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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Pattaya hosts environmental awareness event to promote sustainable waste management and green initiatives
PATTAYA, Thailand - Mayor Poramet Ngampichet presided over the opening ceremony of the "Love the Earth: Caring for the Environment and Learning Waste Separation"...
Miraculous escape as train collides with car at railway crossing in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand - Banglamung Police Station was notified of a train colliding with a car at a railway crossing in Soi Khao Ta Lo,...
Violent clash between motorcycle taxi driver and customer outside Pattaya Police Station
PATTAYA, Thailand - A violent altercation erupted outside the Pattaya Police Station between a motorcycle taxi driver and his customer, drawing a crowd of...
Myanmar cleaner injured while breaking up a fight in Pattaya hotel
PATTAYA, Thailand - A 33-year-old Myanmar cleaner was injured while attempting to intervene in a fight between guests at the Sota Residence Hotel on...