The Phnom Penh Post

Education ministry revising accelerated learning programme

The Department of Primary Education of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, in collaboration with Plan International Cambodia (PIC), have worked together to launch a new range of accelerated grade one textbooks to provide opportunities for aging children who previously dropped out of school. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-revising-accelerated-learning-programme

Ministry official accused of $390K embezzlement

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has arrested Lay Samnang, former deputy director of the Finance and Supply Department under the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, for allegedly embezzling nearly $390,000 of state funds. ...

Samban Chandara and Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-official-accused-390k-embezzlement

Fresh calls for single-stop inspection on VN border

The Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC) has asked Vietnamese Customs for its full commitment to the Single Stop Inspection and Common Control Area (SSI & CCA) initiative, in the interest of boosting cross-border trade between the two countries. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fresh-calls-single-stop-inspection-vn-border

MRC members seek to address Mekong challenges

The four Mekong River Commission (MRC) member countries – Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam – and their partners China and Myanmar intend to call for new solutions to the tremendous changes facing the Mekong River Basin. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mrc-members-seek-address-mekong-challenges

UN specialist assessing LGBT rights in Kingdom

Victor Madrigal-Borloz, an independent UN specialist on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual trends and gender identity, is on a 10 day tour of the Kingdom, at the request of the government. ...

Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-specialist-assessing-lgbt-rights-kingdom

Environment activist Ben Davis seeks $50K for canals

As of the end of 2022, environmental activist Ben Davis has dug 19 km of canals and built 7 km of fences and roads in an effort to prevent natural resource crimes from happening in the core areas of the Phnom Tnaot-Phnom Pok wildlife sanctuary ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-activist-ben-davis-seeks-50k-canals

Gov’t spends nearly $20M on assistance

The government has spent nearly $20 million during the first phase of a three-phase programme to help vulnerable households suffering from inflationary pressures and severe flooding.​ The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation urges officials to strengthen the monitoring of payments and prevent ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-spends-nearly-20m-assistance

Australia ambassador says optimistic about ‘free, fair’ July general elections

Outgoing Australian ambassador Pablo Kang expressed confidence that the 7th parliamentary election, scheduled for July 23 this year, will go smoothly with the participation of many political parties.​​​ Kang met with Minister of Interior Sar Kheng at the ministry headquarters on January 9, as he ...

Yuth Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/australia-ambassador-says-optimistic-about-free-fair-july-general-elections

Meanchey residents urged to keep canals clean

The River Ocean Cleanup (ROC) has cooperated with local authorities to collect about 350 tonnes of rubbish from sewage canals in the capital’s Meanchey district. It issued an appeal to the residents of the district to stop disposing of rubbish into the canals. ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meanchey-residents-urged-keep-canals-clean

Environment activist Ben Davis seeks $50K for canals

As of the end of 2022, environmental activist Ben Davis has dug 19 km of canals and built 7 km of fences and roads in an effort to prevent natural resource crimes from happening in the core areas of the Phnom Tnaot-Phnom Pok wildlife sanctuary ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-activist-ben-davis-seeks-50k-canals

Tax break for textile-linked industries to stay till 2025

The government has extended a suspension of “advance income tax” until the end of 2025 for eligible textile-related enterprises, a good deal of which have been hurt by a drop in orders as a result of global economic headwinds linked to the ongoing Ukraine crisis. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-break-textile-linked-industries-stay-till-2025

Jan-Nov mango exports dip 30% to 170K tonnes

Cambodia exported 169,658 tonnes of fresh and dried mangoes in the first 11 months of 2022, down 30.28 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ...

Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/jan-nov-mango-exports-dip-30-170k-tonnes

PM warns against ‘insults’ at CPP

As the July general election approaches, Prime Minister Hun Sen warned that the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) would no longer tolerate opponents’ attacks, saying his ruling party would respond with legal action. ...

Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national-politics/pm-warns-against-insults-cpp

China importers urged to buy from Cambodia

The head of the apex Cambodia trade body has asked importers operating in the southern Chinese region of Guangxi to take advantage of the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) and buy produce made in the Kingdom, particularly items on which concessions have been granted. ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/china-importers-urged-buy-cambodia

Construction begins ‘soon’ on 1M sqm Kampong Cham SEZ

An unnamed special economic zone (SEZ) is set to break ground on a one-million square metre plot in Kampong Cham province’s Cheung Prey district “soon”, according to provincial governor Un Chanda. The governor revealed this to the media on January 9 on the sidelines of a ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/construction-begins-soon-1m-sqm-kampong-cham-sez

Transparency urged in communes’ spending

Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith instructed commune councils to inform the local population whenever restoration, development or construction work is undertaken by the commune authorities. ...

Samban Chandara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/transparency-urged-communes-spending

Hun Sen urges boosters amid risks of new variants

Prime Minister Hun Sen reminded the public of the importance of employing preventative measures against the Covid-19 virus. A new variant, XBB.1.5, was recently identified, although no cases have yet been detected in the Kingdom. ...

Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-urges-boosters-amid-risks-new-variants

Creation of new cities and districts benefits ruling party, opposition parties say

The creation of new cities and districts across three provinces following a December 3 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen will strengthen ruling party control in those areas, opposition political parties say. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/creation-of-new-cities-and-districts-benefits-ruling-party-opposition-parties-say/

Dam collapse hits Preah Sihanouk’s clean water supply

Water suppliers and the Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities are urging residents to be patient in the face of provincial water shortages. The second dam at Kbal Chhay collapsed on Saturday night, causing more than 3 million cubic metres of water to be lost. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dam-collapse-hits-preah-sihanouks-clean-water-supply

PM breaks ground on $117M nat’l road project in K Cham

Prime Minister Hun Sen on January 9 presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for a 45.5km stretch of National Road 7 being upgraded and widened from two lanes to four. ...

Neang Sokunthea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-breaks-ground-117m-natl-road-project-k-cham

New dolphin and fish protection measures launched in Stung Treng

The Stung Treng Provincial Administration has introduced measures to further strengthen the effective management of dolphin and fish conservation areas. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-dolphin-and-fish-protection-measures-launched-stung-treng

GDP seeking solution to Ratanakkiri prison land dispute

The General Department of Prisons (GDP) is planning to establish an ad-hoc working group to cooperate with the Ratanakkiri Provincial Administration to find a solution to a land dispute concerning the provincial prison. The announcement followed a December report by a local online media outlet on ...

Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gdp-seeking-solution-ratanakkiri-prison-land-dispute

Snared gaur calf freed from trap

A baby gaur was rescued by Wildlife Alliance on January 6 after being found trapped by a snare in Kampong Speu province’s Oral district. The Ministry of Environment said that the calf had suffered injuries to its right front leg and had been sent to the ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/snared-gaur-calf-freed-trap

Infrastructure needed for new towns, districts: experts

Real estate specialists and the residents of newly-established towns and neighbourhoods have urged the government to focus on developing the infrastructure of these areas, to ensure their rapid development. ...

Sem Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/infrastructure-needed-new-towns-districts-experts

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