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Women lack full rights at Appeal Court
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has released an observational report on the rights of woman defendant’s at the Appeal Court, claiming that many weren’t granted due process. Having monitors attend 453 trials from December 2016 to June this year, CCHR found that there ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/women-lack-full-rights-appeal-court
Crackdown nets 43 cases of illegal fishing
Fisheries administration officials and local authorities on Wednesday discovered off-season fishing activities in 43 areas along Tonle Sap lake in Kampong Chhnang province. ...
Or Sreypich
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50521263/crackdown-nets-43-cases-of-illegal-fishing/
Talks on new minimum wage start
A ministry announcement yesterday said initial talks to set the parameters for the mew minimum wage were scheduled for this month and discussions between it, employers and unions will take place next month. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50521380/talks-on-new-minimum-wage-start/
Failing students urged to take up skills training
Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron yesterday advised Grade 12 students who fail the national exam to study vocational skills instead of ending their education. Speaking at the launching of a pilot project “Basic Education Equivalency Program” in Phnom Penh, he said that students who ...
Or Sreypich
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520587/failing-students-urged-to-take-up-skills-training/
More than 300 fires recorded so far this year
There were more than 300 fires in the first half of this year, an increase from the number of cases recorded during the same period last year, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520569/more-than-300-fires-recorded-so-far-this-year/
Gov’t: move to revoke improper documents nearing conclusion
The General Immigration Department said that the program to revoke official documents that were not properly issued, to mostly 70,000 ethnic Vietnamese, was about 70 per cent complete. Khun Sambo, deputy director general of the department, which is under the Ministry of Interior, said it ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-move-revoke-improper-documents-nearing-conclusion
Ministry lauds businesses for cutting down plastic bag usage
The Ministry of Environment yesterday praised local supermarkets and shopping centres for reducing plastic bag usage following legislation passed last year that requires them to charge customers for plastic bags. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520131/ministry-lauds-businesses-for-cutting-down-plastic-bag-usage/
Ministry releases preliminary figures for flood damage
More than 3,000 hectares of paddy fields have been destroyed and 20,000 damaged by recent floods in the provinces of Stung Treng, Kratie, Kampong Cham, and Tbong Khmom, according to a preliminary report from the Ministry of Agriculture. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520132/ministry-releases-preliminary-figures-for-flood-damage/
Tour guides voice concern over app that will offer audio tours
Tour guides at the Kingdom’s historical sites are voicing concern over an audio tour app they said is threatening their careers. Developed by local company Angkor Audio, the app provides spoken tours in 14 languages. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tour-guides-voice-concern-over-app-will-offer-audio-tours
Local logistics sector is well despite ranking slip: Official
Cambodia’s global logistics performance ranking dropped 25 spots to 98th this year after achieving a commendable 73rd in 2016, the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) said, but local experts questioned the lack of clarity on the ranking slip. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519679/local-logistics-sector-is-well-despite-ranking-slip-official/
EU urged to help with 2030 targets
The European Union (EU) should not falter in its support of the government’s target to transform the country into a higher middle-income nation by 2030, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) last week. ...
Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519680/eu-urged-to-help-with-2030-targets/
China should invest in Battambang milling plant
The Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak urged a Hunan-based company to take advantage of the vast, untapped potential in the agricultural sector and to invest in an export processing plant in Battambang. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519249/china-should-invest-in-battambang-milling-plant/
Families resolve land dispute with port official
Families in Preah Sihanouk province’s Muoy commune are withdrawing their request for the Land Management Ministry to intervene in a land dispute with Sihanoukville Autonomous Port official Chan Kang as the matter has been resolved. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519332/families-resolve-land-dispute-with-port-official/
Drive to replenish trees in Mondulkiri
Junior Chamber International Cambodia, in collaboration with WCS Cambodia, will hold a two-day tree planting event in Mondulkiri province starting on August 17 as part of a campaign to grow about 50,000 trees from this year to 2020. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519337/drive-to-replenish-trees-in-mondulkiri/
Rising water level alert
In a statement yesterday the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said that Mekong river water levels in Stung Treng and Kratie provinces have increased, while water levels in Kampong Cham have begun to recede after authorities deployed water pumps. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50519334/rising-water-level-alert/
Palm sugar GI status in EU hits a glitch
The process of obtaining geographical indication (GI) status for Kampong Speu palm sugar in the European Union suffered a setback this week after a company asked for revisions to the wording of the product’s guidebook, according to a producers association. ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50518153/palm-sugar-gi-status-in-eu-hits-a-glitch/
Capital ferry hosts official launch
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport said caretaker Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over the official launch of a ferry service that has been operating for the past three months. The service takes passengers along the Tonle Sap and Tonle Bassac rivers, making three ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/capital-ferry-hosts-official-launch
Despite election uncertainty, exports achieve solid growth
Exports of garment and footwear products achieved solid growth during the first half of the year, expanding by 9.3 percent. According to the Ministry of Commerce, exports from the country’s garment industry were valued at $3.7 billion during the first six months of the year. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517748/despite-election-uncertainty-exports-achieve-solid-growth/
More floods to hit multiple provinces
The Ministry of Water Resources yesterday released a statement warning residents living along the Mekong river that water levels will continue to rise in the upcoming days due to heavy rain and strong weather across several provinces in the country. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517816/more-floods-to-hit-multiple-provinces/
New organic markets open in Siem Reap and Kampong Thom
Under its Boosting Food Projection programme, the government has now successfully opened eight markets for chemical-free vegetables in eight provinces across the country. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517256/new-organic-markets-open-in-siem-reap-and-kampong-thom/
Development of oilfield to continue as planned
The recent gains in the global price of oil will not affect plans for the development of the Apsara oilfield, according to a representative of the company that holds the rights to the area. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517257/development-of-oilfield-to-continue-as-planned/
Government donates flood aid to Laos
The government yesterday said that it donated $100,000 in humanitarian aid to Laos as a relief package for thousands of victims affected by a collapsed dam that left dozens dead, hundreds missing and thousands displaced. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517409/government-donates-flood-aid-to-laos/
Stung Treng floods displace more families
Stung Treng provincial authorities yesterday evacuated nearly 100 more families in Stung Treng city due to continued flooding caused by rising water levels in the Mekong river. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50517408/stung-treng-floods-displace-more-families/
Authorities evacuate villagers
Authorities yesterday began evacuating villagers affected by floods along the Sesan river in Ratanakkiri province, the Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology said. The ministry also asked villagers along the river to continue to take precautions following a rise in water levels. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514965/authorities-evacuate-villagers/