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PM declares new fight on drugs
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/09/2023
» The government has vowed to make efforts to stamp out narcotic drugs, especially methamphetamine, within its four-year term as a new national agenda item.
Online courses to help the elderly
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 24/12/2021
» With almost 6 million elderly Thais having access to smartphones, three agencies have joined hands to launch online courses helping them stay healthy.
Suchart defends random test plan
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 15/07/2021
» Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin yesterday defended the ministry's decision to shift from conducting a blanket Covid-19 test on migrant workers at construction worker camps to randomly testing them, as the problem of hospital bed shortages continues.
Uni project aims to help communities
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/04/2021
» Elderly care does not only provide health checks and guidelines on self-care to senior citizens but it also improves safety and convenience in the environment they are living in.
Migrants wait to get stamped, refugee-style
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/03/2018
» Migrant worker Som Nang sat waiting with his wife and their two-year-old daughter for hours on Wednesday night for his turn to register at the Labour Ministry's One Stop Service centre.
Better age tests urged for migrants
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/11/2017
» The government has been urged to find more accurate technology to test and confirm the ages of labourers, to curb the problem of child labour, a recent seminar was told.
Drug buying plan debated
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/10/2017
» HIV and kidney disease patients are considering protesting about a controversial decision to have Rajavithi Hospital buy drugs under the universal healthcare scheme, arguing the institution does not have the capacity for the job like the National Health Security Office (NHSO).
Migrant registration weeds out 1,200 under-age workers
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 11/08/2017
» More than 1,200 of over 60,000 undocumented migrant workers have failed to pass an inspection of their working conditions, a prerequisite to giving them legal working status in Thailand, the Labour Ministry said Thursday.
Mishaps spur rail safety manual
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 14/07/2017
» The Engineering Institute of Thailand under His Majesty the King's Patronage (EIT) and the Thailand Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Tosh) are rushing to publish a rail construction safety manual.
Decree on migrant labour passes
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 07/07/2017
» The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) yesterday passed the controversial executive decree on migrant worker management into a new act with 177 votes and 11 abstentions.