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Dept braces for more rain as La Niña looms
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/05/2024
» The Royal Irrigation Department is considering a number of measures to prepare for floods during the rainy season, as the weather conditions look set to become much wetter when the La Niña phenomenon begins in a few months.
Health risks faced by workers in spotlight
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/05/2024
» Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) warned people in workplaces of the life-threatening health risks from preventable non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which contribute to 400,000 deaths and account for 1.6 trillion baht in economic losses annually.
Agriculture ministry aims to triple farm incomes
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/02/2024
» The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has sought approval for next year's fiscal budget of 411 billion baht, more than three times higher than the previous budget, based on the expectation it will triple farmers' incomes within four years.
Minister denies hospital closures looming
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/12/2023
» Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew has dismissed as misleading media reports that some hospitals in the Northeast were suffering financial losses and would have to close some units.
Ministry eyes bold dental health target
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/08/2023
» The Ministry of Public Health plans to open one dental hospital in each of the 77 provinces to enable core access to oral healthcare, especially those living upcountry.
Metropolitan Electricity Authority unveils plan to put wires under city streets
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/07/2023
» The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has promised to change the city's landscape by putting a total of 1,454 kilometres of electrical wires underground within 10 years.
Mae Chaem dwellers get all-clear to live in forest
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/04/2023
» People living in communities covering more than 300,000 rai in a reserved forest zone in Chiang Mai's Mae Chaem district have been granted the right to stay in the forest, a senior official at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has said.
It was a battle to stay healthy
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/12/2022
» Many health issues occurred in 2022 ranging from the easing of Covid-19 control measures, the discovery of the first monkeypox patient and liberalising the cannabis law.
Central, Isan floods will recede 'in weeks'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/10/2022
» The heavy flooding in the Central and Isan region is likely to dry by the middle of next month, according to the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR).
Climate-smart rice farming a win-win
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/05/2022
» Sawanee Phorang, a 44-year-old farmer from Suphan Buri's Doem Bang Nang Buat district, recently changed her traditional rice farming practice by adopting laser land levelling (LLL), an innovative technology she claims has completely transformed her way of life.