Smart moves on tech education
Telecom operator Smart Axiata Co. Ltd. and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding that will see Smart donate more than $320,000 to build a facility for students at the National Institute of Post, Telecom & ICT (NIPTICT). ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21597/smart-moves-on-tech-education/
Army on artillery recruiting drive
At least 700 applicants have signed up to join the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF), with the successful recruits to be trained to operate new Chinese-built artillery, a senior military source said yesterday. ...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/army-artillery-recruiting-drive
Adhoc on defensive after accusations
Rights group Adhoc has no plans to file a complaint against Khom Chandaraty, the alleged mistress of acting opposition president Kem Sokha, despite her accusing various members of encouraging her to give false testimony during police questioning earlier this month. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24261/adhoc-on-defensive-after-accusations/
Pressure mounts on garment industry
Falling productivity and rising infrastructure costs are putting Cambodia’s garment industry at a disadvantage as it tries to compete with rivals Vietnam, Bangladesh and Myanmar, a leading union said yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25317/pressure-mounts-on-garment-industry/
IFC banking on smart graduates
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has provided a $13 million loan to support a higher education campus for the Acleda Institute of Business that will help raise education standards, enhance students’ employability and encourage sustainable economic growth. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25667/ifc-banking-on-smart-graduates/
Advertisers spend less on print
Advertising budgets are getting bigger, but an increasingly smaller share of the revenue is going to traditional print media, with 2016 shaping up to be an exceptionally lean year, new market research shows. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/advertisers-spend-less-print
Fee proposed on plastic bags
The government has proposed slugging shoppers 500 riel for plastic bags in a bid to reduce environmental pollution. A draft prakas on plastic bags that would include the fee was reviewed yesterday in a Department of Environment workshop attended by government representatives along with mall and ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fee-proposed-plastic-bags
Experts strategize on wildlife reintroduction
The pangolin is slow and has no teeth—its main defense is curling up into a ball on the dense forest floor. It’s an easy target for poachers looking to cash in on the mammal’s much-prized meat or the supposed medicinal qualities of the tiny anteater’s ...
Meghan Tribe
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/experts%E2%80%88strategize-on-wildlife-reintroduction-98393/
War declared on illegal weapons
Sao Sokha, the commander-in-chief of the military police, has ordered his units to crack down on illegal gun ownership, pledging to resign his post if he is unable to reduce the prevalence of arms. Speaking at the Royal Gendarmerie’s annual meeting on Monday, he ordered ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/22082/war-declared-on-illegal-weapons/
Suspect logs found on plantation
Authorities in Ratanakkiri province have found more piles of possibly illegally logged wood as part of the government’s ongoing sweep of eastern Cambodia for illicit timber stocks, this time on a rubber plantation owned by wealthy businessman Soung Vang. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/suspect_logs_found_on_plantation-110061/
Armyworms wreak havoc on crops
More than 20 thousand hectares of farmland spread over 10 provinces have been affected by armyworms since last week, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26340/armyworms--wreak-havoc-on-crops/
Economic growth hinges on women
Women’s inclusion and empowerment in Cambodia’s burgeoning financial sector is crucial for the Kingdom’s economic growth, said delegates yesterday at a regional economic forum. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27139/economic-growth-hinges-on-women/
Health alert on imported food
The Commerce Ministry has banned imports of several food products over a health scare and warned the public to avoid them. The Camcontrol directorate-general took action over I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter and I.M. Healthy Granola products after the US Food and Drug Administration linked them to ...
Ech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36901/health-alert-on-imported-food/
US crime repatriations on hold
Cambodian heritage criminals convicted in the US will no longer be deported to the kingdom pending the revision of the repatriation agreement between the two countries, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said today. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37779/us-crime-repatriations-on-hold/
Foreign Minister on US mission
Foreign Minister Park Sokhornn will be at the White House on Thursday for the first meeting between Asean foreign ministers and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson since the new administration of President Donald Trump took office in January. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37938/foreign-minister-on-us-mission/
No info on murder: Chevron
Petrol giant Chevron claims former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy and his lawyers have attempted to “besmirch” the company with a “burdensome” request seeking information about the murder of Kem Ley, according to a recent California court document. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-info-murder-chevron
‘Law needed’ on campaign spending
The amount of money political parties spent on the campaign trail ahead of yesterday’s nationwide commune elections varied wildly, with observers and party members yesterday blaming the lack of a campaign finance law in Cambodia for what they characterised as the uneven playing field among ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/law-needed-campaign-spending
Winning the war on dengue
The ministry yesterday used National Dengue Campaign Day to announce that there were 1,133 reported dengue cases in the first 24 weeks of this year and just one fatality, compared with 2,447 dengue cases and five deaths in the same period last year. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39932/winning-the-war-on-dengue/
Crackdown coming on illegal checkpoints
The Ministry of Interior has set up a working group to oversee the elimination of illegal checkpoints along national roads and on waterways. According to a statement penned by Interior Minister Sar Kheng last Wednesday and obtained yesterday, the working group is comprised of eight ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5066122/crackdown-coming-illegal-checkpoints/
Crackdown on illegal documents imminent
The government plans to crackdown on immigrants holding illegal or irregular paperwork to live, work and vote in the country, according to a sub-decree obtained yesterday. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5079236/crackdown-illegal-documents-imminent/