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The tri-partite wage committee cannot yet finalise the 400-baht national minimum wage in Thailand, until it receives the proposed wage rates from the individual provinces, according to Labour Permanent Secretary Pairoj Chotikasathien. The governor of each province is required to work out the appropriate minimum wage for submission to the committee by July 31st, following
A local election in Pathum Thani, for the chief executive of the Provincial Administrative Organisation (POA) tomorrow, will be closely watched as a measure of Thaksin Shinawatra’s residual political clout. The ruling Pheu Thai party and Thaksin were handed a blow in the selection of new senators recently, when Thaksin’s brother-in-law and former prime minister
The lifeless body of a deputy director of a municipal school in the northern province of Lamphun, who was reported missing on June 16th, was found in his Toyota Vios sedan, parked under the ring road in Muang district of Chiang Mai on Friday night. He appears to have committed suicide. Last night, Mae Ping
Even if you discount the political narrative, the question that still needs to be asked is: How right is the Bank of Thailand (BOT)’s economic analysis that justifies its decision to freeze the key policy rate at 2.5 per cent? In an interview to Bloomberg recently, BOT Governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput maintained that the current policy
The government’s plan to allow foreigners to own 75% of total condominium units in a project, and also increase the land lease term to 99 years, could leave Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin open to the charge of conflict of interest. Srettha’s Cabinet has given preliminary approval to a proposal to increase condominium ownership by foreigners
The Election Commission (EC) is being urged to order a recount of the final senatorial voting, which took place on Wednesday, before the official results are announced. Klanarong Chantik, chair of the acting Senate Committee on charter-mandated Independent Organisations, has sent an urgent letter to the EC Chairman, Itthiporn Boonpracong, urging the EC to invoke
Luxembourg will accede to the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) at the ASEAN-related summits in Vientiane later in October, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Luxembourg will be the sixteenth European country to accede to the TAC. The 1976 treaty aims to strengthen peace and cooperation through non-interference and the non-use of
Yangon, Myanmar – The charity Doctors Without Borders will halt medical activities in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state due to an “extreme escalation of conflict” between an ethnic armed group and the military, it said. Clashes have rocked Rakhine state since the Arakan Army (AA) attacked security forces in November, ending a ceasefire that had largely held since a
The Criminal Court sentenced a Move Forward MP from Chachoengsao province today to a suspended one-year jail term and a fine of Bt500,000 for defaming a former high-ranking military officer two years ago. The Court sentenced Jirat Thongsuwan for what he said during a parliamentary session, when he accused Air Chief Marshal Thares Punsri, then
No one knew that Lisa from BLACKPINK would be the artist to use Yaowarat, as the location for her latest music video for the song ‘ROCKSTAR’, when her production team sought filming permission from Samphanthawong district, the district chief Wallop Kietworasrikul said today. Her team submitted an application to film in Yaowarat and other locations
Atlanta, United States – President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Donald Trump squared off Thursday in a debate watched by millions, and what voters saw may have sparked more questions than answers. Here are five takeaways from the Atlanta showdown. – Dems, we have a problem – Biden — diagnosed with a cold, according to his campaign
The Thai Bankers Association (TBA), reiterated today that the association and its members conduct business with full accountability to their customers, society and the global community in accordance with human rights principles. The TBA and the members also adhere to the law and regulations, under the supervision of the Bank of Thailand and the Anti-Money
Police from the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) have raided a Chinese-operated call centre in a poolside villa in Doi Saked district of Chiang Mai and arrested seven Chinese and six Myanmar nationals. Police also seized a desk-top computer, eight notebook PCs, 94 mobile phones and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) devices, which are primary
WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump took the stage on Thursday night for a debate that offered voters a rare side-by-side look at the two oldest candidates ever to seek the U.S. presidency. Here are some of the major takeaways: HOARSE AND BUGGY The leading question going into the debate was
The north-eastern province of Buri Ram, the political base of the Chidchob family, his unofficially won the largest share of the 200 senate seats, with 14 candidates winning the final vote on Wednesday. Official results are expected on July 3rd the soonest. The number of prospective senators by province are: Informed police sources say
Khao Yai National Park is to seek help from the military in their crackdown on poachers of the highly-prized agarwood in and around the park area. The park chief, Chaiya Huayhongtong, said today that poaching of the wood has increased and those responsible tend to approach the area from the Pak Chong district of Nakhon
