EDITORIAL – Fake vax cards
Published by Philippine Star The Philippine Star January 17, 2022 | 12:00am People faked RT-PCR test results, so it’s not surprising that some people might fake vaccination cards as the … Read More
Day: January 16, 2022
A record Afghan aid appeal, hunger in the Horn, and the Djokovic deportation row: The Cheat Sheet
GENEVAOur editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.On our radarFuelling, then funding, Afghanistan’s crisesThe price of averting “a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe” in Afghanistan? About $5 billion, …
Crime rates on the rise as the junta cracks down on political unrest
Residents say they have no access to police, who are unlikely to help them if they did.Nearly a year after Myanmar’s military seized power, sources say crime rates are rising throughout the country, largely because authorities are too busy focusing on …
Mekong Low Flow and Drought Conditions in 2019-2021: Hydrological Conditions in the Lower Mekong River Basin
Vientiane, Lao PDR, The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat has renewed its call for the six Mekong countries to urgently address regional low flows, water fluctuations and drought as the Lower Mekong River experiences record low flows for the th…
COVID-19: 23 More Omicron Cases Reported
AKP Phnom Penh, Twenty-three (23) new Omicron cases were recorded in Cambodia this morning, of which 14 were locally transmitted, and 9 were imported, according to a press release of the Ministry of Health.The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the K…
Cambodia Considers Extending Fish-Pass Monitoring on Pursat River
AKP Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is considering plans to extend fish-pass monitoring to a third demonstration site on a major tributary of the Tonle Sap Lake, the largest lake in Southeast Asia. Under the Lower…