The Cabinet on 23 March 2021 approved two financial measures, worth 350 billion baht, to help businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and enable them to continue operations in the post-COVID-19 era. The first measure involves a soft loan of 250 billion baht to be offered to business operators that have good potential to maintain […]
Day: March 28, 2021
Thai anti-establishment protester Parit still refusing food, being fed intravenously
Ratsadon group leader Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak, currently being held on remand and in detention for contempt of court, has been on hunger strike for over two weeks. He allowed doctors to conduct a blood test for the first time on Saturday night, after suffering from fatigue, increased dizziness and dehydration. According to a medical report […]
Thai police evict protesters from Baan Thaloo Fah village in surprise dawn raid
Seventy protesters, who had been camping at “Baan Thaloo Fah village”, which was set up in front of the Government House on March 13th, were rounded up by the police at dawn on Sunday and bussed to the Region 1 Border Patrol Police (BPP) Command in Pathum Thani province for questioning. The protesters, most of […]