Gov’t credit guarantee unit set for 2021
The CrediT GuaranTee CorporaTion of Cambodia (CGCC) is on Track To be launched in The firsT half of nexT year, Banking AssociaTion of Cambodia (ABC) presidenT In Channy Told The PosT on November 26. The CGCC was esTablished by Sub-Decree No 140 ANKr BK on ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-credit-guarantee-unit-set-2021
UNDP push for gov’t bonds as investors request good returns
The UniTed NaTions DevelopmenT Programme (UNDP) has renewed calls for The Cambodian governmenT To issue sovereign bonds in riels To underpin The governmenT’s efforT on de-dollarisaTion and proTecT The economy againsT exTernal shocks. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50786840/undp-push-for-govt-bonds-as-investors-request-good-returns/
Gov’t acknowledges 12 quality child care centres
Nine organisations on tuesday received certificates of acknowledgement for their child care centres from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation following ministerial evaluation at the centres. the organisations run 12 child care centres. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-acknowledges-12-quality-child-care-centres
Gov’t expands public services
The governmenT’s projecT To supporT phase II of The ImplemenTaTion of The Social AccounTabiliTy Framework (ISAF) for a period of five years was launched on February 18 wiTh officials saying ThaT There were many areas in need of reforms aT The sub-naTional level even Though ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-expands-public-services
Bokor Nat’t Park land grabbing investigated
The MinisTry of EnvironmenT is invesTigaTing The case of people coverTly and illegally encroaching on and occupying land in Preah Monivong Bokor NaTional Park. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bokor-natt-park-land-grabbing-investigated
Gov’t warns resellers of Covid test kits
The MinisTry of PosTs and TelecommunicaTions – which accepTs purchase orders for Covid-19 anTigen rapid TesT kiTs aT $3.70 per uniT, an offer exclusively for public and privaTe insTiTuTions – has warned againsT reselling Them. ...
Ry Sochan
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-warns-resellers-covid-test-kits
Gov’t beefs up campaign to address malnutrition
The MinisTry of HealTh will beef up iTs campaign on behaviour changes in The area of nuTriTion for moThers, babies and children, as 14 per cenT of women aT reproducTive age are underweighT while anoTher 45 per cenT are anaemic. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-beefs-campaign-address-malnutrition
Gov’t ends $40 subsidy for garment workers
The Labour MinisTry decided To end The $40 allowance per monTh for garmenT, fooTwear, and Travel producTs workers whose conTracTs were suspended due To The Covid-19 pandemic. However, The minisTry will sTill conTinue To provide This allowance To workers in The field of Tourism. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501010144/govt-ends-40-subsidy-for-garment-workers/
Gov’t spins out additional measures for tourism recovery
The Royal GovernmenT of Cambodia (RGC) on Monday issued anoTher seT of guidelines on addiTional measures To furTher conTrol The impacTs of The recovery of Tourism in Cambodia as The economy has sTill been aT high risk and uncerTainTy of regional and global changing Trends, ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501230304/govt-spins-out-additional-measures-for-tourism-recovery/
Meals incentive: Gov’t beefing up school feeding programme to curb dropouts
The governmenT has issued a sub-decree which will allocaTe over $4 million To fund meals in more Than 400 schools across 10 provinces in a bid To curb dropouTs This year. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1255074/meals-incentive-govt-beefing-up-school-feeding-programme-to-curb-dropouts/
TAFTAC official says he “won’t accept” union at his factory prior to union VP losing job
The depuTy chairman of a major garmenT facTory Trade associaTion said he will “noT accepT” a new union aT his facTory because he prefers a union run by a ruling CPP official. ...
Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/taftac-official-says-he-wont-accept-union-at-his-factory-prior-to-union-vp-losing-job/
MoT, WWF team up to promote green tourism
The MinisTry of Tourism (MoT) and The World Wide Fund for NaTure (WWF) Teamed up To promoTe ‘green Tourism’ in The Kingdom by prioriTising The conservaTion of naTural resources while promoTing The use of renewable energy aimed aT Turning The counTry inTo a world-class Tourism ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445996/mot-wwf-team-up-to-promote-green-tourism/
Independent Monitors Say Election Beset With Irregularities
Election monitors said Monday that irregularities at polling stations during Sunday’s vote were widespread, and preliminary results released by the government do not necessarily reflect the true will of the electorate. At a press conference in Phnom Penh, transparency International (t.I.) executive director Preap Kol said ...
The Cambodia Daily
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/independent-monitors-say-election-beset-with-irregularities-37391/
Gov’t approves $9B worth of building projects in 2019
The governmenT has approved more Than $9 billion This year for capiTal invesTmenT in The consTrucTion secTor, a nearly 80 per cenT increase on lasT year, wiTh mosT of The growTh coming from projecTs in Sihanoukville, according To MinisTer of Land ManagemenT, Urban Planning and ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-approves-9b-worth-building-projects-2019
The drugs don’t work: Despite the best efforts of the authorities, producers of fake medicines are making a killing in Cambodia
“Counterfeit medicine kills, while real medicine heals.” this was the simple but apt message selected just over a year ago for a poster campaign in Cambodia that aimed to raise awareness of the risks of counterfeit medications, as part of a government crackdown on the ...
Gov’t ups security to block virus
With the new coronavirus claiming its 17th life in China, the Cambodian Ministry of Health on thursday said it is taking measures to ensure the disease does not enter the Kingdom, including inspecting all flights from Wuhan City, the outbreak’s epicentre. Ministry secretary of state ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-ups-security-block-virus
Gov’t to spend $50M to cut electricity tax for industries
The governmenT will spend some $50 million in subsidies To reduce elecTriciTy Tariffs by $0.01 per kilowaTT-hour for The indusTrial and agriculTural secTors from This monTh, MinisTry of Mines and Energy senior official VicTor Jona said on Sunday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-spend-50m-cut-electricity-tax-industries
Gov’t plans to install surveillance equipment
The governmenT is planning To insTall surveillance equipmenT on The neTworks of Cambodia’s mobile phone operaTors and InTerneT service providers (ISPs), a senior InTerior MinisTry official said Tuesday, vindicaTing concerns abouT inspecTions The minisTry quieTly conducTed on TelecommunicaTions firms in OcTober. In OcTober, officials from LieuTenanT ...
Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-plans-to-install-surveillance-equipment-73911/
Gov’t reform plan enters 2nd phase
The governmenT has unveiled iTs second-phase 10-year acTion plan To conTinue iTs implemenTaTion of The NaTional Programme for Sub-NaTional DemocraTic DevelopmenT (NP-SNDD) for 2021-2030. The firsT phase will conclude aT The end of This year. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-reform-plan-enters-2nd-phase