Forestry crimes see decrease
The National Committee for The Prevention and Crackdown on Natural Resource Crimes said forestry crimes have largely decreased, with 59 suspects arrested and sent to court throughout last year. The committee also confiscated 9,215 cubic metres of mixed timbers and 491 items used to commit ...
Khorn Savi
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forestry-crimes-see-decrease
First crude oil shipment due this month
Singapore-based KrisEnergy will make its first shipment of crude oil to international markets this month with a batch of up to 300,000 barrels, according to Cheap Sour, director-general of Petroleum at the Ministry of Mines and Energy. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50859589/first-crude-oil-shipment-due-this-month/
Schools reopen after unprecedentedly long break
Tens of millions of pupils and students across 63 provinces and cities have gone back to schools on May 4 after a three-month break due to Covid-19 pandemic. Up to 18 provinces and cities re-opened schools for all levels of learners from Monday.Most of local schools made use ...
Kim Anh
Hun Sen says no need for international community to recognise elections
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday said he didn’t care whether the international community endorsed next year’s elections – the legitimacy of which critics have questioned amidst a crackdown on the opposition – raising concerns the Kingdom could find itself isolated if world powers decline ...
Press conference on "MoEYS E-Learning self-study program: 5 months after public launch"
On 21 September 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport issued a notification on press conference on “MoEYS E-learning self-study program: 5 months after public launch.”the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia hold a press conference ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Police official avoids prosecution for rosewood smuggling
A police official in Kompong Thom province has so far avoided prosecution in a weekend timber smuggling case involving his brother, three unidentified loggers and three carloads of rosewood logs marked with his name. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-official-avoids-prosecution-for-rosewood-smuggling-109650/
Poipet roadblock for would-be registrants
More than 300 Cambodian workers living in Thailand were prevented from registering to vote in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town on Sunday after being unable to provide proof of residence there, officials said. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poipet-roadblock-would-be-registrants
Workers at shuttered factory protest for pay
Workers from Shude Garment Co, Ltd, protested in front of their factory yesterday in Kampong Speu province’s Chbar Mon town after their employer vanished without paying their January salaries. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-shuttered-factory-protest-pay
Why 'partnerships for sustainable development' counts as an essential sustainable development goal
Of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the 17th is the odd one out. As “Partnerships for the Goals”, it is a goal that helps you get to the other 16 goals. For most businesses committed to sustainable development, however, this 17th goal may be the ...
More Cambodia rice bound for China
China plans to increase its rice import quota from Cambodia next year as the country braces for possible cutbacks by the European Union to limit milled rice imports from least developed countries. Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak said on August 2 that his Chinese counterpart Gao Hucheng agreed ...
MDE replaces ICT Ministry
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society will be officially established on September 16, replacing The information and Communications Technology Ministry. The MDE is being set up as part of The government’s “Thailand 4.0” policy. The Royal Gazette announced on September 15 that The MDE would become ...
Sok Hour’s case made
Hong Sok Hour’s attorney on Monday submitted a five-page legal document making the case for charges of forgery and incitement against the Sam Rainsy Party senator to be dropped by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sok-hours-case-made
PM urges students not to slack
As students filed back into schools yesterday to kick off the 2015-2016 academic year, Prime Minister Hun Sen broadcasted some televised tough love, telling students to take their studies seriously for the good of the nation. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-urges-students-not-slack
UN envoy meets with rights workers
The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia met with local rights advocates on Monday as she began her second fact-finding mission to The country, one of The meeting’s attendees said. ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-meets-with-rights-workers-110243/
Gold tower owner seeks to resolve claims, move on
Gold Tower 42 owner Yon Woo Cambodia is calling on creditors, buyers and lessees of the project to lodge any claims by May 12 to clear outstanding issues and pave the way for moving the development forward. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24375/gold-tower-owner-seeks-to-resolve-claims--move-on/
CNRP to meet NEC over voter registration ‘problems’
The opposition party will meet with The National Election Committee this morning to discuss a number of “problems” with The voter registration process, highlighting that 2 million people could lose Their right to vote at upcoming elections. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-meet-nec-over-voter-registration-problems
Cambodia does not need international recognition for upcoming elections: PM
The result of Cambodia’s 2018 national election does not need The United Nations’ recognition and The country is determined to hold elections on schedule, said Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday (Jan 18). ...
Cambodia, Thailand to plant border pole No 15
Cambodia and Thailand agreed to plant temporary border mark No 15 next to Oddor Meanchey’s Ou Smach border entrance. The agreement came after The technical groups of The two countries ended searching for border marks on March 25, ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=NTY4MDA1MWIzZDd
Biogas to power rural areas
Commercial biogas plants will be installed across the Kingdom to provide electricity to rural areas that are off the national grid, as government and development agencies look to reach the 38 per cent of villages with no power supply. ...
Ananth Baliga and Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/biogas-power-rural-areas
HIV/AIDS funding plummets, but risks remain
Foreign funding for HIV/AIDs programs took a sharp dive last year, as a lower rate of HIV infection among the general population led donors to declare victory over the disease. But the disease remains a threat, experts say. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14096/hiv-aids-funding-plummets--but-risks-remain/