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Senators urged to support Pita
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/05/2023
» Two civil society groups have called on the Senate to respect the choice of the majority who want the Move Forward Party's (MFP) Pita Limjaroenrat to be prime minister.
Anutin blasts NHSO budget
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/12/2022
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) should have done a better job before requesting help in approving its annual budget, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday.
Srisuwan wants well bids probed
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/10/2022
» Political activist Srisuwan Janya filed a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday against executives of the Department of Groundwater Resources over alleged irregularities in the bidding for well-drilling projects.
Groups slam draft law to curtail public protests, non-profit groups
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/05/2022
» A group of non-profit organisations on Monday staged a protest in front of the UN's Bangkok headquarters against government efforts to implement a public gathering control law.
Groups sue ministries over PM2.5 problems
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/03/2022
» Environmental activist groups have filed a lawsuit with the Central Administrative Court against the National Environment Board (NEB) and two cabinet ministers for failing to deal with the country's pressing air pollution problems, saying every citizen has the right to breathe clean air.
DDC says it will stand by favipiravir
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/03/2022
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) insisted on Saturday the antiviral medication favipiravir has shown high efficacy in treating patients infected with Covid-19, adding the drug is available for bulk purchase and costs only 800 baht per treatment.
Ex-monk's sister in land trouble
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/03/2022
» The Forestry Department has lodged a complaint with police against an elder sister of ex-monk Sompong Nakhonthaisong for encroaching on state land in Chaiyaphum.
Ex-monk land buy in forest reserve
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/02/2022
» Over 200 rai of Sor Por Kor (agricultural land reform) plots in Chaiyaphum purchased by ex-monk Sompong Nakhonthaisong were in reserved forest areas, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa said.
Srisuwan pushes for Omkoi land probe
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/01/2021
» Social activist and lawyer Srisuwan Janya yesterday asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to look into a suspected land encroachment case at the remote village of Ban Mae Kerb in Chiang Mai's Omkoi district.
Civil groups call on public to support clean air bill
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/09/2020
» Civil society groups have appealed to the public to back a clean air bill, saying it needs at least 10,000 signatures before the draft can be submitted for parliamentary readings.