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Super Zara indicted over NGV buses
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/02/2017
» The Customs Department has started the indictment of Super Zara, the importer of 489 natural gas vehicle (NGV)-fuelled buses, for falsely claiming the vehicles were manufactured in Malaysia allegedly to avoid paying taxes.
Major Isan drug bust nets Thai, 2 Lao
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/02/2017
» A Thai man and two Lao nationals were arrested Wednesday in the northeastern province of Bung Kan with 34kg of crystal methamphetamine and almost 24,000 speed pills worth 107 million baht in their possession, police said.
Weir taken down to ease row
News, Published on 23/02/2017
» Thai local administrative officials and rice farmers in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district yesterday reached an agreement to solve conflicts arising between them and their Myanmar counterparts over a temporary weir built recently across Mae Sai River by the Thai side.
G-to-G culprits to lose assets
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/02/2017
» The Legal Execution Department expects to serve ex-commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and five others with an asset seizure order today, the department's chief said.
Bill boosts access to public info
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/02/2017
» A bill on public information should enable the public to gain access to information through new technology, in line with the government's Thailand 4.0 economic model which emphasises digital development, Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) chairman Meechai Ruchupan says.
DNP stands by foreigner fee for Krabi park
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/02/2017
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) yesterday rejected a call by tourism business operators to slash admission fees for foreigners to a popular park in Krabi.
Vietnam praises Thai help on remains
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 23/02/2017
» Vietnam's defence minister has thanked the government for helping find the remains of Vietnamese people who fled to Thailand and died here during the Vietnam War.
Govt denies gold-card health cuts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/02/2017
» The government denies the gold card health insurance scheme run by the National Health Security Office (NHSO) will be scrapped because of budget constraints.
Higher lay-off payouts flagged under draft change
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 23/02/2017
» Employees having worked for a company for more than 20 years will be entitled to receive a considerably higher rate of financial compensation if laid off, according to draft amendments to the 1998 Labour Protection Act.
7 Earth-size planets orbit a star; is there life?
Published on 23/02/2017
» CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star - and these new worlds could hold life.