Phuket learns the hard way
Phuket has been forced to take on board a difficult lesson: that it shouldn't have clung to tourism as its single, dominant cash cow.
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Vorayuth 'had drugs in blood'
Three activists claimed they have evidence to prove that Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya had illicit chemical substances, including cocaine, in his system during his Sept 3, 2012, fatal hit-and-run.
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NESDC insists on frontliner bonus cuts
Bonus payments for frontline public health volunteers fighting against Covid-19 will only be disbursed until September, according to a statement by the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) on Monday.
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Officials mull full reopening of schools
The Public Health and Education ministries are looking to restore normal classroom operations given that no new Covid-19 transmissions have been recorded since the beginning of the new term almost a month ago.
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The 101-billion-baht extension of the high-speed train system linking Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and U-Tapao airports may not be worth investing in, the State Railway of Thailand has said, citing findings from a market sounding exercise in a feasibility study on the proposed extension.
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Thai agricultural workers who left Israel to return home during the Covid-19 pandemic are now being allowed to go back to work but will have to undergo quarantine for 14 days at venues arranged by their employers, according to Kav LaOved, an Israel-based workers' right organisation.
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