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Prescription scheme wins insurers’ nod
Read more: Prescription scheme wins insurers’ nodThe Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) and the insurance industry have officially endorsed the government’s “Sukkai Sabai Krabao” (Healthy Body, Comfortable Wallet) initiative, which allows patients treated at private hospitals to use their prescriptions at participating outside pharmacies.
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Fears over impact on economic policy
Read more: Fears over impact on economic policyTrade associations say the dissolution of parliament could hinder the implementation of key economic policies, and have called for the formation of a new government with full authority within the legal timeframe.
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Thai banks start cutting interest rates
Read more: Thai banks start cutting interest ratesThailand’s top banks have started cutting lending rates, following the central bank’s move on Wednesday to reduce the benchmark policy rate to a two-year low of 1.50% to support a weakening economy hit by US tariffs.
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Influencer policeman arrested on land encroachment charge
Read more: Influencer policeman arrested on land encroachment chargePolice on Thursday arrested a policeman-turned-influencer known as “Johnny the Enforcer”, his wife and three others on charges of building a hotel on public land in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani.
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Strengthening baht adds to Thai tourism sector woes
Read more: Strengthening baht adds to Thai tourism sector woesThe strengthening baht is beginning to weigh on Thailand’s fragile tourism sector, already plagued by recurring security issues, leaving travellers feeling their visits aren’t worth the cost.
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‘Uncle Phol’ sentenced to 26 years in toddler’s death
Read more: ‘Uncle Phol’ sentenced to 26 years in toddler’s deathMUKDAHAN – The Court of Appeal on Wednesday increased the prison sentence of Chaiphol Wipha, widely known as “Uncle Phol”, to 26 years for the death of three-year-old Orawan “Nong Chompoo” Wongsricha in Mukdahan in 2020.
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Bank of Thailand cuts interest rate to 1.50%
Read more: Bank of Thailand cuts interest rate to 1.50%The Bank of Thailand has reduced its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, its fourth cut in 10 months, as it looks to support a sluggish economy grappling with negative inflation and the impact of US tariffs.
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Phumtham confirms Thai soldiers’ right to self defence against landmines
Read more: Phumtham confirms Thai soldiers’ right to self defence against landminesThe Thai government will again complain to the United Nations about Cambodia’s use of anti-personnel land mines in contravention of the Ottawa Treaty, acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Wednesday