Hun Sen rallies party
Prime Minister Hun Sen has urged CPP leaders at all levels to work twice as hard serving the nation by swiftly implementing party policies. He made the call in a 15-minute audio recording sent to party members following the dissolution of the CNRP last week. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5091717/hun-sen-rallies-party/
Kingdom’s January-February exports to US jump 53 percent
Cambodia exports to the United States surged by 53.3 percent to $1,717.5 million in the first two months of this year, according to the figures from the US Census Bureau. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501056229/kingdoms-january-february-exports-to-us-jump-53-percent/
UNFPA, Japanese government launch $1.17m project to support Cambodia health
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and The Japanese government yesterday jointly launched a project to support The Royal Government of Cambodia in building a resilient and responsive healthcare system during and beyond The Covid-19 pandemic. ...
Koh Preus upgrades 70% complete
Initial construction of a nearly $30 million tourism Infrastructure project on Preah Sihanouk provInce’s Koh Preus Island is “about 70 per cent complete”, accordIng to an official with the developer. Heng Thou, construction site manager of Angela Real Estate Co Ltd (ARE), told the Post that ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/koh-preus-upgrades-70-complete
‘New normal’ academic year kicks off
Cambodia kicked off the new academic year of 2021-2022 for all grades on January 10, with all students required to implement the “new normal path in education” in the context of Covid-19. This came after two years of remote learning and disruptions to regular classroom ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-normal-academic-year-kicks
EU provides €5 million emergency cash for Myanmar garment workers
The European Union (EU) said it will provide €5 million (K7.9 billion) in cash to support garment workers in Myanmar who have been affected by COVID-19. The Myan Ku (Quick Assistance) emergency cash fund will go directly to cut, make, pack (CMP) workers who have lost ...
Kheng queries Sokha’s validity
Interior MInister Sar Kheng yesterday, after becomIng the latest rulIng party official to weigh In on the CNRP’s embattled campaign slogan, went on to question the validity of the recent extraordInary congress that elevated Kem Sokha to party president.At the Inauguration of a new road ...
Meas Sokchea and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kheng-queries-sokhas-validity
Government urges NGOs to support migrant workers from Thailand
Relevant organizations have been actively cooperating with the government in providing transportation service for illegal migrant workers to return to their home after they were sent back by the junta in Thailand. the temporary estimation for the aid so far amounts to nearly 200,000$. the government ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NDUzNzQxYjI3N2R
Gov’t says satellite images don’t prove sand dredging crisis
The government responded to criticism that sand pumping in The Mekong river is more than The amount being reported and that it has increased over recent years. The reaction is to respond to an article published in Eos, a science news magazine, titled “Satellites Spy on ...
Son Minea
Official pushes for an information access act
Many groups, including the ruling party, would benefit from a proposed access to information law – which would provide transparency when it comes to the government’s development plans and spending – a Council of Ministers official said yesterday. Tuot Lux, a legal expert who has been ...
Kingdom’s garment-related exports down 9 percent January to October
Cambodia’s exports in clothes, footwear and travel goods were down 9 percent for the first 10 months of the year measured against 2019 year-to-date (YTD) figures, according to data from the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE). the total value of these export products ...
Thai border shooting injures two loggers
Thai soldiers opened fire on a group of 17 illegal loggers on 10 December evening, wounding two, police said. The group had illegally crossed The border into Thailand in Oddar Meanchey province under cover of darkness when They encountered a Thai patrol, according to Brigadier General Men ...
Independent centre reports on nation’s natural resources
The Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Centre (ENAC) (Union of Burma), has released a report recommending greater government emphasis on The possession, management, share of revenues and impact of The country’s natural resources during The second 21st Panglong Conference. “After The 21st Panglong Conference is concluded, There will ...
Mekong River Commission starts consultation for Pak Ly project, Lao PDR
A six-month consultation process has begun for the proposed 770MW Pak Lay hydropower project on the Mekong mainstream in Lao PDR, the Mekong River Commission has announced, despite Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith’s recent announcement that investments in new hydropower in the country will be suspended. ...
CHRC seeks to end LGBT discrimination
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee president spoke during a pro-LGBT event in Phnom Penh on Saturday and called on The public to end discrimination and prevent violence against The community. The event, organised by Rainbow Community Kampuchea, was held during international Human Rights Day. CHRC president Keo ...
Pech Sotheary
Agro, food to spearhead Betagro
Betagro group is consolidating six business units into two to allow the agribusiness and food group to play a more prominent role in the regional and world markets. the six old business units were food, swine, poultry, regional, feedmill and animal health. the two new core ...
Redress Cambodia's human rights situation before establishing an NHRI
On 24 August 2021, Cambodian Center for Independent Media issued a joInt statement on redressIng Cambodia’s human rights situation before establishIng an NHRI. In light of the ever-worsenIng human rights situation In Cambodia, the undersigned civil society organizations, trade unions, associations and communities, are deeply ...
Cambodian Center for Independent Media
‘Positive impact’: Prey Lang forest app wins award
Danish researcher Ida Theilade has been bestowed The University of Copenhagen’s Innovation Award 2018 for InventIng a smartphone app that can prevent illegal loggIng and preserve forest resources In The Prey Lang forest. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/positive-impact-prey-lang-forest-app-wins-award
Pneumonia tests tested
A new campaign has been launched in Cambodia to identify the most effective tools available for diagnosing pneumonia, a condition that represents the country’s single-biggest killer of children under 5 years old. ...
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pneumonia-tests-tested
Prey Lang patrol yields illegal loggers' chainsaws
During its latest round of patrols this week, the Prey Lang Community Network confiscated 12 chainsaws from alleged illegal loggers in Preah Vihear, which it plans to hand over to the local Forestry Administration. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-patrol-yields-illegal-loggers-chainsaws