10,000-baht grant for 30 million-plus people unlikely within this year
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE UNLIKELY for 30 million-plus Thai nationals to be granted a sum of 10,000 baht each during a second phase of the Pheu Thai-initiated populist handout campaign anytime within this year, Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat said today (Sep. 24). Out of a total of about 45 million […]
Read More400 baht minimum wage taking effect this year: PM
By Naewna and Reuters – published by CNA PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today (Sep. 24) her government intends to increase the minimum wage to 400 baht within this year after the tripartite wage committee failed to reach a conclusion on hiking it on Oct. 1 as planned, Naewna newspaper said. Speaking at Government […]
Read MoreLawyer warns of entire Paetongtarn cabinet being impeached
A LAWYER said in a Facebook post this morning (Sep. 24) that there is a high risk of the entire cabinet headed by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra being impeached because of a complaint alleging the policy statement delivered in the Parliament on Sep. 12 was incomplete, Naewna newspaper said. The lawyer, Mr. Paisarn Puechmongkol, […]
Read MoreThousands walk, eat, chill as Bangkok launches car-free street
THOUSANDS of Bangkokians and tourists thronged the Bantadthong road in downtown Bangkok to Walk, Eat, Chill over two evenings of car-free relief between Sep. 21-22, 2024. The roughly 500-metre stretch of road, which is lined by about 200 SME eating outlets, came alive with families and young people enjoying the Thai capital’s latest experiment […]
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