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Sutin urged to resolve land dispute
News, Published on 02/03/2024
» The Royal Thai Survey Department (RTSD) has proposed that Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang give disputed land to Khao Yai National Park, which it had designated for land reform, a source has said.
Fleeing back to the provinces
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 06/01/2023
» Workers in Bangkok who live from hand to mouth have decided to return to their hometowns as the cost of living in the capital becomes unaffordable.
Farmers given new title deeds option
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/12/2023
» The Sor Por Kor 4-01 land reform paper will be upgraded to a land title for agriculture, allowing farmers to use the land title to apply for a bank loan.
Hands up for a pay rise
Published on 12/11/2023
» Despite being in office for only two months, the Pheu Thai-led government has made progress on several campaign pledges including plans to raise salaries for civil servants and the daily minimum wages for unskilled workers, although the timeframe set for these changes is within four years.
Yearly awards see journos slam a 'sunken House'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/12/2021
» The House of Representatives has been labelled a "sunken House" due its poor performance and the collapse or unexpected adjournment of several key meetings.
Govt blames cost for new payout rules on pensions
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/08/2023
» The government has defended new requirements for the receipt of the elderly allowance, which replaces universal welfare payments. It said the universal welfare payments were too great a burden on state coffers.
Widening access to education
News, Published on 24/07/2023
» A recipient of a scholarship from the Bangkok Post Foundation said the financial assistance she received has helped her make her dreams of becoming a dentist a reality.
TCC calls for pension scheme reversal
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 20/08/2023
» The Thailand Consumers Council (TCC) is insisting the new government revise a new regulation that limits some elderly people from receiving monthly allowances and restores the universal pension scheme with an upgrade of 3,000 baht per month.
Govt urged to scrap new pension rules
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 17/08/2023
» Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) has called on the caretaker government to consider revising a new regulation imposing income limits on the elderly receiving monthly allowances.
Serving up to the saffron robes
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 13/07/2020
» Monks and laypeople are part and parcel of any Thai community and the preachers in saffron robes often come to local people for their meals.