Press release on the outcome of the plenary session of the council of ministers
On 27 October 2023, the Spokesperson Unit of the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a press release on the results of the plenary session of the council of ministers under the high presidency of Samdech Moha Bovatei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of ...
Spokesperson Unit of the Royal Government of Cambodia
Press release on the outcome of the plenary session of the Council of Ministers
On 5 July 2024, the Office Of the Council Of Ministers issued a press release on the outcome Of the plenary session Of the Council Of Ministers on their Official social media site. According to the press, Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei HUN MANET, Prime Minister ...
Office of the Council of Ministers
Dry season temperature to hit 41 degree Celsius
The temperature during the dry season in 2024 is expected to reach 41 degrees Celsius, according to the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. ...
Nop Sreymao
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501412858/dry-season-temperature-to-hit-41-degree-celsius/
17 fake test-takers face up to six months in prison, fine
Seventeen people who were arrested last weekend in Phnom Penh during a Korean-language test could face six months in prison after being charged with impersonating prospective migrants hoping to work in South Korea, a police official said Thursday. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/17-fake-test-takers-face-up-to-six-months-in-prison-fine-87249/
Three universities agree to found new research centre
The Royal University of Phnom Penh, the Royal University of Fine Arts, and the National Institute of Education inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday, agreeing to establish a joint higher education social sciences and humanities research institute. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-universities-agree-found-new-research-centre
Media agencies warned about gambling ads
The Ministry of Information last week warned media organizations not to publish or broadcast advertisements from gambling outlets unless they have permission from the government to do so, according to a ministry notice obtained Tuesday. “The ministry previously advised [media outlets] to stop all types ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/media-agencies-warned-about-gambling-ads-65808/
No background checks on exam monitors: ACU
None of the more than 5,000 independent observers recruited for this year’s national exams had background checks or their identity verified before they were allowed into testing centres, an official said yesterday. During this year’s newly reformed and cleaned-up grade 12 exam, the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) ...
Pech Sotheary and Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/no-background-checks-exam-monitors-acu
Expatriates need IDs: government
Expatriates working in Cambodia without labour identification cards will face fines and even jail when strict new enforcement kicks in, according to a July 16 joint statement from the ministries of interior and labour. Government inspectors, the statement adds, will begin checking workplaces immediately in order ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/expatriates-need-ids-government
1,000 Cambodian women die from cervical cancer every year
About 1,000 Cambodian women died from cervical cancer every year, said Hun Many, president of Union of Youth Federation of Cambodia. Speaking Saturday at a news conference on anti cervical cancer campaign, Many, son of Prime Minister Hun Sen, said the death rate of cervical ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=MDMyMjkxZTQ2Y2U
Ministries to tighten checks on foreign workers
The ministries of Labor and Interior met on Thursday to outline the government’s plan to more strictly enforce measures for employers of foreign nationals to ensure that their staff has proper documentation. Seng Sakada, director-general of the Labor Ministry’s labor department, said previous efforts have not ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministries-to-tighten-checks-on-foreign-workers-67023/
Release plan ignores issue: org
Local rights group Licadho yesterday praised the government’s plan to release a number of incarcerated women who are pregnant or have their children with them in prison within the next week, but said deeper reforms are needed. In a statement, the NGO said it welcomed an ...
Alice Cuddy and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/release-plan-ignores-issue-org
Holiday clemency requested for 900 prisoners
The names of more than 900 prisoners have been put forward to receive pardons and sentence reductions during next month’s Khmer New Year festivities, officials said yesterday. The inmates were selected by the Ministry of Interior and their cases are now being assessed by the Ministry ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/holiday-clemency-requested-900-prisoners
Sangkran set to break records in tourism and line-dancing
Preparations for this year’s Angkor Sangkran, Siem Reap’s largest cultural event, are almost complete, with half a million tourists expected to join in the celebration during Khmer New Year, according to provincial officials. of the anticipated 500,000 visitors this year, the majority are expected to be ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sangkran-set-break-records-tourism-and-line-dancing
Permitted More than 25,000 get work cards
The Ministry of Labour granted about 25,000 work permits to foreigners in the first six months of 2015, about 5,000 more than they issued during all of last year. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/permitted-more-25000-get-work-cards
Out-of-court resolution of disputes BAKC focus
Ly Chantola, president of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC), has outlined the body’s direction for 2024, with a primary focus on out-of-court dispute resolution in line with the priorities laid out by Prime Minister Hun Manet and the Ministry of Justice. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/out-court-resolution-disputes-bakc-focus
Maid firm exposed
Scores of crying women who said they had been forcibly detained and girls who claimed to have received fake documents to conceal the fact that they were as young as 16-years-old were discovered at a centre owned by the SKMM Investment Group labour recruitment firm ...
Yi Somphose, Tep Nimol, David Boyle and Eak Soung Chhay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/maid-firm-exposed
Hun Sen chides Cambodia Daily, lauds Trump
Prime Minister Hun Sen met with members of the press yesterday, not shying away from classifying some journalists and media outlets as extortionists and tax evaders, while applauding United States President Donald Trump’s efforts to go after so-called fake news. ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/hun-sen-chides-cambodia-daily-lauds-trump
Ministry warns six provinces of low temperatures
The Water Resources and Meteorology Ministry yesterday issued a statement warning that temperatures in six provinces could dip to as low as 17 degrees Celsius starting today. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564387/ministry-warns-six-provinces-of-low-temperatures/
Thai-Cambodian central banks sign MoU
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) on August 25 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Exchange of Banking Supervision Information with the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the regulator of financial institutions in Cambodia. The MoU provides a formal basis for banking supervisory cooperation between the ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Thai-Cambodian-central-banks-sign-MoU-30189102.html
Draft law puts high price on drunk driving
Drunk drivers could be fined $1000 under a new draft traffic law approved yesterday by The Council of Ministers. The legislation includes a raft of measures aimed at reducing the number of deaths and injuries on the roads. Among the draft law’s 92 articles are new ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/draft-law-puts-high-price-drunk-driving