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Bangkok Port 'a viable casino site'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/01/2025
» The Transport Ministry has given the green light for Bangkok Port to house an integrated entertainment complex.
Thai casinos 'a boon to criminals'
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 15/01/2025
» Critics have warned that entertainment complexes where casinos will be allowed to operate will be used by illegal businesses to launder money.
Man of the people: Chadchart shapes up
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/12/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt -- the city's first elected chief in nine years -- remains popular with the public since he secured a landslide victory in the gubernatorial election in May.
Ponzi schemes still pull in victims thanks to social media, influencers
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 18/09/2022
» Ponzi schemes, which have been around for more than five decades, continue wreaking financial havoc due to social media and the use of influencers, says economist and anti-graft researcher Sungsidh Piriyarangsan.
Governor gets 99-day review
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/09/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has received mixed responses from scholars after 99 days in the job.
City Hall begins 'street cleaning'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/08/2022
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to relocate street vendors in a project modelled on Singapore's success in managing issues arising from an abundance of street hawkers.
Nan proves villages have the answers
News, Prasarn Marukpitak, Published on 23/05/2022
» For those in the provinces, having greater say in the key issues of local administration remains a distant dream. For instance, they cannot vote for their governors, as is done in Bangkok.
PPRP rewrite bid 'undermines graft war'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/06/2021
» Former election commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn on Tuesday raised concerns over the charter amendment proposed by the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) targeting Section 144, saying if approved, it would weaken the charter's anti-corruption mechanisms.
Punter's paradise
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/01/2021
» The new committee set up to tackle illegal gambling and legalising gambling dens will not yield any substantial results as long as the police force is not reformed, academics and a former senior police officer say.
Rain to sweep country but more needed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/08/2020
» The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) says a band of rain will sweep across most of the country over the next few days but that the inclement weather has a silver lining -- irrigation agencies have been ordered to store the water to replenish drying reservoirs.