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Finding ways to beat farm debt
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/11/2018
» The farm sector has been a driving engine behind the country’s economic growth, but at the same time, debt among farmers keeps rising.
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Govt urged to help farms on climate change
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/09/2018
» The state must give more financial help to enable farmers to adapt to the impact of climate change, according to the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC).
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Death penalty soon to end 'in practice'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/04/2018
» Thailand will be one step closer to becoming a country that is no longer considered to have capital punishment next year, according to a definition which adopts a 10-year period for declaring a country execution-free in practice, says Amnesty International Thailand.
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Jumbo efforts in motion to save a national icon
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/03/2018
» Thai culture and elephants have been intertwined for centuries. During wartime, jumbos were part of the army. According to historical records, monarchs would ride elephants in duels against enemy kings.
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Small-scale farmers will not face water tax, says NLA deputy Peerasak
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/10/2017
» Small-scale farmers will not be taxed for the water they use for farming, according to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) scrutinising the relevant draft bill, as farmers are up in arms over the issue.
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Land reforms come up short
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/05/2017
» The military-led government has governed the country for the last three years with the lofty ambition of reducing the wealth gap between the rich and poor. Many policies have been turned into action to achieve this goal, or promise, including a challenging new policy on forest and land management for those on the bottom rungs of society. But critics say the policy has fallen short of the mark and argue that more aggressive action is needed.
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Water treatment fees plan for Thais, tourists
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/01/2017
» The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry plans to collect a wastewater treatment fee from tapwater users and foreign tourists, to fund new facilities to treat waterways nationwide.
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Critics step up mining bill fight
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/12/2016
» A network protesting against mining activities vowed Sunday to use every tactic at its disposal to overturn the National Legislative Assembly-approved mining law, saying it would destroy community rights.
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Challenge of non-communicable disease growing
Asia focus, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/09/2016
» The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for all governments to take strong, ambitious actions to curb premature death caused by non-communicable diseases (NCD) that are the biggest public-health challenge of the century.
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Alert sounded over deadly melioidosis
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/01/2016
» The Health Ministry has been urged to boost public awareness of the little-known deadly bacterial disease melioidosis, which killed 89,000 people worldwide last year.
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