For a certain someone, there is nothing more important than being reinstalled back to power. 1.) Despite some remarks made by the red shirt leaders in the past, claiming that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is no longer relevant to their movement, the red shirts announced at their latest rally that they are still fighting […]
BANGKOK, 16 March 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health is now monitoring imports of Japanese food for fear of radioactive contamination in the wake of the explosions at nuclear power plants after the deadly quake and tsunami attack in Japan. Permanent Secretary for Public Health Medical Doctor Paijit Warachit stated that his ministry […]
Horrified by news of radiation threats from quake-hit nuclear power plants in Japan, Thai residents of eight provinces that have been studied as possible sites for such plants have asked the prime minister to review the plans. The coordinator of the Thai People Don’t Want Nuclear Power Plants Network, Sodsai Sangsok, told a news conference […]
Chief opposition whip Witthaya Buranasiri on Tuesday morning filed no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and nine other ministers. Witthaya, opposition Puea Thai MP for central Ayutthaya province, started the debate at 10:05 a.m. by pointing out that the government was inefficient and had failed in the country’s administration. The government had abused its […]
The Criminal Court Tuesday sentenced a man to 13 years in jail for offences relating to lese majeste. Thatawut Taweewarodomkul, the webmaster of www.norporchuusa.com, put messages deemed offending to the king on the web site between March 13 and March 15 last year. His pseudonym was Red Eagle. The court found this 38 year old […]
On Friday, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced he would dissolve Parliament in the first week of May, paving the way for Thailand’s next general election, to take place in June or July. Last year’s red shirt protests, which resulted in the deaths of 91 people and injuries to at least 2,000, aimed to force Abhisit […]
Bangkok – The Thai cabinet on Monday approved 200 million baht (5 million dollars) in funds for relief aid to tsunami-stricken Japan along with a shipment of rice. The money will be sent directly to Japan to be spent on buying materials and food for relief operations, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya told the cabinet. Thailand […]
THAILAND: Thailand faces shortages of staples as the global cost of food skyrockets; the country faces shortages of cooking oil and sugar due to government price controls and hoarding. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the global cost of food in February reached the highest level it has ever recorded. Panic buying has […]
