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Thai Student Awarded Global Youth Action Fund 2025 for Transforming Hotel Waste into Humanitarian Aid
Published on 15/05/2025
» Bangkok, Thailand – Phoonseeraah “Ada” Tieanworn, a student at Choate Rosemary Hall, USA, has been named by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB)—a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968—as a recipient of the Global Youth Action Fund 2025. This highly competitive award includes $2,500 USD in funding to expand her initiative, Global Hospitality Aid (GHA), which pioneers upcycling of byproducts from Thailand’s hotel industry into survival kits for displaced individuals in conflict and disaster zones around the world.
Bangkok to step up haze fight
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/01/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will ask the government to declare Bangkok as an air pollution control area as PM2.5 levels are expected to surge again over the next seven days.
'Waste of money': Bangkok free public transport plan under fire
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/01/2025
» Critics have slammed the government's budget allocation of 140 million baht to provide free public transport as part of measures to fight the worsening haze pollution in Bangkok.
Governor backs Bangkok congestion charge
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/10/2024
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt backs the Transport Ministry's plan for a congestion fee on vehicles entering central Bangkok streets to fund a flat 20-baht fare policy for every electric train line.
Horse racing club plans Bangkok casino
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/08/2024
» The Royal Turf Club is raising a 200-billion-baht fund to open an entertainment complex that will include a casino on a vast land plot in Bangkok.
PM urged to tackle overtourism
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/04/2024
» With opposition to overtourism rising in many countries, Thai tourism operators are urging the prime minister to seriously consider the nation's carrying capacity, while some have suggested collecting a 300-baht tourism tax in a bid to solve the problem.
All imported goods to face VAT
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/04/2024
» The government looks set to impose a 7% value-added tax (VAT) on imported goods valued from one baht up, starting in May.
One hour of work, 10 years of energy
Thanakorn Vajirakachorn, Published on 21/03/2024
» A group of volunteers are working to make a difference
Govt to push artificial insemination to boost birth rate
R May, Published on 13/02/2024
» CHIANG MAI: The Ministry of Public Health will soon announce measures to promote artificial insemination among people wanting to be parents.
Tech giants to invest B300bn in Thailand
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/11/2023
» The government has announced it has successfully convinced Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and Microsoft to invest in Thailand, with a total investment worth about 300 billion baht.