‘Ghost staff’ found, $1.7M returned to state coffers
<p>The Ministry of Civil Service said more than seven billion riel ($1.7 million) in salaries for civil servants was returned to the state last year after it discovered that the books had been cooked to pay ‘ghost officials’. This is despite claims by the Ministry of ...p>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ghost-staff-found-17m-returned-state-coffers
P2P lending marketplace launches
<p>peer-to-peer (p2p) lending marketplace Rai Capital (Cambodia) Co Ltd on November 26 announced its official launch in the Kingdom. It said it is designed for micro-entrepreneurs and individuals to promote financial inclusion in the Kingdom and enable flexible local financing solutions for local businesses and ...p>
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/p2p-lending-marketplace-launches
This year’s high school exam postponed to early December
<p>The high school exam for the academic year 2021-2022, previously scheduled for Nov. 14-15, and then delayed to Nov. 21-22, was once again postponed to early December. ...p>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501150462/this-years-high-school-exam-postponed-to-early-december/
Flood dangers rise amid downpours
<p>The Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a new warning about heavy rain across the country amid a low-pressure weather system, while prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered officials to be prepared for flooding. ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084251/flood-dangers-rise-amid-downpours/
Set of steps could cut carbon in half: report
<p>Cambodia could reduce its projected carbon emissions by 57 percent over the next 30 years without taking a financial hit if it implements low-carbon development policies in five key sectors, according to a new report in the journal Energy policy. ...p>
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/set-steps-could-cut-carbon-half-report
Warning for week of heavy rain and floods
<p>Much of the country could face flooding due to heavy rainfall until Wednesday, the Water Resources and Meteorology Ministry has warned. According to a ministry announcement yesterday, the country will be affected by a low pressure system that will cause heavy rainfall nationwide. ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083788/warning-week-heavy-rain-floods/
Low-skilled workers left behind as job markets go online
<p>Despite recent growth in online job postings, low-skilled workers in Cambodia are largely being omitted from the shifting market, leaving them with few avenues to find opportunities around the country, industry experts said. ...p>
Hang Sokunthea
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/low-skilled-workers-left-behind-as-job-markets-go-online-130368/
UN: Record-breaking 60 million forcibly displaced worldwide
<p>The U.N. refugee agency warns the number of people forcibly displaced from their homes is likely to exceed 60 million in 2015.The UNHCR has released its Mid-Year Trends 2015 report covering global forced displacement during the first six months of this year. ...p>
Lisa Schlein
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/record-breaking-60-million-forcibly-displaced-in-the-world/3109147.html
Cambodian authorities assist 14 montagnards who requested return to Vietnam
<p>Officials in northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province on Friday assisted 14 ethnic Montagnards who asked to be repatriated across the border to Vietnam after they left Thailand, citing financial hardship because they were unable to find work. ...p>
Ratha Visal
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/montagnards-07312015145739.html
Seventeen montagnards seeking asylum in Cambodia return to Vietnam
<p>Seventeen ethnic Montagnard Christians who fled Vietnam earlier this year to seek refuge from alleged persecution voluntarily returned home on Tuesday, discouraged after waiting for more than three months to be granted refugee status, a rights advocate and United Nations spokesperson said. ...p>
Cambodia extends deportation deadline for asylum-seeking montagnards
<p>The Cambodian government has extended the deadline for the deportation of 13 ethnic Montagnard Christians who have obtained refugee status in the Southeast Asian nation if they do not find a third country in which to permanently settle by next January, prompting criticism from a ...p>
Press release on the outcome of the official visit to the Republic of Indonesia of H.E. Senior Minister Prak Sokhonn
<p>On 06 February 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has released a press release on outcomes of the official visit to the Republic of Indonesia of H.E. Senior Minister prak Sokhonn from 01-03 February 2018. The official visit aims to foster the friendly ...p>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Montagnards told to return to Vietnam
<p>Almost a year since the latest wave of Montagnards began arriving in the country, claiming to be fleeing persecution in Vietnam, the Interior Ministry said on Friday that all but 13 of them have been given three months to return home or face forced repatriation. ...p>
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/montagnards-told-to-return-to-vietnam-94060/
ODC team's insights from UNHLPF 2023: Accelerating recovery and SDG implementation
<p>The Open Development Cambodia (ODC) Team recently had the privilege of attending the United Nations High-Level political Forum 2023 in New York City. This global event serves as a platform to discuss and accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic while emphasizing the full implementation ...p>
Resettlement offer to asylum seekers may have breached Cambodia deal
<p>Australian immigration officials have approached asylum seekers within the Nauru detention centre about resettlement in Cambodia, apparently in contravention of the agreement between the two countries.
The settlement agreement with Cambodia specifies that offers should be made only to people with refugee status. But it ...p>
Paul Farrell
http://bit.ly/1DQq6ZR
Families evacuated as flood waters rise
<p>More than 300 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Malai district were evacuated yesterday after their houses were inundated by floods. Other provinces were also affected by flooding as a low-pressure weather system crosses the country. ...p>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084577/families-evacuated-flood-waters-rise/
Announcement on the weather forecast in Cambodia
<p>According to the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology announcement on 08 November 2020, the tropical depression in the South China Sea is heading west, increasing its impact on the 21st storm named ETAU on 10 November. The storm is forecast to weaken to a ...p>
Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology
Cambodia selected to host the AWaP convention in 2025
<p>Cambodia has been selected as the host nation for the 4th annual Asia Wastewater Management partnership (AWap) convention in 2025. Five other countries are members of the organisation, Indonesia, the philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam and Japan. ...p>
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336034/cambodia-selected-to-host-the-awap-convention-in-2025/
Montagnard refugees set their course for Philippines
<p>More than a dozen Montagnard refugees are set to depart from Cambodia for the philippines today, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ...p>
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/montagnard-refugees-set-their-course-philippines
Students get exam results
<p>As many as 75,059 students or 66.21 per cent passed this year’s high school examinations. The figure is 2.37 per cent higher than last year, a Ministry of Education announcement said on Sunday. The ministry said this year, the number students who received either an ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-get-exam-results
