Construction boom adding fuel to the fire
The government needs to furTher invest in fire disaster management as The Kingdom enjoys a multi-billion-dollar boom in The construction industry, a fire prevention expert said. As high-rises continue to mushroom in The capital, fire disaster management may not be properly equipped to respond to ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/construction-boom-adding-fuel-fire
Exports to the US see slight rise
Cambodia’s exports to the United States, the country’s biggest market, were valued at about $2.8 billion last year, a three per cent rise from $2.7 billion in 2012, according to fresh statistics from the US Department of Commerce. Ken Ratha, a spokesman for Cambodia’s Ministry of ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-us-see-slight-rise
Japan’s top airline to add Phnom Penh route in September
All Nippon Airways (ANA) – Japan’s largest carrier – will begin flying between Tokyo and Phnom Penh on September 1, the spokesman for the Secretariat of State of Civil Aviation told Khmer Times yesterday, adding that the first direct flight from Japan to Cambodia will ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20134//
Gov't touts internet record despite telecom bill concerns
Government officials defended the Kingdom’s record on internet freedom yesterday, despite concerns that recent and proposed legislation could curtail the rights of those speaking out online. ...
Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-touts-internet-record-despite-telecom-bill-concerns
Gov’t decides on New Year prisoner pardons
The government has finalised plans for next month’s annual Khmer New Year clemency, with more than 800 prisoners across The country expected to receive pardons and sentence reductions, according to an Interior Ministry official. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/govt-decides-new-year-prisoner-pardons
Stop issuing docs to ‘illegals’, officials told
The director of immigration at The Interior Ministry has warned local authorities to immediately cease distributing identity documents to illegal immigrants after recent census data revealed that allegedly crooked officials have been handing out papers. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stop-issuing-docs-illegals-officials-told
Hun Sen pledges to bring more women into top government roles
In celebration of International Women’s Rights Day, Prime Minister Hun Sen pledged to nominate more female secretaries and undersecretaries of state if he were given another mandate while chiding his ministers for not having hired more women officials. ...
Yon Sineat, Leonie Kijewski and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-pledges-bring-more-women-top-government-roles
Passes set to replace passports for migrants
In an effort to curb illegal migration, the Ministry of Interior issued a letter on Tuesday announcing that all migrant workers who want to gain employment abroad will be able to obtain so-called migrant passes instead of having to wait for a regular passport. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/passes-set-replace-passports-migrants
Forum On Women's Entrepreneurship Promotion
Her Excellency Dr Ing Kantha Phavi, minister of women’s affairs said: “Economic empowerment of women is a key strategy to promote gender equality and poverty alleviation and it is clearly articulated in specific targets under CMDG3 as one important goal among nine goals to be achieved by 2015.” Her announcement was made during the forum on ...
Union helps resolve complaints brought against journalists
The Union of Journalist Federations of Cambodia (UJFC) intervened to resolve 33 cases last year where complaints were brought against Cambodian journalists, according to a report issued on January 11. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/union-helps-resolve-complaints-brought-against-journalists
Furniture Business On The Rise
More people are buying furniture thanks to a growing construction sector and solid economic growth. Cambodia’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in 2011 and is expected to grow by 6.5 percent for the next two years, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Meanwhile, the ...
Construction standards on the way
The International Business Chamber of Cambodia (IBS) on Friday took a step to formulate industry-wide construction standards by signing a memorandum of understanding with The UK’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), an accreditation agency that monitors quality and safety across The property market. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15449/construction-standards-on-the-way/
Help for the elderly extended
The government has approved a second phase of a pilot project in Battambang and Banteay Meanchey provinces that will this time see professional caregivers raTher than volunteers visit The homes of The elderly to assist with domestic work, hygiene needs and general companionship. “Families are The ...
Amelia Woodside and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/help-elderly-extended
Fake call leads to wild goose chase
On Saturday, Banteay Meanchey border police received a desperate call. More than 80 Cambodian migrants, including women and children, were locked in a house in Thailand. They were being starved and abused. Two boys, begging Their captors for food, were kicked to death. So said The ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/fake-call-leads-wild-goose-chase
Ministry calls on the stop of ill-willed advocacy under the name of environmental protection
The Ministry of Environment has reiterated The government’s solid commitment in natural resource conservation, and called on The stop of any ill-willed campaign under The name of “environmental protection”. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50827084/ministry-calls-on-the-stop-of-ill-willed-advocacy-under-the-name-of-environmental-protection/
A bridge too far for Sokha?
Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha has drawn the ire of the government and civil society groups after on Wednesday accusing Vietnam of orchestrating the Koh Pich bridge stampede that killed more than 350 people in 2010 as part of a plot to “eliminate the Khmer ...
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bridge-too-far-sokha
Worming a Way Into the Agriculture Sector
For 53-year-old farmer Ros Mao, it’s not just the early bird that catches the worm. the Takeo province farmer has raised millions of earthworms for eight years in Tram Trak district, selling the slimy red creatures and using the manure they create to grow his ...
Defense ministry looking for recruits
The Ministry of National Defense announced on Friday that it is seeking more than 400 candidates to join The military in 2017. The announcement stated that The ministry was seeking both male and female candidates to work in The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF). Candidates must have ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30163/defense-ministry-looking-for-recruits/
Monitoring the internet
Coming on the heels of high-profile arrests linked directly to Facebook posts, the Interior Ministry has revealed plans to establish a new “anti-cybercrime” department that will not only “crack down” on crimes like hacking, but a broad range of misdeeds open to interpretation including incitement ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitoring-internet
Announcement on the weather forecast in Cambodia
According to the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology announcement on 08 November 2020, the tropical depression in the South China Sea is heading west, increasing its impact on the 21st storm named ETAU on 10 November. the storm is forecast to weaken to a ...
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology