BANGKOK, May 12 –The Democrat Party will ask Thailand’s police to provide security for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva during the election campaign after the Election Commission (EC) told the premier to avoid using his state-owned bullet-proof vehicle during the election campaign. The premier on Thursday went to Government House by a bullet-proof vehicle provided by […]
BANGKOK, May 12 – A research team from Thailand’s Kasetsart University on Tuesday announced its latest innovation — a small rice milling machine which eliminates the cost and time involved in transporting locally-produced paddy to faraway ricemills as substantial savings for rural communities. The newly-development innovation can husk one hundred kilos of grain per hour […]
Former Pheu Thai MP for Samut Prakan Pracha Prasopdee was shot last night in what is seen as the first election-related violence since the House dissolution on Monday. Mr Pracha was shot in the back at about 9pm in the Phra Pradaeng area while he was driving his Toyota Camry to Phra Samut Chedi district […]
Abhisit dares Pheu Thai to reveal its prime ministerial candidate while opposition gives hints that it’s going to be ex-PM’s sister Yingluck Shinawatra remained an elusive woman yesterday, and it must have had something to do with fears she could become a political sitting duck. According to sources, plans were being made to help the […]
The Bureau of Registration Administration (BORA), Ministry of Interior has lost two out of three national ID database servers and is now running on its last backup server. A report in ThaiPost (not available online) quoted by Manager here (time 23:00) said that BORA has lost two of its three database servers and that if […]
Employees of the KFC fast-food restaurants filed a compliant with the Labour Relations Committee yesterday about alleged unfair employment practices and job termination, revealing that they were given instant noodles and leftovers to eat while the firm earned Bt6 billion a year. Meanwhile, Yum Restaurants International (Thailand), which runs the KFC and Pizza Hut chain, […]
BANGKOK, May 9 – Thailand’s long-promised general election will be held July 3 after the way was cleared by His Majesty the King endorsing a royal decree to dissolve the lower house of Parliament, the House of Representatives, Government Spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn announced on Monday. Speaking at a brief news conference here, the spokesman said […]
SA KAEO, May 8 — Two alleged drug traffickers, including an American, have been apprehended in separate incidents after officials seized a large amount of drugs in their possession, police said Sunday. The 58-year-old US citizen identified as Peter B. Sargent was arrested at Aranyaprathet border checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province after Thai rangers, immigration […]
