Main
Opinion: By destroying the Chao Mae Tubtim Shrine, Chulalongkorn University will be destroying the last traces of a community
Today, August 31, Chulalongkorn University is scheduled to demolish the Chao Mae Tubtim Shrine to make way for a condominium and mixed-use development.The shrine is considered to be a sacred shrine for the Taecheow Chinese community that once...
Current Affairs Main
Opinion: Pressure is building on Prayut like it had been on Yingluck before the coup
Yingluck Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, said that she knew a coup d'état was imminent when the Constitutional Court dismissed her 15 days before the tanks rolled in.By May 22, 2014, she was powerless and could not...
Main
Bangkok extends filing period for land and property tax to the end of October
Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang will extend the filing period for land and property tax until the end of October according to local media reports and press statements.The filing date has already been extended twice due to the impact...
Covid-19
Thailand discovers one new case of coronavirus in state quarantine on Saturday
Thailand’s government said on
Saturday that it had discovered one case of coronavirus in the last 24 hours in
state quarantine.The patient is a Thai returnee from the Netherlands. The new discovery brings the total number of cases up to...
Current Affairs
Government appoints new police chief
Police Lieutenant General Suwat Changyodsuk was appointed as the new national chief of police on Friday.The appointment, made by a police selection committee that is chaired by Prime Minster Prayut Chan-ocha, came as no surprise since he was tipped...
Main
BGRIM aims for 7,200 MW capacity in 2025 and assures no capital raising required
B.GRIMM POWER PCL (BGRIM) revealed that the company has increased its power generation target from 5,000 MW in 2022 to 7,200 MW in 2025 with an investment of 180,000 million baht.BGRIM ’s total power capacity is currently 2,896 MW...
Main
BOT launches debt relief measures to help retail debtors cope with interest burden
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has agreed with financial institutions to launch debt consolidation measures to help retail debtors affected by the economic downturn due to COVID-19.The debt consolidation measure is an alternative to retail debtors in part of...
Current Affairs
Opinion: The coup-makers and the elites have had a wonderful relationship but the people are waking up
It was late in the afternoon on May 22, 2014, the tanks were rolling down the streets in front of the Victory Monument. This was the day that the junta seized power.Television channels were used to announce the coup...
Main
GULF to acquire up to 10 per cent of INTUCH shares
Gulf Energy Development PCL (GULF), one of Thailand’s largest electricity-generating firms, announced that the Board of Directors has approved its acquisition of up to 10 per cent of ordinary shares in INTUCH Holdings PCL (INTUCH) from 7.99 per cent.The...
Covid-19
Thailand discovers six new cases of coronavirus in state quarantine on Friday
Thailand’s government on Friday said that it had discovered six new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The new discoveries bring the total number of cases up to 3,410.The new cases are Thai returnees from Uzbekistan (1), Germany...
