By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul was today (June 15) repeatedly pressed to set up an “independent” committee to look into allegations that a senior government official had unlawfully ordered any of his subordinates via Line messages to “Do Help the Blue”, apparently referring to the Bhumjaithai electoral campaign during the
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NACC, EC asked to probe ‘Do help the Blue’ scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A COUPLE OF “independent” agencies are being petitioned tomorrow (June 9) to look into allegations that Provincial Administration Department Director-General Narucha Kosacivilize had unlawfully, evidently instructed his subordinate officials such as one in Phuket to “Do help the Blue” pertaining to the ruling Bhumjaithai’s electoral campaign earlier this year. People’s
Read moreMulti-partisan panel proposed to look into ‘Do Help the Blue’ scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MULTI-PARTISAN, ad hoc committee was today (June 4) proposed set up in unprecedented fashion to look into allegations that a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Interior had surreptitiously ordered any of his subordinates to illicitly support Bhumjaithai contestants vying for MP in the Feb.8 general election, specifically those
Read moreVendor seeks help after paying over a million baht interest on small loan
A FOOD vendor filed a complaint at the Centre for Suppression of Informal Debt that a loan shark has been charging her exorbitant interest on 20,000 baht she borrowed six years ago and after paying over a million baht the principal has not been reduced, Amarin TV said this evening (Aug. 1). Ms. Somsakul
Read moreHelp is on its way to indebted teachers: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin confirmed today (July 22) the authorities are promptly assisting all impoverished teachers at public schools nationwide in settling their debt. The prime minister posted on his X page to say a large number of indebted teachers at public schools are known to rank among the poor
Read moreYoung blind man gets help to go to Koh Larn
THAI netizens praised a Good Samaritan who took a young blind man on a trip to Koh Larn, off Pattaya, after he posted a message asking for help to go on a holiday there, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan 8). On Friday Jan. 5 Mr. Jukkapun Katudnon posted a message on a Facebook page
Read morePeople with illicit debt urged to get help with deadline now extended
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE WHO MAY OWE illicit debt but hesitantly have not made official claims were today (Jan.7) reminded of the deadline which has been rescheduled for the end of next month. The Ministry of Interior’s undersecretary Sutthipong Chulcharoen said those who may be indebted to loan sharks but kept quiet or
Read moreMan buys 250 lottery tickets from disabled vendor
BEING shared rapidly on Thai social media is a video clip of a kind-hearted man who parked his car and waited for a disabled lottery vendor to reach him and then helped out by buying all 250 tickets he was selling for a total of 30,000 baht, Sanook.com said today (May 12). This benevolent
Read moreThai Health Promotion launches “Vaccine Jai” campaign to reduce Covid-19 related suicides
THAI Health Promotion Foundation has launched the “Vaccine Jai” campaign in an attempt to reduce Covid-19 related suicides, NNT said this evening (July 22). According to the foundation, the campaign was launched at a virtual seminar, involving Srinakharinwirot University and the Department of Mental Health, to help people maintain mental stability. Foundation director Chatwut Wangwon
Read moreGovt moves to help Covid-hit credit card debtors
AS the coronavirus pandemic has severely affected a large number of people the government today (Feb. 13) announced that it has roped in 22 credit card issuers and financial service providers to work out debt settlement with clients in need of help, Siam Rath newspaper said. Ms. Trisulee Traisanakul, deputy spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s
Read moreProtest guards help farmers to sell shrimp next to Govt House
THE We Volunteer protest guards, or WeVo, brought shrimp farmers from Nakhon Pathom province to sell over a tonne of fresh white shrimp at the Government House’s Gate One today (Dec. 26) so as to help them after the main shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province was shut recently with the new outbreak of Covid-19
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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