Phnom Penh Post - National
Cambodia Airways on December 2 once again accepted a government assignment to arrange two special flights to deliver the 1.05 million masks and other medical equipment donated by Prime Minister Hun Sen to assist East Timor's fight against
Specialist doctors working at the Preah Ang Duong Hospital in Phnom Penh have successfully operated on nearly 40 deaf-mute patients and they can now hear and speak nearly as well as any average able-bodied person.
Police have shut down 347 shops selling rice wine and 36 producers in Kompong Chhnang province’s Kampong Leng district after 131 people became sick from drinking a tainted product and eight people died.
The campaign to clear a backlog of criminal court cases continues even though the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and provincial courts have postponed trials because of Covid-19, an official said.
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) commander-in-chief General Vong Pisen has suspended a brigadier general for allegedly assaulting a resident of Prek village in Stung Treng province’s Stung Treng town.
Almost 6,000 poor and orphan children are living in child care centres of the state and non-governmental organizations in the Kingdom, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation.
Prime Minister Hun Sen marked the fourth anniversary of the chapei dong veng, the traditional Khmer two-stringed guitar, being included on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list by praising the musical instrument’s role in Cambodian culture.
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has given the Kingdom’s driving schools a one-year deadline to improve their training facilities for those seeking a licence to drive heavy trucks, after a wave of accidents involving cargo vehicles.
Five of Cambodia’s 28 governmental ministries have been allocated the largest portions of the $8 billion draft national budget for 2021, with the Ministry of Economy and Finance explaining that these ministries had been hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Royal Academy of Cambodia has approved more than 260 new words this year, although experts say that number is down from last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The number of people who have died from alcohol poisoning in Kampong Chhnang province’s Teuk Phos district has increased to seven by Monday afternoon.
