Girl power: Plan unveils ‘GGE’ ambassadors for female equality, rights
Plan International Cambodia has announced three young people as its Girls Get Equal (GGE) Campaign Ambassadors to ensure girls and young women have power over their own lives and can shape the world around them. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/girl-power-plan-unveils-gge-ambassadors-female-equality-rights
MOWRAM calls for attention to cold weather
As the temperature is starting to drop, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) called on the public, especially soldiers and local people stationed and living at Dangrek mountain and northeastern highland areas as well as fishermen, to pay attention to cold weather. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501202303/mowram-calls-for-attention-to-cold-weather/
Chinese premier Li meets UN chief on multilateralism, climate change during Summits in Cambodia
China commends the United Nations for prioritizing the development issues facing developing countries and actively helping them ease debt burdens, tackle climate change, improve living standards and pursue sustainable development, Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501185067/chinese-premier-li-meets-un-chief-on-multilateralism-climate-change-during-summits-in-cambodia/
Boeung Ta Mok residents set up tents to prevent authorities from dumping land while land disputes remain unresolved
About 30 people representing 250 families living near Ta Mok Lake in Sangkat Samrong, Khan Prek Pnov, Phnom Penh, set up tents on the disputed land and took turns to prevent the authorities from pouring land to clear Ta Mok Lake which affect their livelihoods, ...
Prek Tnaut Pollution Hits a New Low as Water Declared ‘Hazardous’
Those living near the river, which flows from Kampong Speu through Kandal province, say that they have long avoided using its water for drinking, cooking or cleaning as the area has become increasingly polluted over the last decade. ...
Ngay Nai and Fiona Kelliher
https://vodenglish.news/prek-tnaut-pollution-hits-a-new-low-as-water-declared-hazardous/
Construction on Covid jab plant starts in Nov
A senior Ministry of Health official has said construction on Cambodia’s first Covid-19 vaccine packaging plant is to start in November. Set on an area of around 5ha, the facility is to meet the vaccine needs of everyone living in the Kingdom. ...
Lay Samean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-covid-jab-plant-starts-nov
People in Teuk Chhou district, Kampot province vow to protect Phnom Toteung community forest for the fear of lost forest
This is what the people of Kampong Chen village, Steung Keo commune, Teuk Chhou district, Kampot province said, Phnom Toteung Community Forest is not only a sanctuary for the people who live in the vicinity of this community forest, they can also enjoy non-timber forest ...
A $42.8m project to help vulnerable adapt to climate change given green light
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) on Wednesday approved $42.8 million for FAO project PEARL to enhance the adaptive capacity of Cambodian people living along the Northern Tonle Sap Basin to cope with the threat of climate change. ...
Senior officials urge park rangers to educate and advertise people about the law and the impact of deforestation and wildlife
Senior officials of the Ministry of Environment has urged park rangers to educate and advertise people living around protected areas to understand the law and the impact of deforestation and wildlife conservation for the long term benefit of the future. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501312001/senior-officials-urge-park-rangers-to-educate-and-advertise-people-about-the-law-and-the-impact-of-deforestation-and-wildlife/
Global landmine victim assistance conference in Cambodia promises support to survivors
The third global conference on assistance to landmine victims concluded in the capital of Cambodia on Thursday, vowing to carry out actions and policies to improve the lives of survivors and affected communities, a senior Cambodian official said. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501379482/global-landmine-victim-assistance-conference-in-cambodia-promises-support-to-survivors/
Manet declares Kampong Speu province mine-free
Prime Minister Hun Manet paid his respects to and commended the efforts of all mine action operators to clear landmines from Kampong Speu province and protect lives. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-declares-kampong-speu-province-mine-free
Parents struggle with rising costs of education
Parents are increasingly struggling to fund their children’s high school education amid rising tuition fees and the general cost of living, forcing them to loan cash so that their kids can go to school. The crisis has led to parents calling for the government to ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/parents-struggle-with-rising-costs-of-education
Microfinance has improved a majority of people’s life - CMA study
A study on over 3,200 microfinance borrowers from 450 villages in 10 provinces in the country has revealed that two thirds of them have seen an improvement in their lives, according to the Cambodian Microfinance Association (CMA). ...
Kiripost staff writers
https://kiripost.com/stories/microfinance-has-improved-a-majority-of-peoples-life-cma-study
Westerdam’s return a symbol of Kingdom’s care for lives, says PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed that the MS Westerdam, a cruise liner with a unique link to the Kingdom, will return to Cambodia in December. More than three years ago, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the vessel was refused entry by several other ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/westerdams-return-symbol-kingdoms-care-lives-says-pm
Cambodian workers on £10 a week making Olympics 'fanwear’
Adidas, the sportswear company, is facing an investigation over claims that Cambodian workers are being paid £10 a week in basic wages to make official merchandise for the London Olympics. It is one of the 2012 Games’ largest sponsors, believed to have invested £100 million, and ...
Task of Obtaining Passport Is Adding To Illegal Migration Problem
Thousands of Cambodians cross the border via illegal checkpoints into Thailand every year. Some end up working in slave-like conditions on illegal fishing trawlers. Others work in factories while getting paid under the table. It is often a last resort fraught with danger and uncertainty and ...
HIV/AIDS prevalence in Cambodia drops to 0.7 pct in 2013: official
The prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS infections in Cambodia has declined to 0.7 percent in 2013, down from 0.8 percent two years ago, a senior government official said Sunday. “According to scientific estimation, in 2013, HIV carrier rate among adults aged between 15 and 49 years is ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/131201/hivaids-prevalence-cambodia-drops-07-pct-2013-official
City Hall offers final warning to displaced farmers
A group of about 200 farmers from Kratie province refused on Thursday to leave a pagoda in Phnom Penh—their home base for protests against their eviction at the hands of a Vietnamese rubber company—as the city’s deputy governor warned them that the municipal government would ...
Aun Pheap and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-offers-final-warning-to-displaced-kratie-farmers-59436/
Chinese company given license to go for gold in Kratie
The government has given a Chinese mining company the right to extract gold from 28 square km of land in Kratie province’s Sambor district, a provincial official said yesterday. On July 5, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy granted Hing Yuan Hanng Yeak Co Ltd ...
Villagers campaign in Kompong Thom to protect Prey Long Forest
Hundreds of villagers living around Prey Long forest have begun a weeklong campaign in the north of Kompong Thom province to protect Prey Long, one of Cambodia’s largest remaining primary forests, the Prey Long People’s Network said yesterday The group of villagers planned to protest later ...