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Phatthalung to tackle waste 'crisis'
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 03/01/2026
» Phatthalung has launched an urgent review of the province's worsening waste management crisis after an inspection revealed severe environmental damage from the overloaded municipal landfill.
Spend plan looks rushed
News, Editorial, Published on 16/06/2025
» The government's 157-billion-baht economic stimulus plan is drawing mass attention and its share of critics. The government is to blame for the unwanted criticism because it has failed to convince the public that the huge budget will be spent wisely and transparently.
New tech keeps lorry drivers in line
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/06/2024
» Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit yesterday vowed to get tougher on lorries exceeding the maximum permitted carrying weight and stamp out highway-related bribery.
Look on the bright side
News, Published on 10/02/2024
» Bhumjaithai, the party now touted as a leading defender of the conservative camp, is bracing for an uncertain future after key figure Saksayam Chidchob was found guilty of concealing assets and running a company -- via a proxy -- that won government construction contracts.
No bribery found in broken road truck case
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/11/2023
» Police investigators found no evidence of bribery in the case of the overloaded truck that caused a roadworks cover to collapse on Sukhumvit Road last week.
Weight rule 'needs better enforcement'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/11/2023
» The Transport Ministry has ordered all relevant agencies to cooperate with the police to assist its crackdown on overloaded trucks, after concrete slabs on a major road in Bangkok caved in last week.
Owner of road collapse lorry denies vehicle's sticker was sign of police bribe
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/11/2023
» The owner of a lorry that caused the collapse of a section of road in Bangkok on Wednesday has insisted its star-shaped sticker was not a sign that a bribe had been paid to traffic police to allow it on the road while dangerously overloaded.
Sticker on truck to be probed
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/11/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered that a concerted effort be made to tackle bribery after a collapsed section of road in Bangkok was blamed on an overloaded lorry suspected of being approved as roadworthy due to illegal payments made to officials.
Government readies healthcare boost for big-city poor
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/09/2023
» UDON THANI - The Ministry of Public Health has vowed to improve the universal healthcare scheme with better access and services for all, especially for people living in poverty in big cities.
State hospitals in search of more doctors
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/07/2023
» The work-life imbalance among Thailand's medical personnel needs a solution. The latest example came from a doctor-turned-actress who posted on her Facebook that her overloaded work schedule at a provincial hospital ruined her life so much to the extent that she quit the job.