By Thai Newsroom Reporters CENSURE debate and subsequent no-confidence votes against Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and 17 other Bhumjaithai members of cabinet were today (Oct.28) rescheduled for December, thus being put off from this week as earlier proposed. Whips of the Anutin II cabinet, the Bhumjaithai-led government and the People’s-led opposition bloc today (Oct.28)
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1,000-baht departure tax put off as tourism looks promising
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said today (Oct. 22) it is inappropriate to introduce a 1,000-baht departure tax at this juncture as last week’s 2026 IMF-World Bank annual meetings had helped enhance the country’s image and showed a clear interest from many nations in returning to Thailand, PPTVHD36 said. Moreover, feedback from Apec
Read morePeace talks with southern insurgency groups put off after Narathiwat attacks
THE Thai government has indefinitely postponed peace talks with southern insurgency groups after two attacks last week with five rangers killed and six civilians injured in one of them while a police officer was slightly injured in a car bomb blast, Naewna newspaper said this morning (July 28). Mr. Thanat Suwannanon, director of the
Read moreLand bridge project delayed by a year to gauge public opinion
THE Transport Ministry has put off submission of a 1-trillion-baht Land Bridge project and draft Southern Economic Corridor (SEC) bill for its implementation to the cabinet for a year in order to gather and evaluate feedback from all sectors, PPTVHD36 said today (July 8). The Land Bridge project is designed to connect two seas
Read moreThird phase 10,000-baht cash handout put off indefinitely
THE third phase of the 10,000-baht cash handout has been indefinitely delayed but the Economic Stimulus Policy Committee said this postponement is not related to not having sufficient money to cover the scheme, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (May 19) Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who chaired the committee’s meeting today, was asked by
Read moreThai-US tariff negotiations postponed
THE expected Thai-US trade negotiations focusing on the 36% tariff US President Donald Trump has imposed on Thailand which was set to take place on Wednesday Apr. 23, 2025 has now been postponed, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Apr. 21). Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said the Thai delegation, headed by Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister
Read moreImpeachment case against PM put off
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT today (June 18) postponed a hearing of an impeachment lawsuit against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin until July 10. In the meantime, the defendant Pheu Thai-attached prime minister and the plaintiff collectively being 40 senators who had launched the surprise impeachment bid were given a 15-day time from
Read moreCourt puts off handing down verdict in Yingluck case
THE Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office-Holders today (Nov. 29) postponed handing down a verdict in a case against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on charges of abusing power in the transfer of a National Security Council official because one of a panel of nine judges had died and a replacement still to
Read moreSuriya puts off capping Bangkok train fares at 20 baht per trip
TRANSPORT Minister Suriya Jungrungruangkit said this afternoon (Sep. 5) the Pheu Thai campaign pledge to cap Bangkok electric train fares at 20 baht a trip is not being written in the coalition government’s policy statement to be delivered to Parliament but it could possibly be implemented in two years’ time, Naewna newspaper and Amarin
Read moreThaksin postpones returning to Thailand
PHEU THAI de facto leader/former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra today (Aug. 5) said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he is postponing his planned return to Thailand next week on Aug. 10 because his doctor has called him for a physical examination. His daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra, head of Pheu Thai
Read moreVote for prime minister put off after court postpones Pita hearing
SOON after the Constitutional Court postponed a hearing on accepting a petition on the constitutionality of a vote denying Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat a second chance to be named prime minister from today Aug. 3 to Aug. 16, tomorrow’s scheduled House/Senate vote for prime minister too was put off, Naewna newspaper said. House
Read moreMyanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying polls
By AFP and published by CNA Yangon – Myanmar’s National Defence and Security Council agreed today (July 31) to extend the country’s state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August. Acting president Myint Swe announced the decision to prolong the state of
Read moreUS puts off sale of F-35A fighters: Air force source
The US has said it is delaying the sale of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters to Thailand with delivery of the first two earlier expected in 2034, an air force source told Naewna newspaper today (May 23). According to the source, US Ambassador Robert F. Godec met Air Force Chief ACM Alongkorn
Read moreCambodia shelves first Asean meeting over attendance ‘difficulties’
By Reuters and published by The Straits Times Phnom Penh – Cambodia said today (Jan. 12) it had postponed a meeting of foreign ministers of Asean scheduled for next week, because some ministers had expressed “difficulties” in attending. The meeting was the first under Cambodia’s chairmanship of the 10-member bloc, which comes amid divisions
Read moreReopening of entertainment venues put off to Jan. 15
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today (Nov. 12) postponed the reopening of entertainment venues such as pubs, bars and karaoke lounges from Dec. 1, 2021 to Jan. 15, 2022, Amarin TV said. It had been expected that these entertainment venues would be allowed to reopen on Dec. 1, 2021 after the country opened
Read moreSeveral Bangkok hospitals postpone vaccination next week
AN announcement posted on the Facebook page Bangkok Metropolitan Adminisration’s Medical Service Department today (June 13) said hospitals in its network are postponing first shot Covid vaccination for those due to receive one during June 14-17 by having made an appointment via Mor Phrom app, TV Channel 7 said. The department added that the
Read moreHua Hin folk miffed as hospital puts off Covid jabs
A LOT of people at the seaside resort town Hua Hin complained about a local hospital putting off their coronavirus vaccination due to take place during June 7-11 because of insufficient vaccines, Siam Rath said this evening (June 3). Hua Hin Hospital announced on its Facebook page that it has been allocated 930 doses
Read morePM, Cabinet put off AstraZeneca jab after scare in Europe
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and cabinet ministers postponed getting their AstraZeneca vaccination shot this morning (March 12) after it was reported that seven European countries had suspended using this brand of coronavirus vaccine over blood clot fears, TV Channel 7 reported. Instead of going to Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute at the Public Health Ministry to
Read moreBREAKING NEWS: About-face on reopening Phuket airport
By Bhuva Chira, Sanook.com THE Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) issued an announcement today (15.5.2020) closing Phuket airport, with the stated reason being that the coronavirus pandemic remains a threat, even though it had issued an announcement yesterday allowing it to reopen on May 16, Sanook.com reported. In yesterday’s announcement CAAT said Phuket airport
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