By Thai Newsroom Reporters ENERGY MINISTER PIRAPAN Salirathavibhaga might possibly be kicked out of his current portfolio in cabinet by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra sooner or later to end an unsolved controversy over high power rates, according to a noted academic. The billionaire power player might probably be contemplating the ouster
Month: December 2024
9 decommissioned buses gutted in fierce blaze
A FIRE which broke out at a decommissioned bus depot this afternoon (Dec. 25) badly damaged nine old tour buses collectively worth at least 80 million baht but fortunately there were no injuries, Amarin TV said. At 12.50 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Senee Kanpawong, an investigation officer at Bang Sao Thong police station, was
Read moreNACC probe panel lobbied to lift Thaksin’s fake-out case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE UNDER the National Anti-Corruption Commission has been intensely lobbied and pressed to waive an historic case of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s alleged fake-out at Police Hospital, according to a partisan source. For fear of not only involving the billionaire power player, previously officially viewed
Read more4 youths bash up, rob elderly Belgian man in Pattaya
AN ELDERLY Belgian man who has lived in Pattaya for many years was beaten up by four youths just as he was walking home from a bar soon after midnight last night (Dec. 25) with the gang then stealing 7,000 baht from him and zooming off, Amarin TV said. Pol. Col. Nawin Thirawit, superintendent
Read morePM urged to dissolve House due to fiasco over high power rates
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was today (Dec. 24) suggested to dissolve the House of Representatives sooner than later to take responsibility for her sustained failure to cut the expensive power rates. People’s leader Nattapong Ruangpanyawut was holding the woman prime minister/daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra completely
Read morePheu Thai-led govt likely to survive four-year term: Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (Dec. 24) forecast that the current Pheu Thai-led government under premiership of his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra will likely survive their four-year term until 2027. The billionaire power player told reporters in Chiang Mai that disputes between coalition partners may spontaneously arise in
Read moreCabinet approves handouts, minimum wage increase and tax breaks, PM says
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S Cabinet today (Dec. 24) approved new minimum wage increases from January, tax breaks to boost spending and the second phase of the government’s signature handout scheme, the prime minister said. Paetongtarn Shinawatra also told reporters she hoped for economic growth of more than 3 percent next year.
Read more60km an hour speed limit kicks off on almost all Bangkok roads
WITH a new traffic regulation having been announced in the Royal Gazette, as of today (Dec. 24) vehicles travelling on all except 13 Bangkok roads have to maintain a speed limit of 60km an hour with this reduced to 50km an hour in the area around the Royal Palace, Amarin TV said this morning.
Read more400 baht minimum wage for key tourist areas approved
THE TRIPARTITE wage committee approved 400 baht per day minimum wage for four provinces and one district that are key tourist areas from Jan. 1, 2025 onwards with this set at 372 baht for Bangkok and neighbouring provinces, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Dec. 23). Mr. Boonsong Thapchaiyut, permanent secretary of the Labour
Read moreThaksin denies Pheu Thai-Bhumjaithai conflict
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (Dec. 23) categorically denied that his party, core of the current coalition government, had developed a critical conflict with Bhumjaithai, the second largest coalition partner. The billionaire power player said he had had no problem to clear up with Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Interior
Read moreThai-Myanmar border at Tak shut for a month after cholera outbreak in Myawaddy
WITH a hospital in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot town, now treating over 300 cholera patients, the Thai government today (Dec. 23) closed this stretch of the border for a month for safety, Naewna newspaper said. Deputy Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said after a Defence Council meeting that
Read moreWildlife from Indonesia seized in Thailand
POLICE late last night seized over 200 protected wildlife and other animals that had been smuggled to Thailand from Aceh province, Sumatra island, Indonesia, just as the arrested suspect was bringing them to Bangkok , TV Channel 7 said. Highway Police and a Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) team arrested Mr. Sarawut (surname withheld), or
Read moreChina says US is ‘playing with fire’ after latest military aid for Taiwan
By AP and AFP – published by CNA Beijing – The Chinese government protested on Sunday (Dec. 22) the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is “playing with fire”, AP said. On Saturday, US President Joe Biden authorised the provision of up to US$571
Read moreThaksin is the real leader of this government: Ex-MP
WITH the Paetongtarn Shinawatra government implementing everything that her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra says, it is clear that he is the real boss, former MP Thepthai Senapong said in his Facebook post “Thepthai -Talking about Politics” with the topic being “Thaksin is the Real Owner of the Government” today (Dec. 22).
Read moreWeekend fair to help debtors resolve problems
A FAIR launched by the Justice Ministry to accelerate debt settlement is taking place this weekend as total household debt has now reached over 16 trillion baht or more than 90% of the Gross National Product (GDP), Naewna newspaper said late afternoon today (Dec. 21). Justice Minister Thawee Sodsong presided over the opening of
Read moreRohl to stay put with Sheffield Wednesday over tempting Southampton
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY manager Danny Rohl would likely stay put with the sitting-pretty Owls in the Championship rather than venture into the Premier League to salvage the poorly-performing Southampton anytime soon, according to news reports. Though Rohl has reportedly held private talks with representatives of Southampton, which are embarrassedly stuck at
Read moreAt least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Magdeburg, Germany – A car ploughed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday (Dec. 20), killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack. The driver was arrested at the scene
Read moreTwo Thai F-16 fighters chase out jet intruding from Myanmar
THE Thai air force scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to the Thai-Myanmar border to intercept an unidentified aircraft that had intruded into Thai airspace yesterday (Dec. 20), Naewna newspaper said last night. ACM Prapass Sonjai, the air force spokesman, said at 11 a.m. yesterday two F-16 fighter jets were deployed to intercept the unidentified
Read moreDSI slaps four charges against 18 iCon Group bosses
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is moving to file four charges against all 18 executives of The iCon Group after going through 300,000 pages documents and questioning 50 witnesses, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 20). Investigation was launched after investors complained to police that they had lost hundreds of thousands and up to
Read morePolice bust foreign drug gang on Koh Phangan
POLICE broke up a foreign drug gang that has been selling narcotics to tourists on Koh Phangan for almost two years with turnover reaching over 71 million baht and are moving to revoke their visas and deport the suspects as well as permanently blacklist them, MNG Online said today (Dec. 20). This major operation
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