Unlicensed pharmacies to face shutdown
Phnom Pneh municipal governor, Kep Chutema, authorized all local officials to meet with owners of unlicensed pharmacies in Phnom Penh in order to demand them to apply for legitimate licesnce or if not they will face closure.
Ministry of Health issued announcement in January to all municipal and provincial health officials a deadline of February to [...]
First new aircraft bought by CAA
Cambodia Angkor Airline [CAA] is a joint venture between Cambodian government and Vietnam Airline, which was launched in late July last year. Cambodia’s government owns 51 percent by forming a 30-year-agreement worth an initial investment of $100 million.
Recently, CAA bought a new-brand ATR-72 aircraft, which was manufactured by a French-Italian company. After launching, it has [...]
155 unlicensed pharmacies in City
According to the report released Wednesday by the Phnom Penh Committee for Eliminating Fake Drugs and Illegal Health Care Service for the Reduction of Poverty, there are 155 illegal pharmacies opening in Phnom Penh, compared with 162 shops in the previous quarter.
“We are really concerned about illegal pharmacies because they negatively affect people’s health,” the [...]
More than 60,000 vehicles temporarily impounded
In an effort to enforce the road traffic law signed by the King in 2007, traffic policemen have been deployed across the country in order to fine motorbike drivers without wearing crash helmet and mirror installation.
There are more than 60,000 vehicles have been temporarily confiscated since 1st August. And motorcycle drivers have been required to [...]
Cambodian Opposition-affiliated Journalist Jailed for Disinformation
On June 26, 2009, opposition-affiliated Khmer Machach Srok newspaper director Hang Chakra was convicted in absentia of disinformation, sentenced to one year in prison, and fined 9 million riel (USD $2,250). Hours later, Hang Chakra was arrested in Cambodia’s Northeast Battambang province and taken to Prey Sar prison.
Hang Chakra had originally been summoned to the [...]