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Small firms eye booze lift
News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 02/06/2023
» Small breweries and local distilleries are hopeful of a bright future if the Move Forward Party forms a coalition government and pushes changes to liberalise the alcohol industry as promised.
A kitchen for those in need
News, Published on 05/07/2021
» The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit Bangkok hard with infections spreading in several crowded urban communities.
ITD coughs up B200k over tree carnage
News, Published on 06/03/2018
» Construction titan Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) has agreed to pay a fine of nearly 200,000 baht to Chatuchak district office after chopping the tops off 14 large trees without a permit.
Pawn shops offer more than money for old rope
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/01/2018
» City Hall last year saw profits from its pawn business jump by millions of baht although financial gain is not its primary goal.
Garlands for Mothers
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 04/08/2016
» From tomorrow until Aug 14 except on Aug 8, the Museum of Floral Culture will host its 3rd annual flower festival titled "Thai Flower Garland for Mom" on Samsen 28, Dusit, Bangkok, to celebrate the 84th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen on Aug 12 and to promote the art of making Thai flower garlands and conserve Thai floral culture.
Court upholds acquittals in missing lawyer Somchai case
Published on 29/12/2015
» The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the appellate court's acquittal of all five police officers charged with the robbery and coercion of "disappeared" human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit 11 years ago.
Baraku operators complain their livelihoods are up in smoke
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» Baraku or shisha service operators at pubs and restaurants along Bangkok's busy tourist streets are outraged over the National Council for Peace and Order order to ban the import of the Middle-Eastern style hookah pipe, a device used to smoke baraku, a tobacco-type product.
Phahon Yothin traffic worsening
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/01/2013
» During rush hours, more than half the outbound lanes of Phahon Yothin can be blocked by vehicles waiting for passengers.
Ohm, the (un)friend(ly) Facebook thief
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/08/2012
» First, he was your Facebook friend with a sad story & rich parents, but when you turned around your purse was missing & all your valuables.
Investigation begun into Hopewell collapse
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/03/2012
» The collapse of a 50-metre-long section of the abandoned Hopewell project has prompted and inspection of the entire system.