BANGKOK, 9 April 2011 (NNT)-The Pheu Thai Party has called on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to specify the date for the House Dissolution and tackle rising product prices while the Opposition is prepared to expose product hoarders. Deputy Spokesperson of the opposition Pheu Thai Party, Jirayu Huangsap said it was important that the day to […]
Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has emerged from months of silence in his self-imposed exile to say he intends to play a key role in running from afar Thailand’s economic policies if the opposition Puea Thai Party wins the coming elections. His move comes while Puea Thai is mired in an internal conflict to seek […]
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will ask the Public Health Ministry and the Comptroller General’s Department to put strict controls on the medical benefit reimbursement scheme for civil servants. The move follows findings indicating two state hospitals in the Northeast spent an irregular amount of money on prescription antihyperlipidemics and drugs to treat gastroesophageal […]
BANGKOK, April 9 — The death toll from severe flooding and mudslides in Thailand’s southern provinces has risen to 63 as search-and-rescue operations continued by concerned officials, said Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit on Saturday. Meanwhile, he said, the urgent problem now facing doctors is that distressed victims may resort to committing suicide as they […]
BANGKOK, 8 April 2011 (NNT) – As part of the security measure during the red shirt rally of the United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) on 10 April, the Bangkok Metropolitan Police will station seven companies of officers around the gathering site. Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Police Major General Piya Uthayo gave an interview regarding […]
Super Giant, a world-famous mobile theme park coming to Bangkok from April 16 to May 29, is aiming to draw a million visitors and generate income of Bt500 million. Kevin Yoo, chief executive officer of Apirom International, local joint owner of the attraction, said Bangkok would be the first stop on the park’s Asian Tour […]
Two couples were caned in Indonesia’s staunchly Muslim Aceh province on Friday after being caught having extramarital affairs, a prosecutor said. About two hundred people gathered after Friday prayers to watch the four people receive their allotted lashes at a mosque in the city of Jantho, southeast of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh. Sudirman, 43, […]
BANGKOK, April 8 — Thailand’s Customs Department officials arrested a man in Prachuap Khiri Khan province for attempting to smuggle nearly 2,000 live tree monitor lizards worth more than Bt1.8 million to Bangkok. Customs Department Director-General Prasong Poontaneat told a press conference that a checkpoint set up at Silaloi sub district of Sam Roi Yot […]
