Vocational skills to merge with curriculum
Seeking to amend Cambodia&rSquo;S Shortage of Skilled labourerS and equip young Secondary School graduateS with employable tradeS, the government will Soon roll out a new technical training curriculum at Select high SchoolS. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vocational-skills-merge-curriculum
China to finance broadband network construction in Cambodia
The Export and Import Bank of China has agreed to lend Cambodia 50 million U.s. dollars to finance a national broadband network project, the bank’s Zhejiang branch, in east China, announced Friday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=news
Health minister called for questioning
Health Minister Mam Bunheng has been called to appear before the National Assembly’s anticorruption commission, according to a copy of the summons issued by acting National Assembly President Kem sokha obtained sunday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/health-minister-called-for-questioning-81455/
Nauru refugees settle into new neighborhood
In a sprawling villa down a quiet dirt road in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district, four refugees have reached what not so long ago would have seemed like a inconceivable end destination. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khy Sovuthy and Holly Robertson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nauru-refugees-settle-into-new-neighborhood-85106/
Locals to be forced off for Kith Meng
Villagers in Oddar Meanchey province’s Banteay Ampil district have been ordered to vacate their homes by saturday, after it was determined last month that the area belongs to prominent businessman Kith Meng. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-be-forced-kith-meng
Illicit wood seized despite opposition
Nearly 20 cubic metres of timber were seized by local authorities in stung Treng’s Thala Barivat district yesterday, despite alleged interference by a military police officer from Preah Vihear province, police said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illicit-wood-seized-despite-opposition
ACU publishes anonymous accusations against police, clerk
The government’s Anti-Corruption Unit has published anonymous accusations against five Phnom Penh police officials alleged to have been taking bribes to speed up the issuance of identity cards and family books. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/acu-publishes-anonymous-accusations-against-police-clerk-85542/
Woman arrested for pimping teenage girls to foreigners, locals
A woman was arrested in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district on Monday for allegedly pimping out at least seven underage girls to Cambodian and foreign men, police and an NGO said Tuesday. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aun Pheap and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/woman-arrested-for-pimping-teenage-girls-to-foreigners-locals-86337/
Cambodia villager held in attack on Chinese worker over land dispute
Police in Cambodia’s Tbong Khmum province on Friday arrested a villager accused of injuring a Chinese worker and his translator in a long running land dispute. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Saut Sok Pratna
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodia-villager-06262015153727.html
Stop stadium plans, CNRP lawmakers ask
Three CNRP lawmakers have issued a letter urging the government to decline a request by tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group company to claim rights over a former sports stadium in Battambang province. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stop-stadium-plans-cnrp-lawmakers-ask
Huge drop in rate of open defecation, report says
The open defecation rate in Cambodia has dropped by 42 percent since 1990, according to a new U.N. report, but the country’s urban poor still have limited access to improved sanitation. ss='cambodia-color'>...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/huge-drop-in-rate-of-open-defecation-report-says-87094/
Rainsy tells FTU to push for $180
Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president sam Rainsy yesterday told unionists that his party supports a minimum wage increase in the Kingdom’s garment industry to $180 per month in 2016. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-tells-ftu-push-180
Mixed results as four-year anti-trafficking program comes to an end
With the end of its four-year program to fight human trafficking approaching, UsAID, partner organization Winrock International and the government’s National Committee to Combat Trafficking are taking stock of their progress. ss='cambodia-color'>...
James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14696/mixed-results-as-four-year-anti-trafficking-program-comes-to-an-end/
Australian ministers deny collapse of refugee deal
Australia’s foreign minister on Monday insisted that a controversial refugee deal with Cambodia was alive and well, dismissing Australian news reports that efforts to resettle more refugees here from Nauru had collapsed. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-ministers-deny-collapse-of-refugee-deal-93037/
Embassies warn of rise in coastal crime
Foreign diplomats this week have called for increased vigilance and caution on Cambodia’s coast, partcularly in places such as sihanoukville, Koh Rong and Kampot, following a spike in serious crimes against foreigners. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15252/embassies-warn-of-rise-in-coastal-crime/
Forty-seven migrant workers to be deported
Nearly 60 illegal Vietnamese migrant workers were arrested by immigration police Wednesday during raids on six furniture workshops and a coffee shop in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district, an immigration official said. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forty-seven-migrant-workers-to-be-deported-93255/
Gov calls for vigilance before Pchum Ben
Phnom Penh City Hall has called on authorities in the capital’s 12 districts to ramp up security and public order in preparation for the upcoming Pchum Ben and Kathin festivals. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gov-calls-vigilance-pchum-ben
Oddar Meanchey next to lift red and orange zone designation
After Siem Reap&rSquo;S announcement of the termination of itS red and yellow zoneS, Oddar Meanchey followed Suit with itS own announcement of termination. SS='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50945508/oddar-meanchey-next-to-lift-red-and-orange-zone-designation/
Ministry of Environment to strengthen marine environment and biodiversity protection
The Ministry of Environment signed an agreement to protect Cambodia’s marine environment and biodiversity. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50975857/ministry-of-environment-to-strengthen-marine-environment-and-biodiversity-protection/
Italy urged to lower tariffs on Cambodian rice exports
Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Prak sokhon has urged Italy to reconsider raising tariffs on rice imports. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501064736/italy-urged-to-lower-tariffs-on-cambodian-rice-exports/