Any attempt by a future government to abolish the system of the Interior Ministry appointing village representatives up to provincial level – and replacing it with the election of local leaders – will be vehemently opposed, the influential Governing Officer Association of Thailand (GOAT) said yesterday. GOAT, composed of both retired and serving members of […]
Three US men have pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges related to a company that recruited farm workers from Thailand. The U.S. Justice Department says between 2001 and 2007 the defendants brought some 600 Thai nationals to the United States under the federal agricultural guest worker program.
Thailand will hold a long-awaited federal election on July 3, pitting the governing Democrat Party against the opposition Puea Thai party, as well as a group of smaller parties. For some Thai politicians, this poll will be the culmination of a process of national reconciliation that began in the wake of bloody riots in Bangkok […]
BANGKOK, 15 June 2011 (NNT) – The Department of Health has warned Thai people not to eat chicken contaminated with formaldehyde and sulphur as the substances could generate cancer in their body. Health Department Director-General Medical Doctor Somyos Deerasamee said the contaminated chicken could not be consumed although they were cooked well. He said the […]
BANGKOK, 15 June 2011 (NNT) – Thai Airways President Piyasvasti Amranand has announced a plan to establish a low cost airline, a sister brand to the Thai Airways, under the business expansion plan. The sister airline, which has been named Thai Wings, will come under the management of Thai Airways. However, it will use the […]
Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has called on the electorate to turn out in force for the July 3 general election and vote “good people” into parliament to protect the monarchy and change the country for the better. Gen Prayuth’s comments were televised yesterday on Channel 7 and Channel 5, when he urged the public to […]
Thai Democrats attack UDD as polls favour Pheu Thai The Democrat Party is focusing on reminding voters of last year’s political violence in a bid to stem the Pheu Thai Party’s fast-rising popularity. Korbsak Sabhavasu, chief of the Democrat Party’s strategy panel, said the party believed the majority of the public still have bitter memories […]
THAILAND – State-run hospitals across the country are competing strongly to grab newly graduated nurses because of a severe shortage blamed on government inattention over the past few years. Khon Kaen Hospital director Dr Peeraphan Suwanchaimart said even though his hospital had 800 nurses, it was not enough because of the National Health Security Office’s […]
