National government
Ministries and other national bodies
Cambodia confirms no case of H1N1
Ministry of Health has confirmed that Cambodia has no case of swine flu or H1N1, yet encouraged the public to take appropriate precaution to protect themselves and their families from the disease. ...
Mom Chandara Soleil
http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=106994
Bananas find export appeal
Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL), which last month became the first company to officially export bananas from Cambodia, has secured more orders for the fruit and will ship another 100 tonnes of bananas from its plantations in Ratanakkiri province today, a company representative said. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bananas-find-export-appeal
Undocumented migrants signing up in new Thai centres
More than 70,000 undocumented Cambodians have registered in new centres in Thailand in their first week of operation, though experts yesterday warned the designated two-week window will be too short for all migrants to register. . ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/undocumented-migrants-signing-new-thai-centres
Warning of swine flu
The Health Ministry’s Communicable Disease Control Department yesterday issued a statement urging citizens to be aware of the influenza strain H1N1 that has the potential to spread rapidly during the rainy season. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076381/warning-swine-flu/
12 duped migrant workers rescued
The Cambodian embassies in Malaysia and Vietnam have rescued 12 migrants who were cheated by human traffickers offering them well-paying jobs, with some set to be married off to men in China. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076387/12-duped-migrant-workers-rescued/
Campaign to legalise workers delayed
The Ministry of Labour yesterday confirmed there had been a slight delay to the planned 100-day campaign to provide illegal migrant workers in Thailand with proper documents to remain working in the country legally. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076389/campaign-legalise-workers-delayed/
Corporate bonds edging closer to launch
Cambodia’s market regulator has finalised regulations for establishing a corporate bond, moving one step closer to introducing a new capital market tool that would allow companies to raise funds for expansions, debt refinancing or acquisitions, officials announced yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/corporate-bonds-edging-closer-launch
Human rights watch calls for loose-lipped minister’s firing
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said he did not believe Social Affairs Minister Vong Sauth would face any disciplinary action after he repeated the gist of a seemingly confidential CPP meeting, including an alleged threat by Prime Minister Hun Sen to beat protesters with ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hrw-calls-for-loose-lipped-ministers-firing-133176/
Sand facility allowed to operate
A Koh Kong environmental official yesterday said a company with a sand-washing facility in an area where the Ministry of Mines and Energy last month banned sand dredging would be allowed to keep and operate its facility. ...
Phak Seangly and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sand-facility-allowed-operate
Police hold 200 Chinese in scam
About 200 Chinese people were arrested yesterday in two Poipet guesthouses in a bust on a scam operation that targeted civil servants in China with blackmail, according to police. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-hold-200-chinese-scam
Government passes waste disposal plans to local authorities
Responsibility for cleaning garbage from neighborhoods will be put in the hands of district officials under new guidelines released on Tuesday as part of the government’s plan to decentralize waste disposal. ...
Ministry declines to meet poll watchdogs
The Interior Ministry has declined to meet two election watchdogs to discuss their work ahead of the 2018 general election. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076172/ministry-declines-meet-poll-watchdogs/
Banking sector FDI spikes on new banks and higher caps
Inflows of foreign capital into the Kingdom’s banking sector nearly doubled during the first half of the year as two heavyweight players entered the local market and lending institutions responded to revised minimum capital requirements, a central bank official said yesterday. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banking-sector-fdi-spikes-new-banks-and-higher-caps
Minister demands loyalty to CPP from civil servants, warns protesters they will be ‘hit with bamboo’
Social Affairs Minister Vong Soth said on Monday that all civil servants must support the Cambodian People’s Party or resign from their jobs, and warned that the government will use bamboo rods to bludgeon anyone who protests after next year’s election. ...
CNRP MP seeks clarity on sand-dredging ban
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay yesterday submitted a letter to National Assembly President Heng Samrin to forward to Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem requesting more information on sand-dredging operations and a sand-processing facility in Koh Kong province, following a recent ban on exports from ...
Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-mp-seeks-clarity-sand-dredging-ban
Minister seeks courts reform
The Justice Minister has urged court officials to work independently, responsibly and ethically to strengthen the judicial system and improve public trust of the judiciary. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075899/minister-seeks-courts-reform/
CNRP commune donation box sparks ruling party outcry
A newly elected opposition commune chief who allowed constituents to put a donation box in his office to fund commune services has found himself under fire by ruling party peers and higher-ups. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-commune-donation-box-sparks-ruling-party-outcry-133093/
Migrants still lacking access to justice: ILO
Cambodians who leave the country for work overseas still often lack effective access to the country’s justice system when they have problems with recruitment agencies, despite some recent improvements, a new report from the International Labour Organization says. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/migrants-still-lacking-access-justice-ilo
China donates $200,000 in fire equipment
A Chinese company has donated fire equipment to the Interior Ministry worth about $200,000, an official said yesterday. Neth Vantha, a fire department chief, said that Enterprise Limited of China is set to donate the equipment, including two fire trucks. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075678/china-donates-200000-fire-equipment/
Minister calls for car check-ups
Transport Minister Sun Chanthol said yesterday that there are about 150,000 cars on Cambodia’s roads without valid road safety certificates, and called on vehicle owners to schedule safety checks on his ministry’s website or risk being fined by police. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-calls-car-check-ups
Provinces now responsible for state-run orphanages
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation yesterday issued a sub-decree delegating responsibility for state-run childcare centres to sub-national levels in a bid to streamline aid to victims of child abuse. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075389/provinces-now-responsible-state-run-orphanages/
Anti-drug campaign set to target monks
Monks have become the latest target of the government’s anti-drug campaign, as Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced he would be seeking ways to wipe out abuse of illegal substances in the clergy. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075391/anti-drug-campaign-set-target-monks/
Interior Minister approves draft of fire safety building codes
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Wednesday approved a draft sub-decree detailing new fire safety building codes as well as regulations for businesses selling flammable materials, an official said. ...
Riel strategy takes shape
Cambodia’s first draft national strategy on promoting the riel is to be finalised next month and has been sent to the economic and financial policy committee of the Ministry of Economy and Finance for review and endorsement by end of the year. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5074917/riel-strategy-takes-shape/