69 Payap University has introduced Thailand’s first curricula on cannabis and herbs sciences for master’s and doctoral degrees.
33 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.
29 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.
25 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.
40 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.
48 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.
49 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.
24 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.
59 Police seek warrants for the arrest of a couple who allegedly used an ambulance to transport speed pills from the North to Greater Bangkok.
68 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is cooperating with the Corrections Department to bring back prison inmates to clear sewers in the capital to reduce risks of flooding in the rainy season.
48 The Supreme Court acquitted Pol Lt Charoon Wimul of embezzlement and acceptance of stolen items related to a lawsuit challenging his win of 30 million baht worth of the first government lottery prize five years ago.
154 PTT Exploration and Production PCL is the first organization to start a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Thailand, at its Arthit gas field in the Gulf of Thailand, in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
