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Your horoscope for Aug 13-19
Guru, Chaiyospol Hemwijit, Published on 13/08/2021
» Your spot-on horoscope for work, money, couples & singles from the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how will you fare this week & beyond!
SOEs pour B100bn into key projects
News, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 13/08/2021
» State enterprises in the first half of the year invested more than 100 billion baht in energy infrastructure projects, under the government's economic stimulus policy.
54 years on, Asean needs new modality
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 13/08/2021
» After 54 years of being together, Asean is at the end of its tether. It has never been more divided than now, split within member states and across all 10 of them, dominated once again by divisive superpower rivalry and competition. In practice, this means Asean will appear increasingly ineffectual and inert. There will be much bureaucratic motion but few substantive organisational and policy outcomes amid unresolved challenges from within and from outside the region. Asean's best way forward may require unprecedented radical thinking towards a multi-track organisation to ensure relevance and momentum where it can be generated.
Cops break up illegal firearm sales
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/08/2021
» Police in Khon Kaen and Chiang Rai arrested three people in possession of some 3,500 illegal firearms and nearly a million rounds of ammunition held in stock for online sales.
Dosed city doctor dies from Covid-19
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/08/2021
» Another doctor has died from Covid-19 in the wake of renewed calls for booster shots of Pfizer vaccine for frontline health workers.
Jurin admits govt feeling Covid heat
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/08/2021
» Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit admitted yesterday the government was finding the Covid-19 pandemic difficult to handle, due to the economic downturn and political unrest.
Second batch of Pfizer for medics arrives Saturday
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/08/2021
» A second batch of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines for healthcare professionals in 77 provinces is expected to arrive on Saturday, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
Hua Hin sets vaccine target for tourism
News, Published on 13/08/2021
» In a bid to reopen its tourism industry, Hua Hin has set the goal of having at least 70% of its local population and 100% of its tourism sector workers inoculated against Covid-19.
Covid self-test kit woes
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/08/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health has made the right move with its policy of providing 8.5 million free Covid antigen self-testing kits to the public. The kits offer some hope for efforts to contain the pandemic. They will enable early detection and timely treatment -- keys to reducing serious illness while protecting the healthcare system from collapsing.
Korn goes crypto for virus-hit pooches
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/08/2021
» Former finance minister and Kla Party leader Korn Chatikavanij has launched an international project by creating digital assets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to raise funds to help dogs affected by Covid-19.