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Many lured into opening bank accounts, promised B1m
Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 08/01/2018
» AYUTTHAYA: Fifty people in Bang Ban district told police a man tricked them into opening bank accounts for him, claiming foreigners would put 1 million baht in each of them as a donation to the poor.
Footbridge over Chao Phraya river cancelled
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/01/2018
» The Bangkok governor has cancelled a planned footbridge across the Chao Phraya River, but will proceed with developing walkways along both banks.
US embassies to press arms sales
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is nearing completion of a new "Buy American" plan that calls for US military attaches and diplomats to help drum up billions of dollars more in business overseas for the American weapons industry, going beyond the assistance they currently provide, US officials said.
Philanthropy at its finest
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 09/01/2018
» When Thailand was wrecked by months of heavy flooding in 2011, over 13 million people were affected. More than 2,300 households were completely destroyed, almost 100,000 homes partly damaged. The deluge killed around 650 people.
Two banks to offer B110bn in lending
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/01/2018
» The second phase of the government's welfare and subsidy scheme, which will go before the cabinet for approval today, will contain a 110-billion-baht loan from two state-owned banks to allow the poor better access to financial sources, employment training and hopefully jobs.
Iranian oil tanker burns for third day as winds, waves lash rescuers
Associated Press, Published on 09/01/2018
» BEIJING: Lashing winds, high waves and toxic gases are hindering dozens of rescue boats struggling to locate missing sailors from a stricken oil tanker in the East China Sea and to extinguish a fire that has burned for the past three days on the ship.
B36bn approved for second phase to help the poor
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/01/2018
» The cabinet has approved 35.7 billion baht for the second phase of the welfare programme for low-income earners, which should help bring 1 million people above the poverty line this year.
Nod for second phase of welfare scheme funding
Business, Chatrudee Theparat & Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/01/2018
» The cabinet yesterday approved 35.67 billion baht for the second phase of the welfare and subsidy scheme for the poor, aiming to help about 1 million people cross the poverty line this year.
Speed really kills
News, Postbag, Published on 10/01/2018
» Re: "Toll still worst in the world", (Editorial, Jan 8).
Only the poor end up dying screaming
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/01/2018
» If you had a million dollars to spend (but not on yourself), where would it do the most good? Well, the cost to cover morphine or a morphine-equivalent pain relief treatment for all the sick children younger than 15 years who are in really serious pain in low-income countries would be just $1 million (33.4 million baht) per year. About half of them of those children are going to die, but with morphine at least they wouldn't die screaming.