Ministry addresses child labour
The Labour Ministry has reminded business owners not to employ minors, while also noting that it has not come across any cases of child labour so far this year. Labour Minister Ith Samheng on Friday said employers must respect and follow labour laws and directives ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50540410/ministry-addresses-child-labour/
PM urges ministers to end all cases against union leaders
Prime Minister Hun Sen urged labour and justice ministers on Wednesday to finish all court cases against union leaders. Speaking to more than 23,000 factory workers in Takeo province on Wednesday, he told the Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng and Minister ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-urges-ministers-end-all-cases-against-union-leaders
‘Slow process causes overcrowding’
On Tuesday, Minister of the Interior Sar Kheng said slow judicial procedures and an ongoing crackdown on drugs are causing an increase in inmates in Cambodian prisons, resulting in serious concerns over prisoner welfare. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/slow-process-causes-overcrowding
Kingdom imports $16M in Thai ACs
Air conditioner imports from Thailand were valued at about $16 million last year – a fraction of the total $5 billion Thailand earned from its air conditioner exports to international markets, the country’s Department of International Trade Promotion at the Ministry of Commerce said. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-imports-16m-thai-acs
Road safety banners installed on streets for New Year
More than 300 road safety education banners have been put up along the streets of every province for display during the Khmer New Year as a reminder of the dangers of careless driving. Asia Injury Prevention Foundation director Kim Pagna told The Post on Sunday ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/road-safety-banners-installed-streets-new-year
Agriculture ministry warns of legal action over pig import loopholes
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has warned that it will take legal action against its provincial departments and production offices if they maintain any loopholes which allow live pigs or pork products that might be contaminated with African swine fever to be imported ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/agriculture-ministry-warns-legal-action-over-pig-import-loopholes
Bird conservation meeting held
The Asean Network on Wetlands and Migratory Water Birds Conservation (Asean Flyway Network) held a second meeting earlier this month to share input which is vital to implement Phase II of the Improving Biodiversity Conservation of Wetlands and Migratory Water Birds in the Asean Region ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bird-conservation-meeting-held
ASF spread ‘being monitored’
A government animal health official is monitoring the possible spread of African swine fever into new provinces bordering Vietnam. This follows an outbreak in Ratanakkiri in March, which was hoped had been kept under control. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asf-spread-%E2%80%98being-monitored%E2%80%99
Four dead in Preah Sihanouk, Ratanakkiri flooding
At least four people have died and thousands of families affected by flooding in Preah Sihanouk and Ratanakkiri provinces following recent heavy thunderstorms. Preah Sihanouk provincial spokesperson Kheang Phearum said on Sunday that a Cambodian husband and wife were killed on Thursday when a concrete ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/four-dead-preah-sihanouk-ratanakkiri-flooding
Construction date yet to be set for $1.3B coal-fired station
A nearly $1.3 billion coal-fired power station project in Preah Sihanouk province is still in the research and development stage with a construction date still not set, a Ministry of Mines and Energy spokesman told The Post. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-date-yet-be-set-13b-coal-fired-station
Women face gender-based violence at work
Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng said the government is committed to eliminating violence in the workplace. Civil society, he said, supported the government’s action but wanted a specific mechanism introduced to help support female victims of such violence. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-face-gender-based-violence-work
Villagers push gold mining demands
More than 500 families from Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima district protested on Saturday in a renewed call to be allowed to mine for gold at depths of more than 20 metres. The families, rallying in Chong Plas commune, also accused a Chinese firm of destroying ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50491728/villagers-push-gold-mining-demands/
Koh Kong villagers to be given UDG land
The government has ordered the Ministry of Environment to work with the relevant authorities to grant Koh Kong province villagers land from Union Development Group (UDG), a Chinese company, following a long-standing dispute. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-villagers-be-given-udg-land
Study of Ground Water Resources in Kampong Speu
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Kingdom of Cambodia and WAPCOS Limited, a Government of India enterprise jointly organized a workshop for the project “Study of Groundwater Resources of Kong Pisei and Basedth District of Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia on 7th June, 2018″ at ...
Khmer Times
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50499426/study-of-ground-water-resources-in-kampong-speu/
Workers to get three days off for polls
The Ministry of Labour instructed factories and enterprises in the Kingdom to give workers three days off in order to cast their ballots in the July 29 national elections, stating that salaries and bonuses should remain unaffected. The move raised eyebrows with a former opposition ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-get-three-days-polls
National strategy for cassava industry launched
The government has officially launched its new strategy for the cassava industry, which aims to position Cambodia as a reliable supplier of cassava-based products to the global market, according to a high-ranking government official. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50510278/national-strategy-for-cassava-industry-launched/
PM open to wage demands
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday asked the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training to consider the request of six union groups who have petitioned the government to set a minimum wage for workers in the construction and service sectors. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-open-wage-demands
River level rises in Kratie province
Kratie Provincial Hall yesterday said that the water level of the Mekong river has risen after authorities in a neighbouring country opened the floodgates of a hydropower dam. Pen Lynath, provincial deputy governor, yesterday said that according to the Water Resources Department, the floodgates were ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50571026/river-level-rises-in-kratie-province/
Seized M’kiri timber put up for auction, starting bid firmly set at 1.4B riel
The government’s Auction Committee has announced a public auction of more than 1,500 cubic metres of illegally logged timber at a starting price of some 1.4 billion riel (approximately $353,000). This is based on a June 6 announcement by the Ministry of Environment’s General Department ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seized-mkiri-timber-put-auction-starting-bid-firmly-set-14b-riel
Thousands affected by flooding, strong winds in first half of August
Almost 8,000 families and some 8,000ha of agricultural land in eight provinces have been affected by flooding and strong winds in August, National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy said on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference at the Council of Ministers, he said ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-affected-flooding-strong-winds-first-half-august