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Vorapak unfazed by loan scandal barbs
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/10/2025
» A Pheu Thai MP has questioned the government's decision to appoint Vorapak Tanyawong as deputy finance minister, citing corruption charges filed against him by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in relation to the Energy Earth loan scandal.
Pregnancy scam bites; hammock attack; canine kill
News, Mae Moo, Published on 13/04/2025
» Pitter, patter of tiny feet
This UN debt initiative is different
News, Mahmoud Mohieldin, Paolo Gentiloni, Trevor Manuel and Yan Wang, Published on 07/04/2025
» Economic development requires financing that is affordable, accessible and has maturities matched to development outcomes. Yet for most developing countries, none of the above apply. Instead, an escalating "debt disaster" is unfolding across much of the developing world, exacerbated by a series of cascading global crises.
Govt keen to dangle debt relief
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 24/03/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's recent idea to solve the problem of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the household debt sector is just a further extension of two similar programmes introduced by a previous Pheu Thai-led government to ease the financial burden of small debtors and SMEs.
Promises and perils of handout
News, Published on 04/05/2024
» Much anticipated as it is controversial, the digital wallet scheme has seen its veil of uncertainty finally lifted.
Major creditors support Italian-Thai Development
News, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 18/04/2024
» Major creditors have agreed to infuse fresh liquidity into cash-strapped Italian-Thai Development (ITD) Plc, to support the company's business operations without requiring a rehabilitation plan.
150k register to settle debts
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/03/2024
» More than 150,000 people with accumulated informal debts of almost 12 billion baht registered for the government's debt settlement programme, resulting in 18,509 people settling more than 771 million baht in total so far, according to the Interior Ministry.
Srettha hits back at land buy claim
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/08/2023
» Srettha Thavisin, Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidate, said on Wednesday the property development firm he formerly headed, Sansiri Plc, bought a land plot in inner Bangkok transparently at market price.
DSI gives update on 5 cases
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/07/2023
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday issued updates on five cases of alleged stock corruption involving three suspended capital shares.
Financial systems failing Africa
News, Akinwumi A Adesina, Published on 23/06/2023
» The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, recently sounded an ominous alarm bell. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which aim to significantly reduce poverty around the world and create a better quality of life for all, are off track, he warned.