PM outlines policies to Parliament amid economic challenges
By Reuters and published by CNA PRIME Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday (Sep. 29) outlined his coalition government’s policy agenda to Parliament, focusing on immediate actions to revive Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. Anutin’s policies include measures to reduce living costs, tackle household debt and stimulate domestic tourism, with Thailand now struggling with United States […]
Read MoreSomsak tightens control of cannabis distribution
PUBLIC Health Minister Somsak Theopsuthin today (June 24) signed an announcement to control distribution of cannabis ensuring it is no longer freely available and emphasizing “medical use only”, Amarin TV said this evening. The key point of the announcement is cancelling the ministry’s announcement issued in 2022 and now making cannabis, specifically the flowers/buds, […]
Read MoreGovt revenue already mentioned in policy statement: Wisanu
FORMER deputy prime minister Wisanu Krua-Ngam defended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from accusation that the policy statement she delivered to Parliament was incomplete because the source of national revenue was not mentioned pointing out that a brief mention is enough, TV Channel 7 said late afternoon today (Sep. 26). This arose after an anonymous […]
Read MoreTourism, connectivity and soft-power set to drive “proactive” Thai foreign policy
PROMOTING tourism, connectivity with the regional countries and Thai soft-power are to be the core drivers of the Foreign Ministry’s “proactive, people-centred economic diplomacy” in the next six months. Addressing the MFA’s second “Meet the Press” session on Sep. 19, Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa said, “Diplomacy must be tangible, and diplomacy must put food […]
Read MoreSirikanya says PM’s policy statement repeats dad’s vision
PEOPLE’S Party MP Sirikanya Tansakul said during the debate on Pheu Thai-led coalition government’s policy statement delivered by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra that a lot of what was announced differed from what Pheu Thai Party had promised during the election campaign while being similar to de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s recently outlined vision, […]
Read MorePeople’s Party MPs preparing for heated debate on govt policy statement
PEOPLE’S Party MP Sirikanya Tansakul said the debate on Pheu Thai-led coalition government’s policy statement to be delivered by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra which is scheduled to take place next Thursday and Friday (Sep. 12-13) will be intense with her party gearing up field 30 MPs to question it, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. […]
Read MoreThaksin and Anutin getting together ‘not an attempt to end row over marijuana’
AFTER a photo of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, his daughter and party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra singing a song together with Interior Minister-cum-Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul at Khao Yao circulated today (July 21), government whip Visuth Chainaroon denied this is an attempt to patch up differences over as relisting marijuana as a […]
Read MoreFighter purchase deal to be done under ‘offset policy’: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (July 16) reconfirmed that a fighter purchase deal between Thailand and a manufacturing country would likely be done on the basis of an “offset policy.” In a press conference at Government House, the Pheu Thai-attached prime minister reiterated that the air force’s sought-after squadron of […]
Read MorePM blasted for saying cannabis policy yielded bad results
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin was slammed by netizens after saying that the liberal cannabis policy had caused huge damage to the Thai people with this outstripping any economic benefit, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 1). Srettha, who mentioned this during an interview on a possible policy to relist cannabis as a category 5 […]
Read MoreDigital wallet policy likely to be funded by Government Savings Bank
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED government’s digital wallet policy will likely not be funded by any financial sources other than the Government Savings Bank, said Move Forward MP Sirikanya Tansakul today (Sep.25). The opposition MP posted on her Facebook page to fuel hearsay that the electoral campaign-promised digital wallet policy, calculated to […]
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