Laborers have revealed that they are planning a nationwide rally to protest against delays in raising minimum wage to 300 per day. The Yingluck administration had made campaign promises which have been delayed due to an economic downturn following widespread floods last year. Read more: TAN Network
BANGKOK, 16 January 2011 (NNT) – Bangkok’s City Hall is working in collaboration with The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre and the Department of Disease Control to transform Thailand into an AIDS-free country by 2016. Presiding over the AIDS-free campaign “Getting to zero”,Permanent Secretary for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Mr. Charoenrat Chutikarn, said a […]
YouTube celebrity Dancing Matt has come to Thailand to lend his famous dancing skills to a tourismpromotion campaign. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Visa (Thailand) invited Matthew Harding, aka Dancing Matt, to lure foreign travellers under the “Go Thailand: All that is missing is you” campaign. Read more: The Nation
Bangkok, December 7, 2011 — The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) recently held the “Ayutthaya Cleaning Day” event as part of its “Beautiful Thailand” campaign to restore Thai tourism following the country’s recent flood. The event, which took place on Sunday, December 4, 2011, also commemorated HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 84th birthday. Thousands of volunteers […]
BANGKOK, Nov 24 – Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung on Thursday said he will continue to push for an amnesty law which will pave the way for ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return home. The move however would kickstart only after the government’s campaign against drugs and the cases of 91 Red Shirt protest-related […]
The Thai government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has back-tracked on a campaign pledge to establish a special administration zone in its troubled southern provinces. Political analysts say a simmering insurgency in the majority-Muslim Malay region can only be resolved by allowing some form of self-rule. But, the government has little incentive to challenge the […]
BANGKOK, 25 September 2011 (NNT) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra vowed to fight against corruption this morning in an anti-corruption campaign which took place at Lumpini Park with many important political figures joining the bandwagon. Participating in this event was also Opposition leader Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Commerce Minister Mr. Kittirat Na Ranong, the National […]
In a bid to prevent HIV/Aids among homosexual men, the Thai Red Cross Society Aids research centre, the Disease Control Department, and other groups have joined forces to launch Asean’s first online “edutainment” health campaign for homosexual men at www.adamslove.org. Centre director Praphan Phanuphak told a press conference on Tuesday that, out of some 500,000-600,000 […]
