A RE-ELECTION FOR head of provincial administration, also known in Thai as Nayok Or Bor Jor, will be held in four provinces mostly due to lack of overwhelming votes for the winning candidates. Election Commission Secretary-General Sawaeng Boonmee confirmed today (Feb.3) the election for Nayok Or Bor Jor will be held in Suphanburi, Trang,
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Thanathorn moving to build a better party after only winning in Lamphun
AFTER People’s Party only secured one seat in Saturday’s elections for head of provincial administration, also known in Thai as Nayok Or Bor Jor, in 47 provinces, Mr. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, former leader of the Future Forward Party and assistant campaigner, said the experience he gained over the past two months will help him build
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 moreSrettha downsizing army of officials accompanying him on provincial tour
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Sep.26) told all members of his cabinet to no longer manage to have too many government officials accompany him during his official trips to the provinces. Government spokesman Chai Wacharong quoted the prime minister as suggesting that all cabinet members no longer give orders for
Read morePichet pushes for revival of provincial House offices nationwide
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY HOUSE SPEAKER Pichet Chuamuangpan is pushing for revival of provincial offices of the House of Representatives throughout the country. Pichet, a Pheu Thai MP of Chiang Rai, confirmed today (Sep.20) he is currently putting forward the earlier-hatched scheme to revive the provincial House offices in all 77 provinces where
Read moreAcademics endorse Move Forward policy for provincial governor election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ACADEMICS AT NO LESS THAN 20 universities in all regions of the country are lending full support for the Move Forward campaign policy to have all provincial governors elected by the people. Chiang Mai University political scientist Dhanesuan Charoenmuang has confirmed that those university academics, the number of whom will
Read moreMinistry: 38 provinces imposing quarantine on travellers
THE Interior Ministry’s Coronavirus Management Centre said this afternoon (April 11) all travellers to 38 provinces will now be quarantined with each province having separately worked out the details of this new requirement, TV Channel 7 said. The ministry added that these provinces had issued preventive measures because the new outbreak of coronavirus is spreading
Read moreCabbies drive woman to provincial home after turning down sex for ride offer
GOING viral in the Thai online world is the kindness of four exhausted taxi drivers who took turns in driving a young woman from Bangkok to Nakhon Sawan after she had been tricked to come to the capital and left stranded with no money and had offered to trade herself for a ride but they
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