Cambodia gets $1.6M for Covid-19 response from German gov’t
In light of Cambodia confirming 91 Covid-19 cases, Germany announced on tuesday that it will provide €1.5 million ($1,618,000) to help support the Covid-19 Emergency Response Plan in the Kingdom. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-gets-16m-covid-19-response-german-govt
PM says don’t discriminate against HIV/AIDS victims, employ them
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on people not to stigmatise or discriminate against the people living with HIV, instead provide them with employment opportunities the same as other citizens. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501315410/pm-says-dont-discriminate-against-hiv-aids-victims-employ-them/
MoT, SME Bank launch financial scheme to help tour operators in SR
The MinisTry of Tourism (MoT) in collaboraTion wiTh The Small and Medium EnTerprise Bank of Cambodia (SME Bank) early This week launched financial schemes aimed aT providing Tourism business owners To develop or expand Their operaTions in Siem Reap province. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501468046/mot-sme-bank-launch-financial-scheme-to-help-tour-operators-in-sr/
SMEs policy and regulation
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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a major economic shock in Cambodia, having a spillover on Cambodian micro, small and medium enTerprises (MSMEs) and small household farmers’ survival and business conTinuiTy.1 DigiTal Technologies are crucial during The pandemic, in which The owners of SMEs should focus ...
Railway impact reports nowhere to be seen
The Asian DevelopmenT Bank (ADB) has noT made public The lasT Two quarTerly reporTs on The impacT of reseTTling families who are being evicTed for a $142 million railway rehabiliTaTion projecT. The reporTs, which are required under an ADM loan agreemenT wiTh The governmenT, haven’T been ...
As surrogacy trade grows, government charts course
The governmenT will meeT This monTh To begin addressing concerns ThaT The lack of regulaTion for The surrogacy Trade could lead To a proliferaTion of brokers working in Cambodia and foreign couples Traveling To The counTry To Take advanTage of Their services. The MinisTry of ...
Sonia Kohlbacher
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/surrogacy-trade-grows-government-charts-course-117169/
Myanmar Airways Suspends Flights to Cambodia
Myanmar Airways has temporarily suspended direct flights from Rangoon to Siem Reap and Phnom Penh due to low passenger numbers, an official at the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) said yesterday. “We don’t know how long they will suspend operations, but when they get ...
Cambodia: Kampot Port Development Hits Hurdle
A local investor revealed yesterday that the construction of the US$100 million Kampot sea port had been further delayed by rain. Vinh Huor, president of the Kampot Special Economic Zone, (KSEZ) said: “We are preparing to be better, and that may take some time. I am ...
Dredging Today Staff
http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2012/09/25/cambodia-kampot-port-development-hits-hurdle/
Sofa Man a big hit with local lounge lizards
Many expats living in Siem Reap have found themselves on the eternal quest for a comfortable sofa. A big, squishy sofa like the one at home, that allows a body to really stretch out on. A Khmer settee – wooden, bench-like and unforgiving – just ...
We Will Not Be Moved
They’re known as The BK13 and They’re noT prepared To leT greedy developers Take The very, very liTTle They have. They’re 13 women – moThers, grandmoThers – who live around whaT used To be Boeung Kak Lake – noT far from The cenTre of Cambodia’s ...
Authority will not use forces to crackdown on protesters: Governor
Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong said that authorities will not use forces to crack down on protesters. the governor met with Phnom Penh officials to clarify the government’s position on how to deal with protests led by Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). Pa Socheatvong added the ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NWQ0YTM1MTYxZjQ
Flooding blamed on builder
A Sihanoukville construction project isn’t pulling out all the stops so much as plugging all the drains, leaving neighbouring residents to stew in murky floodwaters, villagers say. Last month, while levelling out the 20-hectare plot, construction workers dumped dirt in front of two large drainage pipes, ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flooding-blamed-builder
Illegal fishing battle heats up
When authorities in Kampong Chhnang province on Friday encountered and pursued the boat of alleged illegal fisherman Chieb Ou, they couldn’t have expected to find themselves being chased instead. But that’s precisely what happened when, rather than surrendering, the 42-year-old suspect turned his boat towards the ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-fishing-battle-heats
Overtime at school goes unpaid
Six months after the government announced that bank accounts for all civil servants would put an end to late salaries and rampant graft, secondary school teachers in Prey Veng say they are owed long overdue payments. In addition to their regular salary, which they already received, ...
Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/overtime-school-goes-unpaid
Rainsy attack ‘shocks’ tycoon
Prominent businessman and Cambodian People’s Party Senator Ly Yong Phat yesterday questioned what he had done to warrant a verbal attack from opposition party leader Sam Rainsy, who said on Wednesday that the tycoon had grabbed land from people in Koh Kong province and should ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-attack-%E2%80%98shocks%E2%80%99-tycoon
Hun Sen vows to live past 93
Responding to rumours swirling on social media that he had suffered a massive stroke and died, Prime Minister Hun Sen proved to be very much alive during an animated speech in Kampot province yesterday. Addressing a crowd in Chhuok district, the 63-year-old premier assured listeners that ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-vows-live-past-93
Cambodian police scour jungle for Vietnamese 'Montagnards' refugees
Cambodian police said Wednesday they were scouring remote northeastern jungles for a group of Vietnamese Montagnards who crossed the border in an apparent attempt to seek asylum. Rights groups say 13 of the hill tribe people, including one woman, fled persecution in Vietnam late last month ...
The Sun Daily News Staff
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1258248
Thailand and Cambodia step up to address migrant worker problem
Thailand’s DirecTor-General of DeparTmenT of EmploymenT SumeT MahosoT and Cambodian DirecTor-General of The Labor DeparTmenT Seng Sakada Today briefed The press abouT The conTroversial migranT worker issue. The discussion comprised 4 Topics. FirsT, There is The requiremenT of proof of naTionaliTy, so Cambodia will arrange for ...
Thailand National News Bureau News Staff
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNPOL5708180010011
ACU guidelines short on details
Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit launched a guidebook for businesses last week to create internal systems to prevent corrupt practices, but certain stakeholders say it doesn’t detail how to create these systems or even address systemic or bureaucratic corruption. the new guidebook, which the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) created ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acu-guidelines-short-details
China's financial power play: How a £530m dam in Cambodia symbolises the growing, sometimes ruthless, influence of Beijing across Asia
Beijing is spreading its influence by stumping up the cash to build desperately needed infrastructure throughout Asia, but with little consideration for communities or the level of corruption. “Without infrastructure, you can’t revive,” said Cambodia’s Commerce Minister, Sun Chanthol. “We have been blamed for always ...