By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI ECONOMIC MP Thammanat Prompao said today (Mar.1) his brand-new party will definitely not be part of a total of 260 government MPs who may continue to support Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as earlier claimed by the leader of a coalition partner. Thammanat, speculated to be named secretary-general of Thai Economic
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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
Read moreBTS 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
Read moreThaksin foresees change of government in second half
FORMER prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday (Jan. 3) that Thailand will likely get a new government in the second half of this year and although this will be a tough year for Thai people things should change in the latter half, Amarin TV said today. In an interview with Theroom44channel.com the former premier said
Read moreChaos 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
Read moreNew emergency loan to tackle new wave, maintain country’s fluidity
THE government has detailed that the new set of emergency loans will help Thailand maintain its financial fluidity in dealing with the unstable Covid-19 situation, while upholding the national and general public’s interests, NNT said today (May 25). The government passed a new Emergency Decree permitting the Ministry of Finance to seek an additional 500
Read moreClubhouse emerges as platform for Thai dissidents, govt issues warning
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters, published by US News & World Report THAILAND warned users of Clubhouse not to break the law after the audio social media app emerged almost overnight as a platform for discussion of the monarchy, the latest example of the fast-growing app drawing the ire of governments in Asia. Digital minister
Read morePheu Thai tells govt to probe use of tear gas
THE government was pressured by Pheu Thai Party to investigate and clarify who used tear gas against unarmed protesters last Thursday night (Feb. 10) which led to some of them being injured with coming only three of days after a phone call from US voicing concern about recent arrests, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Feb.
Read moreProtest guards help farmers to sell shrimp next to Govt House
THE We Volunteer protest guards, or WeVo, brought shrimp farmers from Nakhon Pathom province to sell over a tonne of fresh white shrimp at the Government House’s Gate One today (Dec. 26) so as to help them after the main shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province was shut recently with the new outbreak of Covid-19
Read moreSix test positive for Covid-19 at Govt House, confirmation awaited
WITH the Government House and the Prime Minister’s Secretariat also being vigilant amid the new outbreak of coronavirus, 350 out of the total 700 civil servants and state employees working there were tested for the deadly disease today (Dec. 25) and six of them got a positive result, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Chulalongkorn Hospital
Read moreProtesters block off Govt House, staying there tonight
THE People’s Party demonstrators reached Government House at 6.10 p.m. and settled there for the night after taking over the stretch of Phitsanulok Road in front it while periodically shouting “Out Big Tu” (Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s nickname is Tu and he often referred to as Big Tu or Uncle Tu), Thai Rath Newspaper reported
Read morePM denies setting up national government, nor quitting
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Sept. 28) quashed speculations that a national government is being set up with Pheu Thai Party joining in after it votes in a new executive committee, Thai Rath newspaper report. Gen. Prayut also denied giving up and getting ready to step down from premiership. Upon being questioned by reporters at
Read moreGovt 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.
Read moreMystery fire at Govt House guts two motorcycles
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOTORBIKES PARKED in the premises of Government House caught a mystery fire in the middle of last night. Two of the four motorcycles, owned by some employees attached to Government House and parked alongside one another, were damaged beyond repair and the two others were slightly damaged by the blaze, which
Read moreGovt 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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