December 28, 2022

UI GreenMetric 2022, Luiss among the top 20 most sustainable universities

UI GreenMetric 2022: Luiss among the top 20 most sustainable universities

Rome – Luiss continues to climb the UI GreenMetric 2022 ranking of the world’s most sustainable universities, taking 19th place globally among the 1,050 participating universities and 2nd place in Italy.

ROME, Dec. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Luiss continues to climb the UI GreenMetric 2022 ranking of the world’s most sustainable universities, taking 19th place globally among the 1,050 participating universities and 2nd place in Italy.

Since its first entry in 2018, Luiss has climbed more than 200 positions, starting at 229th. The entire Luiss community’s constant commitment to sustainability has led to a continuous increase in overall score, now 8,875. Also, in the category “Energy and Climate Change” in particular, Luiss ranked among the top universities worldwide, and first in Italy.

Luiss climbed the international rankings of Higher Education: according to the prestigious QS World University ranking by Subject, the University named after Guido Carli is 1st in Italy and 22nd in the world for Political and International Studies and in the Top 100 for the Social Sciences and Management area.

Luiss University is at 53rd place in the top 100 of the Financial Times’ 2022 Masters in Management ranking, with a leap of 23 places, making it the fastest rising in 2022 and putting it among the top universities in the world. There are many assets at the base of this result; one of the most relevant is the career progress of its graduates. The jump is due to improved performance in various categories, in particular average salary, salary increase, and career progress, which have helped Luiss achieve its highest overall rank since 2017.

The Luiss mission is to educate enquirers: curious, resilient, and open-minded professionals in the areas of economics, law, management, and political sciences that are rigorous and reliable to frame and solve issues. Luiss enquirers think like scientists while acting as business leaders, lawyers, managers, policymakers or entrepreneurs. They are deeply engaged in society because they combine their attitude with other people’s resources to meet shared objectives.

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December 28, 2022December 29, 2022

Cambodian court upholds verdict keeping NagaWorld union leader in jail

A Cambodian court upheld a verdict detaining Chhim Sithor, a union leader involved in the NagaWorld Hotel and Casino strike in which hundreds of workers have been striking to demand better wages and working conditions.
Chhim Sithor was arrested after returning to Cambodia from a labor conference in Australia on Nov. 26 for violating bail conditions that apparently restricted her from leaving the country.
Her arrest was condemned by NagaWorld strikers, civil society officials, and the U.S. State Department.
Police initially arrested Chhim Sithar back in Dec. 2021, charging her with “inciting social chaos” for leading a strike at the NagaWorld Hotel and Entertainment Complex, one of the world’s most profitable gambling centers located in the capital of Phnom Penh.
Chhim Sithor’s defense lawyer has argued that she was never properly informed of the travel restrictions against her.
Thousands of NagaWorld employees walked off their jobs during that strike, demanding higher wages and the reinstatement of eight jailed union leaders and nearly 370 others they said were unjustly fired from the casino, owned by Malaysian billionaire Tan Sri Chen Lip Keong.
Since then, Cambodian authorities have claimed that the strike was illegal and the product of alleged foreign donations.
The NagaWorld union’s vice president, Chhim Sokhon, attended the court hearing and told RFA she was “sad and also disappointed” about the decision. She added that although Chhim Sithor appeared pale during the hearing, she conveyed a message to her fellow strikers that she is strong, asking them not to worry about her health.
“I knew that her health must have some problems because I had experienced living in prison. It is not easy, as our normal life outside. There are many problems,” Chhim Sokhon said.
Chhim Sothron’s defense lawyer, Sam Chamroeun, criticized the decision by the Court of Appeal in Cambodia’s capital, saying it did not provide justice for his client since she was unaware of the ban on her leaving the country, adding that he plans to appeal the decision to Cambodia’s Supreme Court.
“We feel sorry for the procedural error that made the court send my client back to prison,” he said. “My client did not know about the ban.”
Her defense lawyers had previously requested records of the original trial files to see if they included bail conditions, but the court denied the request.
Am Sam Ath, director-general at the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, known as LICADHO, which provided Chhim Sithron’s lawyers, also said he was disappointed with the court’s decision.
“Chhim Sithor unjustly suffered due to procedural errors of the court and the authorities. [She] should not be detained anymore, because the continued detention of Chhim Sithor is not beneficial for Cambodia,” he told RFA. “The European Union is still urging Cambodia to restore democracy and respect for human rights, and they are watching the case of Chhim Sithor.”
In November, Australian MP Julian Hill, who met with Chhim Sithar in Melbourne, said he was shocked by her latest arrest, saying the accusation that she had breached her bail conditions was nonsense because no one informed her of them.
“This is outrageous,” he wrote in a Facebook post. “Another incident of Hun Sen’s gangster regime attacking union leaders for doing their job.”

December 28, 2022December 29, 2022

A Giant Mekong Catfish Released and Tracked

A giant Mekong catfish, locally known as Trey Reach belonging to Cambodia’s second biggest freshwater fish species, was released recently with a tracking device for conservation purpose.
The work was led by the Fisheries Administration of Kandal province in collaboration with the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute.
Caught earlier by local fishermen, the Giant Mekong catfish weighted 46 kilogrammes and was 157 centimetres long was released into the Mekong River in Prek Tamak commune, Ksach Kandal district of Kandal province.
Giant Mekong catfish was on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Endangered Species and its fishing, buying, selling, and transporting have been strictly banned by Cambodian authority since 1956.
It belongs to the top three largest fish species of Cambodia which are giant freshwater stingray, giant Mekong catfish, and giant barb.
Giant Mekong catfish can reproduce from the age of 6-8 years old and can live up to 60 years.
The attached tracking device will allow fisheries scientists to understand the traffic and living situation of the fish and support it as needed.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

December 28, 2022December 29, 2022

In-Depth Reforms of Physical Education and Sports Toward SEA Games 2023

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has prepared a national policy on the development of physical education and sports and made an in-depth reform toward the SEA Games 2023 in Cambodia.
The note was highlighted by its Minister H.E. Hang Chuon Naron in a handover ceremony of the Royal Government’s awards to coaches, assistant coaches and Cambodian medallists at the 31st SEA Games here in Phnom Penh early this week.
The in-depth reform includes sports infrastructure renovation and construction, human resources department, competition structure reform, and budget support to national sports federations, H.E. Hang Chuon Naron emphasised.
The minister briefed on the achievements by the ministry’s in-depth reforms, adding that it has contributed significantly to promoting Cambodia’s sports development, especially to achieving regional, continental and global level medals.
He also spoke highly of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC), the National Sports Federations, coaches and athletes for their joint efforts and high commitment bringing about success and pride for the nation.
The Royal Government of Cambodia is working hard in enhancing the country’s sports by constructing sports infrastructure and building sports human resources, he added.
Cambodia earned in total 43 medals, including 9 gold, 9 silver, and 25 bronze at the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam in 2022.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press

December 28, 2022December 29, 2022

Hog Deer Festival in Kratie to Promote Wildlife Conservation

A hog deer festival has been orgagnised in mid-December at Prek Krieng Pagoda in Sambo district, Kratie province to raise awareness and strengthen wildlife conservation, according to WWF-Cambodia.
At least 147 people, including Buddhist monks, villagers, youth, rangers, representatives from Kratie Provincial Department of Environment, local authorities and WWF staffs, participated in the two-day event, organised to honour forest and wildlife values, promoting the connection between religious beliefs, culture and natural resources conservation.
The participants also paid respect to hog deers and other wild animals that died from snaring, habitat loss and hunting.
The event was also an opportunity for strengthening the patrol practice by members of the local community, as well increasing the awareness of the villagers about the need to protect wildlife, stop land encroachment and completely end poaching, snaring, hunting with dogs in protected forest areas.
The 2022 hog deer (Axis porcinus) population report revealed 84 individuals roaming the grassland habitats in Prek Prasob Wildlife Sanctuary, Mekong Flooded Forest, Kratie province. The survey result showed the presence of multiple fawns, indicating a reproduction of the rare spices is taking place in its natural habitats.
In Cambodia, the species was once considered extinct until its rediscovery in 2006 in Kratie, with their presence confirmed by camera-trapping.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press