By Thai Newsroom Reporters OUTSPOKEN GOVERNMENT CRITIC Chuwit Kamolvisit today (Mar.17) filed a petition to the Election Commission in pursuit of dissolution of the Bhumjaithai Party for allegedly accepting donations of laundered money. Chuwit called on the polling agency to forward his petition over to the Constitutional Court for prompt consideration and a subsequent
Month: March 2023
Petition to probe Prayut’s ‘use of govt property to gain popularity’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION was today (Mar.17) petitioned to investigate the allegedly illicit use of government property and personnel in a popularity-wooing campaign specifically arranged for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, head of the Thai Liberal strategic policy steering team, petitioned the Election Commission to conduct a thorough probe and
Read more‘Big Joke’ going to Phuket to probe sex trafficking of teen girls
DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, whose nickname is Big Joke, is heading for Phuket to expand investigation of sex trafficking teenage girls after two suspects were arrested in a bar raid and six victims rescued, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Mar. 17). Pol. Maj. Gen. Wasan Techaakasen, deputy chief of
Read moreBank lifelines ease global financial crisis fears
By Reuters – published by US News & World Report, and INN News MULTI-BILLION dollar lifelines for troubled US and European banks shored up investor confidence on Friday (Mar. 17) and bolstered sentiment in battered stocks, although concerns now centre on whether a global financial crisis has been fully averted. Large US banks injected
Read moreDon’t use nail polish to whiten teeth: Panda Lab Doctor
THE public was warned of dire health risks from using nail polish to whiten teeth by the widely-followed Panda Lab Doctor Facebook page today (Mar. 16), Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor page, said some make-up artists still like painting nail polish on beauty
Read moreSam Mit leaders to liaise between Pheu Thai and Palang Pracharath
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RETURN OF SAM MIT faction leaders from the Palang Pracharath to the Pheu Thai was primarily designed to offer themselves as a go-between and turn both parties into coalition partners after an upcoming general election, a partisan source said today (Mar.16). The Sam Mit faction leaders, namely Somsak Thepsuthin
Read morePheu Thai unlikely to reach 310-MPs target: KPI executive
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WILL BE UNLIKELY for the Pheu Thai Party to score a landslide victory grabbing no less than 310 MP seats as reportedly targeted in an upcoming general election, said an executive official of King Prajadhipok’s Institute today (Mar.16). KPI deputy secretary-general Thawilwadi Burikul remarked the Pheu Thai, known to
Read moreSouth Korea denies blacklisting Thais from 4 northeastern provinces
THE SOUTH Korean embassy today (Mar. 16) clarified that news spreading in Thailand saying people from four northeastern provinces had been blacklisted is fake news, TV Channel 7 said. According to the false report South Korea had blacklisted people from Khon Kaen, Sisaket, Udon Thani and Yasothon provinces after marking them as red areas.
Read moreCredit Suisse shares sink as top shareholder rules out more cash
By Agencies and published by CNA Paris – Credit Suisse lost almost a quarter of its value on Wednesday (Mar. 15), dropping to a new record low after its largest investor said it could not provide the Swiss bank with more financial assistance. “We cannot, because we would go above 10 percent. It’s a
Read moreVietnam blasts Cambodia’s pricey SEA Games broadcasting rights
JUST AS the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) is gearing up to negotiate with Cambodia to reduce the US$800,000 or about 27.6 million baht price quoted for live broadcast rights of the 32nd SEA Games taking place during May 5-19, a Vietnamese news site criticized it as being far too high, Matichon newspaper said
Read morePrawit airs dissent to use of force against lone woman in Prayut’s presence
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN A RARE COMMENT on government action, Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Mar.15) expressed his dissent to a use of force by police against an elderly woman in the presence of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. That referred to Monday’s event in which the lone woman, namely Wanthana Othong, 62,
Read morePoliceman firing shots from his house captured after long siege
A SPECIAL Branch policeman who has been firing shots from his house since late yesterday morning (Mar. 14) was captured around noon today after a police team stormed in, Sanook.com said. Only identified as Inspector Kan, the policeman is attached to the news development department and was immediately sent to the hospital as he
Read moreThai woman falls to death from Pattaya condo
A YOUNG Thai woman died after falling from the seventh floor of a Pattaya condo before dawn today (Mar. 15) with her shocked younger sister distressed at her death, TV Channel 7 said. At 4.20 a.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Saijai Khamchula, an investigator at Mueang Pattaya police station, was informed of a woman plunging
Read moreSVB shockwaves rattle global banks in grip of contagion fears
By Reuters – published by Yahoo!news and Matichon SILICON Valley Bank’s collapse pressured global bank stocks further today (Mar. 14) as investors fretted over the financial health of some lenders, in spite of assurances from US President Joe Biden and other policymakers. An indicator of credit risk in the eurozone banking system leapt to
Read moreSomsak, Suriya skipping over from Palang Pracharath to Pheu Thai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SAM MIT GROUP leaders Somsak Thepsuthin and Suriya Juangroongruangkit will very shortly leave the Palang Pracharath for Pheu Thai, partisan sources said today (Mar.14). Somsak and Suriya will be the last MPs among members of Sam Mit faction to skip over from the ruling party headed by Deputy Prime Minister
Read moreTop transport portfolio returned to Bhumjaithai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI has finally been given back a highly tempting portfolio, namely the Ministry of Transport. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Mar.14) returned the top portfolio to the Bhumjaithai after it had been held by Deputy Transport Minister Athirat Ratanaset as acting transport minister for a few days. Athirat of
Read moreSkytrain staff threaten to stop running trains if 50 billion baht debt not repaid
EMPLOYEES of Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), operator of BTS skytrain, submitted a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House this morning (Mar. 14) calling for repayment of debts mounted in the Green Line extension that have now almost reached 50 billion baht setting a seven-day deadline to do so if
Read moreCourt sets up fact-finding panel over grey senator getting off the hook
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SUPREME COURT President Chotivat Luengprasert has set up a committee to collect evidence and find facts pertaining to last October’s revocation of an arrest warrant by a Criminal Court judge for an allegedly grey senator. Court of Justice spokesman Soravit Limparangsee confirmed today (Mar.13) the Supreme Court president is having
Read morePolling agency secretary-general urged to forward case against Ruam Thai Sang Chart
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ELECTION COMMISSION Secretary-General Sawaeng Boonmee was today (Mar.13) repeatedly suggested to forward to the commissioners a sensational case involving unlawful references to the monarchy evidently made by a Ruam Thai Sang Chart campaign speaker instead of just issuing a warning about it. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, head of the Thai Liberal strategic
Read moreMinimal impact on Thailand from collapse of 2 US banks
FINANCE Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said the collapse of two US banks, Signature and Silicon Valley Bank, has little impact on Thailand as there were no transactions nor investments in them, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 13). US regulators closed New York-based Signature Bank on Sunday, the third largest failure in US banking history, two
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