By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHIEF OPPOSITION WHIP Pakornwut Udompipatsakul today (Aug.19) called on the court-suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to step down now, regardless of an approaching verdict of the Constitutional Court on an impeachment lawsuit filed against her. The MP of the People’s, the largest opposition party, said the embattled prime minister, daughter
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People’s to monitor 157 billion baht development fund
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S LEADER Nattapong Ruengpanyawut today (July 22) pledged to see to it that his opposition party will closely follow the Pheu Thai-led government’s allocations of a sum of 157 billion baht in record funding for varied infrastructural development projects anticipated to be up for grabs by those connected with the
Read more1,200 policemen oversee Saturday’s demonstration
A TOTAL of 1,200 policemen will be deployed to control the demonstration at the Victory Monument on Saturday (June 28) with protesters urged to stay within the framework of the law and avoid affecting use of public space, Naewna newspaper said this evening (June 25). Pol. Lt. Gen. Archayon Kraithong, a police spokesperson, said
Read moreRenegade People’s MP virtually viewed as ‘cobra pickled in a bottle of brine’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S today (May 13) decided to virtually “pickle a cobra in a bottle of brine” after a renegade People’s MP had demanded a formal ouster from the largest opposition party so he could practically skip over to a coalition camp. In a press conference at parliament, People’s leader Nattapong
Read moreRangsiman quashes rumour of wearing pricy Rolex watch
PEOPLE’S Party MP Rangsiman Rome immediately quashed a rumour that he is wearing a Rolex watch worth 500,000 baht as alleged in a Facebook post pointing out that this watch is in fact a Seiko which his wife gave him, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Apr. 27). This Facebook page posted a photo of
Read moreRevenue Dept urged to dig into PM’s tax evasion scandal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT was today (March 28) prompted to officially determine whether Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra may have taken legal loopholes to evade tax in corporate shares transferred to her by close members of her family. People’s MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn formally petitioned Revenue Department Director-General Pinsai Suraswadi to look into
Read moreTourists flock to Full Moon Party at Koh Phangan
THIS MONTH’S Full Moon Party at Koh Phangan is taking place tonight (March 13-14, Moon rise 6.35 p.m.) and promises to be another memorable fun event with lots of tourists having headed there from Lomprayah High Speed Ferries Co., Ltd.’s pier at Koh Samui, Naewna newspaper said. Most of the tourists were young foreigners
Read more‘Parliament collapses’ hashtag top X.com trend today
GOING VIRAL on social media today (Feb. 14) is People’s Party calling on Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to dissolve the House of Representatives and hold a general election after a lack of quorum at a joint session for the second day in a row prevented deliberation of two constitution amendment bills with this being
Read morePeople’s tipped to win seven Nayok Or Bor Jor
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S PARTY is speculated to win seven Nayok Or Bor Jor or heads of provincial administration in the upcoming Saturday’s elections, according to a NIDA academic. The reformist party currently in the opposition bloc at parliament is more or less expected to win seven heads of provincial administration, also
Read moreThammanat’s clique of 20 renegade MPs join Klatham
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A CLIQUE OF 20 RENEGADE MPs headed by former Palang Pracharath secretary-general Thammanat Prompao are joining the Klatham as part of the current Pheu Thai-led coalition government, a partisan source said today (Dec. 18). The Thammanat-led lawmakers, recently ousted from the opposition Palang Pracharath headed by former deputy prime minister
Read morePeople’s MP backs Pheu Thai’s anti-coup legislation
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S MP PARIT Wacharasindhu today (Dec. 10) endorsed a fresh move of the Pheu Thai to put forward an anti-coup legislation, given a numerical advantage of MPs supposedly in support of it. The MP of the People’s, the largest in the opposition bloc, insisted that the anti-coup legislation drafted by
Read moreSenior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party dies while serving prison sentence
By AP and published by Yahoo!News ZAW Myint Maung, a senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party arrested during the 2021 military takeover, died today (Oct. 7) while serving a prison sentence that was considered politically motivated. He was 72. He was a close colleague of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and spokesperson
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 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
Read moreCertain party ‘offering hidden payoffs in bid to recruit senators’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEWLY-ELECTED SENATOR Premsak Piayura alleged today (July 12) a certain political party was quietly attempting to “recruit” a number of his colleagues to covertly get under their umbrella. Without naming names, Premsak said many among the total 200 newly-elected senators who are constitutionally obliged to be practically independent of political
Read morePheu Thai dared to oust Chalerm
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI MP CHALERM Yubamrung today (July 10) dared the ruling party to expel him following the resignation of his son/former MP Wan Yubamrung from a minor post in government. The frustrated Chalerm told reporters that he can no longer stay with the Pheu Thai under de facto party boss
Read moreMove Forward urges people to judge whether senate ‘necessary’ any longer
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD has repeatedly called on the people to consider and judge whether it may be “necessary” for Thailand to have the Senate any longer. Move Forward spokesperson/MP Parit Wacharasindhu today (July 9) suggested the people nationwide to decide for themselves whether it may be ultimately necessary for the
Read moreUK’s Labour on course for huge election majority, exit poll shows
London – Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll on Thursday (July 4) indicated, while Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are forecast to suffer historic losses. Centre-left Labour was on course to capture 410 of the 650 seats
Read morePheu Thai told to stop pressing House Speaker to step down
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, core of the current coalition government, was today (May 1) suggested to stop pressing House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha to step down so he could otherwise be replaced by a Pheu Thai MP. Without elaborating or naming names, Mook Sulaiman, secretary to Wan Noor, advised that
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