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MFP outlines handout risks
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/04/2024
» The Pheu Thai-led government's digital handout scheme could exhaust the country's capacity to handle large-scale emergencies, claims the main opposition Move Forward Party (MFP).
Pheu Thai talks up its B10k cash giveaway
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 08/04/2023
» The Pheu Thai Party insisted yesterday its policy to give away 10,000 baht to everyone aged 16 and older can be implemented as soon as Jan 1 next year to replace the current state welfare card if it becomes the new government.
Pheu Thai vows to boost GDP
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/03/2023
» The Pheu Thai Party is pledging to boost the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 5% if it wins the mandate to form a government after the next election.
Pheu Thai campaigns in capital
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/01/2023
» Pheu Thai chief adviser on public participation and innovation Paetongtarn "Ung Ing" Shinawatra and property tycoon Srettha Thavisin made their first public campaign stop together in Yaowarat on Saturday.
Casino project shapes up
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/01/2023
» A report by a special House committee studying the feasibility of allowing an entertainment complex to be built that includes legal casinos is expected to be deliberated on Thursday, a member of the committee said on Tuesday.
Cabinet to review bill on small distilleries
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/02/2022
» MPs on Wednesday voted to let the cabinet examine a bill seeking to liberalise liquor production and allow small-scale producers to enter the market.
Govt defends B500bn executive loans decree
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/06/2021
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith on Wednesday defended the executive decree to borrow 500 billion baht to combat the public health crisis, insisting the loan would not exceed the public debt ceiling.
A fraught year in politics
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/12/2020
» It is often said that Thailand resolves around political events. Here are the five most dynamic and attention-grabbing stories — the youth-led, anti-government protests, the Future Forward Party’s spectacular fall, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha surviving the Constitutional Court’s rulings that threatened to deliver the death warrant on his premiership, the Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) elections held for the first time in six years and the internal turbulence experienced by the main opposition Pheu Thai Party — which have left their mark this year.
Smooth sailing for spending plan despite opposition
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/09/2020
» Described by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as an important tool in "laying out the foundations for national progress and solving the country's problems", the passage of the 2021 Budget Appropriation Bill, undergoing its second and third readings in the Lower House since Wednesday, is well on its way. However, it's enforcement is likely to be delayed by a month.
In search of a cure for lost incomes
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/04/2020
» The first batch of financial aid the government has pledged to relieve the economic pain brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic is making its way to the people, who are desperate for help.