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Phumtham plays down central bank warning on handouts
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/04/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai is downplaying the leak of a classified document from the Bank of Thailand (BoT), which contains warnings for the government against implementing the digital wallet handout scheme.
MPs revive Preah Vihear access bid
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/01/2024
» Pheu Thai MPs in Si Sa Ket want Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin to discuss access to the Preah Vihear temple ruins during his upcoming meeting with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet.
Ministries vie for cash allocation
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/12/2023
» The Interior, Education and Finance ministries are the top three agencies seeking a lion's share of the national budget in the current fiscal year, according to parliament.
Senate committee to monitor constitution rewrite
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/09/2023
» A working panel has been set up to monitor the government's charter amendment process, according to Senator Seree Suwanpanont, who chairs the Senate committee on political development and public participation.
New prime minister vows to tackle fishing industry woes
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Friday pledged to look into problems facing the fisheries industry as its representatives urged the new government to revise laws to ease the impact of restrictions imposed to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
PT revives digital wallet plan
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 12/08/2023
» The Pheu Thai Party intends to reintroduce its 10,000-baht digital wallet programme once the government it is forming takes office, says deputy secretary-general Paopoom Rojanasakul.
Scandal pushes more Democrats to resign
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/04/2022
» The beleaguered Democrat Party continues to bleed members as two more stalwarts have quit key party posts in the wake of the sex scandal involving former party deputy leader Prinn Panitchpakdi.
MPs blame high pork prices on govt inaction on swine fever
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/01/2022
» The leader of the opposition Pheu Thai Party and a Democrat Party member of the House commerce committee on Tuesday held the government accountable for escalating pork prices and pointed to uncontrolled African swine fever as the cause.
Somsak dismisses jail-term row
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 16/12/2021
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin has shrugged off rising criticism over the ministry's role in pushing to up to five royal decrees offering reduced prison terms over four years to people convicted of graft.
Government tackles slump in shrimp sales
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/12/2020
» The government is reversing a Covid 19-driven slump in sales of farmed shrimp by cutting out a central distribution market, according to the Commerce Ministry.