By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRO-DEMOCARCY RATSADON leader Parit ”Penguin” Chiwarak today (July 2) pressed Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to quit and depart from Thailand in 120 days’ time since he has allegedly run the country in corrupt, erroneous fashion. Addressing anti-Prayut protesters on a street near Government House in rain on top of a pickup
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Protest market set up in front of Govt House
LED by Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, protesters passed through a police barricade and succeeded in setting up a market in front of the Government House for vendors and restaurateurs hit by a new ban on dine-in service with only takeaways allowed while also continuing to pressure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down, Thai
Read morePolice fully ready for this evening’s rally
THE Metropolitan Police this afternoon (July 2) warned protesters against holding rallies, pointing out legal action is already being taken against 223 people for doing so, with 900 policemen fielded to control the situation, INN News said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Piya Tawichai, deputy head of the Metropolitan Police and its spokesman, said the United Front
Read moreAir Force’s second satellite launched
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI AIR Force’s second satellite was successfully launched into space on July 1. The Napa-2 earth observation satellite was launched aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 02.31 a.m. local time. The Napa-2 satellite launch is the air force’s second, following the Napa-1 satellite launched
Read moreCoronavirus: New record high as PM and ministers seen not wearing masks
AS Thailand shattered its record for daily coronavirus cases and fatalities again this morning (July 2) with 6,087 new infections and 61 deaths, there is a social media storm over Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and some of the ministers who accompanied him to Phuket yesterday for the launch of the sandbox scheme seen relaxing
Read moreCountries back global minimum corporate tax of 15%
By Reuters Staff, published by The Straits Times Paris – Most of the countries negotiating a global overhaul of cross-border taxation of multinationals have backed plans for new rules on where companies are taxed and a tax rate of at least 15 per cent, they said on Thursday (July 1) after two days of talks.
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