Motorcycle taxis seek rise
In the face of rising petrol prices, about 100 motorcycle taxi drivers in this northeastern province plan to obtain permission from the provincial transport office to increase the minimum fare from Bt25 to Bt30.
Drug trials 'will not repeat UK debacle'
An event similar to the disastrous UK trial of a new drug that left six previously healthy men moaning in uncontrollable pain, vomiting and struggling for breath will not occur in Thailand, senior doctors involved in human drug trials said yesterday.
Govt clears twins' MDs
The Public Health Ministry's fact-finding committee concluded yesterday that doctors at Nakhonping Hospital had done nothing wrong in the case of stillborn twins from a Caesarean section.