By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY AGRICULTURE & COOPERATIVES Minister Chaiya Phromma was evidently seen watching a live football match in the middle of the House chamber where MPs were debating the 2024 budget bill last night (Mar.21). The Pheu Thai cabinet member-cum-MP and another Pheu Thai MP were seen seated next to each other
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2024 budget bill sails through House
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BELATED BUDGET BILL sailed through the House of Representatives after three days of floor debate today (Mar 22). A total of 298 Pheu Thai-led government MPs voted for the 2024 budget bill, compared to a total of 166 Move Forward-led opposition MPs who voted against it. However, a dozen
Read moreOnline gambling websites mount bus advertising in Chiang Rai
SOME ONLINE gambling websites have boldly launched a bus advertising campaign in Chiang Rai city with this leading to a large number of residents complaining but officials have yet to take any action to stop it, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 22). An inspection of Chiang Rai Provincial Bus Terminal No. 1 where around
Read moreGovt MPs dismiss latest coalition move against budget bill
By Thai Newsroom Reporters GOVERNMENT MPs have categorically dismissed fresh hearsay that Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan might probably be named prime minister in place of the current one, Srettha Thavisin, given the possibility that the 2024 budget bill might be turned down today (Mar 22). Several government MPs attached to coalition partners downplayed
Read morePATA tourism careers forum flags the perils and promises awaiting Gen Z
ON 18 March 2024, more than 1,500 university students of tourism, including about 700 onsite and another 800 online, attended a half-day forum organised by the PATA Thailand chapter and Bangkok University to “Fast Forward” their careers. It ended with a round of self-congratulatory applause and predictions of a bright future. But a closer
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