Business

Concern over impact of election lingering till August

  THE UPCOMING election is affecting investment by the private sector which will slow down until August as it is then that it is expected a new government will be in place,  Matichon newspaper quoted the head of Federation of Thai Industries Mr. Kriangkrai Thiennukul as saying this evening (Mar. 1). This gap that has

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Activists hold unofficial vote for or against Prayut government in many provinces

THE PRO-DEMOCRACY RATSADON Group (People’s Party) organised political activity in 34 provinces where people could cast a vote of either confidence or no confidence in the Prayut government ahead of the marathon censure/no-confidence debate taking place in Parliament from Tuesday July 19 till Friday July 22, Matichon newspaper. In Bangkok voting stations were set up

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Strong response after Thammanat highlights plight of performers

FORMER PALANG PRACHARATH Party secretary-general Thammanat Prompow drew attention to the plight of entertainers as many of them are now starving after over two years of the Covid pandemic wreaking havoc with some netizens commenting that he should quickly remove this coalition government, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Feb. 20). Thammanant, who is an MP

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BTS Green Line project extension no breaking point for coalition govt: Anutin

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER / BHUMJAITHAI Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul denied today (Feb.15) the controversial extension of the BTS Green Line concession might finally be a breaking point for the Palang Pracharath-led coalition government.  Anutin categorically dismissed speculation that the coalition government would fall apart in the face of the planned

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Health

Chaos at Govt House after official catches Covid

  OFFICIALS at Government House panicked today (May 27) after finding out that a card exchange staff member has contracted coronavirus and was working last Tuesday when a Cabinet meeting was held, Sanook.com said. Reporters at Government House said Covid control measures were relaxed here recently allowing those among them who had been vaccinated to

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Govt House staff moving papers out as mob is heading there on Sunday

WITH demonstrators who are gathering in Bangkok on Saturday September 19 intending to march to Government House the next day, Sunday, security staff and police have started moving out all important documents from the complex with parking being banned there from tomorrow evening till Sunday, Siam Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Sept. 17, 2020). Mr.

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Govt candidate triumphs in Lampang by-election

By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GOVERNMENT candidate has won today’s by-election for MP in Lampang largely defeating his archrival from an opposition party. According to unofficial results of the by-election in Constituency 4 of Lampang, the Palang Pracharath candidate, Wattana Sitthiwang, won more than 45,000 votes. That compared to an estimated 26,000 votes cast for

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