By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI LEADER ANUTIN Charnvirakul said today (June 13) the coalition partner would rather become an opposition party if he himself was removed as interior minister anytime soon. The titular leader of the second largest coalition partner steered by de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob declined to say whether he would
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Medical Council’s action against 3 Thaksin doctors can be appealed: Somchai
THE Medical Council’s vote yesterday (June 12) upholding a decision to warn one doctor and suspend the licence of two others for allowing de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to stay at Police Hospital rather than prison for six months until he was paroled can be appealed but there is also criminal penalty
Read morePM visits tense border area, inspects survival shelters
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her entourage visited the tense Thai-Cambodian border at Kap Choeng district, Surin province, to inspect building survival shelters after a border clash on May 28 led to one Cambodian soldier being killed, Naewna newspaper said today (June 11). She is believed to be the first leader from both sides
Read moreCourt trial over Thaksin’s Police Hospital fake-out case delayed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a technical respite quietly provided for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, a court trial on the Police Hospital fake-out case against him has been put off until after the next couple of weeks. The Supreme Court judges in charge of criminal lawsuits against
Read moreBhumjaithai kept in govt, Ruam Thai Sang Chart kicked out
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra has quietly resolved to keep the Bhumjaithai, albeit as the coalition government’s thorn in the side, whilst kicking out the Ruam Thai Sang Chart in near future, a partisan source said over the weekend. Given unconfirmed, yet welcomed news
Read more‘No room for bargaining’ over Interior portfolio: Anutin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI LEADER ANUTIN Charnvirakul today (June 7) categorically insisted that the interior minister’s seat remain with him and that there be no room for bargaining over it with the Pheu Thai, core of the coalition government, as otherwise designed by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin
Read moreBhumjaithai, Ruam Thai Sang Chart urged to part company with Pheu Thai-led govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI and Ruam Thai Sang Chart could possibly part company with the Pheu Thai-led government if their titular leaders were kicked out of the cabinet at any given time, suggested a noted academic today (June 6). Given Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s evident
Read morePrasert tipped to take Anutin’s place as interior minister
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRASERT JANTARARUANGTONG is expected to be named interior minister in place of Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul in a new cabinet lineup later this month. Prasert, currently the Pheu Thai-attached deputy prime minister-cum-digital economy & society minister, is speculated to take Anutin’s place as interior minister following comments earlier made by
Read moreThaksin: Talks held with Hun Sen, both sides retreating
FORMER prime minister and de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said this afternoon (May 30) that he regularly talks to Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen and the conflict that led to a clash between the troops of the two countries at Chong Bok, Ubon Ratchathani province, in which one Cambodian soldier was killed
Read moreThaksin wants Interior portfolio back from Bhumjaithai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (May 30) expressed his design to have his largest ruling party take charge of the Ministry of Interior in lieu of the Bhumjaithai so that, he said, their government policies could practically have “access” to the people nationwide. Thaksin, father of Prime
Read morePowers-that-be dissatisfied with Paetongtarn running the country: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE POWERS-THAT-BE have ultimately found Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra performing so poorly that such an unqualified, incompetent head of government should be replaced in foreseeable future, according to a noted academic. Virtually viewed as a “puppet” pulled around behind the scenes by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra,
Read morePaetongtarn: Talks held with Cambodian PM to resolve border problem
FOLLOWING a brief clash between Thai and Cambodian troops at Chong Bok, Ubon Ratchathani province, early this morning (May 28) Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said this evening that she held talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on resolving the border problem quickly but she kept mum on her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss
Read moreHouse might be dissolved in face of govt budgeting irregularities scandal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra might probably be told by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to dissolve the House of Representatives if an unprecedented lawsuit against current and previous Pheu Thai-led cabinet members, coalition MPs and pro-government senators on charge of breaching the constitution pertaining to alleged government
Read moreThaksin shows up to dampen escapee hearsay
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (May 27) showed up in public to refute rumours of his fleeing the country ahead of next month’s court trial under which he is legally obliged to testify among others. Approached by reporters at the headquarters of the Office of the Narcotic
Read morePM denies trip to UK was just a holiday
PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra said this evening (May 25) before flying to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to attend the 46th Asean summit that her trip to UK and Monaco was far from being a vacation with progress made on bringing Formula 1 city circuit Grand Prix to Thailand, Amarin TV said. The Prime Minister said
Read morePheu Thai MP denies Thaksin has fled overseas
A PHEU Thai party-list MP quashed rumours that de facto party boss/ father of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has fled abroad and blasted rumour-mongers for stirring trouble, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (May 25). The MP, Mr. Anusorn Iamsa-ard, said Thaksin returned to Thailand in August 2023 after 17 years of self exile for
Read moreThaksin to use more ‘resources’ to fight legal battles ‘until the end’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra will likely use more of his “resources” whilst striving to keep himself, his daughter-turned-prime minister and his Pheu Thai-led government affected the least possible by multiple legal battles, according to partisan sources. Though yesterday’s final verdict passed by the Supreme Administrative Court for
Read moreYingluck finally ordered to pay in part for loss-ridden rice subsidy scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT today (May 22) passed judgment to overrule the Central Administrative Court’s earlier verdict for fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and finally gave an order for her to pay compensation in cash for damage done in a previous Pheu Thai government’s graft-infested rice subsidy scheme. The
Read morePaetongtarn visits UK, Monaco to boost trade and soft power
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has begun a five-day official visit to the United Kingdom and Monaco from May 21 to 25, accompanied by a delegation from the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, and other government agencies. The trip seeks to expand trade opportunities in the European Union, increase international market
Read moreHouse dissolution likely if Bhumjaithai rejected casino bill: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra would likely be told by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to dissolve the House of Representatives if the Bhumjaithai effectually turned down legislation due in early July to open casinos anywhere in Thailand, according to a noted academic. The mega-billionaire, power player would
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