DEPUTY Prime Minister/Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Sep. 25) that the amount of floodwaters and rainfall this year is the same as during 2011’s great floods but a disaster of equal proportions is unlikely to occur, Thai Rath newspaper said. Thailand is also affected by water released by neighbouring countries which is something
Day: September 25, 2024
10,000-baht grant for farmers not deductible from BAAC loans
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SUM OF 10,000 BAHT in grant for each farmer will be provided in full and non-deductible to debt which they may owe to the Bank for Agriculture & Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), confirmed Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat today (Sep. 25). Under the Pheu Thai-initiated populist handout campaign, those farmers
Read moreFour reasons why Pheu Thai U-turned on charter ethics amendment: Somchai
AFTER Pheu Thai Party did a U-turn on amending ethics clauses of the constitution former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn pointed to four reasons for abruptly backing down, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 25). A post at the Parliament’s website said the People’s Party had yesterday submitted a draft to amend 10 clauses of the
Read moreSame-sex marriage becomes law
By AFP and published by CNA HIS MAJESTY THE KING has signed same-sex marriage into law, the official Royal Gazette announced yesterday (Sep. 24), making Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia and the biggest place in Asia to recognise marriage equality. His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn gave royal assent to the new law,
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