Mass infection in pigs sparks fears
A new breakout of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has taken the lives of more than 1,200 pigs while infecting some 3,200 more in three districts across Siem Reap since mid-August, a new report by the province’s Agriculture Department says. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mass-infection-pigs-sparks-fears
Cambodia to stop HIV by 2020
During a presentation at the 2013 International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Cambodia showed its new initiative called “Cambodia 3.0” which aims to eliminate new infections of HIV by 2020. Cambodia had one of the fastest growing HIV ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=N2U3NjkyZDJiYTM
A failure to communicate
At the beginning of the school year, Mony Vutha was handed a new, mandatory addition to the grade four curriculum that neither he nor any of his colleagues were trained to teach: English. Vutha’s two years of English lessons more than a decade ago made him ...
Laignee Barron and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/failure-communicate
Free health care for Cambodia’s poorest
Cambodia received a new $130 million funding package from the World Bank last month that focuses on poverty reduction and bettering the lives of poor and vulnerable Cambodians in the country cooperation strategy set out in the new Cambodia -World Bank Group Country Engagement Note ...
Tin Sokhavuth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26055/free-health-care-for-cambodia---s-poorest/
Election group suggests revamped, modern voter registry
A new voter registration system that could eliminate irregularities would cost about $17 million, an election monitor said Thursday. A new system would eliminate duplicate names and improperly spelled names, but would also be based on the old registry, Koul Panha, head of the monitoring group ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/election-group-suggests-revamped-modern-voter-registry/2527764.html
Kampot governor out after a mere 1.5 years
Kampot is due to have a new governor after just over a year and a half under current Governor Chan Chesda, according to a royal decree signed on Tuesday. The decree appoints Cheav Tay as the new governor, and indicates Chesda is to transfer to ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-governor-out-after-mere-15-years
Hun Sen Says Water, Power Shortages to Stay
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the rapid growth of Phnom Penh’s population coupled with the rampant construction of new property projects means that there would always be a shortage of water and electricity in the capital. Speaking to a crowd of thousands who had ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-says-water-power-shortages-to-stay-29063/
Airport committee set to suspend land deals
The committee on the new Phnom Penh international airport project development said on Thursday that it will temporarily suspend land business in sensitive areas that could hinder the new airport’s development project. Real estate sector insiders said the move will help solve the issues easily ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/airport-committee-set-suspend-land-deals
Health Ministry and WHO sign 5-year plan
The Ministry of Health and the WHO on Friday signed a new five-year plan that will seek to address communicable and non-communicable diseases, advance universal health care, strengthen capability to respond to new emerging diseases and increase collaborations and partnerships, a ministry official said yesterday. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-and-who-sign-5-year-plan
ACLEDA Bank launches ACLEDA Internet Bank
ACLEDA Bank PLC, the Cambodia’s leading commercial bank, has launched a new service called “ACLEDA Internet Bank”, according to a statement on its website. The statement said the new service would offer additional alternative for its value customers in doing financial transactions via the internet at ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NTg0YTVkMDcwMjg
Nearly $175 million in new investments flow in but can’t keep pace with increasing unemployment
Five more investment projects worth $174.8 million have been approved, according to a press release of the Council for the Development of Cambodia issued on May 22. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50726183/nearly-175-million-in-new-investments-flow-in-but-cant-keep-pace-with-increasing-unemployment/
UN says nine new Montagnards add to ‘urgency’ in Ratanakkiri
Two weeks after five Montagnard asylum seekers crossed into Ratanakkiri province from Vietnam, the U.N. said Sunday that reports of the arrival of nine more—including three children—added to the situation’s “urgency.” Two ethnic Jarai villagers living in Ratanakkiri said the nine Montagnards—an indigenous group from Vietnam’s ...
Aun Pheap and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-says-nine-new-montagnards-add-to-urgency-in-ratanakkiri-76361/
More than two million tourists traversed the country during the New Year weekend
The Ministry of Tourism has reported that that the three days of the Global New Year holiday and weekend from December 31, 2021 to January 2, 2022 brought 2,002,298 domestic tourists out to traverse the country and take in the tourism sites of Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501000354/more-than-two-million-tourists-traversed-the-country-during-the-new-year-weekend/
Former PM Hun Sen: Cambodian-Thai new prime ministers to further strengthen cooperation
The new Prime Ministers of Cambodia and Thailand will work together to boost the cooperation between the two neighbouring countries. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501347740/former-pm-hun-sen-cambodian-thai-new-prime-ministers-to-further-strengthen-cooperation/
PMs of Luxembourg and the Netherlands ready to work with Cambodian new PM
Prime Ministers of Luxembourg and the Netherlands have recently addressed separate messages of congratulations to Kitti Tesaphibal Pundit Hun Manet on his appointment as the Prime Minister of Cambodia, affirming that they are ready to work with him for the mutual benefit of their nations. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501352966/pms-of-luxembourg-and-the-netherlands-ready-to-work-with-cambodian-new-pm/
USAID announces new project for enhancing quality of healthcare across Cambodia
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announces the award of its new, five-year Enhancing Quality of Healthcare Activity II (EQHA II) to continue supporting efforts to improve the quality of public and private health services for all Cambodians. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396747/usaid-announces-new-project-for-enhancing-quality-of-healthcare-across-cambodia/
PM Hun Manet reiterates no new taxes nor tax increases
Dr Hun Manet has reiterated that the 7th-mandate Royal Government will neither create new taxes nor increase existing ones. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501391897/pm-hun-manet-reiterates-no-new-taxes-nor-tax-increases/
Two new tyre plants approved in August, 3,500 jobs created
Two tyre manufacturing factories, with a total investment of $686 million, were approved by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) in August, creating 3,459 jobs. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/two-new-tyre-plants-approved-in-august-3-500-jobs-created
Market Shop Owners Try to Prevent Eviction
Vendors in Phnom Penh’s Ngin An market are protesting a government-backed bid by the market’s new owner to push them out by tomorrow. More than 40 representatives of 223 vendors waved a banner at the market yesterday to protest a letter from Russey Keo District Hall ...
NGO law ‘obstacle to development goals’
Civil society organizations yesterday expressed concern about the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations last month, which they said would be hard to achieve under the new Law on Associations and NGOs (LANGO). ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16582/ngo-law----obstacle-to-development-goals---/