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Factory shuts down abruptly, fires 3,000
Propitious (Cambodia) Garment Ltd, the largest factory in Takhmao town in Kandal province, announced an abrupt closure on Tuesday but did not inform its 3,000 workers in advance.
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Workers from Thailand may soon receive aid from gov’t
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng held a consultative meeting on Wednesday to discuss the possibility of providing short-, medium- and long-term assistance for the more than 85,000 Cambodian migrant workers who have returned home amid
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Covid-19: A global approach to protecting garment workers in supply chains as Cambodia faces up to 500,000 job losses
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has stated approximately 60 percent of its factories have been severely affected by cancelled orders of ready-made garment exports, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wildlife protection NGO faces suspension
The Ministry of Interior announced the temporary suspension of activities of Cambodia WildLife Forest Fisheries Protection and Conservation Organisation due to its failure to comply with the provisions of the law.
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Migrant workers back home, 410 virus-free
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng said that some 90,000 migrant workers had returned from Thailand, but none of those tested had contracted Covid-19. The ministry has spent more than $10 million combating Covid-19.
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Two summoned for insulting supreme council, youth party
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued an arrest warrant for the vice-president of the Khmer United Great Nation Party (KUGNP) and an activist associated with it after they were accused of incitement and insulting the Supreme Council for Consultations and Recommendations (SCCR).
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Cambodia Arrests Former Opposition Official Over ‘Debt to Microfinance Institution’
Authorities in Cambodia arrested a former official of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Monday over what they claimed was a “debt to a microfinance institution,” according to his wife, amid an ongoing government crackdown on the opposition.
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It’s public health over privacy
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng said the authorities are prioritising public health over privacy as they actively trace people who may have been in contact with Covid-19 patients.
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Four sent to court for bulldozing wetlands
The Kampong Thom provincial authorities sent four suspects to the provincial court on Monday after they were arrested the day before for clearing an area of flooded forest with a tractor in Khsach Chi Ros village, Kampong Kor commune, Kampong Svay district.
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Over 1,000 workers undergo health screens
A total of 1,423 of garment workers were screened in 10 designated health centres in the capital from Monday to Tuesday, the Ministry of Labour announced yesterday.
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EU offers grant for Kingdom’s Covid-19 fight
EU Ambassador to Cambodia Carmen Moreno applauded the country’s efforts to control the Covid-19 crisis and said the EU is transferring a €56 million ($66.7 million) grant to help restore the economy, said a Ministry of Economy and Finance press release.
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More than 10,000 workers to be placed in quarantine
More than 10,000 garment workers who recently returned to Phnom Penh from various provinces after the Khmer New Year will be placed in mandatory quarantine, according to officials.
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Migrant workers back home, 410 virus-free
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng said that some 90,000 migrant workers had returned from Thailand, but none of those tested had contracted Covid-19. The ministry has spent more than $10 million combating Covid-19.
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Police bust 3,079 drug crimes, arrest 6,146 since January
Between January 1 and Monday, police intervened in 3,079 drug-related crimes and arrested 6,146 people, including 87 foreigners of seven nationalities, said the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD).
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NGOs squabble over sign, trademark infringement
The Kampong Leng district authorities in Kampong Chhnang province on Tuesday ordered the Cambodia Wildlife Forest Fisheries Protection and Conservation Organisation to remove an office signage a day after putting it up.
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Mandatory quarantine for 30,000 workers begins
Some of the roughly 30,000 workers from factories and enterprises across the Kingdom who went on leave during Khmer New Year began their government-imposed 14-day quarantine on Monday.
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WHO warns to stay virus vigilant
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and government officials said Cambodia is still in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, even though no new cases have been recorded in the last seven days.
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Ministry warns Kingdom still at risk of coronavirus outbreak
The Health Ministry warns a coronavirus outbreak in the Kingdom is still possible.
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Siem Reap park rangers find illegal shack, cut trees
Park rangers from the Siem Reap provincial Department of Environment discovered an array of illegal activities while on patrol last week, including the construction of a small wooden hut in the Phnom Kulen National Park, a suspect cutting down a sralao tree in Phnom Sramoch, and four felled rosewood trees in the Angkor area.
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CDC director optimistic of Cambodia’s healths services
Dr. Ly Sovann, Director of the Communicable Disease Control Department (CDC) at the Ministry of Health, has expressed his conviction that more and more Cambodian people will turn to local health services after the end of the COVID-19 crisis.
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