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Relief programme for workers hit by business closures
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak announced on Tuesday (March 24) that the government has approved financial assistance for those who have become unemployed or affected by closures of business venues where they worked as the Covid-19 pandemic continues.Keep reading ...
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Covid-19 alert: If you were at any of these places, contact officials
The Department of Disease Control has released a list of 23 places it deems high-risk for Covid-19 in Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Ubon Ratchathani, Surin and Songkhla provinces. It wants people who had visited these places on the mentioned dates and times to ...
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Stimulus measures boost SET by 8%
Fresh stimulus measures announced by governments and central banks hiked the value of stocks in Thailand by almost 8 per cent on Friday (March 20).Cheered further by the rebounding crude oil price, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) index closed at 1,127.24 for an increase ...
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Demand Driven’ educational concept comes to aid of EEC industries in need of vocational skills
Top official says more than 470,000 new workers will be needed in the next five years to work in 10 key Eastern Economic Corridor industries, “so we must speedily produce such manpower and reduce losses from outdated teaching methods that no longer cater to the ...
Chularat Saengpassa
Chiang Rai residents urged to stay indoors as PM2.5 at hazardous levels
The Department of Health has warned residents in Chiang Rai province that particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5) in the air remains at hazardous levels.Department director-general Dr Panpimol Wipulakorn suggested that children, pregnant women, elderly and people with health conditions stay indoors ...
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All schools ordered to close from Wednesday
Education Minister Natthaphon Teepsuwan has ordered all schools nationwide to closed from March 18 onwards, in order to tackle the spread of Covid-19, said the ministry’s permanent secretary Prasert Boonrueng today (March 17).“Taking into consideration the well being of students, we urge all educational institutions ...
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Oil prices drop amid Covid-19 concerns
Oil prices dropped due to market uncertainty amid the spreading Covid-19 virus, an energy situation analyst at Thai Oil said today (March 17).Prices dropped as markets were concerned that a global economic recession would emerge again in this dire Covid-19 situation as a number of ...
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Economic managers seek to contain long-term fallout of Covid-19 crisis
The fast-spreading new coronavirus (Covid-19) is posing as many challenges for economies as for public health.According to data on March 13, the total number of infected people worldwide exceeded 120,000, while the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Covid-19 outbreak a global pandemic with ...
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Quick Win community power plant projects to be approved this month
The Ministry of Energy expects to approve Quick Win community power plant projects under 100 megawatts capacity within March, ministry permanent secretary Kulit Sombatsiri said on Friday (March 13).“We estimate that the project would generate income of around Bt100 million for the grass-roots economy per ...
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Economy, Covid-19 most worrying for people: poll
The Covid-19 crisis and the state of the economy topped people’s worries, according to a Suan Dusit Poll on “5 Anxieties”.The survey between March 3-7 of 1,162 people from all over the country allowed respondents to specify more than one concern. Life and money were ...
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