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Regime woos South with billions of baht
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/08/2018
» The government is expected to try to appease the southern region by approving a 200 billion baht budget during mobile cabinet meetings in Ranong and Chumphon province, according to a source.
Cabinet approves price guarantees for rice and rubber
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 04/11/2020
» The mobile cabinet on Tuesday gave the nod to price guarantee schemes for rice and rubber worth a combined 61.9 billion baht.
Cabinet approves further crab banks
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 07/03/2018
» The mobile cabinet meeting at Phetchaburi on Tuesday approved a scheme to financially support fishery communities in coastal areas and establish blue swimmer crab banks, an initiative that helps increase the number of crabs and boosts farmers' income.
Predee quits finance post
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/09/2020
» Finance Minister Predee Daochai has resigned after only 26 days in the job in the wake of a reported conflict with his deputy over the appointment of the director-general of the Excise Department.
Twisting media's arm will backfire
News, Umesh Pandey, Published on 20/08/2017
» The Prayut Chan-o-cha government is back in the eye of the storm for all for the wrong reasons. This time all eyes are on the mobile cabinet meeting set to take place tomorrow and Tuesday in Nakhon Ratchasima after government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd openly admitted that he had "requested" television stations to do "scoops" focusing on ministers attending the meeting.
Maya Bay 'to reopen Jan 1'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/11/2021
» Maya Bay in Krabi province will probably reopen to tourists on Jan 1, with regulations in place to preserve the rehabilitated beach and bay from the ecological ruin it previously suffered, the government says.
Courtship rituals fail to impress
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 24/06/2018
» Thailand is on track to hold a long-awaited general election by February next year if everything goes as planned, with politicians resorting to tricks of old as the polling day nears.
Steering the NESDB through transition
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 14/08/2018
» Thosaporn Sirisamphand was officially appointed on July 4 as the new secretary-general of the prestigious National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) after the position was left vacant for more than two months.
Somkid promises Asean push
News, Published on 18/09/2018
» Upon assuming the chairmanship of Asean next year, Thailand will mobilise efforts to draw global superpowers to cooperate more with the bloc, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said Monday, naming the United States, Russia, England and France as key targets.
Yingluck gone but populism sticks around
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/08/2017
» Ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra has gone -- some might say -- with the wind. And the way she fled the country was so sly, like a Hollywood film noir where the femme fatale coolly sashays out of the scene having outwitted everyone.