Social Assistance to Help COVID-19 Hit Poor People Launched

Source: AKP The Royal Government of Cambodia launched here this morning the Cash Transfer Programme for Poor and Vulnerable Households during COVID-19, lifting a burden of some 560,000 households. Under the programme, some US$25 million is allocated per month to process the first round and each household in urban areas is granted 120,000 Riel (approximately…

COVID-19 Cannot Destroy the Royal Government

Source: FN Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has announced that COVID-19 cannot destroy his Royal Government. “COVID-19 cannot kill Hun Sen’s Government,” Samdech Techo Hun Sen said during an inspection visit to the construction site of new international airport in Kandal and Takeo provinces this…

PM: Current International Airport Not to Be Abandoned

Source: FN Phnom Penh International Airport, the current airport not far from the capital’s downtown will not be abandoned after the construction of the new one completes in 2023. Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen made the affirmation while paying an inspection visit to the construction site of the new airport…

Cambodia to Launch Cash Relief Programme Next Week

Source: AKP The Royal Government of Cambodia will launch the Cash Relief Programme for the poor and vulnerable families during this COVID-19 crisis on June 24. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen in a Facebook post this morning. The cash fund is aimed to assist those…

French Criminal Court Allegedly Charges Sam Rainsy with «Public Defamation on a Person» Sued by PM Hun Sen

Source: FN The French Criminal Court has allegedly charged Sam Rainsy, former opposition leader in exile, with “public defamation on an individual” following a complaint by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Cambodian Government’s lawyer team told Fresh News CEO on Wednesday that the French investigating judge, on 8 June 2020, allegedly charged Sam Rainsy with…