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Beer-loving MFP lawmaker takes aim at booze duopoly
Published on 23/05/2023
» A beer-loving MP-elect once arrested for illegal brewing is hoping the Move Forward Party’s election victory can give him a long-awaited shot at breaking up a 470-billion-baht alcohol duopoly of two of the country’s wealthiest families.
Advance voters queue nationwide as temperatures soar
Published on 07/05/2023
» Advance voters queued under the blistering sun outside temples, shopping centres and schools to cast their early ballots on Sunday ahead of the much-anticipated election on May 14.
Capital 'ready' for advance voting
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/05/2023
» Advance voting will take place today for more than 800,000 people registered for early voting in Bangkok, with almost 3,000 security officers deployed to maintain order.
PPRP wants to 'turn bribes into taxes'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/02/2023
» The Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) wants the state to relax its stringent rules on entertainment venues and alcohol sales to stamp out bribery and raise tax revenues, said its deputy leader Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn yesterday.
Ruling party seeks to turn nightlife 'bribes into tax'
Post Reporters, Published on 19/02/2023
» Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, deputy leader of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party, has proposed the state relax rules on entertainment places and alcohol sales to raise tax and get rid of bribes.
Booze ban slapped on city, Pattaya for polls
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/05/2022
» Liquor sales will be banned from 6pm on Saturday until 6pm on Sunday in Bangkok and Pattaya due to the Bangkok gubernatorial and Pattaya mayor elections.
Far-reaching changes afoot for excise tax
Business, Published on 21/08/2017
» Organic laws concerning the new excise tax rates, which will apply to all products subject to excise duties except for alcohol and cigarettes, will top the cabinet's agenda this week.
Graphic alcohol warnings heading to a bar near you
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/09/2014
» Alcoholic drinks labels and packaging will be required to carry large warning graphics under one of four new liquor laws being proposed by the Public Health Ministry.
Culture Ministry bans 'Tropico 5' game
Associated Press, Published on 04/08/2014
» Censors under the military junta have banned a city-building simulation computer game, saying it could hurt the country's security, a video game distributor said Monday.
Women-only train carriages in 15 days
Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 11/07/2014
» Carriages reserved for women passengers will be reintroduced on all overnight trains operated by the State Railway of Thailand by the end of next week, a senior SRT official said on Friday.