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Youth cyclists blocked in Koh Kong province
Koh Kong provincial police confiscated more than 10 bicycles from a group of Mother Nature Organisation youths who were riding from Koh Kong province to Phnom Penh to submit a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen proposing that Koh Kong Krao Island be certified a protected area.
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CSOs express concerns on Lao’s Mekong hydro project
Five civil society organisations (CSOs) in Cambodia working on the Luang Prabang hydropower project in Laos said in a press statement on Tuesday that it should be delayed because Lao authorities have insufficient details concerning the transboundary impact assessment and don’t have concrete measures to mitigate its impact on lower Mekong countries.
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Kandal protests staged over unpaid out-of-work allowances
The Ministry of Labour yesterday announced the transfer of the third round of out-of-work allowances to a further 165 enterprises in the garment and hospitality sectors.
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Drilling firm condemned after death of two workers
The Building and Wood Workers’ Trade Union Federation of Cambodia (BWTUC) and the Centre for Alliance of Labour and Human Rights (Central) on Tuesday urged the government to suspend the operations of a company conducting drilling operations at a mountain in Kampot after two employees were killed by falling rocks on Friday.
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Vietnam says ‘border-some’ tents are on its territory
The Vietnamese government has said that the tents set up by its soldiers in undemarcated border areas in Kandal province are located “completely within” Vietnamese territory, a claim which was rejected yesterday by Cambodia Border Affairs Committee.
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Allegation of naval presence ‘base-less’: PM
Amid rising concerns over allegations about a Chinese naval base in Preah Sihanouk province, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday reiterated the government welcomes any country to conduct joint land or sea military drills with the Kingdom, but insists that it would not allow any foreign military base on its territory.
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PM accuses Human Rights Watch of double standards
Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at Brad Adams of the Human Rights Watch for failing to criticise the United States on their human rights violation and cracking down on protesters.
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Campaign seeks road safety measures for garment workers
Asia Injury Prevention Foundation, The Solidarity Centre and US Agency for International Development is set to launch a three-year campaign to facilitate road safety of garment workers from 30 factories in select provinces.
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Seniority payments postponed
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced on Monday the postponement of seniority payments for workers prior to 2019 and new seniority payments for workers in 2020, opting to implement them next year instead.
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Huge tracks of undocumented land a concern for registration officials
Siem Reap provincial deputy governor Ly Samrith expressed concern that land registration plans for residents scheduled to be completed by late 2021 could not be achieved because 80 per cent of the land had not been registered.
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Siem Reap’s tourism hit hard by C-19
More than 100 hotels and guesthouses in Siem Reap province permanently ceased operations while 230 others announced indefinite suspensions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial hall revealed yesterday.
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PM chides HRW ‘double standards’
Prime Minister Hun Sen has chided Human Rights Watch (HRW) Asia director Brad Adams for keeping quiet over protest crackdowns in the US following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.
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Vietnam ambassador questioned over border tents
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has questioned Vietnamese ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh over the setting up of tents by its soldiers in a disputed border area in Kandal province.
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Ministry: Further out-of-work allowances paid
The Ministry of Labour announced on Monday that a further 25,588 workers of 67 enterprises in the garment and tourism sectors will be paid allowances from the government after facing suspension or unemployment amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Nearly 100 construction workers protest over unpaid wages
Nearly 100 workers of Chinese-owned Baye Construction Group Co in the capital’s Chamkar Mon district staged a protest on Sunday to demand missing wages.
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PM Hun Sen again expresses concern over second wave of COVID-19 infections
Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has reiterated his concern over the second wave of COVID-19 infections in the country while congratulating his fellow citizens and competent authorities for their participation and efforts in the fight against this pandemic.
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SDC, UN join effort to promote youth employability
The United Nations in Cambodia (UNC), in partnership with the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), launched the second phase of the “Decent Employment for Youth in Cambodia” programme yesterday at the Ministry of Labour.
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Angkor marks 65 percent drop in foreign visitors in five months
Cambodia’s Angkor Archeological Park received 386,093 foreign tourists during the first five months of 2020 down by 64 percent over the same period last year.
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Cambodian naval bases are not exclusive to China, says Premier Hun Sen
Cambodia’s naval bases in its southern coast are opened for visitations and joint naval exercises for any in the world and are not exclusive to the Chinese.
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UN bodies call for drug centre closure
Thirteen UN entities on Monday issued a joint statement calling on countries in Asia and the Pacific to close all compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and other diseases and some forms of human rights violations.
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