Monday, 20 April 2009

The Phnom Penh Post News In Briefs

In Brief: Nuon Soriya shows class

Written by ROBERT STARKWEATHER
Monday, 20 April 2009

PHNOM PEHN - Nuon Soriya predictably outclassed Club Ei Phouthong fighter Sol Say to pick up an easy points victory Sunday at TV5. Looking more like trainer and student than two boxing equals, Nuon Soriya took total control of the fight from the opening bell, scoring at will and remaining virtually unhittable through five rounds.


In Brief: Siem Reap Airways still on blacklist

Written by Kay Kimsong
Monday, 20 April 2009

Siem Reap Airways International will remain on The European Commission's international black list, said the government Sunday. "We have not cleared up problems relating to some documentation," said Him Sarun, chief of Cabinet for the State Secretariat for Civil Aviation. Siem Reap Airways is owned by Thailand's Bangkok Airways International. He said that Bangkok Airways is planning to bring an aircraft to Cambodia, but that authorities were not sure when.


In Brief: Band works with NGO to save Nature

Written by Christopher Shay
Monday, 20 April 2009

Dengue Fever, a rock band fronted by Cambodian-American singer Chhom Nimol, has partnered with the environmental organisation Wildlife Alliance to help conserve Cambodia's threatened flora and fauna. Last week - in addition to releasing the soundtrack to a documentary about the band - Dengue Fever kicked off the partnership at a show in Virginia. "We want to preserve Cambodia's rich cultural heritage, just like Wildlife Alliance is working to protect Cambodia wildlife species and forests," Dengue Fever guitarist Zac Holtzman said in a press release. The band and Wildlife Alliance hope to work together to hold benefit concerts, release charity remixes and make online commercials about conservation in Cambodia, the press release said.


News Brief: Anti-malarial price to drop

Written by Sam Rith
Monday, 20 April 2009

Cambodia is among 11 nations set to benefit from a US$225 million anti-malarial fund launched in Oslo on Friday by Roll-Back Malaria, a public private partnership that includes UNICEF, the World Bank, private donors and various national governments. The fund will cut the cost of drugs for resistant malarial strains from $6-$10 to between $0.20 and $0.50 through international subsidies and negotiations with pharmaceutical companies. Cambodia and the 10 African nations selected are among the worst nations affected by malaria, a disease that is estimated to kill 2,000 children a day worldwide.

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