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Cambodia lifts cross-border travel restrictions with Vietnam
The government yesterday informed Vietnam regarding its decision to lift the ban on cross-border movement via borders shared with the country but said prevention guidelines remain in place to mitigate risks of coronavirus transmission.
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Struggling entertainment workers plead to be eligible for allowances
Former entertainment workers suspended during COVID-19 are urging the Ministry of Labour to assist them, as they fear eviction and struggle to feed their families after virus-induced layoffs.
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Gov’t has sufficient funds to survive Covid-19, PM says
Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that the government has more than $3 billion in cash and an international reserve fund of around $20 billion which will prove sufficient to pay civil servants' salaries and manage the Covid-19 crisis.
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Health minister warns KTVs against opening amid Covid-19 pandemic
Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng has sent a letter to provincial governors across the Kingdom, telling them to take measures against karaoke parlours (KTVs) that are operating in violation of Covid-19 restrictions.
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Gov’t slams Britain at UN meet
Cambodian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva An Sokkhoeurn on Friday slammed the UK delegation for not following the agenda and politicising rights issues.
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PM announces launch of cash payouts for poor
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that the government would launch a cash handout programme for more than 560,000 poor families starting Wednesday, while an official said the task of identifying poor families continues.
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Cambodia upset over arrogant remarks by UK
Cambodia Permanent Representative to the United Nation in Geneva said he considers the remarks by the delegation of the UK at the Human Rights Council as 'arrogant', after comments were made on the level of freedom of expression and democracy in the Kingdom.
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NEC to destroy old ballots
The National Election Committee (NEC) will hold a ceremony on Wednesday to destroy more than 21 million ballots and other documents used in the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017 elections.
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Government launches vulnerable family subsidies
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced on Wednesday he will officially launch the government's cash subsidy programme for poor and vulnerable families adversely affected by COVID-19.
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Union urges inclusion of construction workers in NSSF
Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia yesterday asked the government to expand access of the National Social Security Fund to construction workers in consideration of the hazardous nature of the sector.
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Volunteer lawyers to clear court backlogs
Up to 400 volunteer lawyers from the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) will help to clear a backlog of nearly 40,000 cases by defending the rights of charged persons or prisoners, said Legal Aid Department head Var Pisey.
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Kong Raiya sentenced to two years
Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday convicted and sentenced in absentia the activist Kong Raiya to two years in prison.
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Court charges man for allegedly instigating Kampong Thom land grab
A man was charged and detained by Kampong Thom Provincial Court yesterday over allegations of inciting villagers to grab more than 200 hectares of state-protected flooded forestland in the province.
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Rainsy charged with defamation
A French court has charged former opposition leader Sam Rainsy with defamation for claiming that Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the killing of former National Police chief Hok Lundy.
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Very successful drive: PM held fundraiser to buy Chinese military trucks
Royal Cambodian Army Commander Lieutenant General Hun Manet yesterday defended the purchase of nearly 300 military trucks from China, saying the government did not use “a single riel” from the national budget.
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Post office drug traffickers sentenced in capital
Phnom Penh Municipal Court today sentenced a Nigerian man and his Vietnamese girlfriend to between 13 years and 30 years in prison after they were found guilty of possessing and attempting to traffic more than three kilograms of methamphetamines, cocaine and ecstasy from Cambodia to Taiwan.
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New working group created to revamp immigration law
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has requested former justice minister Ang Vong Vathana to lead the interior ministry’s working group in drafting a bill to replace the existing immigration law, which he said is outdated given technology advancements in the digital era.
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Entertainment sector workers denied $40 aid monthly aid
Labour Minister Ith Samheng has rejected a request by out-of-work employees in the entertainment sector to also be given the $40 aid, doled out to suspended garment and tourism workers.
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Kingdom’s teachers receive ICT training
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has organised a teacher training course on information technology which will be available to 1,461 staff members in the education sector. A group of educational professionals will also travel to South Korea to receive training.
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Vietnamese man in court for trafficking 31kg of drugs
Anti-drug police sent a Vietnamese man to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday for allegedly trafficking in 31kg of drugs. He was arrested on Monday in Daun Penh district.
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