By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Oct. 5) bowed to pressure from a coalition partner over the running of four agencies attached to the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry. Prayut today rescinded his own directive issued last week for Deputy Prime Minister/Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan to take charge of the Agricultural
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Democrat Party against Prawit taking charge of Agriculture Ministry agencies
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRAT PARTY today (Oct. 1) expressed strong opposition to the handing over of certain agencies of the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, who concurrently performs as leader of the Palang Pracharath Party. Democrat Party spokesman Ramet Ratanachaweng commented that the coalition partner has definitely not
Read moreBrand-new, pro-Prayut party aiming to recruit MPs from Prawit’s camp
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FORMER ELECTORAL STRATEGIST said today (Sept. 29) he aimed at talking 13 MPs of the Palang Pracharath Party into leaving for a brand-new one with intent to help Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha prolong his rule. Suchart Jantarachotikul, the former electoral strategist for the Palang Pracharath Party in the southern
Read morePrawit looks to keep Sam Mit faction’s powers in check
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader/Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has decided to contain Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin’s powers among the rank and file of the ruling party, sources said today (Sept. 27). Prawit will likely name Somsak who currently sits on the Palang Pracharath Party’s executive board merely as adviser to
Read moreEx-deputy ministers Thammanat, Naruemon retain key posts in ruling party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DESPITE OF HAVING BEEN DEPRIVED of cabinet posts, Thammanat Prompow and Naruemon Pinyosinwat will stay on as secretary general and treasurer of the Palang Pracharath Party respectively and will not be replaced by anyone else as yet, said a source in the ruling party today (Sept. 11). Former deputy agriculture
Read more7 turncoat Pheu Thai MPs face expulsion for not voting against Prayut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEVEN TURNCOAT PHEU THAI MPs who have not cast a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha might probably be expelled from the opposition party and automatically lose their MP status, said a deputy party leader today (Sept. 5). Deputy Pheu Thai Party leader Yutthapong Charatsathian confirmed he himself will
Read moreDaily Covid deaths rise to 312 while 28 youths nabbed at a party
THAILAND saw its daily Covid death count climb to record 312 but the number of cases held steady at 20,515 today (Aug. 18) while 28 youths were rounded up for holding a party in Ratchadapisek area, Sanook.com said. The Public Health Ministry said of today’s new batch of cases 20,267 were among the general
Read more61 adolescents caught breaking curfew for beach party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SIXTY-ONE adolescents were rounded up on a beach in Songkhla for allegedly breaking curfew and partying with alcoholic beverages last night (August 4), police said. The 61 adolescents, 30 of whom aged under 18 years, were arrested on charges of violating the communicable disease and emergency rules with the boisterous birthday
Read more48 youths held in raid at Songkhla hotel party
SOUTHERN Songkhla officials and police raided a party held at a hotel on Koh Yo island and arrested 48 youths with drugs also found at the scene, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (July 23). At around 11 p.m. last night Mr. Chaiphon Niyomkaew, chief of Mueang Songkhla district, together with police and officials
Read moreBhumjaithai Party ‘never thought about’ pulling out of coalition government
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul and party secretary general Saksayam Chidchob today (July 21) announced they have ”never thought about” withdrawing from the Prayut coalition government but intended to stay on until the end of its four-year term. Anutin and Saksayam gave a press conference at the party’s headquarters only
Read moreDemocrat, Bhumjaithai parties tipped to withdraw from Prayut government
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRAT AND BHUMJAITHAI parties are largely expected to withdraw from the coalition government under Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in foreseeable future in the face of his alleged failures to address the domestic pandemic situation, said a noted political activist yesterday (July 12). Sombat Boonngam-anong, leader of a sustained anti-Prayut protest
Read moreMyanmar electoral body to dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi party: Local media
By Reuters, published by The Straits Times Yangon – Myanmar’s junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy Party (NLD) because of what it said was fraud in a November election, news outlet Myanmar Now said today (May 21), citing a commissioner. Myanmar Now said the decision was made during
Read moreFinance Ministry locks gates as protesters show up
PROTESTERS gathered at a Finance Ministry gate today (Jan. 22) to hand in a letter on budget allocation as called upon to do so by the People’s Party yesterday, Siam Rath newspaper said. In their letter the protesters said that they want to reclaim the Royal and military budgets to distribute it to all the
Read moreCommunication cables in front of Pheu Thai Party HQ burst into flames
A BUNCH of tangled communications cables in front of Pheu Thai Party headquarters on New Petchburi road caught fire at 3.17 p.m. today (Nov. 22) leading to heavy traffic congestion both inbound and outbound, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Firemen from Bangkapi station and Metropolitan Electricity Authority officials quickly rushed to the scene to put
Read moreAirbnb announces a ‘global party ban’ for public health reasons
By CNBC AIRBNB announced today (August 20) a global ban on all parties and events at its listings for health reasons. The home-sharing platform, which made the announcement in a blog post today, said it would also introduce a property occupancy cap of 16 people. “Instituting a global ban on parties and events is in
Read morePalang Pracharath Party rocked as 18 executive directors quit
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha refused to comment on more than half Palang Pracharath Party executive directors resigning today (June 1) with this leading to party leader Uttama Savanayana, secretary-general Sontirat Sontijirawong and all current executive directors vacating their positions, Sanook.com reported. Gen Prayut was questioned by the Press about this group resignation and whether it
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