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House collapses into river, others removed
One home collapsed into the Tonle Bassac river on Saturday in Kandal’s Sa’ang district, while two others are at risk of collapse and eight others had to be dismantled and moved across the road, away from the riverbank, officials said yesterday. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/house-collapses-river-others-removed
Government threatens land rights protesters with legal action
The Commerce Ministry has threatened to take unspecified legal “measures” against anyone joining a protest against a sugarcane plantation who does not have a personal claim in the dispute. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-threatens-land-rights-protesters-with-legal-action-127079/
Factories told to cool off for hot season
According to the official announcement, manufacturers in the textile, garment and footwear industry must do more to stop employees from fainting and suffering ill health as a result of working under excessive temperatures. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36898/factories-told-to-cool-off-for-hot-season/
Health alert on imported food
The Commerce Ministry has banned imports of several food products over a health scare and warned the public to avoid them. The Camcontrol directorate-general took action over I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter and I.M. Healthy Granola products after the US Food and Drug Administration linked them to ...
Ech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36901/health-alert-on-imported-food/
MFIs seek regulator’s support
The apex body for the nation’s microfinance industry announced yesterday that the central bank had tentatively agreed to a number of measures it had requested to ease the burden on microfinance lenders following last week’s unilateral decision to cap annual interest rates at 18 percent ...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mfis-seek-regulators-support
Villagers urged to swap fishing for ecotourism
The Tourism Minister has called on riverside communities in Kratie and Stung Treng provinces to avoid fishing in areas where dolphins live to attract visitors who want to see the rare creatures. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36846/villagers-urged-to-swap-fishing-for-ecotourism/
Pensions to be paid through ATMs
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation will start dispensing pensions for former civil servants and veterans at select ATMs starting in April. Minister Vong Soth issued a notice yesterday stating that pensioners will be able to withdraw their monthly allocations from Canadia Bank ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36843/pensions-to-be-paid-through-atms/
Push to increase education, training
A senior government official has urged the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport to help children – both those who have never attended school as well as dropouts – get an education or receive training to improve their job prospects and income. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36747/push-to-increase-education--training/
Traders urged to use riel
In an effort to boost the use of the riel, private companies have called on the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) to ensure that all goods worth less than $100 are priced in riel. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36683/traders-urged-to-use-riel/
Ministry of foreign affairs to build first diplomatic institute
The Foreign Affairs Ministry expects to complete construction on its first training institute for local diplomats in the next 18 months, officials said Monday. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokes-man Chum Sounry said work on the National Institute for Diplomatic and Relations of International Study began in December. ...
Chhorn Phearun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/ministry-foreign-affairs-build-first-diplomatic-institute-126811/
TRC curbs phone service offers
A new deadline has been set for mobile operators Cellcard, Smart and Metfone to stop their promotional money exchange program by March 30, according to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36631/trc-curbs-phone-service-offers/
Minister urges more help for addicts
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has warned the number of drug users in the country has reached 20,000, as he urged authorities to do more to tackle the problem. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36579/minister-urges-more-help-for-addicts/
Thais waive border fees for New Year
Thai officials will next month waive fees at border gates to allow workers from Cambodia to return home for the New Year. The Cambodian embassy in Thailand yesterday confirmed the move to Khmer Times and said the free pass will apply to all Cambodian workers and ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36583/thais-waive-border-fees-for-new-year/
Fears hover over plan to collect data on all Cambodians
Every Cambodian will be assigned a 10-digit identification number under which information from various government departments, as well as the private sector, will be collected in a central database, Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced on Thursday. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fears-hover-over-plan-to-collect-data-on-all-cambodians-126693/
Health Ministry admits shortcomings in report
The Ministry of Health acknowledged yesterday in its annual report that the quality of health care services in the Kingdom remains poor, with experts concluding that the slow improvement is due to a lack of government commitment. ...
Kong Meta and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-admits-shortcomings-report
Parliaments share auditing experience
The Cambodian, Laos, and Vietnam parliaments have shared a stage to discuss their expenditure experiences and improve transparency and auditing of public investment in areas such as infrastructure. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36507/parliaments-share-auditing-experience/
Expanding trade and tourism
Over the last few years the Director of the Statistics Department at the National Bank of Cambodia began observing an unanticipated development while conducting field observation studies of trade at border crossings – the riel is being accepted for purchases in neighbouring counties. ...
Riel Gains
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36315/expanding-trade-and-tourism/
Floating villages to be grounded
A government minister has sounded the death knell for Tonle Sap picturesque floating villages after outlining a long-term plan to rehome all those living on the lake. Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon yesterday told Khmer Times he wants to relocate thousands of families living on the lake ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36334/floating-villages-to-be-grounded/
Heavy trucks feel pinch
Transportation Ministry inspection stations last month seized 242 overloaded trucks, nearly 100 more than the month prior, and more than doubled the fines dished out to offending vehicle owners, according to a ministry report released on Tuesday. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heavy-trucks-feel-pinch
Ministry warns of unusual dry season rain
The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has warned of impending unseasonal rain from this week until early next week, especially in lowland areas. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36224/ministry-warns-of-unusual-dry-season-rain/
New banknotes signal revival of national pride
In his office at the National Bank of Cambodia, Mr. Heng Bomakara recalls the early stages of the nation’s currency with fondness. He still remembers a time when coins were commonplace. First minted in aluminum and then later in steel, these coins are now a ...
Riel Gains
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36156/new-banknotes-signal-revival-of-national-pride/
Campaign for local products
The “Buy Khmer Products” campaign continues this year, in a bid to promote local products among Cambodian people.Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, said last Friday that the campaign is “a momentum to inspire and awaken Cambodian citizens to acknowledge the value of local products.” ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36154/campaign-for-local-products/
Minister praises 2013 protest crackdown
The Labor Minister yesterday lauded the government’s crackdown of a garment worker protest back in late 2013 and early 2014, which he claimed was necessary to avoid a war. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36168/minister-praises-2013-protest-crackdown/
Japan to help country go green
Japan has signed a three-year deal to help train government officials on attracting environmentally friendly investment. The Environment Ministry and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) yesterday signed the agreement to educate officials about how to use environmental impact assessments and enforce pollution controls. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36164/japan-to-help-country-go-green/