Tag: Blue Flag
7 Pattaya shops join ‘blue flag’ welfare program
Seven Pattaya-area retailers have joined the government’s low-income shopper program, installing smartcard readers to allow welfare recipients to spend their monthly subsidies there.
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Blue flag campaign launched to help residents affected by drought
BUENG KAN - The Ministry of Commerce is launching the Blue Flag campaign in areas affected by drought in a bid to help shoulder...
Commerce Ministry: More than THB190mil generated during first 3 days of...
BANGKOK, 8 April 2012 – The Commerce Ministry has been satisfied with better-than-expected interest in the state-initiated “Blue Flag” fair during the first 3...
Commerce Ministry opens 500 new Blue Flag food shops across Thailand
BANGKOK, 16 February 2012 - The Commerce Ministry has reintroduced the state-sponsored economically-priced food products throughout the country. ...
Inflation rises to 4.29% in August
BANGKOK, Sept 1 – Thailand’s Consumer Price Index (CPI)--the inflation rate—rose to 113.23 per cent in August, a 4.29 per cent increase year-on-year, and...
DIT: Pork price to come down in 3 months
CHIANG RAI, 14 August 2011 – The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) has projected that the currently high pork price will start lowering within...
DIT to launch Blue Flag food carts
BANGKOK, 10 May 2011 – The Ministry of Commerce will launch Blue Flag food carts selling cooked food at no more than 25...
Blue Flag eggs to be available nationwide this week
BANGKOK, 26 April 2011 – The Ministry of Commerce has affirmed that the sale of Blue Flag eggs will commence in all parts...
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Motorway panic near Pattaya as disoriented man is struck while running through traffic
PATTAYA, Thailand – A man believed to be suffering from a mental health episode was critically injured after being struck by a pickup truck...
Pattaya officers detain naked man in public area, refer him for medical evaluation
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya municipal officers detained a man found walking naked in a public area on February 24, causing alarm among residents and...
CIB busts Russian scam network operating across Pattaya, millions in cash circulated
PATTAYA, Thailand — Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested a Russian national and a Thai accomplice in connection with an online scam operation...
German tourist beaten on Pattaya Beach as familiar street violence returns
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police in Pattaya are urgently tracking down a group of suspects following the assault of a German tourist on Pattaya Beach,...
Pattaya confronts a persistent flashpoint as gender identity, sex work, and tourist safety collide
PATTAYA, Thailand – In Pattaya, nightlife remains one of the city’s strongest draws — and one of its most complicated challenges. Among long-running issues...