Korat people tell PM to not give them false hope on cash handout
By Thai Newsroom Reporters and Amarin TV AFTER Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin reconfirmed today (Jan.9) that the Pheu Thai-led government’s 10,000-baht digital wallet project will be implemented from May as planned, people in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) said they were waiting for the cash handout and hope the government is not giving them false hope. […]
Read MoreMost disagree with borrowing 500 billion baht to fund digital wallet: Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOUND to disagree to the Pheu Thai-led government’s plan to borrow as much as 500 billion baht in loan to fund the much-heralded, yet contentious digital wallet project, says a NIDA poll released today (Nov.19). According to the poll recently conducted among a total of 1,310 […]
Read MoreNo Plan B for digital wallet campaign: Julapun
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER Julapun Amornvivat said today (Nov.15) the Pheu Thai-led government has no such thing as a Plan B which might otherwise be applied in lieu of the contentious digital wallet campaign. Julapun was apparently responding to the advice earlier given by Move Forward leader Chaithawat Tulathon that the […]
Read MoreSudarat lashes out at PM over digital wallet project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI SANG THAI leader Sudarat Keyurapan has taken Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin to task over the Pheu Thai-led government’s populist digital wallet project. Sudarat tweeted on her X page to remark that the prime minister had earlier vowed to not borrow any loan to finance the 10,000-baht digital wallet project […]
Read MoreGovt warned against getting loans to fund digital wallet project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED GOVERNMENT was today (Oct.26) cautioned against a possible issuance of an executive decree to borrow loans to finance their digital wallet project. Move Forward MP Sirikanya Tansakul said the government could be legally allowed to borrow loans only in case of emergency or necessity under which the […]
Read MoreMassive petition against digital wallet project filed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MASSIVE PETITION against the Pheu Thai-led government’s 10,000-baht digital wallet project has been submitted to the Office of the Ombudsman. Chief Ombudsman Somsak Suwansujarit confirmed today (Oct.12) the petition was recently filed by the so-called Universities Network for Thailand’s Reform and has already been accepted by his agency which, […]
Read MoreOver 100 economists air dissent to Pheu Thai-designed digital wallet project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OVER 100 ECONOMISTS have jointly expressed opposition to the Pheu Thai-led government’s 10,000-baht digital wallet handout project which Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has reassured to put to work. A total of 133 economists and university academics, either active or retired, ranging from former governors of the Bank of Thailand Tarisa […]
Read MorePhang Nga’s anti-graft chief checks yellow elder trees costing over 6,000 baht each
PHANG NGA’S National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) chief and other officials visited a canal improvement project in front of the City Hall yesterday (Mar. 8) after a tip-off by Corruption Deterrence Centre that 37 yellow elder trees were purchased for 6,090.50 baht each and grown there, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Mar. 9). Ms. […]
Read MoreWeb page alleges yellow elder trees bought for over 6,000 baht each in Phang Nga
A WEB PAGE entitled “Watchdog Operation” in Thai today (Mar. 6) alleged that the Phang Nga provincial administration had purchased 37 yellow elder trees for 6,090.50 baht each, totalling 225,348.50 baht, as part of a canal improvement project in front of the City Hall last year, Naewna newspaper said. A reporter from this newspaper […]
Read MoreDon’t rush to open a legal casino in Thailand: Academic
A PROMINENT academic warned that there are both pros and cons to the proposal to open a legal casino in the country but this project should not be rushed and only implemented after effective law enforcement and reforms are in place, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Jan. 15). On Thursday the House of Representatives […]
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