Teams to tackle land disputes
All of the Kingdom’s longstanding land disputes will be resolved with the help of 27 newly-created teams, Minister of Land Management Chea Sophara said last week. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25782/teams-to-tackle-land-disputes/
Finish date announced for National Rd 1 work
Upgrades to National Road 1 are expected to be completed by March 2017, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/finish-date-announced-national-rd-1-work
Nearly $4M spent on national exam: Minister
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said yesterday that about $4 million was being spent on the upcoming national exam and that strict rules will ensure a fair contest. “Each candidate costs an estimated 140,000 riel [$35] that the ministry will spend for whole process of the ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28046/nearly--4m-spent-on-national-exam--minister/
Three years on, challenges remain for education minister
In his first year as education minister, Hang Chuon Naron quickly overhauled the national high school completion exam, enforcing strict regulations to eliminate rampant bribery and cheating, and cutting the pass rate in half to 41 percent. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-years-challenges-remain-education-minister-116971/
More than 40 overloaded trucks seized by ministry
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport said yesterday that its officials had impounded 44 overloaded trucks along National Road No 217 since Friday. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-40-overloaded-trucks-seized-ministry
Annual US-Cambodian naval exercises begin in Sihanoukville
A U.S. naval fleet docked in Sihanoukville on Monday for the sixth annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) exercises with the Royal Cambodian Navy. ...
Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/annual-us-cambodian-naval-exercises-begin-in-sihanoukville-100510/
Petanque star promoted in military, given $40k
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday promoted Ke Leng, who recently won her second world championship in petanque, from the rank of captain to major in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and promised her $40,000 for her victory. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/petanque-star-promoted-in-military-given-40k-100662/
Design expo seen as key to opening next phase of development
New technology, innovation and sleek design are crucial if developers want to keep pace amid a construction boom in Cambodia’s real-estate sector, a senior official from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction said on Tuesday. Pheung Sophorn, the state secretary of the ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18816/design-expo-seen-as-key-to-opening-next-phase-of-development/
UN agency to give $36 million for rural market access
The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide $36 million to the Commerce Ministry to help improve market access for poor farmers and small entrepreneurs. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24087/un-agency-to-give--36-million-for-rural-market-access/
Logs to be sold, names released
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has announced the date of the auction for timber confiscated from logging companies by the National Anti-Deforestation Committee (NADC) earlier this year, inadvertently releasing the official names of seven previously unknown companies caught housing illegally logged wood. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25830/logs-to-be-sold--names-released/
Wing makes vehicle payments easy
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Wing Limited Specialized Bank to make it easier for the public to pay vehicle registration, inspection and driving license fees. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26322/wing-makes-vehicle-payments-easy/
Koh Kong sand-dredging opponents on trial over alleged threats
After more than 10 months in pretrial detention, a trio of activists from environmental group Mother Nature yesterday faced court for allegedly threatening to destroy dredging equipment during a protest against sand mining in Koh Kong province last year. ...
Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-sand-dredging-opponents-trial-over-alleged-threats
Chinese firm floats proposal for rail link to capital’s port
A Chinese state railway construction contractor has approached the government with a bid to conduct a feasibility study on connecting the capital’s river port to the Kingdom’s sole operating railway line, a state official said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-floats-proposal-rail-link-capitals-port
Envoy's report shifts gaze back to Prey Speu
Nougy Mom bounces her 2-year-old son in her arms as she waits at the gates of Phnom Penh’s notorious centre for “undesirables”, Prey Speu. The 34-year-old mother was there to visit her husband, a rubbish collector like herself, who was rounded up by authorities as he ...
Erin Handley and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/envoys-report-shifts-gaze-back-prey-speu
Jarai say no to Ratanakiri gold mine
An insurrection led by ethnic Jarai villagers against the Kingdom’s first commercial underground gold mine, to be operated by Indian-owned Mesco Gold (Cambodia), looms over the green, serene remote hamlet of Plung, a few kilometers from the Vietnamese border, in Ratanakiri’s O’Yadaw district. ...
Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan and May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30569/jarai-say-no-to-ratanakiri-gold-mine/
Minister puts neo-natal intensive care on agenda
Health Minister Mam Bun Heng has issued a directive for all private maternity clinics and hospitals to establish neo-natal intensive care units – which treat seriously ill newborns and premature infants – in order to further reduce maternal and child deaths in the Kingdom. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-puts-neo-natal-intensive-care-agenda
Ministry and PM warn of rain, flooding
Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to people throughout the country, especially those living in lowland and highland areas, to be careful as heavy rain and flooding is expected from Wednesday to Sunday. Mr. Hun Sen issued the warning in a post on his Facebook page yesterday, ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30617/ministry-and-pm-warn-of-rain--flooding/
More schooling for disabled children
Education Ministry officials said yesterday that there will be greater participation by disabled children in schools, announcing a plan that would allow disabled youngsters to attend schools with the rest of the country’s children by early next year. Im Koch, a secretary of state for the ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33062/more-schooling-for-disabled-children/
Push to reduce chemical dependency
The Ministry of Agriculture is working to develop a procedural framework for the trade and use of biological control agents (BCAs) in agriculture in an effort to improve crop yields, protect consumer health and ensure continued access to key export markets. Regulation could also create ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/push-reduce-chemical-dependency
Higher skills for a busy aviation sector
In its first two months of regular operation Cambodia’s first civil aviation training centre has provided certificates to dozens of aviation officials and airport staff, helping to raise the skill level of personnel in the Kingdom’s fast-expanding aviation sector. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/higher-skills-busy-aviation-sector