By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT plans to launch a pilot project on the alternate wetting and drying technique for rice fields in Nakhon Ratchasima to save the irrigated water, increase the yielding volume of the crop and reduce emissions of polluting gases. Deputy Irrigation Department director-general Wittaya Kaewmee confirmed that the water
Day: December 18, 2023
Nearly 100,000 people indebted to loan sharks
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEARLY 100,000 PEOPLE have been officially listed so far to owe debt to loan sharks nationwide, according to the Ministry of Interior’s undersecretary Sutthipong Chulcharoen. Since the beginning of this month, a total of 98,667 people have so far informed the authorities either in person or online as being currently
Read morePark defends entrance fee for visiting ‘Wild Boars’ cave
AMID social media criticism of the entrance fee for visiting Tham Luang cave where the 12 “Wild Boars” youth football team and their coach were trapped for 17 days in 2018 park officials defended charging Thais 950 baht and foreigners 1,500 baht per visit as appropriate because this covers going through chambers two and
Read moreAnutin takes action over age falsification to put off retirement
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered an investigation of officials involved in issuing fake birth certificates and ID cards for state enterprise executives thus helping them put off their retirement, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Dec. 18). Anutin said he had received a report on allegations made by Mr. Sitra Biabangkerd, or Lawyer
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