The Criminal Court yesterday handed down a 10-year jail sentence to Apirat Jayankura Na Ayudhya, a close aide of the late abbot of Wat Bowon Niwet, for forgery to embezzle 80 million baht from the temple’s accounts.Continue Reading
CHON BURI: The Department of Livestock Development has seized over 500 kilogrammes of pork and squid preserved with formaldehyde from an unlicensed meat factory in Phan Thong district, which authorities believe were destined for barbecue restaurants.Continue Reading
Anti-alcohol consumption networks on Tuesday called for a ban on the use of alcoholic beverage logos to promote non-alcoholic drinks, labelling it a marketing ploy to raise people’s recognition of unhealthy products.Continue Reading
The cabinet yesterday approved the registration of 14.6 million low-income people eligible to receive benefits under a new phase of the government’s state welfare card programme, which is due to begin on April 1, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said.Continue Reading
Cobra Gold 2023, the largest international military exercise in mainland Asia, officially kicked off yesterday in Rayong and will run until March 10.Continue Reading
LONDON: Two Labrador dogs, which have been trained by British police, are to be flown to Thailand to help crack down on the smuggling of critically endangered pangolins, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said on Tuesday.Continue Reading
The cabinet has approved a new round of registrations for state welfare cards with 14.6 million low-income earners meeting the criteria and eligible for benefits.Continue Reading
The House debate on an executive decree postponing the enforcement of key provisions of the law against torture and enforced disappearance was adjourned on Tuesday after a group of MPs petitioned the Constitutional Court to rule its legality.Continue Reading
The cabinet on Tuesday approved 7.6 billion baht to guarantee rubber prices for 1.6 million registered farmers.Continue Reading
The chief of the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine has denied any unfair treatment in the search of a cannabis shop at a hotel owned by crime whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit.Continue Reading