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Cambodian children still vulnerable to sex abuse by foreigners: NGO
Samleang Seila, executive director of APLE, yesterday during a workshop said that developing countries do not yet have concrete means to discourage and prevent the sexual abuse of children. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50563914/cambodian-children-still-vulnerable-to-sex-abuse-by-foreigners-ngo/
Joint directive to benefit disabled persons
The Ministries of Land Management and Social Affairs yesterday issued a joint directive requiring all buildings to accommodate those with physical disabilities by building infrastructure such as wheelchair ramps and allocating parking spaces. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50563916/joint-directive-to-benefit-disabled-persons-2/
Ministry inks $63 million water treatment project
The Public Works and Transportation Ministry yesterday signed a contract with South Korea’s Dohwa Engineering Company to develop a multi-million dollar water treatment facility in Kandal province’s Takhmao city. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50563331/ministry-inks-63-million-water-treatment-project/
Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary in upwind
Battambang’s Environment Department stated that the Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary, on Tonle Sap Lake, has seen a 30 per cent increase in bird population this year. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50564095/prek-toal-bird-sanctuary-in-upwind/
PM warns banned rivals over return
Prime Minister Hun Sen told banned former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) politicians to request a restoration of their political rights or miss out on the 2022 commune elections. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-warns-banned-rivals-over-return
Government approves 269 trademarks
The Ministry of Commerce approved 269 business trademarks this year, bringing the total number of such registrations at the ministry to 4,186 – an increase from 3,917 last year, its annual report said. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-approves-269-trademarks
Government reform policy a success
The National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD) opened its two-day workshop on Wednesday, with attendees hailing its role in facilitating ongoing reforms in the way finances are administered and responsibilities carried out in Cambodia. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-reform-policy-success
Draft law on monitoring transactions passed
The Senate on Tuesday approved a proposed new law to track the flow of money locally and from abroad and across all areas to combat tax avoidance, with special attention given to the private sector and civil society organisations. ...
Mech Dara and Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/draft-law-monitoring-transactions-passed
Commerce ministry makes $82M
The Ministry of Commerce generated more than $82 million this year in customs and public services, according to the ministry’s annual report. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/commerce-ministry-makes-82m
All-time high for Securities Exchange trading volume
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) recorded its highest ever trading volume on Monday, exchanging 2,150,535 shares with a total value of more than $4.43 million, according to a CSX press release. The previous record was 939,498 shares traded on July 5, 2017. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/all-time-high-securities-exchange-trading-volume
Kandal rally enters second day
A protest by more than 100 of 300 Prestige Garment Co garment workers in front of their factory in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district’s Tbeng commune, the result of their representative being dismissed, entered its second day on Tuesday. ...
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kandal-rally-enters-second-day
West ‘out to strain China ties’
The People’s Republic of China’s ambassador to Cambodia, Wang Wentian, accused the West of attempting to sabotage the two nations’ friendship during a meeting with Cambodian officials, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation spokesman Ket Sophann said on Tuesday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/west-out-strain-china-ties
Senate unanimously passes the amendment to Article 45
The amendment to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties was approved by the Senate on Tuesday. It will be reviewed by the Constitutional Council (CC) on Friday for its consistency before passing into law, the CC said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senate-unanimously-passes-amendment-article-45
Authorities release smuggled animals
Siem Reap’s Banteay Srei and Bakong forestry administrations on Tuesday released more than 100 turtles and water monitor lizards back into their natural habitats after authorities seized them from illegal wildlife traders. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-release-smuggled-animals
Preah Vihear parks see clearing
Forest rangers and the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) said on Tuesday that forest in the Phnom Tnort-Phnom Pok and Prey Lang wildlife sanctuaries in Preah Vihear province are being cleared by groups of perpetrators from Kampong Thom, Kampong Cham, Siem Reap and Battambang provinces. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-parks-see-clearing
Forest activists face ‘incitement’ probe
A senior rights group official and eight ethnic community members were questioned by a Ratanakkiri provincial court prosecutor on Tuesday over alleged incitement to forestry crimes. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-activists-face-incitement-probe
City Hall identifies needs of impoverished communities
Capital Hall released results of a study that surveyed the infrastructure needs of poor communities in Phnom Penh. The study was conducted by asking 2,397 community members in eleven communes to identify which infrastructure projects need to be prioritised. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50562768/city-hall-identifies-needs-of-impoverished-communities/
Cambodian, Vietnamese police meet to discuss forestry crimes
Cambodian and Vietnamese police officials met on Sunday to discuss forestry crime prevention along the border between both countries in Mondulkiri province. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50562632/cambodian-vietnamese-police-meet-to-discuss-forestry-crimes/
Land dispute under spotlight
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) released a report on Thursday on the experiences of local communities across three provinces who suffered rights violations as a result of land disputes with companies operating in the Kingdom. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-dispute-under-spotlight
Report: Kingdom’s total exports increase to $10 billion this year
The Kingdom’s total exports for this year increased more than 23 per cent from last year to $10.36 billion, led by garments and agro-products, according to the Ministry of Commerce’s annual report. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/report-kingdoms-total-exports-increase-10-billion-year
Land Ministry hails successes
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction on Monday held a convention in Phnom Penh to report on its accomplishments for the year, hailing the 263 land disputes it has resolved, and to set its plans for next year. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/land-ministry-hails-successes
Vehicles seized as authorities intervene in land clearing operation
Stung Hav district administration intervened in a land clearing operation on disputed land in Otres Commune on Saturday, seizing two vehicles as a warning to all parties to cease their activities until a final court verdict is reached. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vehicles-seized-authorities-intervene-land-clearing-op
Government responds to UN human rights concerns
Government officials on Monday hit back at UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) criticisms expressed ahead of the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) scheduled for next month. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/government-responds-un-human-rights-concerns
Food safety set to be in curriculum
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is set to finalise its draft national policy on student health, with food safety incorporated into schools’ curriculum throughout the country, according to a senior official at the ministry. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/food-safety-set-be-curriculum