Angkor worksite reveals 2 statues
Authorities at the Angkor Temple Complex in Siem Reap province yesterday announced the discovery of two statues dating from the 10th century, uncovered during the digging of a water channel. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkor-worksite-reveals-2-statues
Five suspects arrested for ploughing forestland
Pursat environmental officials sent five suspects to the provincial court yesterday afternoon for allegedly attempting to farm on flooded forestland illegally, a provincial environmental officer said. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-suspects-arrested-ploughing-forestland
Temple restoration gets US cash
The United States has provided $350,000 to the World Monuments Fund for the fifth phase of the conservation of Phnom Bakheng temple in Siem Reap province’s Angkor Archaeological Park. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5095896/temple-restoration-gets-us-cash/
USAIDS donates $5 million towards improvement of life of Khmer Rouge survivors
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Cambodia donated an additional $5 million towards the improvement of living conditions of Khmer Rouge survivors. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50941437/usaids-donates-5-million-towards-improvement-of-life-of-khmer-rouge-survivors/
Land encroachment crime reported in Pursat
Following the departure of the former governor of the province, authorities reported a resurgence in land encroachment cases. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50964930/land-encroachment-crime-reported-in-pursat/
M’kiri authorities on manhunt over 6,000ha of grabbed land
The Department of Agriculture authorities are on a manhunt to track down those involved in the encroachment of more than 6,000 hectares of forest land since January 5 in Mondulkiri province. ...
Son Minea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501014669/mkiri-authorities-on-manhunt-over-6000ha-of-grabbed-land/
U.S to spend thousands in a mindboggling exercise to teach Cambodian kids how to ‘Stop The Spread Of Misinformation’
The sitting US administration is set to spend thousands in US tax dollars to educate youth in Cambodia on how to “stop the spread of misinformation” on the internet, according to a federal grant listing reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501129523/u-s-to-spend-thousands-in-a-mindboggling-exercise-to-teach-cambodian-kids-how-to-stop-the-spread-of-misinformation/
USAID helps improve Cambodian cashew value chain
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is partnering with the Cambodia Cashew Federation to improve Cambodian cashew value chain through the Cashew Export Development Programme. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501420730/usaid-helps-improve-cambodian-cashew-value-chain/
Cambodia eyes AIIB loan
Cambodia will begin applying for a loan from the newly established China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) from next year in response to the current need for infrastructure development. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34470/cambodia-eyes-aiib-loan/
MFIs defy typically slow first quarter
Total loans and deposits at the Kingdom’s microfinance institutions jumped in the first quarter of 2012 despite what is typically a slow season for the industry, insiders said yesterday. Loans outstanding reached US$708 million for the period ending on March 31, climbing 9.8 per cent from ...
Losing 104 rural credit agencies ‘may allow growth’ in finance sector
The central bank’s recent revocation of the operating licences of 104 rural credit institutions (RCI) – nearly half – should not have significant ramifications on the Kingdom’s wider financial system, industry insiders and observers have assured. ...
FDI inflow seen as driving economic development
A modest increase in the inflow of foreign direct investment is a sign that Cambodia remains an attractive destination to investors, and will go a long way toward the country’s development, analysts said yesterday. Total capital inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Cambodia amounted to ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fdi-inflow-seen-driving-economic-development
Minister Hun Many vows to strengthen civil service
Minister of Civil Service Hun Many is committed to reforming and strengthening the public administration effectively and efficiently, as well as promoting and modernising public institutions in line with the Pentagon Strategy. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351359/minister-hun-many-vows-to-strengthen-civil-service/
UN asked to ‘address crisis’
Amnesty International and rights group Licadho in a joint statement yesterday called on UN member states to “address the country’s human rights crisis” at a UN Human Rights Council hearing in Geneva on Tuesday. The statement, which was sent to foreign embassies, the Cambodian government and ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-asked-%E2%80%98address-crisis%E2%80%99
School feeding programme in Cambodia celebrated
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the United States Embassy, and Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) celebrated the handover of the school feeding programme in 85 additional schools from WFP to the Cambodian Government. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501043512/school-feeding-programme-in-cambodia-celebrated/
MFI opens with $50m loan package
Sonatra Microfinance Institution, a joint investment between local and foreign investors, officially started operations in Cambodia yesterday. A US$50 million loan package was signed during the ceremony on Thursday, providing Singapore-based EastWing Group and Japanese firm Grand Cooperation with a 30 per cent stake of the ...
U.S. General Electric to provide electricity grid maintenance services to EDC
US-based multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) will sign a contract with Cambodia’s state-owned Electricité du Cambodge (EdC) on Thursday, according to a press release issued Monday by the US embassy in Phnom Penh. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/us-general-electric-to-provide-electricity-grid-maintenance-services-to-edc-7862
Arbitration Council receives funds from the US, Sweden
The Arbitration Council said on Thursday that it handled 2,882 cases from 2003 to 2019, which affected over 1.11 million workers in the industrial and service sectors across the country. Of these, it found solutions to 75 per cent of the cases, said Arbitration Council Foundation ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/arbitration-council-receives-funds-us-sweden
Kampong Speu governor orders intruders off state forest land
Kampong Speu provincial governor Vei Samnang has issued an order prohibiting clearing and settling on more than 281ha of state forest land in two locations after some residents illegally occupied and farm the land. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-governor-orders-intruders-state-forest-land
Atmospheric hole discovered
Scientists have discovered a new phenomenon in the skies above Southeast Asia: a huge, invisible hole in the atmosphere’s lowest layer that may exacerbate the effects of Cambodia’s climate change. The hole – roughly twice the length of New Zealand and concentrated just east of the ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/atmospheric-hole-discovered