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Nearly 1,200 detained in migrant worker crackdowns
Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 03/08/2024
» Multiple crackdowns have been carried out in the past two months on illegal migrant workers, and the employers who hired them, resulting in the detention of 1,179 workers, according to the Department of Employment.
Concerns about foreign property perks downplayed
Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 06/07/2024
» The government has played down concerns raised over the possible negative impacts of its proposal to increase the foreign ownership quota for condominiums to 75% and extend land leasehold terms to 99 years.
US: Child labour issues in Thai shrimp industry resolved
Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 16/05/2024
» The United States is preparing to remove shrimp from Thailand from its annual list of goods produced by child labour or forced labour, according to Kenika Ounjit, a deputy spokesperson for the government.
No wage hike on Labour Day
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 26/04/2024
» The government will not raise the minimum daily wage to 400 baht on Labour Day as previously announced. Instead, it will wait for the results of a tripartite committee on May 14.
Orphan eggs set to hatch
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 05/02/2024
» Eggs from a leatherback turtle found dead on a Phangnga beach last month were poised to hatch last night.
'Alyssa' to help localise healthcare
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 26/12/2022
» The Pathum Thani Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) aims to upgrade 70 tambon health-promotion hospitals (THPHs) and community health centres in the province once they are transferred to the local authority next year.
South pupils 'lack literacy' in Thai language
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 25/06/2018
» Pattani: Many students of private religious schools in the far South cannot read, speak or write Thai, a problem compounded by alleged misuse of state education subsidies, the Pattani special task force says.