HIV testing ends in Kandal village
The Health Ministry is planning no further HIV tests in Kandal province’s Peam village, where a disproportionate cluster of infections has been discovered, despite two-thirds of the village still remaining untested. ...
Jack Davies and Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hiv-testing-ends-kandal-village
World Bank projects 7% Cambodian growth rate
The World Bank has projected the Kingdom’s economic growth will reach seven percent this year, slightly up from its 6.9 percent projection in April, due to solid garment exports and a resilient construction sector. The World Bank’s “Cambodia Economic Update October 2016” highlighted solid garment export ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30444/world-bank-projects----7--cambodian-growth-rate/
MoU to help poor families get housing
The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and Habitat for Humanity Cambodia (HFHC) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that supports a national housing policy to address housing for low-income families. The MoU aims to support implementation of the national housing policy, which ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31041/mou-to-help-poor-families-get-housing/
A few hurdles still block path to joining global value chains
The government needs to urgently amend its industrial development policy to spur the inclusive growth of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and develop a national logistics platform to cut onerous shipping costs if Cambodia is to find a place in global value chains, panellists at ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/few-hurdles-still-block-path-joining-global-value-chains
Surrogacy to be legal
Authorities are preparing a draft law to make surrogacy legal with a range of protections for the women and babies involved. News of the move emerged yesterday after a meeting between foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and Newly appointed United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative to Cambodia ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35333/surrogacy-to-be-legal/
As CNRP’s dissolution looms, small parties look set to enter a big stage
The seemingly impending demise of Cambodia’s main opposition, and the snap draft laws put in motion to replace them in parliament, threatens to throw a handful of obscure parties into the political arena at the highest level. ...
Ben Sokhean and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrps-dissolution-looms-small-parties-look-set-enter-big-stage
Environment ministry’s annual report out
The Environment Ministry’s annual report revealed 600 forestry crimes in protected areas, while there were nearly 700 cases of fishing, wildlife and land crimes. The report, released yesterday, showed that rangers, in collaboration with relevant parties, managed to prevent and suppress offenses at national parks, wildlife ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33457/environment-ministry---s-annual-report-out/
Firmer prospects as rubber rebounds
Cambodia’s beleaguered rubber industry looks set for a turnaround as international rubber prices continue their strong rebound. Local traders and industry officials said yesterday they were optimistic that rubber prices, which doubled during the course of 2016, would continue to rise as the global economy ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/firmer-prospects-rubber-rebounds
Don’t intimidate, law enforcement warned
The Interior Ministry and the National Election Committee have banned all forms of law enforcement from using their power to intimidate or threaten voters during the commune election campaign period.In a joint announcement, the NEC and the ministry said that it was crucial for the ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38748/don---t-intimidate--law-enforcement-warned/
UN urges government to protect rights
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday urged the Cambodian government to guarantee all political and civil rights ahead of next year’s election, while the government’s Human Rights Committee dismissed allegations of wrongdoing. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-urges-government-protect-rights
Farming project gets extension, $66M
The government and international funders have committed a further $66 million to a project to increase small farmers’ productivity, after yesterday claiming success in the program’s initial seven-year period. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/farming-project-gets-extension-66m
Few women in upper ranks
Cambodian women make up less than 3 percent of the military’s upper echelons, the ministries of defence and women’s affairs confirmed yesterday. Just 88 women hold ranks of one-star general and above, with one solitary woman ranked a four-star general and a deputy commander-in-chief of ...
Erin Handley and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/few-women-upper-ranks
Seized materials from forest crimes to be auctioned off
General Sao Sokha, the commander of the National Military Police and chair of the National Committee for Prevention and Crackdown of Natural Resources Crime, told municipal and provincial governors to maintain the quality and quantity of materials and equipment seized from forest crimes so that ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/seized-materials-forest-crimes-be-auctioned
Cycling campaign for Prey Preah Roka starts
Some 10 environmental activists launched the Riding a Bicycle for Prey Preah Roka campaign from November 29 to December 2. They will ride across 300km from Phnom Penh to Preah Vihear province to promote natural resource protection and conservation amid threats of deforestation in the forestry ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cycling-campaign-prey-preah-roka-starts
Cambodia's flash floods kill 5, affect 15,510 families in NW province
At least five people were killed and some 15,510 families have been affected by flash floods that have been hitting the country’s Banteay Meanchey province since earlier this month, the latest report of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) showed Tuesday Some 14,300 houses have ...
Flood death toll in Cambodia rises to 20
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — Floods have killed at least 20 Cambodian people, including 11 children in the last two weeks, a disaster control official said Thursday. Keo Vy, chief of the Cabinet of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said nearly 5,000 families ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/26/c_132752960.htm
ILO: women still lag behind in education
Despite making some gains, Cambodian women continue to fall well short of their male counterparts when it comes to education and position in the labour market, a study released yesterday by the International Labor Organization reports. Men account for just five per cent more of Cambodia’s ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ilo-women-still-lag-behind-education
Exports to Japan see a big jump
Cambodia’s exports to Japan increased sharply by 39 per cent over the first three months of 2014 compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). Total exports reached more than $178 million at the end of March, ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-japan-see-big-jump
Cambodia agrees to help Thailand clarify labor policy
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed to the Cambodian Ambassador to Thailand that no harsh measures are being taken against Cambodian workers while the latter has promised to help Thailand clear up the rumor. ...
National News Bureau of Thailand
http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNSOC5706170010018
20 Cambodian workers rescued in Indonesia to return home this afternoon
20 Cambodian workers, who were rescued recently in Indonesia, will return home Wednesday afternoon, said a senior official. Kuong said the repatriation of the Cambodian workers is arranged by the Cambodian Embassy in Indonesia in collaboration with International Organization for Migration (IOM). Following a request ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/20-cambodian-workers-rescued-in-indonesia-to-return-home-this-afternoon:-spokesman-7684