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Traffic accidents drop by 17 percent in Q1
Number of road accidents saw a decrease of 17 percent or 153 cases in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2020. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50834544/traffic-accidents-drop-by-17-percent-in-q1/
Koh Kong authorities look for land grabbers
A technical working group in Koh Kong province is inspecting state land in Sre Ambel district’s Chroy Svay and Boeung Preav communes on suspicions of illegal land grabbing in the biodiversity corridor and multi-use areas. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-authorities-look-land-grabbers
Bunong decry encroachment
Fifty-three Bunong indigenous families in Kbal Romeas commune Stung Treng province’s Sesan district have accused a company of illegally setting up boundary poles for a plantation and encroaching on community land, an accusation the provincial authorities have denied. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bunong-decry-encroachment
New Bokor City gears up for council election
Newly established Bokor City is preparing for councils to be chosen by “non-universal election” ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833989/new-bokor-city-gears-up-for-council-election/
Habitat restoration at Pearaing Lake to begin
Siem Reap announced that it plans to dredge part of Pearaing Lake to increase the water level and provide habitats for many species of fish and birds. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833988/habitat-restoration-at-pearaing-lake-to-begin/
Ministry urges protection for Asian elephants
The Ministry of Environment has called on residents of Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary in Mondulkiri province to not disturb the wild elephants there as well as participate in their protection. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833990/ministry-urges-protection-for-asian-elephants/
Labour ministry to distribute $26 mil in aid
In the latest round of financial assistance, the Labour Ministry will distribute $26 million to 9,972 employees at 40 companies who have lost their jobs in the garment and tourism sectors. ...
Kunvuth Monykanchna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50834076/labour-ministry-to-distribute-26-mil-in-aid/
Vietnam donates $200,000 for Cambodia’s C-19 fight
Prime Minister Hun Sen has expressed his high appreciation to the government and people of Vietnam which has donated $200,000 to support Cambodia’s fight against COVID-19. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833813/vietnam-donates-200000-for-cambodias-c-19-fight/
Mondulkiri airport project still on track
An $80 million domestic airport project in Mondulkiri province is shaping up to be a main driver for ecotourism development in the Kingdom’s northeast corridor. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mondulkiri-airport-project-still-track
Milled-rice exports plunge 33% in Q1
Cambodia exported 153,688 tonnes of milled rice in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, representing a 77,260-tonne or 33.45-per-cent drop from the 230,948 tonnes posted in January-March 2020, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/milled-rice-exports-plunge-33-q1
Bird’s nest exports to China still far off
The Kingdom’s remains bogged down in efforts to officially export edible bird’s nest to China, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on April 1. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/birds-nest-exports-china-still-far
New multi-purpose sea port set for Koh Kong
The government plans to rebuild the derelict old Dang Tong Port in Koh Kong province into a medium-sized multi-purpose seaport at a cost of $1.5 million to spur waterway trade with Thailand, a senior public works official said. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-multi-purpose-sea-port-set-koh-kong
New business registrations down 41%
Last year saw 7,860 new businesses register with the Ministry of Commerce, down 40.72 percent from 13,259 in 2019. At the same time, the ministry dissolved 500 businesses last year, marking a 187 percent increase from 174 in 2019. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-business-registrations-down-41
KrisEnergy may face action: Gov’t official
Following the announcement last week by KrisEnergy Ltd of less-than-anticipated results from oil production at the Apsara Mini Phase 1A development, a senior official from the Ministry of Mines and Energy said the government could penalise the company or terminate its licence. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50834110/krisenergy-may-face-action-govt-official/
14-day curfew imposed across Phnom Penh: Strict action against curfew violators
The Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday ordered an 8pm to 5am curfew across the capital for two weeks with immediate effect. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833113/14-day-curfew-imposed-across-phnom-penh-strict-action-against-curfew-violators/
Information Ministry launches vaccination campaign for journalists
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith and the Ministry of Health launched a large scale vaccination campaign for journalists and information officials, which started yesterday and will run until April 9. ...
Chhun Sunly
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833183/information-ministry-launches-vaccination-campaign-for-journalists/
Live pigs with African Swine Flu culled
A total of 102 live pigs imported from neigbouring countries were culled yesterday, after they were found infected with African Swine Flu (ASF). ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833184/live-pigs-with-african-swine-flu-culled/
Japan donates nearly $1 million for Cambodia’s vaccination roll-out
The Japanese government has donated nearly $1 million to Cambodia through UNICEF to support the Cambodian government in its COVID-19 vaccination efforts. ...
Rhea Mae Soco
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833185/japan-donates-nearly-1-million-for-cambodias-vaccination-roll-out/
US provides $875,000 for emergency preparedness
The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide $875,000 in additional humanitarian assistance to strengthen preparedness and response capacities for natural hazards and shocks in Cambodia. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50833206/us-provides-875000-for-emergency-preparedness/
Ministry rejects report on loss of forest cover
The Ministry of Environment rejected a report from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime which claimed that Cambodia had lost more than 50,000ha of forest cover in Prey Lang Wildlife and Preah Rokar-Chheb Wildlife Sanctuaries over an 18-year period. ...
Nov Sivutha
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-rejects-report-loss-forest-cover
Journalist union urges end to fake news dissemination
The Union of Journalist Federations of Cambodia (UJFC) has called on journalists and social media users to put greater focus on moral and ethical considerations when disseminating information in order to avoid spreading fake news. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/journalist-union-urges-end-fake-news-dissemination
Land disputants beat prosecutor for intervening
Preah Vihear province’s Kulen district administration is investigating a land dispute in Phnom Tbeng II commune’s Kdak village after a provincial court deputy prosecutor, Vuth Savy, was beaten while leading a force to stop forest encroachment in the area on March 24. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-disputants-beat-prosecutor-intervening
MoC e-commerce marketplace expected to launch in July
The Ministry of Commerce’s Go4eCam e-commerce marketplace is expected to go online in July, according to Long Kemvichet, the deputy director general at the ministry’s General Department of International Trade. ...
Brian Badzmierowski
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50830823/moc-e-commerce-marketplace-expected-to-launch-in-july/
Banks need integrated automated payment system
Cambodian banks must integrate automated payment processing, according to Sabay Digital Corp’s co-founder Mike Gaertner. Its absence is a gaping hole in the Kingdom’s financial services. As a result, the Kingdom is notably left out of crucial consumer behaviour shaping the 21st century, including subscription ...
Husain Haider
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50831790/banks-need-integrated-automated-payment-system/