In Brief: US Urges teachers towards exchange
Written by Mom Kunthear and Khuon Leakhana
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Cambodian secondary school teachers are encouraged to compete for their chance to be one of 156 successful applicants eligible for the Teachers Excellence and Achievement Program, US embassy officials told the Post, Monday. The TEA program is a global competition whereby successful applicants travel to the United States for intensive training.
In Brief: Mosquito nets to be distributed
Written by Mom Kunthear
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
The National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control will distribute 600,000 mosquito nets and hammocks to 20 provinces over two weeks as part of a campaign to reduce malaria infection rates to a record low by 2015. Dr Siv Sovannroth, chief of the centre's net department, said Monday the program will distribute one net for every two people. "More than 2 million Cambodians face malaria infection this year," he said.
In Brief: Thailand delays artefacts' return
Written by Khouth Sophak Chakrya
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
The return of seven Angkorian artefacts from Thailand has been delayed by unrest in Bangkok, Culture Ministry Secretary of State Chuch Phoeun said Monday. The artefacts, which were seized by Thai authorities after being smuggled across the border in 2000, were to be repatriated during Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's aborted visit to Cambodia last week. "We hope that the Thai government ... will honor our agreement to return the artefacts," Chuch Phoeun said.
Written by Mom Kunthear and Khuon Leakhana
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Cambodian secondary school teachers are encouraged to compete for their chance to be one of 156 successful applicants eligible for the Teachers Excellence and Achievement Program, US embassy officials told the Post, Monday. The TEA program is a global competition whereby successful applicants travel to the United States for intensive training.
In Brief: Mosquito nets to be distributed
Written by Mom Kunthear
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
The National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control will distribute 600,000 mosquito nets and hammocks to 20 provinces over two weeks as part of a campaign to reduce malaria infection rates to a record low by 2015. Dr Siv Sovannroth, chief of the centre's net department, said Monday the program will distribute one net for every two people. "More than 2 million Cambodians face malaria infection this year," he said.
In Brief: Thailand delays artefacts' return
Written by Khouth Sophak Chakrya
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
The return of seven Angkorian artefacts from Thailand has been delayed by unrest in Bangkok, Culture Ministry Secretary of State Chuch Phoeun said Monday. The artefacts, which were seized by Thai authorities after being smuggled across the border in 2000, were to be repatriated during Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's aborted visit to Cambodia last week. "We hope that the Thai government ... will honor our agreement to return the artefacts," Chuch Phoeun said.
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