THE Election Commission ramped up security measures this evening (Sep. 24) to head off any trouble when former leader of People’s Alliance for Democracy, aka “Yellow Shirts”, Sondhi Limthongkul and his supporters arrive tomorrow to submit a formal complaint, Amarin TV said. The polling agency office coordinated with Dhanarak Asset Development Co.,Ltd. to implement
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Supajee pins Sondhi’s allegations of excessive foreign access on regulatory adjustment
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Commerce Minister Supajee Suthumpun today (Sep. 11) said allegations by former leader of People’s Alliance for Democracy, aka “Yellow Shirts”, Sondhi Limthongkul of opening the door too wide for foreign entities, likening it to selling off economic sovereignty, sprang from regulatory adjustment undertaken to halt overlap of procedures and help attract high-quality
Read moreSondhi kicks off multi-provincial tour with Israeli embassy being first stop
FORMER leader of People’s Alliance for Democracy, aka “Yellow Shirts”, Sondhi Limthongkul launched a new political movement under the slogan “Take Back our Thailand” in front of the Israeli embassy, the first stop of a multi-provincial tour, following the deportation of an Israeli man, Mr. Yaacov Ohayon, after Koh Samui Provincial Court found him
Read moreThaksin accused of buying his way to power, privilege
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra was today (Dec. 18) accused of buying his way to power and privilege with his money since he returned home from self-exile abroad last year. Former leading Red Shirt and Yellow Shirt activists today submitted a joint petition to the National Anti-Corruption Commission
Read moreDebris falling from Yellow Line train hits two vehicles, service halted
THE MRT Yellow Line service was temporarily halted for repairs at 9 a.m. this morning (Mar. 28) after parts of a train going from Thanya Park to Paradise Park shopping malls fell down and hit two vehicles running on Srinakarin road below, Amarin TV said. Prawet police station said they had issued a traffic
Read moreUrgent: Yellow Line temporarily shut due to key problem
BANGKOK’S MRT Yellow Line electric train developed a problem at 9 a.m. today (Mar. 28) and a notification was issued that service to all stations on this route has been temporarily halted for repairs, Matichon newspaper said. Passengers were urged to check the status of this train service and plan their journeys accordingly. On
Read moreAppeals Courts dismisses case against Yellow Shirt leader, members
THE APPEALS Court this morning (Nov. 2) upheld a verdict to dismiss a case against Mr. Sondhit Limthongkul, co-founder of now defunct People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD), commonly known as Yellow Shirts, and 20 other members on charges of using force and violence to cause chaos and revolt by besieging and obstructing Parliament to
Read morePhang Nga’s anti-graft chief checks yellow elder trees costing over 6,000 baht each
PHANG NGA’S National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) chief and other officials visited a canal improvement project in front of the City Hall yesterday (Mar. 8) after a tip-off by Corruption Deterrence Centre that 37 yellow elder trees were purchased for 6,090.50 baht each and grown there, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Mar. 9). Ms.
Read moreWeb page alleges yellow elder trees bought for over 6,000 baht each in Phang Nga
A WEB PAGE entitled “Watchdog Operation” in Thai today (Mar. 6) alleged that the Phang Nga provincial administration had purchased 37 yellow elder trees for 6,090.50 baht each, totalling 225,348.50 baht, as part of a canal improvement project in front of the City Hall last year, Naewna newspaper said. A reporter from this newspaper
Read moreChilli sauce shop sells out after evicting red-shirt TV host
THE Thai spicy chilli sauce shop at the centre of a drama with political undertones that erupted yesterday (Sept. 21) after the owner evicted a red-shirt TV programme host despite an appointment for a shoot a month in advance is now raking it in having sold out most of her products overnight, TV Channel 7
Read moreRed-shirt TV programme host evicted from chilli sauce shop
GOING VIRAL on the Thai social media today (Sept. 21) is the eviction of a TV programme host who is a red-shirt suporter from a well-known Thai spicy chili sauce shop even though she had made an appointment a month in advance to go in for a shoot, Matichon newspaper said. Ms Kham Phaka,
Read moreInstitute says protesters’ yellow duck coupon is illegal
THE much-sought-after yellow duck coupons, with 3,000 of them each worth 10 baht being distributed to the protesters at the rally outside the Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) head office last evening (Nov. 25), have been branded illegal, Amarin TV reported this morning. The coupons were valid for only one day and were usable in purchasing
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