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Veg fest to generate B9bn: TAT
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 12/10/2023
» PHUKET: The annual 10-day vegetarian festival is expected to generate over 9 billion baht, said the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), while the Phuket Provincial Commercial Office said that vegetable prices are lower than that of the same period last year.
Obec chief backs parable on poverty
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/04/2023
» Critics misjudged the content of a Thai-language textbook for grade 5 pupils when they claimed it accepted malnutrition among young children, according to the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec).
Book's pro-poor narrative causes stir
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/04/2023
» A Thai textbook designed by the Bureau of Academic Affairs and Educational Standards has come under criticism online and from academics who say it contains misleading lessons for fifth grade students.
Plastic use soaring in pandemic
News, Wijarn Simachaya, Published on 11/05/2020
» Each year, around 27.8 million tonnes of solid waste is generated in Thailand. This is equivalent to 1.13 kilogrammes of rubbish per capita per day, of which 12-13% is plastic waste. In Bangkok, plastic waste accounts for approximately 20% of the 10,500 tonnes of trash collected each day -- roughly about 2,000 tonnes.
Trashed land put to good use
News, Chinnawat Singha, Published on 25/04/2020
» Before Covid-19, a plot of land in the centre of Phitsanulok's Muang district had been left to waste. Despite its central location, people sometimes dumped garbage there, turning the prime plot into an eyesore.
Alert sounded over pesticides in hydroponic veggies
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/01/2018
» Nearly two-thirds of hydroponically grown vegetables recently tested for potentially harmful pesticides were found to be in excess of the maximum residue limit, according to the Thailand Pesticide Alert Network (Thai-PAN).