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Illness strikes 92 in Poipet, leaves 10 hospitalised
Ninety-two villagers have fallen ill in a mysterious outbreak in Poipet town, Banteay Meanchey provincial Department of Health director Le Chan Sangvat said on Tuesday. None of the cases are life-threatening, but 10 of the victims have been warded in hospital. ...
Long Kimmarita
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/illness-strikes-92-poipet-leaves-10-hospitalised
Sino-Cambodia FTA talks wrap up, signing to follow
Cambodia and China wrapped up free trade agreement (FTA) talks on Monday, the Ministry of Commerce said. The announcement was made during a video conference between Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak and his Chinese counterpart Zhong Shan. The deal is expected to propel bilateral trade ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sino-cambodia-fta-talks-wrap-signing-follow
IDPoor cardholder list grows to 610,000, budget hits $28M
The fund to support poor families during Covid-19 increased to $28 million in July and 50,000 more poor people were added to the list, Prime Minister Hun Sen said while visiting farmers in Takeo province on Tuesday. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/idpoor-cardholder-list-grows-610000-budget-hits-28m
Electricity price cut for farmers
To encourage farmers to increase agricultural production, Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) has cut the price of electricity used for irrigation at night to 480 riel (12 US cents) per kWh. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/electricity-price-cut-farmers
Dengue cases in sharp decline
A Ministry of Health report released on Wednesday revealed that dengue fever cases have decreased by about 88 per cent in the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dengue-cases-sharp-decline
Aid to shore up IDPoor programme
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), with the support of the Australian government, donated 1,700 computer tablets and software packages to the Ministry of Planning on Wednesday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/aid-shore-idpoor-programme
Hunt for military captain in Kampong Speu timber crime case
Kampong Speu provincial authorities are on the hunt for Choeung Theng, a military officer allegedly connected to 191 pieces of illegally acquired timber which police found concealed in Oral district’s Sangke Satoap commune. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hunt-military-captain-kampong-speu-timber-crime-case
Koh Kong warns against unlawful land transactions
Koh Kong provincial authorities said they would not approve the sale and purchase of land in protected areas without proper paperwork. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-warns-against-unlawful-land-transactions
Fisheries exports struggling to remain afloat, need gov’t push
Cambodia exported 1,372 tonnes of fisheries products to the international market in the first half of this year, sinking around 80 per cent from 8,710 tonnes in the same period last year, a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries report said. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fisheries-exports-struggling-remain-afloat-need-govt-push
NGO formed to protect natural resources and raise awareness
The Ministry of Interior announced the creation of the Lover Environment and Society Association in a July 9 announcement. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-formed-protect-natural-resources-and-raise-awareness
Royal Group inks $35 million road deal on Koh Rong
Royal Group Koh Rong Development Company and Sinohydro Corporation Limited reached a $35 million deal on Tuesday to build a 70km road on Koh Rong Island. The road will be 8m wide and is expected to take 16 months to complete, according to the plan ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/royal-group-inks-35-million-road-deal-koh-rong
‘Single Portal’ integrated registration system welcomes nearly 50 firms
Forty-seven companies have successfully registered via a newly-launched information technology e-business registration platform as of the end of the second week of this month, Ministry of Economy and Finance secretary of state Phan Phalla said. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/single-portal-integrated-registration-system-welcomes-nearly-50-firms
Acleda, CDB ink $130M credit facility pact
Acleda Bank Plc, Cambodia’s largest locally-owned commercial bank, has signed a $130 million long-term facility agreement with Chinese state-owned China Development Bank Corp (CDB), the world’s largest development bank by assets, it said in a press release on Friday. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acleda-cdb-ink-130m-credit-facility-pact
Gov’t collects $1.68B in tax revenue
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) collected $1.68407 billion in tax revenue in the first half of this year, up $181.68 million or 12 per cent compared to the same period last year, it said in a press release. Issued at a meeting on the ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/govt-collects-168b-tax-revenue
Cambodia rejects UN rights claim
Cambodia’s Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva on Friday hit back at David Kaye, the UN special rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression after he raised concerns over the repression of free speech and ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/cambodia-rejects-un-rights-claim
Snaring may spawn diseases
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that snaring of animals has become a crisis that poses a serious risk to wildlife in Southeast Asia and could spawn the transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. Its July 9 report entitled Silence of the Snares: Southeast Asia’s ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/snaring-may-spawn-diseases
Kingdom, US vow stronger ties
At an academic forum on Saturday to celebrate 70 years of Cambodia-US diplomatic ties, Cambodian researchers and officials expressed hope of encouraging US investments and for that country to deepen and improve its bilateral relations. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/kingdom-us-vow-stronger-ties
Preah Vihear court drops charges against villagers
The Preah Vihear Provincial Court has dropped all charges against eight ethnic Kuoy villagers who were in a land dispute with the Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co Ltd since 2014. Wednesday’s decision was made by the judge who tried the case on June 10. The eight ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-court-drops-charges-against-villagers
PM to oversee China FTA signing in August
Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a delegation of high ranking officials to sign the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) next month, the Ministry of Commerce said. This, it said, will provide Cambodia a gateway to the world’s second largest and Asia’s largest economy, heralding ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-oversee-china-fta-signing-august
Kampong Speu to reclaim national park land
Kampong Speu province is set to reclaim land in the Kirirom National Park after accusations from locals that environmental officers had encroached on 2ha of it. The statement came from provincial governor Vei Samnang who vowed to get to the bottom of the matter. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-reclaim-national-park-land
Families told to register for cash handouts
The government has called on poor families to apply to commune authorities for evaluation to receive financial support during the Covid-19 crisis. A $300 million budget has been planned for implementation within a year. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-told-register-cash-handouts
Sar Kheng addresses land rows in Kingdom
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has told officials to prepare a master plan for land management in the Kingdom, especially in economic centres. He expressed concern that land issues will be complicated in future, especially disputes among high-ranking officials. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-addresses-land-rows-kingdom
ADB approves $250 million Covid-19 loan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved a $250 million loan to help the Cambodian government respond to the Covid-19 pandemic by strengthening the healthcare system and increasing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adb-approves-250-million-covid-19-loan
Minister tells governors to speed up land allocation
Minister of Environment Say Sam Al has sent letters to 20 provincial governors telling them to provide relevant documents on land issues in natural resource protected areas. ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-tells-governors-speed-land-allocation