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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.
'Active' style of learning gets big push
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 07/09/2022
» The Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Onesqa) is promoting active learning as its chief strategy to enhance the learning capacity of students under its care.
Upskilling 'worth the effort'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 21/02/2022
» With eight years' experience working as an electrician in the Middle East under his belt, Bunjong Chudpimai started a personnel recruitment agency that also operates as an authorised work skills testing centre in Pathum Thani after he returned to Thailand in 1989.
'City farms' help ease Covid impact
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 21/06/2021
» The Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) is launching a project to mitigate the Covid-19 crisis by converting wastelands into a source of food for the community.
Labour union urges extra vaccinations
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/05/2021
» A labour group yesterday called on the government to speed up Covid-19 vaccine distribution to all the country's workers, including migrants, as part of their demands to mark Labour Day on Saturday.
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.
Virus hits rural kids' education
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 13/12/2020
» Children whose families are destitute and without a permanent home are unlikely to receive an adequate education, according to a children's welfare advocacy group.
Local app takes on the big boys
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 20/07/2020
» While most consumers rely on major platforms such as Grab and foodpanda when they want food delivered, residents living in Lat Phrao Soi 101 Bangkok now have "Tam Sang-Tam Song" ("You Order, We Deliver") -- a food delivery initiative designed to foster community spirit and reduce commission fees.
Fruit of the organic bloom
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 07/12/2019
» Kittiwat Wasuratdechapong looks back at his chemically treated orange orchards, which left him in financial ruin, with despair.