Administrative Court asked to rule over govt’s 18.8 billion baht add-on budget for the poor
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICE OF the Ombudsman was today (June 8) asked to forward a petition to the Administrative Court to judge whether the Bhumjaithai-led government could legitimately finance the state welfare card project for the poor with any portion of the yet-contentious 400 billion baht borrowed funding currently provided under an […]
Read MoreHouse votes to reject setting up panel to study Land Bridge project
THE House of Representatives today (May 29) voted to reject a motion on setting up a committee to study the Land Bridge project while MPs of the coalition government, particularly Bhumjaithai Party, urged proponents of this panel to summarise they views and submit it to the cabinet for consideration, Naewna newspaper said. After a […]
Read MorePublic hearing held on new train line to support Land Bridge project
IN A step forward towards the realisation of the 1-trillion-baht Land Bridge project, a public hearing was held in Chumphon for the construction of Chumphon-Ranong railway line connecting the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, Naewna newspaper said today (May 23). The main goal of this rail development is to upgrade logistics infrastructure […]
Read MoreHold three-tier referendum on Land Bridge project: Former MP
THE government was urged to hold a three-tier referendum on the Land Bridge project as people in the South have not been fully informed about the advantages and disadvantages of this megascheme despite a NIDA opinion poll showing majority of the respondents in this region support it while NGOs and various organisations openly oppose […]
Read MoreLand Bridge project to be tabled to cabinet soon
AS PRIME Minister/Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is keen on further considering the 1-trillion-baht Land Bridge project, the Transport Ministry will be tabling the scheme to the cabinet sometime between June and July with the aim of starting it within this year, Amarin TV said today (April 25). The Land Bridge project is designed to […]
Read MoreThailand to spend 10bn baht to buy bad household debt, stocks edge up nearly 1%
By Reuters and published by CNA THE Bhumjaithai-led coalition government will spend 10 billion baht ($307 million) to buy bad debt this month, the Finance Minister said today (Oct. 9), as part of its plans to revive its sluggish economy. Thailand’s stubbornly high levels of household debt have shackled the economy for several years, […]
Read MoreCopay cash being distributed on Oct. 29: Finance Minister
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said the public will be able to use the cash from the copay project over two months from Oct. 29 onwards with details of the scheme to be tabled to the cabinet next week, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD 36 said today (Oct. 1). After cabinet approval the public […]
Read MoreAnutin dumbfounded over vote-wooing copay allegations
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER ANUTIN Charnvirakul said today (Sep.30) he was quite puzzled by fresh allegations that his Bhumjaithai-led government is merely fishing for popularity among the people with a copay project to be renewed and implemented nationwide just ahead of a general election anticipated around the upcoming March. The prime minister […]
Read MoreNavy’s Chinese submarine project still undergoing ‘viability study’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said today (Nov. 27) the navy’s long-delayed project to buy a Chinese-built submarine is as yet being put on hold, pending a “viability study” on it. Phumtham said the navy’s plan to procure the 12.4 billion baht, Yuan-class S26T submarine without a German-made engine […]
Read MoreMass petition against Thai-Khmer undersea project to be submitted to Govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FRESH PETITION undersigned by over 100,000 people in opposition to a Thai-Cambodian MoU on a joint undersea natural resources development project will be submitted to the Pheu Thai-led government on the upcoming Friday. Thai Pakdee chair Warong Dechgitvigrom confirmed today (Nov. 20) that the mass petition to which over […]
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