Timothy and Sreypov serve up singles wins

Hour Sreypov secured a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Bahrain’s Maram Sharif in the Junior Fed Cup tie in Colombo yesterday. Photo supplied Timothy and Sreypov serve up singles wins Thu, 17 March 2016 H S Manjunath Singles victories for Tep Timothy in the Junior Davis Cup and Hour Sreypov in the Junior Fed Cup in Colombo restored a modicum of pride for Cambodia yesterday after unproductive pool performances, even as the boys went down fighting to Iraq 1-2 and the girls were seen off by the same margin by Bahrain following a heartbreaking doubles loss in a super tie-break. From the pressures of compressed group format, the bottom-bracket draw helped the Cambodian players open their shoulders, cut down on anxiety and stay more relaxed,...

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Smart, Universal Music bringing Jessie J to capital

Singer-songwriter Jessie J performs in New York City’s Central Park in May. AFP Smart, Universal Music bringing Jessie J to capital Thu, 29 October 2015 Post Staff UK pop idol Jessie J is to perform at a concert in Phnom Penh on December 12 hosted by telecommunications company Smart and Universal Music. Smart chief executive Thomas Hundt at a press conference yesterday announced that the concert would be held on Koh Pich following the finale of Smart’s “Mega Concert 2015” tour and I Am the Fastest Competition which will feature a series of performances by Cambodian artists all around the Kingdom between October 31 and December 11. Real name Jessica Ellen Cornish, the pop and R&B singer’s first album in 2011, Who...

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Festival an opportunity for Kingdom’s young filmmakers

A still from Chap Somchanrith’s "Cambodian western" short "A Fistful of Pebbles", which will screen as part of this weekend’s Chaktomuk Short Film Festival. Photo supplied Festival an opportunity for Kingdom’s young filmmakers Thu, 5 November 2015 Audrey Wilson The fourth Chaktomuk Short Film Festival begins on Friday with a bigger lineup of homegrown shorts than ever before. Twenty-two Cambodian shorts and 25 more from abroad will be screened during the three-day festival at Aeon Mall’s Major Cinema and the French Institute. All the films on the program are under 30 minutes long, and fictional rather than documentary. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, festival director Sok Visal said the event would...

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Cambodians getting a taste of Japan’s film legacy

A still from "Snow on the Blades", a 2014 Japanese film directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu, being screened in Phnom Penh as part of the first Japanese Film Festival in Cambodia. Photo supplied Cambodians getting a taste of Japan’s film legacy Fri, 6 November 2015 Audrey Wilson The Japanese Film Festival in Cambodia, which runs until Tuesday, will bring a singular focus on Japanese cinema to the Kingdom for the first time. Organisers will screen 16 feature films over six days at Major Cinema in Aeon Mall and Legend Cinema at TK Avenue Mall. The film festival – organised by the Embassy of Japan in cooperation with the Japan Foundation – opened last night with a ceremony at Chaktomuk Theatre and a screening of the award-winning...

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Angelina Jolie Pitt accepts presidency of film fest panel

Bophana Center founder Rithy Panh gives actress Angelina Jolie Pitt a tour of the centre earlier this year as part of research for the adaptation of First They Killed My Father. Bophana Center Angelina Jolie Pitt accepts presidency of film fest panel Wed, 25 November 2015 Post Staff The Cambodia International Film Festival received the endorsement of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars yesterday with the announcement that actress Angelina Jolie Pitt had accepted the presidency of the festival’s newly formed Honorary Committee. The festival’s sixth edition will run from December 4 to 10 showcasing more than 130 films from 34 countries in eight screening venues across Phnom Penh. The Honourary Committee was established this...

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Takeo woman tried to slip fake cash to investor

Police yesterday inspect counterfeit money that a Takeo province woman allegedly gave to an investor in a purported antiques business. National Police Takeo woman tried to slip fake cash to investor Thu, 17 March 2016 Morn Vanntey A Takeo province woman has been accused of fraud after she allegedly tried to pay off an investor in a purported antiques business with $500,000 in counterfeit “spirit money”. According to police, since 2013, garment worker Sun Nary, 38, had received a total of $10,500 in two payments from 58-year-old Koh Thom district television repairman Touch Phann to buy and sell antiques. On Tuesday, Nary hired a Highlander taxi to drive to Kandal province where she was to meet Phann in Sa’ang district’s...

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Food project targets women

A woman harvests vegetables on a farm on the outskirts of Phnom Penh last month. A new project is aiming to educate women in agricultural and environmental-friendly practices to increase their crop yields. Pha Lina Food project targets women Thu, 17 March 2016 Yesenia Amaro USAID is spending $1 million on a project the aim of which will improve nutrition across four provinces by training women in farming practices that have higher yields, produce more nutrient-rich vegetables and require less resources. The Women in Agriculture Network Cambodia project – covering Siem Reap, Battambang, Pursat and Kampong Thom – will also help boost women’s participation in local and regional markets in order to raise household incomes. Women...

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Fight back on for UNESCO recognition

Practitioners perform a kun l’bokator demonstration in front of Angkor Wat for Khmer New Year in 2013. Koam Chanrasmey Fight back on for UNESCO recognition Fri, 26 February 2016 H S Manjunath The government is throwing its weight behind a joint initiative by the Ministry of Culture and the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia to re-submit its plea to UNESCO for recognition of kun l’bokator as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a status three other Cambodian Angkor-era traditions have enjoyed since 2008. The renewed bid, which is to be made in the coming months, conclusively addresses several issues UNESCO had raised after NOCC’s first attempt in 2012 to seek recognition for this nearly 1,000-year-old martial...

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Faldo Series tournament set to tee off

Six-time major champion Nick Faldo. Photo supplied Faldo Series tournament set to tee off Mon, 29 February 2016 H S Manjunath The 10th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, one of the most coveted amateur golfing events in the continent, will hit the greens at the Nick Faldo-designed Mission Hills in China on Wednesday. “There is always a tremendous sense of excitement and anticipation heading into the Grand Final and more so this year because it is our 10th anniversary” said six-time major champion Nick Faldo, the host of the tournament and the series mastermind, in a statement made available to the Post. “It gives me great satisfaction to see the Faldo Series Asia continuing to grow and prosper with more tournaments in...

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MND down Naga as Boeung Ket win big

The Armymen's North Korean striker Choe Myong-ho. Sreng Meng Srun MND down Naga as Boeung Ket win big Mon, 29 February 2016 H S Manjunath The second week of action in the Metfone C-League created a mild flutter after Ministry of National Defence pulled off a 1-0 win over last season’s runners-up NagaWorld at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, even as Boeung Ket Angkor produced a 6-0 blow-out of Western Phnom Penh at the same venue in an evening encounter. Earlier on Friday, National Police bounced back after their 1-4 defeat last week by the Army by holding defending-champions Phnom Penh Crown to a goalless draw. After a barren first half, NagaWorld were undone by a set piece that was cleverly exploited by the Armymen...

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