The effects of widely used farm chemicals have led to at least 1,715 deaths over The past three years.“The deaths of nearly 600 people each year are directly a result of The use of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and pesticides,” National Health Security office (NHSO) secretary-general ...

The Ministry of Health yesterday launched a nationwide program aimed at holding back The spread of drug-resistant diseases.Microbes are continuing to evolve resistance to drugs at an alarming rate all over The world, often due to The unsupervised and inappropriate use of antimicrobials, health experts ...

The National Election Committee has released The official voter list for July’s general election, containing nearly 85 percent of eligible voters. The voter list contains 8,380,217 names out of 9,882,746 eligible voters, or 84.8 percent of those aged 18 and over. There will be 22,967 polling stations ...

Nagacorp Ltd, the operator of Phnom Penh’s NagaWorld hotel and casino complex, announced that the company’s chief executive, Chen Lip Keong, has submitted a proposal to shareholders and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that would allow him to divest his personal investment of $369 million ...

The export of Vietnamese dragon fruit and Cambodian mangos to The Chinese market has been difficult since The outbreak of Covid-19. Custom clearance procedures are often delayed and The overall export volume has declined. Exporters have tried every possible method of overland transport, but keep ...

The expansion of The Wattay International Airport passenger termInal, supported by The government of Japan, is now complete after 32 months of construction. A handover ceremony for The new termInal took place at Wattay International Airport yesterdayMore ...

The ruling CPP will convene an extraordinary meeting of its central committee on Saturday—The day after The cremation of its longtime president Chea Sim—to elect The new party leadership. ...

Eight countries signed a ministerial declaration in Chiang Mai on November 6 to cooperate on improving irrigation systems among member countries to ensure food and water security. A high-level advisory group on “Partnerships for Agriculture Water Management” was established by the Chiang Mai Declaration to facilitate improved ...

Executive Director/Editor-in-ChiefTHY Try is an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief of Open Development Cambodia (ODC). in 2011, he joined ODC as an advisory board member, and later on, he became a chairman of the board. As an Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief, Try plays an important role in increasing public access ...

The extraordinary congress of The ruling Cambodian People’s Party supported The implementation of political agreement reached with opposition party on 22 July last year. ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday responded to calls from acting opposition leader Kem Sokha for Cambodia’s “political family” to unite for the upcoming Pchum Ben festival, saying he would observe a “ceasefire” amid the escalating war of words between himself and the opposition. Speaking at a ...

The Permanent Committee of The National Assembly (NA) approved a number of amendments to The Traffic Law yesterday, sending Them on to parliament’s 7th plenary session for final ratification on Monday.NA spokesman Leng Peng Long said The committee decided on amendments to nine articles of ...

(KPL) The Mekong River Commission (MRC) and The government of Germany and The European Union on Nov 28 signed agreements worth EUR 8.92 million, approx. US$10 million, to enhance Mekong cross-border water cooperation, at The sidelines of The 25th Meeting of The MRC Council.More ...

This 2017 PAPI Report presents the results of the sixth nationwide survey, with data articulating the experiences of 14,097 citizens who were randomly selected and who are a representative sample of different demographic groups across the country. the report was officially launched on 4 April ...

The number of drug arrests, including those of foreign nationals, is up this year, but total drug seizures are barely over a third of what They were last year, say The National Police. ...

Civil servants and factory workers will be required to wear helmets when riding their motorbikes to work under a government plan to stem traffic fatalities. the deputy commissioner of the National Police told Khmer Times on March 13 that the internal rules were announced internally last month. ...

The Mandalay Food and Drug Administration branch will be running spot-checks at factories producing drinking water to ensure production is according to standard. The authority’s deputy director Dr Kyaw Kyaw said those who failed to comply with The standards would be ordered to stop Their distribution ...

The Commerce Ministry has banned imports of several food products over a health scare and warned The public to avoid Them. The Camcontrol directorate-general took action over I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butter and I.M. Healthy Granola products after The US Food and Drug Administration linked Them to ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated the new 246-megawatt Stung Tatai hydropower plant in Koh Kong on 23 December, saying that the dam will add to locally generated power and help bring down the cost of electricity. Built by the China National Heavy Machinery Corporation for ...

For the last couple of years, virtually every news feed or broadcast has included images of mask-clad people or health workers suited up as protection from COVID-19.  While the images might be ephemeral, those masks and personal protective equipment (PPE), along with used test kits and ...