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Tourism industry likes Thaksin’s ‘CEO governor’ idea
Published on 18/07/2025
» Tourism operators agree with former premier Thaksin Shinawatra’s proposal for “CEO governors” — a policy he introduced two decades ago with mixed results — but say there must be checks to ensure transparency and that work is carried out effectively.
Group seeks axing of new rules 'favouring big players'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/07/2025
» A pro-cannabis group has called on the Ministry of Public Health to immediately scrap a new ministerial regulation aimed at restricting cannabis use to medical purposes, warning it will lead to the monopolisation of the industry by large-scale investors and harm small operators.
Grenada PM Welcomes Honorary Consul from Thailand
Published on 17/07/2025
» Grenada, 10th of July 2025 – The Government of Grenada, led by Prime Minister Honourable Dickon Mitchell, officially welcomed Mr. Shubhodeep Das, Honorary Consul for Grenada in Thailand and Group Chief Executive Officer of Hylife Group, to Grenada, during an official courtesy visit at the Office of the Prime Minister. Mr. Alloysius Heng, Group Advisor of Hylife Group, and Dr. Richard A. Nixon, Ambassador of Grenada, also joined the discussion on this occasion.
Passersby help Pattaya woman sickened by cannabis jelly
News, Online Reporters, Published on 16/07/2025
» Local residents in Pattaya came to the rescue of a Thai woman they found disoriented and shaking uncontrollably after consuming cannabis-infused jelly, before she was taken to hospital by police.
Taxi driver offered fare payment in cannabis
News, Online Reporters, Published on 15/07/2025
» A taxi driver filed a police complaint in Pattaya after a foreign passenger who could not pay the fare from Suvarnabhumi airport offered him a bag of cannabis instead.
Crackdown on weed gummies
News, Published on 15/07/2025
» Authorities are cracking down on the illegal "cannabis gummies" said to be gaining popularity among the young at present, according to deputy government spokeswoman Sasikarn Wattanachan.
Bridge of fantasy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/07/2025
» Re: "Land Bridge falls flat", (BP, July 13).
'Sukhumvit model' to spearhead Bangkok changes
News, Published on 13/07/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has rolled out its "Sukhumvit Model", an initiative aimed at improving safety, public order and the overall quality of life along Sukhumvit Road.
Not about safety
Postbag, Published on 12/07/2025
» Re: "Safer tourism needed now", (Editorial, July 11).
Names muddled
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/07/2025
» For reasons unknown to me, the Bangkok Post insists on using oddly transliterated Thai, even where the meaning is unclear.