Prayut can’t stay PM after 2025: Wissanu
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s tenure will end in 2025 if he is re-elected in the upcoming election, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam told the press yesterday.Continue Reading
Low take-up for toddler jabs
The Rural Doctor Society have expressed concern after the number of Covid-19 vaccines given to children aged six months to four years old proved below expectation.Continue Reading
Boxing promoter nabbed over jobs scam
Police have arrested a Chinese boxing promoter on charges of entrapping Thais into working for a brutal gang of call scammers based in Myanmar’s Myawaddy border township.Continue Reading
18 Apec leaders to attend meet
Eighteen leaders of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) member countries have confirmed they will attend a summit in Bangkok on Nov 18-19, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said.Continue Reading
OHCHR hails push to end abductions
The UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) has praised the enactment of Thailand’s Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, 2022, but noted that more could’ve been done to meet international standards.Continue Reading
BMA set to move HQ to Din Daeng
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has decided to go ahead with its plan to move its headquarters from Sao Chingcha in Phra Nakhon district to its other office in Din Daeng district.Continue Reading
NGOs analyse BCG model
Non-profit groups are urging the government to implement the Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) Economy to benefit the grassroots of society after the model was introduced during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) 2022 summit.Continue Reading
Dead whale found in Phuket
PHUKET: Local residents found a large dead whale floating in Laem Sai bay, south of Koh Racha, on Saturday.Continue Reading
BMA to ramp up festival security
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is planning to tighten safety measures at public areas during this year’s Loy Krathong festival.Continue Reading
Alta acquires Hg Exchange shortly after rebrand
Lists Phillip Securities, Nomura Holdings, Integra Partners as shareholders
Goal is to connect promising new opportunities with capital, investing in alternatives Singapore based Alta Group (formally Fundnel), recently announced its acquisition of Hg Exchange (HGX), a private digital securities exchange.
The acquisition allows Alta to support the tokenisation and digital custody of alternative…Continue Reading