PEOPLE’S Party MP and deputy leader Wirote Lakhanaadisorn said he will be going to the Revenue Department on Friday (March 28) to ask for details on the use of promissory notes in transferring shares after this issue was raised during the marathon censure debate against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thai Rath newspaper said this
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Pathum Thani residents cheer as monorail project moves forward
RESIDENTS in Pathum Thani province to the north of Bangkok were delighted today (March 26) that a study on building two monorail electric train lines is now in with this covering over 24 kilometres, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. The first line, the Rangsit -Wat Khian Khet -Khlong Si route, has 12
Read moreRussian motorcyclist badly hurt in crash with sedan
A RUSSIAN man riding a motorcycle very fast down Pattaya Sai 3 road before dawn today (March 26) slammed into a sedan and got seriously injured, TV Channel 7 said. At 5.19 a.m. Pol. Lt. Phupha Hongyakul, deputy chief for investigation at Pattaya City police station, was informed of this accident in front of
Read morePaetongtarn smoothly survives censure motion
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra has today (March 26) survived a censure motion with a majority of MPs casting votes of support for her. After two days of censure debate against the woman prime minister/daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra at parliament, 319 Pheu Thai-led coalition MPs cast
Read moreUkraine and Russia agree to sea, energy truce as US seeks to ease Moscow sanctions
By Reuters and published by CNA Washington – The United States reached deals on Tuesday (March 25) with Ukraine and Russia to pause attacks at sea and against energy targets, with Washington agreeing to push to lift some sanctions against Moscow in its latest step towards endorsing Russia’s positions. The separate agreements are the
Read morePaetongtarn dismisses Thaksin’s ‘deal with the Devil’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (March 25) categorically dismissed allegations that her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra had returned home from self-exile abroad under “the deal with the Devil.” Responding to the allegations launched by People’s MP Rangsiman Rome a few hours earlier during today’s censure debate in
Read moreThailand car production drops 13.6% y/y in February on weaker sales, exports
By Reuters and published by CNA CAR production in Thailand dropped 13.62 percent in February from a year earlier, as a lengthy decline in domestic sales and exports squeezed output for a 19th straight month, the Federation of Thai Industries said today (March 25). The fall in production to 115,487 units, however, was smaller
Read morePaetongtarn accused of involvement in Thaksin’s cover-up
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was today (March 25) relentlessly grilled for alleged involvement in her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s whitewash conspiracy to literally spare himself a one-year jail term upon his return from self-exile overseas in 2023. During the second day of censure debate at parliament, People’s
Read morePM returns home after attending censure debate for almost 15 hours
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra returned home last night after participating in the no-confidence debate from 08.15 a.m. to 10.32 p.m., a total of 14 hours and 17 minutes, Amarin TV and Thai Rath newspaper said. Reporters asked her about the perplexing word “kiki” being mentioned during the debate, and Paetongtarn replied: “I just heard
Read moreOver a 1,000-year-old pagoda unearthed in Phayao
VILLAGERS and monks in northern Phayao city district have unearthed over a thousand-year-old seven-tiered pagoda in rice fields expropriated for the construction of Den Chai-Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong double-track railway, Naewna newspaper said today (March 24). This ancient temple, located near Ban Chedi Ngam community where the construction team is building the railway line, has
Read morePaetongtarn grilled for lacking credentials, covering up Prayut’s mess
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was relentlessly taken to task today (March 24) for alleged lack of credentials and doing without evident honesty whilst virtually running the country as a “puppet” leader pulled around by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. During the first day of a two-day censure
Read moreSomchai gives Prawit high marks, slams PM
FORMER election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn rated the performance of the opposition MPs and Prime Minister Paetongtorn Shinawatra during this morning’s (March 24) no-confidence debate being impressed by Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan while slamming the premier for her brief replies, Naewna newspaper said. (1) Opposition and People’s Party leader Natthapong Ruengpanyawut: He debated smoothly
Read moreThaksin helps PM gear for censure debate starting tomorrow
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said this evening (March 23) that he has helped his daughter/Prime Minister Paetongtan Shinawatra prepare for the non-confidence debate starting tomorrow and is confident she would be able to answer all the questions asked within the rules, Amarin TV said. As for the big target, which is
Read moreFour arrested for transporting war weapons to Phuket
FOUR MEN from Far-South provinces were arrested in Phang Nga while taking four AK-47 assault rifles and some ammunition to Phuket today (March 23), Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Somchai Suetortrakul, commander of Phang Nga provincial police, said the four suspects, Mr. Zulaffal, 28, from Narathiwat, Mr. Saowarus, 27, from Pattani, Mr. Abdul
Read moreShoppers flee in panic as vocational students clash at shopping mall
PANIC-STRICKEN shoppers fled for safety after two groups of vocational students armed with pistols and knives clashed in the middle of a popular shopping mall in Pathumwan district last evening (March 22), Amarin TV said. At 7.30 p.m. Pathumwan police station was alerted of youths fighting in this shopping mall with patrol officers quickly
Read moreTour bus overturns in Phuket injuring tourists
A TOUR BUS carrying 38 Russian tourists overturned after the brakes failed blocking Kamala-Patong road in Phuket late afternoon today (March 22) with all holidaymakers getting injured, Amarin TV said. At 5.10 p.m. Pol. Lt. Pimanat Dinkamin, deputy chief inspector at Kamala police station, was alerted of this accident and quickly rushed there together
Read moreHired queuers brawl over limited edition handbag
A FIGHT broke out among some queuers hired to book the purchase of a limited edition handbag outside a shopping mall in Nonthaburi late last night (March 21) with the brawlers disappearing when police showed up, Amarin TV said. The fight erupted at 11 p.m. last night and afterwards when a reporter from this
Read moreCensure debate against PM tipped to be scorching, relentless
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SCATHING, RELENTLESS verbal barrages and intermittent, vehement protests will likely prevail over a two-day censure debate on the House floor beginning on the upcoming Monday against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. Though the historic motion launched by the People’s-led opposition bloc was primarily designed to grill the country’s second woman prime
Read moreElection Commission urged to impeach Thai Sang Thai renegade MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI SANG THAI today (March 21) pressed the Election Commission to speed up investigation into alleged misconduct of two of the opposition party’s renegade MPs and impeach them accordingly. Thai Sang Thai leader Sudarat Keyurapan formally prompted the Election Commission to finish its probe sooner than later into the
Read moreThailand offers guarantee for pickup truck loans to boost flagging auto sector
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND is offering a guarantee for loans for pickup trucks, a key segment of its car manufacturing industry, as it seeks to boost a flagging auto sector that saw production slump to a four-year low last year. Thailand is Southeast Asia’s biggest autos production centre and an export
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