The opposition Pheu Thai Party branded them the “Demon Babies” – and the list of 73 newly chosen senators announced by the Election Commission yesterday did include many with strong links to the 2006 coup-makers’ Council for National Security and defectors from Thaksin Shinawatra’s group. But the group was not deterred. Registering at Parliament, General […]
Yingluck Shinawatra is expected to be named the Puea Thai Party’s No.1 party-list candidate, giving her an opportunity to become the country’s first female prime minister. A Puea Thai source yesterday said the party’s key figures had travelled to meet former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the party’s main supporter and de facto leader, in Dubai […]
BANGKOK, April 12 — A total of 29 deaths and 400 injuries in 365 Thailand road accidents nationwide was reported for the first day of the Songkran holiday’s “seven dangerous days”, according to Deputy Minister of Interior Thaworn Senneam on Tuesday. Mr Thaworn said according to statistics recorded by the Road Safety Centre, the Department […]
BANGKOK, 12 April 2011 (NNT) – The global gold price has hit a new all-time high of 1,476 US dollars per ounce due to speculation while investors are suggested that they should exercise caution in gold trade as the price might plummet sharply. Gold Traders Association President Jitti Tangsitthibhakdi attributed the new record high to […]
If Thailand is to minimise the risk of renewed demonstrations and violence, it needs to ensure that forthcoming elections are free and fair and that a legitimate government is formed without any interference from the elite establishment. Thailand: The Calm before Another Storm?, the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, states that nearly a […]
BANGKOK, 11 April 2011 (NNT) – Former world number 9 tennis player, Paradorn ‘Ball’ Srichaphan, has decided to join Thai politics as he has announced to compete in the upcoming election under the wing of the Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party. Speaking in a press briefing on Monday at InterContinental Hotel in Bangkok, Mr Paradorn, […]
The family of an academic who with eight other van passengers was killed in a tollway crash 100 days ago yesterday sued the girl driving the other vehicle for Bt36 million ($1.2 million). In the civil lawsuit, the mother of Sastra Chaothiang said she had lost support from her son calculated from his Bt50,000 monthly […]
BANGKOK 10 APRIL 2011 (NNT)- People have been gradually returning to hometown during the long weekend holidays of Songkran Festival, making bus terminals nationwide active with human and vehicle traffics. The bus terminal in Hat Yai , Songkhla province is crowded with a large number of passengers traveling from Bangkok Metropolis in order to celebrate […]
