Social development
Acleda gets $70M to support women
Acleda Bank signed an agreement in Bangkok yesterday with International Finance Corporation and the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women initiative for a $70 million long-term loan project to support Cambodia’s small- and medium-size enterprises (SME) owned by women. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-gets-70m-support-women
250K Cambodians subject to forced labour or marriage, report finds
Cambodia has the third-highest prevalence rate for modern slavery in the world, trailing only North Korea and Uzbekistan, according to the Global Slavery Index 2016, released this morning by the Walk Free Foundation. ...
Jack Davies and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/250k-cambodians-subject-forced-labour-or-marriage-report-finds
Police scuffle with protesters on fourth ‘black Monday’
Familiar scenes of police ripping banners during heated scuffles with protesters marked the fourth “Black Monday,” as activists continued to call for the release of human rights workers who have been in Prey Sar prison for almost one month. ...
George Wright and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-scuffle-with-protesters-on-fourth-black-monday-113239/
United Nations concerned about rising political tensions in Cambodia
The United Nations on Sunday voiced alarm at the escalating political tensions in Cambodia, including attempted arrests of politicians, amid allegations from the opposition that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party is persecuting it. ...
Straits Times Team
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/united-nations-concerned-about-rising-political-tensions-in-cambodia
Some unions slam strike threat
A group of pro-government and independent unions have condemned an announcement by Free Trade Union (FTU) president Chea Mony, who last week told the press that members of his union and others would hold mass strikes and protests if acting president of the Cambodia National ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25523/some-unions-slam-strike-threat/
Ethnic community rejects mineral exploration
Exploration company Angkor Gold Corp is working with NGOs to educate residents of Pate commune’s Plang village in Ratanakiri’s Ou Ya Dav district after villagers refused to give the company permission to explore for gold on their land. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25519/ethnic-community-rejects-mineral-exploration/
Organ transplant, donation draft law approved
The Council of Ministers approved a draft law last week regulating and controlling organ donations and transplants in response to a World Health Organization (WHO) report which revealed that the lives of patients with non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes could be further endangered following ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25517/organ-transplant--donation-draft-law-approved/
Warnings to be placed on cigarette packs
In what appears to be part of a wider push to cut down on smoking in the Kingdom, cigarette companies will have to publish pictorial and text warnings that take up 55 percent of each packet by the end of July, according to the Ministry ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25477/warnings-to-be-placed-on-cigarette-packs/
Health ministry seeks better expense reports
The Ministry of Health has issued a set of guidelines calling on referral hospitals and health centres to provide increased documentation of their expenses with an aim of introducing more “transparency” to official spending. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-seeks-better-expense-reports
Cambodia's health care system struggles to cope with mentally ill patients
As soon as the clock struck seven in the morning, a commotion broke out in front of an old, yellow building inside the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. More than 40 people flocked to the main metal door separating them from the waiting area and consultation rooms. Some ...
Pichayada Promchertchoo
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/cambodia-s-health-care/2811180.html
Outcry over acid use in food
Allegations that acetic acid imported from Thailand is being used in recipes to replace lemon juice in Banteay Meanchey and Battambang provinces has caused an outcry on social media. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25403/outcry-over-acid-use-in-food/
Observers see Cambodia’s democracy in retreat
Political intimidation, the suppression of political expression and restrictions on freedom of assembly have Cambodia’s young democracy under threat, observers in the country say. ...
Dy Khamboly
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/observers-see-cambodia-democracy-in-retreat/3343728.html
Amnesty mobilizes for Adhoc five
Amnesty International has designated four human rights officers and an election official who were jailed earlier this month as “prisoners of conscience” and will call on millions of members around the world to petition the government for their release. ...
Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/amnesty-mobilizes-for-adhoc-five-112985/
Health department to probe newborn’s death
The Phnom Penh health department has announced an investigation into the death of a newborn who allegedly choked while being fed by staff at the privately owned VIP Sorphea Maternity Hospital. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-department-probe-newborns-death
Opposition official arrested over petition
An opposition official in Kampot was arrested yesterday evening over his involvement in collecting thumbprints for a Royal petition calling for the release of detained human rights officials and politicians in the Kingdom. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25332/opposition-official-arrested-over-petition/
Police put an end to gathering of farmers in Prey Veng
Police who shut down a gathering of 30 people in a private home in Prey Veng province yesterday justified the action by saying the organisers had failed to notify the district governor in writing beforehand. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-put-end-gathering-farmers-prey-veng
Amid drought, diarrhea poses severe threat
Teachers at Toul Mead Primary School in Siem Reap province tell students to bring drinking water from home to keep them hydrated in the scorching heat. But water is increasingly hard to come by as the worst drought in decades drags on. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-drought-diarrhea-poses-severe-threat-112822/
Nutrition shortfalls harming Kingdom's economy, report finds
Malnutrition costs the Cambodian economy an estimated $266 million each year, according to a new report, which urged the government to invest more in tackling the problem. ...
Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nutrition-shortfalls-harming-kingdoms-economy-report-finds
Calls to validate LGBT rights
Gay and transgender people yesterday called on the government to legalise same-sex marriage and change identity cards to reflect a person’s true gender during an event to mark International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-validate-lgbt-rights
Red Cross makes donation to children's hospital
The Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) donated $1 million to the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals on Monday. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-cross-makes-donation-childrens-hospital
Meeting touts new approach to rehab
Officials from provinces across the country gathered in Banteay Meanchey yesterday and the day before to learn about alternative community-based drug rehabilitation services and vocational training, anti-drug officials said. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meeting-touts-new-approach-rehab
WHO eyes new TB test regime for Kingdom
A quicker diagnosis and a shorter and cheaper course of treatment for multidrug-resistant TB patients in Cambodia could soon be on the horizon. ...
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/who-eyes-new-tb-test-regime-kingdom
Avian flu outbreak in Kampot confirmed
The first outbreak of H5N1 this year was confirmed in Kampot province on May 10, health officials said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/avian-flu-outbreak-kampot-confirmed
Women encouraged to enter politics
In the lead-up to the upcoming elections, three provinces have been selected to participate in a three-year project designed to encourage women, first-time voters and the youth to actively participate in politics. ...
Mom Kunthea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24873/women-encouraged-to-enter-politics/