THE People’s Party demonstrators started moving towards Government House at 2.35 p.m. today (Oct. 14) after negotiations with police at Mahakan Fort intersection whereby they were allowed to head there via Nakhon Sawan road and not Ratchadamnoen Nok, Thai Rath newspaper reported While negotiations took place the protesters intermittently shouted, “open the way.” Along the
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Protest kicks off with police vehicle being forced to leave
AFTER moving up their demonstration at Democracy Monument from 2 p.m. to 8 a.m. this morning (Oct. 14), the protest leaders expanded the assembly area to cover one traffic lane of Ratchadamnoen Klang Road and then forced a police vehicle that had driven in to warn them that they are breaking the law to leave,
Read moreTrump campaign’s next steps unclear after White House return
By AP, published by New Indian Express Washington – US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is poised to reshape the campaign’s final four weeks as aides debated how to move past an extraordinary setback while grappling with how to send an infected president back on the road. A race that had remained
Read moreGreen light for two long weekends in November, December
THE CABINET meeting today (Sept. 22) presided over by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha approved additional holidays in November and rescheduled a holiday in December to create two more long weekends which would give people an opportunity to travel and this in turn help stimulate the economy, Sanook.com reported. Thursday and Friday November 19 and 20
Read moreMysterious plastic plaque shows up at Sanam Luang
AFTER THE removal of the second Khana Rasadorn plaque from Sanam Luang last night, with it not yet know who dug it out and whether it has been destroyed, at 2 p.m. this afternoon (Sept. 21) a plastic copy of the same plaque was placed at the same spot, Siam Rath newspaper reported. The plastic
Read morePenguin calls on Thais to paralyze the country on October 14
IN OFFICIALLY ending the demonstration entitled “September 19 Reclaiming People’s Power” at 9.09 a..m. this morning (Oct. 20) one of the leaders, Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, called on the people and students to stop working and studying on October 14, which is the anniversary of the mass uprising against military dictatorship in 1973, and
Read moreSanam Luang demonstration grows bigger
DESPITE the rain more people are flocking to Sanam Luang ground this evening (Sept. 19) to join thousands of others already there as the demonstration by Thammasat Alliance, entitled “September 19 Reclaiming People’s Power,” grows bigger, Thai Rath newspaper reported. The protesters are well prepared with raincoats and umbrellas and are also wearing face masks.
Read moreDemonstration starts at Thammasat University Tha Prachan campus
LEADERS of the demonstrators, who call themselves Thammasat Alliance and their rally “September 19 Reclaiming People’s Power”, were to start giving speeches from 2 p.m. onwards at Thammasat University Tha Prachan campus’ football field, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 19, 2020). The demonstrators had pushed their way into campus through the gate after cutting
Read moreBangkok housing market likely to drop by 39% year-on-year
THE Greater Bangkok residential market is expected shrink by 39% year-on-year with new launches seen to bring in a total of 72,875 units compared to 118,975 units unveiled in 2019, the independent survey firm Agency for Real Estate Affairs (AREA) said today (June 18, 2020). Dr Sopon Pornchokchai, president of AREA’s Research and Appraisal Information
Read moreUnemployment surged to 9.6% in Bangkok last month
KASIKORN Research Centre’s latest survey on the living conditions of Thai households in Bangkok and surrounding provinces shows that unemployment rate soared to 9.6% in May as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, PostToday reported this morning (5.6.2020). This survey, held during May 21-28, indicated that the jobless rate should reach the highest point in
Read morePattaya heavily flooded after bad summer storm
BOTH Pattaya and Banglamung district of Chonburi province were heavily flooded at 3.30 p.m. yesterday after a violent rainstorm lashed the whole area for an hour with floodwaters being 50 centimetres to a metre high at some points, Sanook.com reported this morning (15.5.2020). Flooding was heaviest at Pattaya’s Soi Khao Noi, Sukhumvit and railway roads
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