Bangkok Post
New dam to address Northeast drought
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is building the Lam Nam Chi reservoir in Ban Khwao district of this northeastern province to help alleviate the chronic water shortage in the kingdom’s northeastern region.Once completed, the 3.1-billion-baht reservoir will be able to hold some 70.21 million cubic ...
Apinya Wipatayotin
FDA wants cannabis put on its list of essential medicines
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is pushing to expedite the listing of cannabis in the National List of Essential Medicines and for food product use, its deputy secretary-general Supattra Boonserm said.She said the FDA committee on Monday approved the draft of minister of public ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
TAT touts competitive enhancement fund
The tourism industry should have a competitiveness enhancement fund to transform businesses in order to avoid a massive collapse in the post-pandemic era, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the objective of such a fund is not to remedy ...
Narumon Kasemsuk
Massive fraud in tourism scheme
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has lodged a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division against almost 1,000 business operators for alleged fraud relating to the government’s co-payment tourism scheme.CSD deputy chief Pol Col Anek Taosuphap said on Friday the complaint involved fraudulent practices in ...
Wassayos Ngamkham
Help for transgender inmates
The Department of Corrections (DoC) has teamed up with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to improve medical treatment for 4,000 transgender inmates in Thailand.DoC director-general Ayut Sinthoppan said it sought the UNDP’s advice in order to raise the standard of medical services it provides ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Government banking on BCG model to propel recovery
The bio-, circular and green (BCG) economy is being touted by the government as a new model to bolster economic recovery.The first meeting of a management committee to drive the BCG economy, chaired by the prime minister, in January approved a five-year strategic plan to ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Ministry to reassess aid applicants
The Finance Ministry plans to reassess the eligibility of 13.8 million state welfare smartcard holders to effectively screen the status of low-income earners eligible for financial aid.Income is the main assessment criteria as eligible recipients of state welfare benefits will have to meet a low-income ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
'Unlimited' domestic flights brewing
The government may offer a subsidy for an unlimited travel pass to people who buy domestic air tickets in advance to help struggling airlines in Thailand.Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor Yuthasak Supasorn said the redemption rate on airfare for the ongoing “We travel together” ...
Narumon Kasemsuk
THAI to fly first vaccine shipment to Thailand on Feb 24
Thai Airways International will carry the first 200,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from China to Thailand on Feb 24.THAI chairman ACM Chaiyapruk Didyasarin said on Tuesday the airline had been chosen by the Public Health Ministry to transport the vaccine, supplied by China’s Sinovac ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
B4,000 handouts approved for salaried workers
The cabinet has approved 4,000-baht Covid-19 handouts for salaried workers under the Social Security system.Under the “Section 33 We Love Each Other” programme, around 9.3 million company employees — those under Section 33 of the 1990 Social Security Act — will be given 1,000 baht ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
