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Five road and bridge projects get approval
In the first three months of this year, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport has implemented the Procurement Agreement on Bridge and Road repairs by allocating financial credits from last year for 12 projects at a cost of 50 billion riel ($12.4 million). ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/five-road-and-bridge-projects-get-approval
National Police issue new orders
National Police chief Neth Savoeun instructed all police officers on Tuesday to oppose the practice of using Cambodian land as sanctuaries or bases to oppose neighbouring countries. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-police-issue-new-orders
Rangers seize guns, snares and chainsaws in north Cardamoms
NGO Wildlife Alliance’s rangers seized an AK-47 assault rifle, four chainsaws, metal snares and other miscellaneous items from a suspect at Roveang Station in the northern Cardamom Mountains last week. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rangers-seize-guns-snares-and-chainsaws-north-cardamoms
Kep officials demolish illegal land grab fence
The Damnak Chang’aeur district Unified Command Committee on Tuesday demolished a concrete fence that was illegally built to encroach on flooded forest land in Angkorl commune’s Angkorl village in Kep province. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kep-officials-demolish-illegal-land-grab-fence
PM encourages malaria response amid pandemic
Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed for the continued efforts to eliminate malaria in the Kingdom despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The call was made in a statement issued yesterday ahead of the World Malaria Day on April 25. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713137/pm-encourages-malaria-response-amid-pandemic/
Ministry studies apps for coronavirus response
Posts and Telecommunication Minister Chea Vandeth on Monday held a meeting to review research findings for two mobile applications and a ventilator, which could be used in the Kingdom’s response to the coronavirus. ...
Va Sonyka
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713138/ministry-studies-apps-for-coronavirus-response/
Int’l digital payment firms ‘committed’ to de-dollarisation
Visa Inc. is one of several international digital payment firms who have said they are committed to supporting the government and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) in their de-dollarisation mission. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713285/intl-digital-payment-firms-committed-to-de-dollarisation/
GMAC, other textile associations mount pressure on brands to pay suppliers
Nine business associations in the STAR (Sustainable Textile of Asian Region) Network are calling on buyers to honour their contracts with their suppliers. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713331/gmac-other-textile-associations-mount-pressure-on-brands-to-pay-suppliers/
Price of exported rice doubles
The price of fragrant rice exports to international markets has doubled in the last month, from $50 to $100 per matrix ton, according to the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF). ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713246/price-of-exported-rice-doubles/
CSX: Four more companies to list bonds and equity
Three financial institutions and one privately owned company are expected to list their corporate bonds and equity on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) by the end of April and early May respectively. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713247/csx-four-more-companies-to-list-bonds-and-equity/
‘No plan’ to reduce electricity bills nationwide
Despite the reduction of electricity tariffs for factory workers suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC), the autonomous government agency responsible for managing and administering electric power in the country, has said that “a general plan for electricity bill reduction ...
Chea Vannak
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50713248/no-plan-to-reduce-electricity-bills-nationwide/
Exports soar 24% in first two months
Cambodian exports soared 24 per cent year-on-year to $2.563 billion in the first two months of this year, despite the reverberating local and global effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-soar-24-first-two-months
Silvered langur endangered, but plentiful in Kingdom
Some 3,000 Indochinese silvered langurs – monkeys native to Southeast Asia and considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – are believed to be living in the eastern part of Cambodia. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/silvered-langur-endangered-plentiful-kingdom
CDC okays 15 more projects this month
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has issued final registration certificates to 15 investment projects since April 2 worth a total of $225.5 million and which are expected to generate 7,620 jobs. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-okays-15-more-projects-month
Logging is rampant at Prey Lang, report says
Denmark’s University of Copenhagen has drawn Prey Lang stakeholders’ attention to recently published data which shows increased illegal logging within the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-rampant-prey-lang-report-says
Ministry: Take private schools, exams online
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron on Monday advised private academic institutions to adopt online teaching to provide students with the opportunity to continue their studies. For students in grades nine and 12 who have to take examinations, the ministry will allow ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-take-private-schools-exams-online
World Bank: Real-estate boom could backfire on economy
The World Bank has warned that the significant growth recorded in the construction and real-estate sector, considered one of the country’s economic pillars, could ultimately affect overall growth due to a trinity of unanticipated and now negative factors. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712701/world-bank-real-estate-boom-could-backfire-on-economy/
90 percent of garment workers turn up for duty on New Year’s Day
The Labour Ministry said more than 90 percent of garment factory workers reported for work on the first day of Khmer New Year yesterday. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712802/90-percent-of-garment-workers-turn-up-for-duty-on-new-years-day/
Senate begins discussing State of Emergency draft law
The Senate’s permanent committee today is handing over the draft law on “State of Emergency” to its expert commission for study before its upcoming plenary session. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712641/senate-begins-discussing-state-of-emergency-draft-law/
$23.5 million in new investment projects licensed
The Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) has given the green light to six new investment projects with a total investment capital of $23.5 million. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712885/23-5-million-in-new-investment-projects-licensed/
Nation’s banks adopt NBC’s COVID-19 crisis measures
As COVID-19 continues to carve out a path of economic destruction in the Kingdom, several financial institutions are considering re-classifying their loan-repayment structures to help relieve customers in fiscal trouble, in line with recent guidelines released by the National Bank of Cambodia. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712853/nations-banks-adopt-nbcs-covid-19-crisis-measures/
Endangered river terns spotted in Kratie and Stung Treng
The wild animal conservation team has spotted rare river terns in the flooded areas of Kratie and Stung Treng provinces. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/711898/endangered-river-terns-spotted-in-kratie-and-stung-treng/
Gov’t call for urgent action on food security
Agriculture Minister Veng Sakhon has ordered all agriculture departments to take immediate measures to ensure the food security of the country in response to the the outbreak of COVID-19. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50712467/govt-call-for-urgent-action-on-food-security/
The CDC approves investment projects worth $13.9 Million
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has approved four investment projects with a combined capital investment valued at $13.9 million and expected to create 3,315 jobs. ...
Chhut Bunthoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/711874/the-cdc-approves-investment-projects-worth-13-9-million/