Government
NESDB to hold annual meeting promoting public awareness on 20-year strategy
The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) will hold its annual meeting to raise public awareness on driving the national strategic development, laying the foundation for Thailand’s development over the next 20 years. The NESDB Secretary-General, Tossaporn Sirisamphan, said the meeting will take place ...
Tanakorn Sangiam
The cost of corruption: Bt100 billion
Corruption in the bureaucracy will cost the country up to Bt100 billion this fiscal year, an expert on graft revealed yesterday (Sep 19). Sungsidh Piriyarangsan said his “cautious estimate” put the damages at between Bt50 billion and Bt100 billion for 2018 alone. He based his ...
The Nation Reporter
Cross-border national park management cooperation explored
The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department is exploring opportunities to work with its partners in neighbouring countries to step up efforts to protect national parks with transboundary features.The department has invited forestry officials from Laos to join the two-day workshop on transboundary protected ...
The Nation Reporter
Elections will be held on Feb 24, govt maintains
Government leaders reiterated yesterday (Sep 13) that the national elections will be held on February 24, now that the last two electoral organic laws were promulgated on Wednesday (Sep 12). The junta’s No 2 man, Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, stressed yesterday (Sep 13) ...
NLA wants cyber law to cover poll fraud
The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) wants the government to enforce a new cyber law to control election campaigns on social media before next year’s general election. Such a measure should be added to the cyber security bill, now being vetted by the government’s legal advisory ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Social welfare cardholders to be exempted from VAT
The Ministry of Finance will seek cabinet approval for its latest scheme to exempt social welfare cardholders from the value-added tax (VAT). Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong said today (Sep 09) that the new scheme will help 11.4 million low-income earners enrolled in the social welfare ...
Thammarat Thadaphrom
Regional development committee approves budget for regional development
The committee on integrated regional development policies has approved 28 billion baht in funding for provinces and provincial clusters in the 2020 fiscal budget, as Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha emphasizes adherence to national policies. Keep reading ...
Benjamin Rujopakarn
Cabinet gives approval to election laws, appointments, funding
The Cabinet has approved six more draft laws concerning local elections, and has forwarded them to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) with the Prime Minister saying that more clarity will be achieved once the laws are put into effect, including clarity on his political future. ...
Itiporn Lakarnchua
SEC orders IFEC boss removal
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered the dismissal of Inter Far East Energy’s (IFEC’s) chief executive on grounds of insider trading and refusal to acknowledge a civil sanction.Earlier, the market regulator ordered former chief executive Suphanan Rittiphairoj and former director Thanawat Chansuwan to ...
Additional welfare card money only being provided to participants in career training
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has explained that an additional 100 to 200 baht to be provided to holders of welfare cards only applies to those involved in career training programs, as the close to one year old project has already spurred over 450 billion baht ...
Itiporn Lakarnchua
