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Bid to lift afternoon alcohol sales ban rejected
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/02/2024
» A government panel has rejected a proposal to scrap the long-standing ban on sales of alcoholic beverages between 2pm and 5pm, citing the risk to public health and safety.
Farmers given new title deeds option
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/12/2023
» The Sor Por Kor 4-01 land reform paper will be upgraded to a land title for agriculture, allowing farmers to use the land title to apply for a bank loan.
Rules apply to rich and poor
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/12/2019
» Royal Forest Department director-general Atthaphon Charoenchansa grabbed headlines last week when he led RFD officials to file a formal complaint with police against Ratchaburi's Palang Pracharath MP, Pareena Kraikupt, for illegally occupying its 46-rai land for her poultry farm.
Death penalty soon to end 'in practice'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/04/2018
» Thailand will be one step closer to becoming a country that is no longer considered to have capital punishment next year, according to a definition which adopts a 10-year period for declaring a country execution-free in practice, says Amnesty International Thailand.
Attorney-General to help farmers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/02/2014
» The Office of the Attorney-General yesterday promised farmers it will file a complaint with the Central Administrative Court over the government’s long-overdue payments in the rice-pledging scheme next week.
Courts told to take lead in climate fight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/11/2013
» The judicial system could play a more active role in protecting the environment as well as helping to limit the impact of climate change, says a judge from the Philippines whose country recently was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan.
Lawyers and activists call for special environment court
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/02/2013
» Lawyers and environmental activists are pushing for a court to be set up to handle the increasingly large number of cases related to the environment.
Courts back locals in green fight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/01/2013
» Residents fighting for their rights to live in a clean environment and to participate in natural resource management have won two historic court cases in the past eight days.