By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SENSATIONAL PHENOMENON in which the Democrats jumped onto the Pheu Thai government bandwagon was critically hurting sentiment of members and supporters of the country’s oldest party, past and present, concluded former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva over the weekend. Abhisit, a former Democrat leader, said such power play on the
Month: August 2024
New Pheu Thai-led govt not starting to work until mid-September
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NEW PHEU THAI-LED government will not start to work until around the middle of September, said acting Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai today (Aug. 31). All 36 ministers-designate from varied coalition partners, including Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, are being individually,
Read moreAng Thong, Ayutthaya residents get flood warning
AS THE CHAO Phraya Dam is gearing up to release more water residents living outside the embankment in Ang Thong and Ayutthaya provinces were alerted to immediately move their belongings to higher places as flooding is likely, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 31). This dam, which is located in Chai Nat province and is
Read moreNew lineup of Pheu Thai-led Cabinet members completed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE LATEST LINEUP OF 36 members of a new Pheu Thai-led Cabinet with the Democrats replacing the Palang Pracharath has been finished, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra confirmed today (Aug 30). Following yesterday’s historic event in which the Democrats jumped onto the Pheu Thai government bandwagon, capping 23 years of antagonism
Read moreTunnel search ends with all three workers found dead
ALL three workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel, which is part of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima section of the Sino-Thai high speed train project, died there with the bodies of the two Chinese workers found today (Aug. 30) after their Myanmar colleague’s body was brought out yesterday and have been taken for autopsy, TV Channel
Read moreExclusive-Thai central bank chief, finance minister to meet over inflation target as govt eyes rate cut
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S central bank chief and finance minister will meet in early September to open negotiations on an inflation target for 2025, a senior official said, as the government seeks a new goal with an eye on a rate cut that it has pushed for months. The government has
Read moreDemocrat entry into Pheu Thai-led govt ends 23 years of mutual antagonism
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRATS TODAY (Aug. 29) reached a unanimous, formal resolution to join the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, capping 23 years of mutual, polarised antagonism. The coalition-entry resolution was endorsed by 34 votes in today’s partisan meeting attended by 25 Democrat MPs and a number of Democrat executive board members without
Read moreSpanish actor’s son jailed for life for grisly island murder
By AFP and published by CNA Koh Samui – A Thai court today (Aug. 29) jailed a famous Spanish actor’s son for life for the grisly murder of a Colombian plastic surgeon on Koh Phangan, in a lurid case that has gripped Spain. Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a 30-year-old chef, was found guilty of the
Read morePaetongtarn might be judged ‘evidently dishonest and unethical’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra might probably be judged by court to be “evidently dishonest and unethical” since she has failed to keep her promises pertaining to the setup of a sustained Pheu Thai-led government, said deputy Palang Pracharath leader Paiboon Nititawan today (Aug 29). Paiboon said a fresh impeachment lawsuit
Read moreChinese relative prays outside tunnel after one dead body brought out
AFTER the dead body of a Myanmar worker who was one of three trapped in a collapsed tunnel, which is part of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima section of the Sino-Thai high speed train project, was brought out late this morning (Aug. 29) the relative of one of two Chinese workers still stuck there prayed outside
Read moreTelegram’s Durov charged in France, banned from leaving country
By AFP and published by CNA Paris – France on Wednesday (Aug. 28) charged Pavel Durov, the founder and chief of Telegram, with a litany of violations related to the messaging app and banned him from leaving the country while allowing the billionaire to walk free after four days under arrest. Durov, 39, was
Read moreChuan persists on anti-coalition stand
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER Chuan Leekpai said today (Aug. 28) he was undaunted by the near-certainty of his partisan colleagues eagerly jumping onto the Pheu Thai bandwagon of a coalition government whilst he himself is ultimately opposed to it. Chuan, a current Democrat MP and former Democrat leader, reconfirmed that he
Read morePalang Pracharath dumped out of Pheu Thai-led coalition in ‘double-crossing’ act
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PALANG PRACHARATH leader Chaiwut Tanakhamanusorn today (Aug. 28) lambasted the Pheu Thai, core of the current coalition, for kicking out the previously third largest coalition partner from the Pheu Thai-led government in the latest power play featuring a “double-crossing” act. The former digital economy & society minister said he
Read moreAnother landslide in Phuket but no casualties
JUST a few days after a landslide killed 13 people and damaged over 50 houses in Phuket’s Karon subdistrict another landslide damaged nine row houses in Mueang (city) district at dawn today (Aug. 28) but fortunately there were no casualties, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Sakon Krainara, deputy chief at Mueang police station,
Read morePalang Pracharath kicked out of Pheu Thai-led coalition, renegade MPs kept intact
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH as a whole has been finally kicked out of the Pheu Thai-led coalition government though a number of renegade MPs of the troublesome party will practically remain on the coalition side. Pheu Thai secretary-general Sorawong Thienthong confirmed today (Aug. 27) that the Palang Pracharath as a whole
Read moreChuan threatened ouster as Democrat MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER DEMOCRAT LEADER Chuan Leekpai was quietly threatened with an immediate ouster as partisan member if he made concrete moves to keep the country’s oldest party from joining the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, according to partisan sources. Chuan, a former prime minister and currently a Democrat MP, had verbally raised
Read moreRussian man nabbed with fake euros in Chonburi
A RUSSIAN man overstaying in Thailand was arrested today (Aug. 27) after police found some fake euro notes in his possession at a hotel in Chonburi, Naewna newspaper said. Police tracked down the Russian man, Mr. A (pseudonym), 29, after a Thai man went to a currency exchange booth and tried to exchange 500
Read moreForeign couple die in fall from Bangna condo
A FILIPINO MAN and his Chinese wife, both language teachers, fell to their death from a high-rise condo in Bangna last evening (Aug. 26) and died on the spot, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 5 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Suthep Suphot at Bangna station was informed of a couple having plunged to their death
Read morePheu Thai-led govt to have more MPs including Democrats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SUSTAINED PHEU THAI-LED government will likely have more MPs under command from seven coalition partners, including the Democrats. The new government under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, will be definitely endorsed by elected lawmakers including 141 Pheu Thai MPs, 70 Bhumjaithai
Read moreTwo brothers held for producing deadly moonshine
POLICE arrested two brothers for producing deadly moonshine that killed two drinkers and sent 21 others to hospital at their house in Saphan Soong area of Bangkok and they confessed that they had been brewing it for a year and it was distributed to over 18 shops retailing herbal liquor, Naewna newspaper said this
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