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VAT return scheme for poor shaping up
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/07/2018
» The planned repayment of value-added tax (VAT) to government welfare smartcard holders is expected to take shape by the end of this year, a move meant to improve their purchasing power.
Landless poor bear brunt of failed policy
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/07/2019
» Last week, five villagers accused of encroachment on Saithong National Park in Chaiyaphum province were taken straight to jail after the Appeal Court upheld a ruling given previously by a lower court. The decision brought tears to their families and community members.
New subsidies aimed at poor folk, farmers
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 16/08/2019
» The government plans to launch new stimulus measures for low-income earners and farmers in the form of energy price subsidies and cheap fertiliser, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
Poor suffering in a changing Phnom Penh
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/09/2019
» Released in Thailand early this month, an award-winning Cambodian documentary film, Last Night I Saw You Smiling, captures the last glimpse of a vibrant residential community in Phnom Penh's iconic White Building before it was closed in 2017.
Student loan defaults blamed on poor discipline
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/10/2019
» Lack of financial discipline is the most common reason borrowers have defaulted on their education debt, says Chainarong Katchapanan, Student Loan Fund (SLF) manager.
Paltry budget for poor kids fund blasted
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/11/2019
» The Senate has cried foul over an unreasonable cut in the Equitable Education Fund (EEF), which is responsible for improving access to basic education for about 4 million children.
Rich get richer, poor get the picture
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/01/2020
» This year the new land and building tax law takes effect with the new tax regime hardly affecting ordinary people who do not own second homes. It rather effects super rich people who have owned land in amounts so vast that they would have to spend a good part of their life if they wanted to walk around every plot of their land.
Egat to cut tariffs for poor, SMEs
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 10/01/2020
» The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has been ordered to reduce power tariffs for low-income earners and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help with their living and operating costs, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
Fatal hotel fire highlights poor safety rules
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 03/01/2025
» The deadly fire at a modified hotel in Bangkok's Khao San area has highlighted insufficient hotel safety regulations, affecting Thailand's tourism reputation, according to the Thai Hotels Association (THA).
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.