Sena padei Techo HUN SEN, prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia to review ...p>
Office of the Council of Ministers
Open Development Cambodia publishes new map layer on Water and Sanitation
<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just published a new online resource detailing Cambodia’s water and sanitation coverage in two languages, Khmer and English. With this new resource, the maps illustrate the information of the access to latrines and drinking water in the country’s rural areas. (Water ...p>
The return of lost Khmer cultural objects to the Kingdom of Cambodia
<p>On September 29, 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts issued a press release on the return of lost Khmer cultural objects to the Kingdom of Cambodia.More than 100 stone and bronze Khmer antiquities which will be returned to Cambodia. ...p>
Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Disaster and emergency response funding”
<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Disaster and emergency response funding”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of Disaster and emergency response funding in Cambodia.=>please click here to go to “Disaster and emergency response funding”. ...p>
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Poverty policy and regulation”
<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “poverty policy and regulation”. This bilingual new topic page gives a quick overview of poverty policy and regulation in Cambodia.=>please click here to go to “poverty policy and regulation”. ...p>
The official launch of the national system of distance technical and vocational education and training online
<p>On November 23, 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notification on the official launch of the national system of distance technical and vocational education and training online.The national education system is available on computers, tablets, and smartphones, with the support from ...p>
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Detection of COVID-19 among former Naga World's employees
<p>On 04 February 2022, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on the detection of COVID-19 among former Naga World’s employees.A female protester, a former Naga World’s employee, was infected with COVID-19, Omicron, as confirmed by the Laboratory of the Institut pasteur du Cambodge. ...p>
Ministry of Health
Distribution of COVID-19 medicine "Molnatris"
<p>On 11 March 2022, the National Committee for Combating COVID-19 issued a notification on the distribution of COVID-19 medicine “Molnatris”.COVID-19 medicine “Molnatris” will be distributed from 14 March 2022 for $ 50 per box at private hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and sub-pharmacies. ...p>
National Committee for Combating COVID-19
Health education campaign to jointly prevent the spread of COVID-19
<p>On 17 March 2022, the Ministry of Health issued a notification on a health education campaign to jointly prevent the spread of COVID-19.The ministry will conduct a health education campaign to jointly prevent spread of COVID-19, especially Omicron, on 22 March 2022 in Kampong Speu ...p>
Ministry of Health
Allowing workers to take one day off before and after the election day, keeping wages and other benefits the same
<p>On 24 May 2022, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued a notification on allowing workers to take one day off before and after the election day, keeping wages and other benefits the same.The ministry strongly hopes that all factory owners or directors, as ...p>
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Paid holiday on Sunday
<p>On 04 May 2022, the Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training issued a notice on the paid holiday on Sunday.If the worker and the employer agree to work overtime on a paid holiday on Sunday, the employer shall consider the overtime wage equal to 200% ...p>
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
Official launch of the "Guidebook on Spices in Cambodia"
<p>On 09 May 2022, the Ministry of Environment issued a press release on the official launch of the “Guidebook on Spices in Cambodia”.The Ministry of Environment has initiated and prepared the first “Guidebook on Spices in Cambodia” and will be officially launched at the Second ...p>
Ministry of Environment
