BEING considered is a measure to promote exchanging old cars for new electric/hybrid cars to reduce reliance on oil with this being part of the Finance Ministry’s strategy to drive economic growth, PPTVHD36 said this evening (April 10). Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said other steps include reducing officials’ study trips, topping up
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Many tour packages sold out as Chinese flock to Thailand
SO MANY Chinese tourists are heading to Thailand for Lunar New Year holidays that many tour packages offered by travel agencies are completely sold out, PPTVHD36 quoted Chinese media as saying today (Feb. 17). Top Thai tourist destinations are currently packed with Chinese tourists but those who had not purchased a tour package in
Read more3,731 drink-driving cases in six days of New Year holidays
THERE were a total of 3,936 traffic accidents during six days of New Year holidays (Dec. 30-Jan. 4) with drink-driving accounting for a staggering 3,731 cases (94.79%), TV Channel 7 said this morning (Jan. 5). Pol. Lt. Col. Piya Raksakul, director of Probation Department, said despite intensified enforcement measures yesterday there were altogether 813
Read morePeople ready for early election but fear instability in forming govt: Opinion poll
MOST people are ready for an early election next year but fear turmoil as big political parties jostle to form the new government, a survey conducted by Suan Dusit Poll and released today (Nov. 9) shows. According to this survey which was recently conducted among a total of 1,174 people nationwide, altogether 56.81% of
Read moreJan. 2 added as special holiday, stretching New Year break to 5 days
THE Cabinet has approved Friday January 2, 2026 as a special holiday thus extending the New Year break to five days, PPTVHD 36 said today (Nov. 1). A Cabinet meeting of the previous coalition government with de facto Pheu Thai boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the prime minister had on Nov. 12,
Read morePublic referendum on new charter, Thai-Khmer MoUs may be held on same day alongside general election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PUBLIC REFERENDUM, largely anticipated to be held nationwide early next year, may simultaneously involve a couple of significant issues on which the people will decide whether and how a future government may work at the same time when they will pick their representatives in a general election, Deputy Prime
Read moreAnutin rushed to meet dad at hospital after being voted PM
SOON AFTER being voted Thailand’s 32nd Prime Minister with 311 votes from lawmakers Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul rushed to Ramathibodi Hospital to visit his father, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Sep. 5). Upon arriving at 5.40 p.m. Anutin bowed to his father, Chavarat Charnvirakul who is also a former interior minister, and hugged him
Read moreCourt-ordered ouster of Paetongtarn as culture minister sought
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SENATE WAS today (July 2) petitioned to put forward a fresh impeachment lawsuit against the newly-named Culture Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra after she has been already ordered by the Constitutional Court to stop running the country as head of government pending a court verdict on basis of allegations that she
Read moreFirst US pope as Robert Francis Prevost becomes Leo XIV
By AFP and published by CNA Vatican City – Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (May 8) after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the first leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics to hail from the United States. Tens of thousands of well-wishers cheered as Pope Leo,
Read moreBus terminal packed as holidaymakers head home
THE New Year travel rush has started with 120,000 people expected to board buses and head home from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak) by 11 p.m. this evening (Dec. 27) with a key difference this year being strict scanning of luggage, TV Channel 7 said. Most of the travellers were carrying lots of gifts for
Read moreEx-army chief tipped to lead brand-new, neo-conservative party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER ARMY CHIEF Apirat Kongsompong is largely speculated to head a brand-new, neo-conservative party which might probably be set up in the foreseeable future and contest the next general election. The neo-conservative party whose official name is yet to be coined is more or less believed to be set up
Read more‘Like father, like daughter and son’ features in Pheu Thai-led Cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NEW PHEU THAI-LED coalition government under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra remarkably features certain members of cabinet literally named in pure relation to hereditary factors. The most conspicuous among the hereditarily related ministers is Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss/billionaire power player Thaksin Shinawatra. The 38-year-old woman prime
Read moreNew Pheu Thai-led govt not starting to work until mid-September
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A NEW PHEU THAI-LED government will not start to work until around the middle of September, said acting Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai today (Aug. 31). All 36 ministers-designate from varied coalition partners, including Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, are being individually,
Read moreNew lineup of Pheu Thai-led Cabinet members completed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE LATEST LINEUP OF 36 members of a new Pheu Thai-led Cabinet with the Democrats replacing the Palang Pracharath has been finished, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra confirmed today (Aug 30). Following yesterday’s historic event in which the Democrats jumped onto the Pheu Thai government bandwagon, capping 23 years of antagonism
Read more`Paetongtarn not going to take defence minister’s seat: Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (Aug. 20) categorically denied newly-named Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will concurrently assume the post of defence minister in an imminent cabinet lineup. Thaksin said Paetongtarn, his youngest daughter who concurrently acts as Pheu Thai leader, would almost certainly prefer to not take
Read moreCoalition partners’ No. 2 figures to concurrently assume Cabinet seats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SECRETARIES-GENERAL of two coalition partners will likely be concurrently given ministerial seats in a new cabinet lineup under Prime Minister-designate Paetongtarn Shinawatra, partisan sources said today (Aug. 17). That refers to Pheu Thai Secretary-General Sorawong Thianthong and Ruam Thai Sang Chart Secretary-General Ekkanat Prompan, both of whom are largely
Read moreChaikasem hot favourite to be named new PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHAIKASEM NITISIRI has emerged as the hot favourite to be named prime minister on the upcoming Friday, a partisan source said today (Aug. 14). Chaikasem, a former attorney-general/currently the Pheu Thai party-listed MP, is largely expected to be named head of the Pheu Thai-led coalition government in Friday’s special session
Read moreHouse tipped to name new PM on Friday
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES meeting will likely be held on the upcoming Friday to pick a new prime minister in place of the court-deposed Srettha Thavisin. According to chief government whip Wisut Chaiyanaroon, the House will likely convene on Friday to name a new head of government to replace Srettha
Read morePublic cash donation for People’s Party amounts to 4.5 million baht in four hours
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AVALANCHE OF MORE THAN 4.5 million baht in cash has been donated in a short period of four hours today (Aug. 9) by members of the public for the People’s Party. About 7,700 people have so far donated a combined 4.5 million baht in cash for the People’s, a
Read moreNaruemon named leader of brand-new Klatham Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI TRADE Representative Naruemon Pinyosinwat was today (Aug 6) named leader of an MP-less Klatham Party. In a general caucus of the Klatham at a Bangkok hotel, Naruemon was unanimously named leader of the brand-new party with Satchavit Leelavanich being named secretary-general of the party. Naruemon, a former deputy labour
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