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  • Each laid off -worker to get $70 a month

    Prime Minister Hun Sen said the government has decided to provide $70 a month for each worker once their factories temporarily suspended their operations due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Resumed military exercise with the US is welcomed: PM

    Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the government has welcomed resumed military drills with the United States after it has suspended it between the two nations for about three years.

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  • Emergency unlikely, coronavirus situation under control: PM

    Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the declaring of a state of emergency may not be necessary as the COVID-19 situation in the Kingdom is under control.

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  • Places of worship to stay open amid coronavirus: PM

    The government yesterday called on monks to observe cleanliness and proper hygiene as Prime Minister Hun Sen announced pagodas will not be closed amid the pandemic.

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  • Khmer New Year holiday cancelled to curb virus spread

    In his latest move to contain the spread of coronavirus in the Kingdom, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday cancelled the celebrations of the upcoming Khmer New Year, the biggest holiday of the year

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  • Global virus and partial loss of EU trade deal hurt economic hopes

    Cambodia’s hopes it could outgrow Least-Developed Country (LDC) status by 2025 have suffered a major setback caused by the Coronavirus outbreak and the 20 percent loss in tariff-free trade with the European Union.

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  • NEC postpones training for officers

    The National Election Committee (NEC) has held off on training 510 officers who were selected in March to manage the city and provincial election work on contract, because the annual election registration for this year may be postponed due to Covid-19.

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  • Fake news flounders in face of new committee

    After the Ministry of Information’s Fake News Monitoring Committee acted against more than 100 Facebook pages and news sites, it said the dissemination of fake news on various social networks has decreased by over 50 per cent.

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  • Khmer New Year holidays postponed

    Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday announced the postponement of the Khmer New Year holidays as the Kingdom seeks to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Hun Sen said the government will instead make up for it with a five-day holiday at an appropriate time

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  • PM: Law likely next week

    Prime Minister Hun Sen said the draft law aiming to place the Kingdom in a state of emergency amid the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to be approved after the Khmer New Year, though he said there is a slim chance of enforcement given the current situation.

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  • Officials’ salaries set to be donated from May

    The Ministry of Economy and Finance has informed officials who are willing to contribute their salaries to fight Covid-19 that most donations won’t be deducted from their bank accounts until May, and if they wished to make donations before then, they could make a personal payment to the National Committee for Combating Covid-19.

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  • Workers protest over pay

    More than 30 construction workers representing over 100 workers in total, including Cambodian and Chinese nationals, protested on Monday to demand that the owner of a 22-storey building in Sihanoukville’s Commune III pay them four month’s salary amounting to more than $100,000. The owner had promised to pay them on April 12.

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  • Victims left empty-handed after purchasing land plots

    Over 100 victims are demanding that a company called Than Preah In compensate them after they invested money to buy plots but never received the land titles or refunds.

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  • Committee tracks influx of migrants

    A newly-established inter-ministerial committee is discussing ways to contain the Covid-19 pandemic ahead of the Khmer New Year and in anticipation of the return of more migrant workers from Thailand.

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  • ‘Stop land grabs at archaeological sites’

    The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said last year, it cracked down on 18 cases of land grabs at archaeological sites, while 6,617 archaeological sites including burial places, ancient temples, ancient pagodas and irrigation systems across the country were registered for conservation.

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  • COVID-19 sparks economic crisis, requires unprecedented response

    Lockdowns around the world have placed the world’s economies at a standstill, slowing the virus’ spread, but enacting a heavy economic toll.

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  • NBC director-general explains economics of riels and dollars during the COVID-19 crisis

    The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has called on the public to increase their use of riels, to assist the central bank to utilise the national currency as an instrument to effectively stabilise pricing and interest rates in the market during the COVID-19 crisis, according to the NBC’s director-general Chea Serey.

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  • Ministry of Justice site online

    The Ministry of Justice on Monday announced the launch of its new website www.moj.gov.kh in addition to its already existing Facebook page and Telegram service.

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  • National Assembly to meet soon on draft emergency law

    The National Assembly is expected to meet soon to debate the State of Emergency Law draft which the government has deemed to be a matter of “urgency.”

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  • Lingerie vendor on trial for ‘affecting’ tradition

    Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday began the trial of an online underwear vendor accused of negatively affecting Cambodian traditions by allegedly posting revealing photos on Facebook.

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