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លោក ស ខេង ឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ និង​ជា​ប្រធាន​គណៈបញ្ជាការ​សន្តិសុខ​អចិន្ត្រៃយ៍​សម្រាប់​ការបោះឆ្នោត (​គ.ស.អ) ស្នើឱ្យ​អាជ្ញាធរ​ និង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ ត្រូវតែ​យកចិត្ត​ទុកដាក់​ការពារ​សន្តិសុខ​សណ្តាប់ធ្នាប់​ឱ្យ​បាន​ល្អ សម្រាប់​គ្រប់ភាគី​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នៅក្នុង​ការបោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ សង្កាត់​នាពេល​ខាងមុខ ដោយ​លោក​បានចាត់ទុក​ដំណើរការ​បោះឆ្នោត គឺជា​ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍​ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រ ប្រកប​ដោយ​មោទនភាព​ជាតិ​។ ​នេះ​បើតាម​អគ្គស្នងការដ្ឋាន​នគរបាល​ជាតិ ...

អង្គការ​ទស្សនៈ​ពិភពលោក​អន្តរជាតិ​កម្ពុជា​ហៅ​កាត់​ថា World Vision បាន​បង្កើត​បណ្ណាល័យ​ចល័ត និង​ជំរុញ​ទម្លាប់​នៃ​ការអាន​របស់​កុមារ​ជាង ១១ ​ម៉ឺន​នាក់ ក្នុងអំឡុងពេល​សាលា​ត្រូវបាន​បិទ ដោយសារ​ការរីករាលដាល​នៃ​ជំងឺ​កូវីដ ១៩ នៅក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​។ ...

​ក្រសួងបរិស្ថាន​បាន​ព្រមាន​ថា​ខ្លួន​នឹង​ចាត់វិធានការ​តាម​ផ្លូវច្បាប់​ចំពោះ​បុគ្គលិក​អង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាល​ដែល​ធ្វើ​សកម្មភាព​ខុសច្បាប់​នៅ​ក្នុង​តំបន់​ការពារ​ ព្រោះ​ពួក​គេ​មិន​បាន​ចុះ​ឈ្មោះ​ជាមួយ​ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ​។​ ​ ...

Representatives from more than 90 Cambodian businesses gathered yesterday at the Council of Ministers building in Phnom Penh to hear about a new initiative that aims to encourage private sector investment in agriculture. The $55.6 million project is an extension of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) ...

U.K. sugar firm Tate & Lyle on Wednesday said it was looking into recent allegations of child labor on two plantations in Koh Kong province it has been buying sugar from since 2010, but rebuked NGOs for not bringing the claims to its attention sooner. The ...

Prior to 2009, Kong Channa, a rice farmer from Svay Rieng province, would leave his wife and young child for months at a time in neighbouring provinces to supplement his income in the off season. This all changed, though, when he began working with the Cambodian ...

Rem Vannak remains in poor health after enduring about two years of 21-hour days working for no pay on a fishing boat in Fiji, where he was beaten when he complained. Lin Yu Shin, who owns Giant Ocean – the company Vannak worked for that allegedly ...

Forty-four Number One and OK condom packers, out of work since their contracts ended on Sunday, protested outside the office of health NGO Population Services Khmer (PSK) in Phnom Penh yesterday, demanding “unpaid” seniority bonuses. Representative So Nita said the workers, four of whom have physical ...

In a country where corruption is as rife as it is in Cambodia, global brands must work with governments to ensure garment factories are safe and working conditions legal, international NGO Transparency International (TI) said yesterday. In Cambodia, where two workers were killed when a ceiling ...

Responding to a new plan put forward by members of the Bo­eung Kak community and NGOs last month, Phnom Penh Municipal Hall announced on Friday that it had drawn up a list of all families who remain excluded from the 12.44 hectares Prime Minister Hun ...

Local authorities met with Boeung Kak community members yesterday to register villagers left out of the oft-criticised resettlement scheme as a first step to providing them with titles and onsite housing. More than 10 officials including police, commune and village chief, as well as representatives of ...

Government officials have suggested the widow of the man crushed to death last month at the Wing Star Shoes factory, a supplier to Asics, will still be denied compensation from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), a labour rights worker said yesterday. American Center for International ...

The government plans to draft a law designed to govern safety standards in the Kingdom’s mining industry, an official said yesterday, little more than a week after at least one gold miner went missing when a shaft collapsed in Preah Vihear province. Khieu Muth, a secretary ...

Officials and business people say solar panels are gaining in popularity in rural areas, where the power grid does not reach. Mao Sangat, director of Solar Energy Cambodia, told the Post yesterday that his company saw increases of installation of solar power systems for families whose ...

The European union’s executive arm has responded to its parliamentarians’ concerns over rights abuses stemming from Cambodia’s economic land concessions, maintaining that, should the need arise, it “will be ready” to withdraw from its preferential trade agreements with the Kingdom. In a joint letter to concerned ...

Four NGOs asked the government yesterday to explain the decision to promote Lao Saroeun to an undersecretary of state position in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, even though he has not been cleared of alleged corruption. “In proper practice, people under investigation for alleged corruption ...

The Mekong Migration Network yesterday ended a three-day symposium by urging countries in the Mekong basin to provide migrant workers with sufficient legal protections and to improve their working and living conditions. The network brought together 72 representatives of governments, academic institutions, INGOs, NGOs and migrant ...

A coalition of NGOs has called on Cambodia’s National Mekong Committee (CNMC) to push for the Xayaburi dam to be added to the agenda of a regional Mekong River meeting next week. Chhith Sam Ath, executive director of NGO Forum on Cambodia, said it was disappointing ...

Located in a humble, barrack-like building with small offices that are still under construction, Global Security Solutions enjoys the proximity to its biggest customer: Toll Royal Railways. The company not only provides security for embassies, but for petrochemical companies, hotels and airlines as well. Since the ...

Rights groups said they will continue to advocate in land grabbing and eviction cases, and villagers involved in such disputes said they will continue to turn to NGOs for help despite a warning by Prime Minister Hun Sen for civil society to stay clear of ...

Forestry Administrative officials in Battambang province have again halted logging and clearing inside a community forest and are attempting to prevent student volunteers deployed by the Ministry of Land Management from demarcating land in already cleared areas, local officials said last week. ...

The abuse of Cambodian maids overseas has become one of the most documented human rights violation here. But as the Government, media, NGOs and aid agencies focus their energies on domestic laborer living abroad, advocates have begun to urge that closer attention be paid to ...

The government is not doing enough to help farmers weather the destructive effects of drought and flooding brought on by climate change, leaving NGOs to provide aid and emergency relief in cases of natural disaster, agriculture industry leaders said at a forum yesterday. ...

With less than two weeks until Asean leaders meet in Phnom Penh to consider approval of the region’s first human rights declaration, international NGOs yesterday urged them to postpone passing what they are calling a “deeply flawed” document.  “In the current form, the [Asean Human Rights] ...