A GROUP of elderly people in Nonthaburi are furious after stricter eligibility criteria for state welfare card, commonly known as the card for the poor, led to losing their payout, Amarin TV said this afternoon (July 20). At 11.30 a.m. a large group of impoverished elderly people showed up at Nonthaburi Transport Office to
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Prawit airs dissent to use of force against lone woman in Prayut’s presence
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN A RARE COMMENT on government action, Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Mar.15) expressed his dissent to a use of force by police against an elderly woman in the presence of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. That referred to Monday’s event in which the lone woman, namely Wanthana Othong, 62,
Read moreAbandoned, ailing Australian woman gets help
AN AILING elderly Australian woman abandoned at a hostel in Bangkok’s Bang Rak district by an unidentified foreign man was helped by a city councillor who got her admitted to Klang Hospital for treatment, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Nov. 270. Mr. Viput Sriwaurai, a councillor for this district, said hostel staff contacted him
Read moreElderly German tourist missing in Phuket for 6 days
PHUKET police and officials are searching for an elderly German woman tourist who disappeared from her hotel six days ago, TV Channel 7 and MNG Online said today (May 14). The tourist, identified as Ms. Barbara Elisabeth Monika Glag Lange, 76, had been staying at Maikhao Palm Beach Resort with relatives but had not returned
Read moreRaids on substandard elderly care homes show some were chained
POLICE raided a substandard elderly care home in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district today (Jan. 19) with another raid on a similar home in Nong Chok district finding that some residents had been chained, TV Channel 7 said. Pol. Col. Neti Wongkub, head of Consumer Protection Police Division 4, said the raid on the Nong Chok
Read moreOver 5 million baht donations for elderly woman, aging son
IMAGES of an elderly woman giving some rice to her aging son to eat as sat on the floor and waited to register for 7,000 baht handout under Rao Chana (We Win) scheme in Kamphaeng Phet province yesterday (Feb.17) so stirred Thai people that they have now got 5.1 million baht in donations, Amarin TV
Read moreMore elderly told to repay huge sums
More elderly people have been told to return tens of thousands of baht to the state after it determined they were not entitled to the allowances they received for years. Thai media reported that at least three new cases have emerged in Nakhon Ratchasima, including Samrit Phusawang, 83, of Moo 4 village and Kuang Somboonram,
Read moreAdopt a grandparent: Young help the old in Bolivian pandemic
By Paola Flores, Associated Press, published by ABC News La Paz, Bolivia — Sergio Royela lived far from his parents in Bolivia and was concerned how they were faring in the quarantine imposed by interim President Jeanine Áñez to stop the spread of the coronavirus. “So, I looked for a neighbour to help me and
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