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Departments of Forestry and Fisheries to decentralize
The Ministry of Agriculture’s departments of Forestry and Fisheries will be placed under the control of the provincial agricultural administrations, according to an official letter released by Agricultural Minister Ouk Rabun on Monday. The move is part of an effort to decentralize government responsibilities and ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21232/departments-of-forestry-and-fisheries-to-decentralize/
Fumes from toilets lead to mass faintings at factory
More than 30 workers fainted at a garment factory in Kandal province over the past two days after inhaling noxious fumes circulated by a ventilation fan located near the facility’s toilets, an official said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fumes-from-toilets-lead-to-mass-faintings-at-factory-107996/
Maid to return from Saudi Arabia as deal nears
Consular officials yesterday were working to repatriate a Cambodian maid fleeing what she described as unfair working conditions in Saudi Arabia, even as Cambodia’s minister of labour was en route to seal a long-awaited deal to open a pipeline of workers to the Gulf nation. ...
Charles Rollet and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/maid-return-saudi-arabia-deal-nears
India to ease visa norms to lure visitors
India is looking to ease its visa regime for ASEAN nations in a bid to increase Buddhist tourist arrivals – travellers looking to visit Buddhist heritage sites – to the country, India’s vice president said. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/india-ease-visa-norms-lure-visitors
Company denies responsibility in chicken deaths
The cause of death of more than 11,000 diseased broiler chickens found dumped in a canal in Kompong Thom province last month has been identified as an infectious virus transmittable to humans, according to the Ministry of Agriculture’s animal health department. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/company-denies-responsibility-in-chicken-deaths-107679/
The Ministry of Health urged people bring their children to vaccinate
Ministry of Health of Cambodia announced that all guardians ought to bring children to vaccinate (Vaccine) preventing inflammation of the encephalitis, meningitis, hepatitis, polio, measles and rubella. The vaccine for infant is for free. ...
Gov’t denies land issues
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a statement on Saturday defending its track record and denying that Germany ended its support for the ministry’s land rights program due to a lack of transparency and sluggish reform pace. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-denies-land-issues
Online crime ring raid nets ‘23’ Koreans
Police working with Ministry of Post and Telecommunications officials yesterday arrested more than 20 South Korean nationals allegedly running an illegal telecom operation, an officer said yesterday, though an embassy representative said the bust related to online gambling. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/online-crime-ring-raid-nets-23-koreans
Two Cambodians convicted following Thailand market melee
Officials are attempting to secure the release of two Cambodian men who were sentenced to three months in a Thai prison on Thursday after being summarily convicted of attacking government inspectors at a market in Sa Kaeo province the day before, according to the Ministry ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-cambodians-convicted-following-thailand-market-melee-107655/
Dangerous diet pill still on sale: ACU
Health Minister Mam Bunheng responded to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) after it received an anonymous complaint that the diet pill MAZETA Slim, which is unlicensed in Cambodia and therefore illegal to sell, is still being distributed by pharmacies around the Kingdom. According to ministry tests, ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21042/dangerous-diet-pill-still-on-sale--acu/
Rice, garment sectors push exports into record territory
Cambodian exports grew by 17 per cent last year, driven by increases in shipments of rice and footwear, with garment export growth easing to a little under 7 per cent, according to a new Ministry of Commerce report. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-garment-sectors-push-exports-record-territory
Amendments to drug law coming, if slowly
Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng said yesterday that his decision regarding a request from the National Police to amend the drug law will depend on the results of a study by the National Authority for Combating Drugs on drug addicts currently serving ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20919/amendments-to-drug-law-coming--if-slowly/
Public input touted for access to information draft law
Public officials and stakeholders drafting new access to information legislation listened yesterday as speakers underlined the importance of incorporating public feedback into the long-awaited law. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-input-touted-access-information-draft-law
Committee unaffected by Kith Meng’s appeal
Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group failed to persuade a high-level meeting of government and Preah Sihanouk officials to resume construction of a 40-metre port at Otres Beach, and will instead have to explore the use of other locations along the coastline. ...
Cheng Sokhorng and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/committee-unaffected-kith-mengs-appeal
Interior ministry takes aim at illegal guns
Following a nationwide spate of violent gun crime over the past few months, the government has called on City Hall for help in its crackdown on illegal firearms, a problem one Ministry of Interior official laid at the feet of authorities themselves. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-ministry-takes-aim-illegal-guns
Gov’t recommends precautions against Zika
Amid fears that the Zika virus could jump to Southeast Asia after its rapid spread through South America, the Cambodian Ministry of Health has asked citizens to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites. In a press release sent Friday, the ministry urged people to wear ...
Jonathan Cox and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20818/gov---t-recommends-precautions-against-zika/
Minister orders diplomats to step up efforts
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong has called on Cambodia’s ambassadors to lift their professionalism and pay greater attention to the needs of workers abroad. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-orders-diplomats-step-efforts
Health ministry confirms first case of measles in four years
Three months after the Health Ministry proclaimed Cambodia measles-free—after tests on a child suspected to be carrying the disease came back negative—it announced on Wednesday that a 7-month-old in Kompong Speu province has contracted the highly contagious virus. It is the first confirmed case in ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/health-ministry-confirms-first-case-of-measles-in-four-years-106654/
Commerce minister proposes ‘extra premium’ rice brand
At the close of the three-day annual Cambodia Rice Forum, Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol on Tuesday suggested that the first-rate rice brand set to be launched on the international market this year be marketed as “Extra Premium” jasmine rice. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/commerce-minister-proposes-extra-premium-rice-brand-106528/
New body to address Sesan dam concerns
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has created a committee to resolve compensation and resettlement issues for 1,000 families displaced by the controversial Lower Sesan II hydropower dam in Stung Treng province. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-body-address-sesan-dam-concerns
New tourism strategy to focus on Chinese market
A new five-year plan is being drafted to woo more Chinese tourists to the Kingdom, following a surge in visitors from the world’s most populous nation, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday. /Sum Manet ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20580/new-tourism-strategy-to-focus-on-chinese-market/
Ministry, Chinese firm spar over Siem Reap mine
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is currently working to withdraw the licence of a copper mining company in Siem Reap province’s Chi Kraeng district that it accuses of operating illegally for more than a year. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-chinese-firm-spar-over-siem-reap-mine
Protest derails provincial sand dredging operation
After over 100 villagers in Kampong Thom province’s Sandan district spent three days protesting a sand dredging operation near their homes in Srey Chang village, the company responsible for allegedly affecting villager’s jobs and drinking water source agreed to stop their project in its entirety. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20548/protest-derails-provincial-sand-dredging-operation/
Protest derails provincial sand dredging operation
After over 100 villagers in Kampong Thom province’s Sandan district spent three days protesting a sand dredging operation near their homes in Srey Chang village, the company responsible for allegedly affecting villager’s jobs and drinking water source agreed to stop their project in its entirety. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20548/protest-derails-provincial-sand-dredging-operation/