More than 140 unexploded mortar rounds found at Pursat school
A farmer preparing a plot of land for a vegetable garden found a cache of unexploded 60mm mortar rounds from the 1970s on the campus of a secondary school in Pursat province’s Kandieng district over the weekend. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-140-unexploded-mortar-rounds-found-pursat-school
Villagers file complaint against Union Development Group for razing crops, property
Fourteen families in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district filed a court complaint today against 60 security guards employed by Union Development Group (UDG) for allegedly destroying their crops and small huts on land belonging to the development conglomerate. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-file-complaint-against-union-development-group-razing-crops-property
Stung Treng cattle killed by foot-and-mouth
More than 60 cows and buffalo in Stung Treng’s Siem Pang district have died over the past two weeks following a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, while 200 cattle have been vaccinated to prevent further spread, officials said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stung-treng-cattle-killed-foot-and-mouth
Trainees off to Japan in April
About 60 Cambodian trainees will be recruited to study and work in Inuyama town in Japan by the Inuyama Chamber of Commerce in Japan, a decision made after the minister of labour met with the chairman of the chamber yesterday. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5098121/trainees-off-japan-april/
One in five students ‘saw gender violence’
More than 60 per cent of Cambodian students have experienced gender-based violence in schools, with staff committing the violence a fifth of the time, according to a new research report from Plan International and the International Center for Research on Women. ...
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/one-five-students-saw-gender-violence
NGOs slam Cambodian political parties over workshop on electoral reform draft law
Representatives of more than 60 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and an electoral reform group on Monday boycotted a national workshop held Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties on the electoral reform draft law, saying they did not have enough time to review the documents. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/ngos-boycott-workshop-on-electoral-reform-03092015171323.html
Press Release on the results of the Cambodian Cabinet meeting
On 05 April 2019, the Office of the Council of Ministers issued a press release on the result of the Cambodian Cabinet meeting which was held at the Peace Palace. After listening to the reports and comments, the Cabinet meeting decided to approve the following:Draft ...
Office of the Council of Ministers
Announcement on the COVISHIELD Vaccination Campaign licensed by AstraZeneca for a group of 60 years old in Phnom Penh
On 22 March 2021, Ministry of Health has posted an announcement regarding the COVISHIELD Vaccination Campaign licensed by AstraZeneca for a group of 60-year-olds in Phnom Penh. The campaign will take place on 23 March 2021 on different locations listed in the announcement. Only those ...
Ministry of Health
City Hall launches five new bus routes
City Hall yesterday launched five new city bus routes using buses provided by the Japanese government. The Japanese agreed to provide 100 buses and 60 have already been delivered with 20 more arriving today. The rest will be delivered later this year. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50538462/city-hall-launches-five-new-bus-routes/
Planned center for mentally ill faces low supply of experts
As the government plans to transfer roughly 60 percent of detainees at the notorious Prey Speu detention center to a “mental illness” center in Kandal province, mental health experts expressed doubts this week over the country’s capacity to provide proper care. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/planned-center-for-mentally-ill-faces-low-supply-of-experts-115420/
Mexican national convicted of sexual abuse
A 60-year-old Mexican national working at a school in Sihanoukville was convicted of sexually abusing two young girls yesterday and sentenced to two years in prison, with one year of the sentence suspended, according to APLE Cambodia, a child rights NGO. ...
Jonathan Greig and Buth Reaksmeykongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21605/mexican-national-convicted-of-sexual-abuse/
Second call for rice exports
The Ministry of Agriculture is calling on rice millers to apply for a second round of quality checks for exports to China after only 28 local rice mills, out of 60 which applied for inspection in the first round, passed last year. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35211/second-call-for-rice-exports/
New insurance product gives rice farmers a break
Farmers hit by drought in Battambang this year are already benefitting from a new crop insurance product for rice farmers introduced by Forte Insurance, with at least 60 families in two districts of the country’s main rice-growing province collecting payments so far. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16797/new-insurance-product-gives-rice-farmers-a-break/
Making villages see the light
More than 60 percent of rural homes in the Kingdom will have electricity by the end of this month and all villages in the country will no longer be engulfed in pitch darkness at night when they are connected to the national grid by 2020. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26423/making-villages-see-the-light/
Gov’t and NGO seek to expand access to water
As the Kingdom grapples with water shortages, the Ministry of Rural Development and NGO Plan International have set a goal to bring clean water sources to 60 per cent of Cambodia’s 12 million rural residents by 2018. ...
Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-and-ngo-seek-expand-access-water
‘Sealing’ program fights rampant tooth decay in children
The teeth of some 60,000 Cambodian children have been “sealed” to help prevent tooth decay under an oral health project that recently concluded, but many more continue to be in need of such service, given the country’s significantly high tooth-decay rate. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sealing-program-fights-rampant-tooth-decay-children
For failed high school students, an array of options awaits
As about 60 percent of the tens of thousands of students who took the national high school exam—some twice—this year cope with failure, Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said this week the dismal grades would only have a “minor impact” on university admissions and jobseekers. ...
George Styllis and Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/for-failed-high-school-students-an-array-of-options-awaits-71790/
LICADHO condemns the arrests of La Peang demonstrators
LICADHO condemns the violent dispersal of more than 50 villagers from La Peang community who had begun their 60km-long peaceful march from Kampong Chhnang province to Phnom Penh, calling for a resolution to their long-standing land dispute. ...
Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
77 countries, 34 leaders to attend Asia-Africa conference commemoration
The Foreign Ministry says 34 heads of states and heads of governments, as well as representatives from 77 countries have confirmed their attendance at the 60th anniversary of the Asia Africa Conference, set to be held in Jakarta and Bandung from April 19 to April ...
The Jakarta Post News Staff
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/16/77-countries-34-leaders-attend-asia-africa-conference-commemoration.html
Cambodia rice exports increase sharply in first half of 2015 driven by Chinese and European demand
Cambodia has exported around 283,825 tons of milled rice in the first six months of 2015, up about 60% from around 177,928 tons exported during the same period last year, Phnom Penh Post quoted data from Secretariat of One Window Service for Rice Export Formality. ...
Oryza News Staff
http://oryza.com/23115/cambodia-rice-exports-increase-sharply-first-half-2015-driven-chinese-european-demand