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Waste collection fee to increase next year
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 11/11/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to increase the monthly rubbish collection fee for households from 20 to 60 baht in October next year.
ThaiBev showcases sustainable solutions
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 04/10/2023
» Thai Beverage Plc (ThaiBev) is promoting a number of solutions for sustainable living at the Sustainability Expo (SX2023), which is currently being held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok.
Migrant workers left destitute by economic nosedive
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/05/2020
» Four months pregnant, unemployed and relying on money borrowed from friends, War War Hywe, a 29-year-old migrant worker from Myanmar's city of Mandalay, wishes she could go home.
Ailing plastic businesses seek rescue
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 06/02/2020
» Labour Ministry has been asked to step in and help dozens of plastic bag manufacturers which are at risk of closing their businesses altogether since the government banned single-use plastics on Jan 1.
Unemployment fears on the rise
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/12/2019
» Labour rights advocates have questioned the government's claim of more businesses opening shop as opposed to closing down, insisting that new companies may not be hiring as many workers as expected.
An 80-year-old shop charmer
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 22/04/2019
» Pracha Jankrajang, aged 80, a customer assistant at the homeware department of Robinson Department Store's Bang Pu branch in Samut Prakan, surprised customer Waraphon Rattanamalai who wondered why a man his age was employed there.
Young mums find relief with state assistance fund
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 09/12/2018
» Six hundred baht a month may not seem like a lot to many people, but for a low-income family with the burden of raising a baby, the state welfare payment could tip the balance as to whether or not they can keep their child.