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Government readies swift vaccinations sweep
Government readies swift vaccinations sweep
THAILAND: The national vaccine committee will seek B2.93 billion to preorder COVID-19 vaccines from overseas for Thais.
‘Reopen now or face collapse’
‘Reopen now or face collapse’
THAILAND: Pailin Chuchottaworn, head of a panel steering the economic recovery, yesterday (Oct 5) urged the government to reopen the country in order to prevent it from collapsing.
Special Report: Living on borrowed time
Special Report: Living on borrowed time
BANGKOK: Fears of a debt tsunami are amplifying with debt relief measures by the Bank of Thailand set to expire later this month. Suffering businesses are urging an extension to avoid shouldering a mountain of debt that could make them go under.
Top zoo official slain in missing-deer case
Top zoo official slain in missing-deer case
SONGKHLA: The head of the Zoological Park Organization of Thailand (ZPOT) was shot dead on Saturday morning during a meeting called to investigate the unsolved disappearance of a rare albino barking deer.
Activists banned from speaking about 1976 event
Activists banned from speaking about 1976 event
BANGKOK: Two co-leaders of the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD) and a human rights lawyer will not be allowed to speak during the university’s upcoming forum marking the 44th anniversary of the Oct 6, 1976 Thammasat University massacre, according to the organiser of the event.
Elite city school ‘took tea money’
Elite city school ‘took tea money’
BANGKOK: The former director of Triam Udom Suksa School, already undergoing heavy public scrutiny, revealed the prestigious school he had worked for had been probed for receiving tea money amounting to about B100 million a year in exchange for student places.
New top cop calls a halt to drink-drive checkpoints
New top cop calls a halt to drink-drive checkpoints
BANGKOK: The new national police chief has ordered the suspension of drink-driving checkpoints until the transparency of the tests can be ensured.
Airlines want answers on soft loans
Airlines want answers on soft loans
BANGKOK: Airlines want the government to announce a definitive decision on whether they will receive soft loans, which they requested six months ago.
Vicha proposes justice revamp
Vicha proposes justice revamp
THAILAND: Graftbuster Vicha Mahakun has made recommendations for a revamp of the justice system after his review of the hit-and-run case involving the Red Bull scion.
Sick inmates may receive free pardons
Sick inmates may receive free pardons
THAILAND: The Justice Ministry is looking to reduce prison overcrowding by implementing a new policy that would allow sick inmates to seek a royal pardon.
Deal struck to reduce plastics use
Deal struck to reduce plastics use
THAILAND: The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) is collaborating with food delivery service providers to reduce the use of single-use plastics.
Transgender pupils hail clothes freedom
Transgender pupils hail clothes freedom
THAILAND: Graduation ceremonies were once dreaded by transgender students because they were forced to wear uniforms that aligned with their biological sexes.
TCT says 10% of firms have closed
TCT says 10% of firms have closed
BANGKOK: The tourism index plunged for two consecutive quarters, with 10% of operators already throwing in the towel and 537,280 employees laid off.
B3,000 handout for 10 million
B3,000 handout for 10 million
THAILAND: The cabinet approved a scheme yesterday (Sept 29) to make a co-payment of a maximum B3,000 per person for 10 million consumers over a three-month period.
Former election candidate gets 50 years for drug smuggling
Former election candidate gets 50 years for drug smuggling
THAILAND: The Criminal Court yesterday (Sept 29) sentenced Suban Mahachanon, a former election candidate of the Seri Ruam Thai Party, to 50 years in jail for involvement in the attempted smuggling of 985 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine to the Philippines in June last year.
All Sarasas schools face investigation
All Sarasas schools face investigation
THAILAND: The Office of the Private Education Commission (Opec) has set up a special committee to investigate all 42 Sarasas private schools for more cases of student abuse following an incident at Sarasas Witaed Ratcha­phruek School which provoked outrage among parents and the public.
Onlookers to child beating face action
Onlookers to child beating face action
THAILAND: The Office of the Private Education Commission (Opec) will today (Sept 28) ask executives at the privately-run Sarasas Witaed Ratchaphruek School to take legal action against staff members who watched a teacher beat young children but did nothing to stop it.
CCSA panel to approve visa scheme to allow foreign tourists into country
CCSA panel to approve visa scheme to allow foreign tourists into country
BANGKOK: A Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday will approve a Special Tourist Visa (STV) to draw foreign tourists, deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul says.
Koh Chang resort sues expat over bad review
Koh Chang resort sues expat over bad review
TRAT: An American resident of Thailand is being sued by a Koh Chang resort for giving it a bad review online, and could face up to two years in prison if found guilty.
Seven killed, 40 hurt in Korat bus-lorry crash
Seven killed, 40 hurt in Korat bus-lorry crash
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Seven people were killed and 40 others injured when a double-decker bus carrying health volunteers on a study trip to Pattaya rammed into a trailer lorry loaded with cassava roots at an intersection in Muang district of this northeastern province early on Saturday (Sept 26).