Boat Route to Siem Reap To Reopen on August 15
Riverboat services between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh are scheduled to restart on Aug 15 after closing down in March due to low water levels in the Tonle Sap river, a port official said yesterday. Chieat Thol, deputy director of the administrative department and the ...
Bank of India looks ahead
The Bank of India will move to a larger location on Norodom Boulevard, aiming to attract increased business from both Cambodian and Indian clients, said Chief Manager Sripada Rao. The Mumbai, India-based bank first opened in the Kingdom in 2009 headquartered on the capital’s Monivong ...
Mass fainting follows use of insecticide
More than 100 workers collapsed at the Anful Garments Factory in Kampong Speu yesterday after the cloth they were working with was sprayed with insecticide on Sunday, a senior provincial health official said. Or Vanthen, director of the Kampong Speu provincial health department, said 144 workers ...
Displaced families face wreckage on return
More than 60 percent of nearly 50,000 evacuated families have returned home as floods recede in areas along the Mekong River and other parts of the country, said the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). Nearly all displaced families have gone back to flood-wrecked villages in ...
Beverage firms, telcos lift revenues
Advertising companies generated $73.6 million in revenue during the first nine months of the year, a 28 percent increase compared to the same period in 2010, according to data released by marketing research firm Indochina Research. Beverage and telecommunication companies led the way, spending $12.75 million ...
Hun Sen extends Tonle Sap fishing lot closure
While crediting his efforts to quash illegal fishing with a surge in this year’s fish stocks, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that he would extend the closure of 35 large Tonle Sap lake fishing lots until 2014. Speaking at a road paving project inauguration in ...
Worker 'threatened' for speaking to press
A Cambodian migrant worker in Thailand has said that a recruitment firm in Phnom Penh that sent him and about 1,000 others to work at an “exploitative” factory is threatening him because he spoke to the press. Keo Ratha, 37, said yesterday he received a threatening ...
Mortgage lending improving as real estate sector slowly returns to strength
Mortgages are increasingly being used by home buyers in Cambodia according to experts. Commercial banks had slowed direct loans to property development in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, though mortgage lending has increasingly filled the space, said National Valuers Association of Cambodia ...
Clinton calls for pause on dams
Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, has called for a “pause” on construction of hydroelectric dams along the Mekong River. She is urging time and consideration for all who would be affected by the dams, with 11 planned for the Lower Mekong, nine of which ...
Birds culled following death
More than 600 chickens in two villages in Banteay Meanchey province have been culled following the death of a girl from bird flu three weeks ago. The four-year-old died on July 20, only 10 days after showing symptoms of the disease, according to a joint ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080150763/National-news/birds-culled-following-death.html
At Least 50 Garment Workers Faint Over Two Days
At least 50 garment factory workers fainted over the past two days in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district, bringing the number of workers who have fainted in the district in August to 60, workers and union members said yesterday. N Tuesday, workers from Heart Enterprise Cambodia ...
PM talks gas and oil with Thai assembly head
Prime Minister Hun Sen held talks with President of the Thai National Assembly Somsak Kiatsuranot in the capital yesterday, paving the way for the extraction of contested oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Thailand Yesterday’s talks between Hun Sen and Somsak focused on restoring ...
Rural areas plagued by shortage of toilets
The Ministry of Rural Development yesterday called for increased investment to expand access to sanitation facilities in rural Cambodia as well as more awareness about the link between low rates of access to toilets and high rates of communicable disease. Cambodia ranked at the bottom of ...
Cambodia-Thai trade still on track
Thailand’s worst floods in decades have not slowed trade with Cambodia, a Thai official in Phnom Penh said yesterday, claiming many products sought by Cambodia came from areas free of flooding. Bilateral trade between the two countries rose nine per cent year-on-year in the first nine ...
Incitement claim: monk called to court over land protest
A Kampuchea Krom monk was issued a summons yesterday to appear in a Phnom Penh court tomorrow to face accusations of incitement. In a letter obtained by the Post yesterday, the investigating municipal judge, Duch Kimson, ordered Sieng Sovannra, a monk at the Samaki Raingsey pagoda, ...
Digging of deep quarry halted after protesters block road
Authorities in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district have ordered a land excavation company to stop digging an enormous quarry in Prek Kampoes commune that villagers claim has damaged surrounding rice paddies. Last Wednesday, about 100 villagers blocked National Road 2, burning car tires in protest against the ...
Toll Group Mum on Possible Rail Project Exit
Australian transportation solutions provider Toll Holdings remained silent yesterday on whether it would be pulling out of its 30-year contract to operate Cambodia’s railway system. In a report published on Tuesday, the Sydney Morning Herald cited “reliable sources in Cambodia” as saying that the company would ...
អ្នកភូមិរតនគិរីបានចោទអាជ្ញាធរថាបានចាប់យកដី
កាលពីម្សិលមិញ ក្រុមជនជាតិដើមភាគតិចទំពួនរស់នៅឃុំសេដា ក្នុងស្រុកលំផាត់ខេត្ដរតនគិរី បានចោទប្រកាន់អាជ្ញាធរពីការលួចលក់ ដីការពារនៅដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃលំផាត់ ទំហំ ១០០ហិចតា ដែលពួកគេនិយាយថាជារបស់សហគមន៍។ ...
ឃុត សុភចរិយា
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ratanakkiri-villagers-accuse-authorities-land-grab
គម្រោងសហភាពអឺរ៉ុបធ្វើអោយជីវិតអ្នកនេសាទមានភាពប្រសើរឡើង
គណៈប្រតិភូសហភាពអឺរ៉ុបកាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារ បានទៅទស្សនាសហគមន៍នេសាទនៅក្នុងខេត្តស្វាយរៀង ដើម្បីសង្កេតមើលគម្រោងមួយដែលមានបំណងជួយដោះស្រាយបញ្ហានេសាទខុសច្បាប់ បែរចិញ្ចឹមត្រី និងកសិដ្ឋានដោយមិនប្រើសារធាតុគីមីក្នុងស្រុកពាមរក៍។ គម្រោងសហគមន៍ក្នុងឃុំ ...
ប៉ាវ ស៊ុយ
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50548327/eu-project-improves-fishermens-lives/
មន្ត្រីរាជការប្រហែលជា ៦០០០ នាក់ត្រូវបានផ្លាស់ប្តូរ
រដ្ឋាភិបាលនឹងផ្ទេរមន្ត្រីរាជការចំនួន ៦០០០ នាក់ពីថ្នាក់ជាតិទៅថ្នាក់ក្រោមជាតិ ដើម្បីផ្តល់សេវាល្អប្រសើរដល់ប្រជាជននៅរាជធានី និងខេត្ត។ ថ្លែងក្នុងពិធីបិទសន្និបាតត្រួតពិនិត្យលទ្ធផលការងារឆ្នាំ២០១៨ និងលើកទិសដៅការងារ ឆ្នាំ២០១៩ របស់ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ ...
បែន សុខហ៊ាន
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50578355/about-6000-civil-servants-to-be-moved/