
House Accepts New Liquor Bill
The House of Representatives passed a bill to liberalize liquor production in its first reading with 178 votes to 137 and formed a 25-member committee to scrutinize it before the second reading.
The House of Representatives passed a bill to liberalize liquor production in its first reading with 178 votes to 137 and formed a 25-member committee to scrutinize it before the second reading.
The Energy Ministry and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) activated the “Sensor for All” network of air quality sensors at about 1,200 locations nationwide to check air quality in real time and support proactive solutions to air pollution.
BANGKOK, June 9 (TNA) – More than 3,000 inmates earlier imprisoned for cannabis abuse were freed today as the legalization of the plant took effect. The Corrections Department said 4,075 inmates had been detained for cannabis abuse. Of them, 3,071 had been jailed for marijuana crime alone and 1,004 had also been prosecuted for other […]
Payap University has introduced Thailand’s first curricula on cannabis and herbs sciences for master’s and doctoral degrees.
The Ministry of Public Health announced that the country would reach its post-pandemic stage of COVID-19 in the middle of this month and it will soon consider if it will lower its COVID-19 alert level after evaluating the impacts of reopened entertainment venues.
The Bank of Thailand’s the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday voted 4 to 3 to maintain the policy rate at 0.50 percent at its meeting on Wednesday, according to Piti Disyatat, MPC Secretary.
The Central Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases sentenced a former chief of the Nakhon Sawan police station and five former subordinates to life imprisonment for fatally covering a drug suspect’s head with plastic bags.
Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt visited the Traffic Police Division to discuss traffic solutions and a map of congestion-prone areas and the serious use of CCTV are among initiatives to relieve traffic flows.
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Bangkok categorically rejects and denounces baseless allegations made by a media outlet in Bangkok about Iran and Iranian citizens, it said in a press release issued on Monday.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said some restrictions remained in effect to govern the use of hemp and cannabis although they will be removed from the government’s narcotic list on June 9.
The cabinet endorsed the Civil Partnership Bill which sets same-sex marriage conditions similar to those of different-sex marriages and will reach the parliament soon, according to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam.
Police seek warrants for the arrest of a couple who allegedly used an ambulance to transport speed pills from the North to Greater Bangkok.