In Brief: Bank calls for two crops
Written by Kay Kimsong
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The Rural Development Bank (RDB) has called on farmers in the countryside to focus on planting two crops per year to increase productivity, support food security and for export. The call echoes that of the Prime Minister Hun Sen, he said, which aims to reduce dependency on imports and the need for migrants to work illegally abroad. The call, he added, forms part of the One Village, One Product" promotion. A cash injection of up to US$200 million was required in rural areas, he said.
In Brief: Mobile use set to double
Written by Nguong Sovan
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The Managing Director of Mobitel, Jeffrey Noble, predicts the number of mobile users will double to cover half of the 14 million population by the end of 2011, he said Wednesday at a signing ceremony in Phnom Penh in which the company received a US$100 million loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Mobitel Chairman Kith Meng said expanding network coverage would help improve the lives of people living in rural areas. IFC Country Manager Sin Foong Wong said the loan would help stimulate telecoms development.
In Brief: Pioneer against poverty dies
Written by Jess Bernhart
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Michael Lynn Sampson died, aged 43, on March 19 after suffering a heart attack while in Bangkok. A resident of Cambodia since 1998, he established Resource Development International Cambodia, an organisation that introduced education and filtration programs to provide clean drinking water and improved sanitation standards for thousands of Cambodians. Jess Bernhart .
In Brief: Bird flu workshop begins in siem reap
Written by Jess Bernhart
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' Department of Animal Health and Production has invited 40 commercial poultry farmers to a workshop in Siem Reap. The workshop, held today, aims to encourage farmers to adopt simple and practical bio-security measures to prevent the spread of avian influenza. Dr Teresa Cereno, technical adviser to the FAO Avian Influenza Control and Prevention Program said, "Improving widespread adoption of good bio-security practices remains a crucial challenge in prevention of avian influenza in poultry and humans."
In Brief: Illegal nightclub owners sentenced
Written by Chrann Chamroeun
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday sentenced the owner of the Mikado Club to seven years in prison and its manager to eight years, for aggravated procurement of prostitution. Sor Sarivoan, also known as Jacki, 60, and his manager Pov Thoeun, known as David, 38, were arrested in March 2008 in a police raid. Chou Bun Eng, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior, told the Post: "I welcome the conviction, but I am still concerned about their website, which shows naked Cambodian girls. It impacts women's morality and must be banned."
Written by Kay Kimsong
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The Rural Development Bank (RDB) has called on farmers in the countryside to focus on planting two crops per year to increase productivity, support food security and for export. The call echoes that of the Prime Minister Hun Sen, he said, which aims to reduce dependency on imports and the need for migrants to work illegally abroad. The call, he added, forms part of the One Village, One Product" promotion. A cash injection of up to US$200 million was required in rural areas, he said.
In Brief: Mobile use set to double
Written by Nguong Sovan
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The Managing Director of Mobitel, Jeffrey Noble, predicts the number of mobile users will double to cover half of the 14 million population by the end of 2011, he said Wednesday at a signing ceremony in Phnom Penh in which the company received a US$100 million loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Mobitel Chairman Kith Meng said expanding network coverage would help improve the lives of people living in rural areas. IFC Country Manager Sin Foong Wong said the loan would help stimulate telecoms development.
In Brief: Pioneer against poverty dies
Written by Jess Bernhart
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Michael Lynn Sampson died, aged 43, on March 19 after suffering a heart attack while in Bangkok. A resident of Cambodia since 1998, he established Resource Development International Cambodia, an organisation that introduced education and filtration programs to provide clean drinking water and improved sanitation standards for thousands of Cambodians. Jess Bernhart .
In Brief: Bird flu workshop begins in siem reap
Written by Jess Bernhart
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' Department of Animal Health and Production has invited 40 commercial poultry farmers to a workshop in Siem Reap. The workshop, held today, aims to encourage farmers to adopt simple and practical bio-security measures to prevent the spread of avian influenza. Dr Teresa Cereno, technical adviser to the FAO Avian Influenza Control and Prevention Program said, "Improving widespread adoption of good bio-security practices remains a crucial challenge in prevention of avian influenza in poultry and humans."
In Brief: Illegal nightclub owners sentenced
Written by Chrann Chamroeun
Thursday, 26 March 2009
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday sentenced the owner of the Mikado Club to seven years in prison and its manager to eight years, for aggravated procurement of prostitution. Sor Sarivoan, also known as Jacki, 60, and his manager Pov Thoeun, known as David, 38, were arrested in March 2008 in a police raid. Chou Bun Eng, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior, told the Post: "I welcome the conviction, but I am still concerned about their website, which shows naked Cambodian girls. It impacts women's morality and must be banned."
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