A top anti-drug official is calling for concerted efforts to raise public awareness around the dangers of certain controlled substances during the coming Khmer New Year holidays in mid-April. National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) secretary-general Meas Vyrith has sent a batch of letters to state and private media outlets, provincial anti-drug committees, civil society organisations and other associations. In a letter obtained by The Post on March 19, Vyrith noted that the NACD has asked the Ministry of Information’s General Department of Information and Broadcasting to further push for radio and TV stations and other media outlets nationwide to…
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In February, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng received 97 new inquiries and requests from citizens through his personal Facebook page, the minister said on March 18. “Our response team has responded to and resolved 16 cases, while another 106 are in the process of resolution,” he said in a statement, counting cases left over from January. “On the other hand, some of the other inquiries and requests were found to be irrelevant to the operations of the interior ministry and have been forwarded to the pertinent institutions.” There were 576 outstanding cases from 2021, he added, but in February his…
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for Cambodia and Saudi Arabia to step up cooperation in economic sectors and other areas in the Southeast Asian Kingdom with lucrative prospects. Hun Sen made the remark at a meeting with Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud on March 18 during the latter’s official visit to Cambodia, according to a statement posted on the premier’s Facebook page. Prince Faisal told the prime minister that his latest visit to Cambodia was meant to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation, primarily through talks with his counterpart Prak Sokhonn, the statement noted. The top Saudi…
The Ministry of Health on March 19 reported 117 new Covid-19 cases, nine of which were imported and all were confirmed to be the Omicron variant. The ministry also reported 116 recoveries and one new death. As of March 19, Cambodia had recorded a total of 134,889 Covid-19 cases with 130,804 recoveries and 3,050 fatalities.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has committed another 20 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Cambodia, five million of which are expected to arrive late this month. Xi made the pledge on March 18 during a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to Kao Kim Hourn, a minister delegate attached to the prime minister. This comes just over three months after Beijing announced that it would work with Phnom Penh to set up a Sinopharm jab manufacturing venture in Cambodia sometime soon. According to Ministry of Health secretary of state York Sambath, Sinopharm too has expressed willingness to work with…
Cambodia and Greece are set to kick off a first consultative dialogue “soon” in Athens after the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) last year establishing a bilateral consultation mechanism aimed at developing discussion frameworks in areas identified as priorities, such as politics, diplomacy, economy, trade, investment, socio-cultural affairs. Cambodian ambassador to Thailand Ouk Sorphorn told The Post that a discussion with Greek ambassador to Cambodia Nicolaos Kaimenakis on March 17 explored avenues to promote bilateral cooperation, with particular emphasis on mutual support on the regional and international stages. The two sides discussed preparations for the first consultative…
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has said it will launch the Cambodia Garment, Footwear and Bags Sector Development Strategy 2022-2027 on March 21 to strengthen and support the sector in “the new context”. According to a notice issued by the ministry on March 17, the launch will be held online and attended by minister Aun Pornmoniroth, as well as leaders and representatives from ministries, institutions, embassies, development partners, civil society, business associations and the private sector. Pornmoniroth also doubles as one of the Kingdom’s 10 deputy prime ministers and chairman of the finance ministry’s Economic and Financial Policy Committee…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, in his capacity as the ASEAN chair’s special envoy on Myanmar, is scheduled to lead a working visit to the bloc’s westernmost country on March 21-22, at the invitation of the ruling State Administration Council (SAC), according to the foreign ministry. The ministry noted in a March 18 statement that Sokhonn is to be accompanied by industry minister Cham Prasidh, ASEAN secretary-general Lim Jock Hoi, ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) executive director Lee Yam Ming, senior government officials, and ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) and AHA Centre…
The “Cultural Landscape of the Bunong People” has been named to the 2022 World Monuments Watch, as one of 25 heritage sites deemed to be of worldwide significance, critical for the local community, and in urgent need of preservation. Through the advocacy programme, the World Monument Fund (WMF) appeals for more awareness and support to use heritage preservation as a tool to empower indigenous people, the WMF said in a statement obtained by The Post on March 18. “The Bunong cultural landscape is composed of agricultural fields, spirit-forests and burial grounds – all living places of social, spiritual, and historical…
A boy, girl and woman were injured in a fire that razed an entire floor of the Diamond Twin Tower Condo and Office Centre in the capital’s Koh Pich island in the afternoon of March 17. The blaze “destroyed all belongings” on the 16th floor – not counting the ground floor – of the northwestern tower, located in Group 78, Village 14, Tonle Bassac commune, Chamkarmon district, just northeast of the Swan Bridge. Colonel Prum Yorn, director of the Phnom Penh Department of Fire Prevention, Extinguishing and Rescue under the National Police, said he immediately ordered a fire truck with…