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PM: Do not overload clinics trying to get rabies vaccine

Prime Minister Hun Sen advised people on Monday not to be irrationally afraid of rabies to the extent of flocking to get vaccinated against the disease, and rendering institutions unable to provide timely services. The prime minister’s call came during the 7th National Clean City ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-do-not-overload-clinics-trying-get-rabies-vaccine

Koh Kong agriculture head denies selling state property

Meng Leang, the director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ Koh Kong department, has rejected allegations by local media that he sold state land, as the ministry investigates the matter. Meng Leang told The Post that the media reports are completely false. He ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-agriculture-head-denies-selling-state-property

Droughts in Pailin, Banteay Meanchey

Some areas in Pailin and Banteay Meanchey provinces are facing water shortages due to prolonged drought, though no major impacts have been reported, according to a spokesman for the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/droughts-pailin-banteay-meanchey

Elephant found dead in Mondulkiri protected area

An elephant was found dead at a cashew nut plantation in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima district on Sunday. Experts initially thought the elephant may have been poisoned by a chemicals used by locals, but later confirmed it had been shot. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elephant-found-dead-mondulkiri-protected-area

Sihanoukville’s new sewage systems ‘almost complete’

Following public outcry after waste from construction projects in Sihanoukville was found being dumped directly into the sea, provincial authorities have said four sewage systems are now almost complete. The construction of sewage systems at four beaches was 80 per cent finished, while two pumping ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukvilles-new-sewage-systems-almost-complete

Japan aid totals $135 million

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn on Wednesday said the Japanese government had provided the Kingdom with $134.38 million in aid packages in the past 12 months – $19.42 million in grants and the remaining $114.96 million in loans. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/japan-aid-totals-135-million

Higher student dropout rates along Cambodia's border with Thailand

A Cambodian official reported last week that about 23 percent of children in three provinces along the border with Thailand have stopped attending school. Cambodian Education Minister Hangchuon Naron spoke at a conference about the student dropout rate. He said that the rate in Battambang, Banteay Meanchey ...

Jonathan Evans
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/higher-student-dropout-rates-along-cambodia-s-border-with-thailand/4794430.html

Cambodian workers to get Japan opportunity

The Japanese government will offer an opportunity for specialised Cambodian workers to work in Japan through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that might be signed in April, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, Ith Sam Heng said. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-workers-get-japan-opportunity

Activists come together for Prey Lang tree ceremony

The Ministry of Environment and 300 villagers from natural protection communities across four provinces gathered at Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary this weekend for a tree ceremony calling for the protection of natural resources, ministry spokesman Neth Pheaktra told The Post on Sunday. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-come-together-prey-lang-tree-ceremony

Preah Sihanouk land dispute agreement nullified ‘to prevent irregular issues’

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has reversed its previous order to allocate land to 48 families in Preah Sihanouk province’s Koki village – the scene of violent clashes between protesters and security forces – in order to follow procedure in trying to resolve ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-sihanouk-land-dispute-agreement-nullified-prevent-irregular-issues

Government starts programme for secondary school dropouts

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) launched the Basic Education Equivalency Programme (Beep) on Sunday – an internet-based education programme for Cambodian youths in grades seven to nine who have dropped out of school – at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC). ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-starts-programme-secondary-school-dropouts

Preah Vihear authorities crack down on illegal mining sites

A Preah Vihear provincial joint force has cracked down on seven illegal mining sites in Romdeng village in Rovieng district’s Romtom commune and shut down five of the locations while preparing to send two cases to court. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-authorities-crack-down-illegal-mining-sites

LMC gives $7M in funds to government for 19 projects

The Cambodian government on Thursday received $7.66 million from the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund 2018 to implement 19 projects. Initiated by the Chinese government during the first LMC Leaders’ meeting in China’s Hainan province in March 2016, the LMC Special Fund aims to support ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lmc-gives-7m-funds-government-19-projects

About 6,000 civil servants to be moved

The government will transfer 6,000 civil servants from the national level to the sub-national level in order to provide better service to people in the capital and provinces. Speaking during the closing ceremony of the Interior Ministry’s two-day 2018 Stocktaking and 2019 Directive Settings Conference ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50578355/about-6000-civil-servants-to-be-moved/

Ministry to meet with companies over EBA saga

The Ministry of Commerce is planning a meeting with public and private actors to discuss the revocation of the European Union’s Everything-but-arms (EBA) deal and to find ways to diminish its impact on the economy, the ministry said in a press release. The ministry’s statement, ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50577785/ministry-to-meet-with-companies-over-eba-saga/

Cambodia unveils new measures to support local firms

Cambodia has unveiled several measures to support local manufacturers and exporters in case the European Union (EU) decides to temporarily strip trade preferences from the country, according to China’s Xinhua News Agency. The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce issued a statement on February 12, saying that it ...

VNA
https://en.vietnamplus.vn/cambodia-unveils-new-measures-to-support-local-firms/146528.vnp

Access to Information draft law ready

Information Minister Khieu Kanharith yesterday confirmed that the draft law on Access to Information has been inserted into the 6th mandate of the government’s strategic plan. In an announcement dated yesterday that addressed public and civil society groups’ requests, Mr Kanharith said the ministry had ...

Taing Vida
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50577422/access-to-information-draft-law-ready/

Army accused of clearing land

Membes of Battambang province’s forest community and relevant authorities on Tuesday claimed that over 100ha of forest land in Samlot Protected Area have been illegally cleared by wealthy citizens and armed forces in order to place it under their ownership. Samlot community representative Yat Neang, ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/army-accused-clearing-land

Government reshuffles coastal managemet committee members

The government reshuffled members of the National Committee for Coastal Management and Development in late January, according to a government statement received by The Post on Tuesday. Prime Minister Hun Sen continues to serve as the committee’s honorary president, while Minister of Land Management, Urban ...

Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-reshuffles-coastal-managemet-committee-members

Environment ministry works to better identify timber sources

Minister of Environment Say Sam Al said on Monday that his ministry is working with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to identify whether transported timber is from legal or illegal sources. Cambodian Youth Party (CYP) president Pich Sros, who is also a member ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-works-better-identify-timber-sources

Kingdom’s satellite project still under study

The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia yesterday said that the Kingdom’s plan to launch its first satellite is still being studied after the Defence Ministry denied media reports that it will be sent into space in 2021. TRC spokesman Im Vutha yesterday said that the project ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50577036/kingdoms-satellite-project-still-under-study-2/

Samroang city water shortages

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has decided to dig a one-hectare pond to store day-to-day water for the Oddar Meanchey provincial prison and its surroundings. The prison is located in Samroang city, an area currently facing shortages of water. Provincial Governor Pen Kosal ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50577080/samroang-city-water-shortages/

NGOs call for speedy passage of information freedom law

A group of 19 non-governmental organisations and associations have urged the Kingdom’s legislative and executive bodies to expedite the passage of a draft law on freedom of information, which the group said had been delayed for years. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-call-speedy-passage-information-freedom-law

Ministry issues guidelines to deal with hot weather

The Health Ministry yesterday issued guidelines on how people can prevent illnesses during extremely hot weather caused by the El Nino phenomenon. Ly Sovann, Communicable Disease Control Department director, yesterday said that people should drink boiled water regularly and avoid drinking too much alcohol or ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50576721/ministry-issues-guidelines-to-deal-with-hot-weather-2/

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