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Mishaps result in woeful year for migrants: activist
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/01/2026
» The migrant labour situation in 2025 was described as "a year of management failure", with constant ministerial changes, weak policy direction and persistent structural flaws leaving millions of migrants vulnerable to crises, says the Migrant Working Group (MWG).
Trio to stay with BJT, says Anutin
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/12/2025
» Bhumjaithai (BJT) leader Anutin Charnvirakul said the party's three key ministers remain committed to staying with the party and working together after next year's general election.
National Health Security Office moves to fix strains on budget
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/10/2025
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO), which operates the 30-baht "Gold Card" universal healthcare scheme, is accelerating efforts to resolve budgetary challenges affecting inpatient services and will submit its proposals to its board on Nov 3.
Rule limits cannabis buds to medical use
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/06/2025
» The Public Health Ministry's regulation requiring a prescription to purchase cannabis buds for medical use has been published in the Royal Gazette and went into effect yesterday.
Group ends sea wall protests
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/12/2022
» The environmental group Beach for Life ended its protest yesterday after reaching an agreement with the government for a joint committee to be set up to study a sea wall project from the Public Works and Town and Country Planning Department (DPT).
Hospitel, hotel isolation may end next month
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/08/2022
» The Department of Health Service Support will ask the Public Health Ministry to consider ending hospitel and hotel isolation next month in response to the improving Covid-19 situation.
Covid-19 not yet endemic
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/04/2022
» Thailand cannot yet declare Covid-19 as an endemic disease as the country is still at risk of a fresh wave being triggered, Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of Mahidol University's Faculty of Medicine, warned on Monday.
Govt to reassess Test & Go measures
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/02/2022
» The government will on Wednesday weigh up whether it will scrap the second RT-PCR test for overseas arrivals under the Test & Go scheme, Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.
Sanakam dam anger grows
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/06/2020
» A conservation group has called for the scrapping of the Sanakam dam which is being built in Laos on the Mekong River two kilometres from Nan province.