Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra remained at her residence yesterday as the Pheu Thai Party began its election campaign, which included a major rally at Muang Thong Thani, just north of Bangkok. Sources at the ruling Pheu Thai Party’s headquarters said Yingluck would only join future campaigns if they were key events, or took place […]
BANGKOK, Jan 4 – The anti-government protesters would hold rallies from tomorrow to encourage the public to join the “Bangkok shutdown” on January 13 which is the latest move to pressure the caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign. Akanat Promphan, a spokesman for the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) told a press briefing today […]
The State Enterprises Workers Relations Confederation (SEWRC) today kicked off a street campaign in Bangkok to persuade all state union workers to join the People’s Democratic Reform Council (PDRC). Led by its leader Komsan Thongsin, hundreds of the state union workers are now gathering at the head-office of the Thai Airways International to rally support […]
BANGKOK, Sept 24 – The Thai government is stimulating its “Shopping Paradise” tourism campaign with a planned reduction of taxes on luxury goods from 30 per cent to 5 per cent, a senior Finance Ministry official said today. Areepong Bhoocha-oom, permanent secretary for finance, said the new tax package would be wrapped up by next […]
BANGKOK, April 25 – Thailand’s Department of Environmental Quality Promotion (DEQP) is campaigning to convince the public to use fewer plastic bags when shopping at convenience stores, targeting all Thais to use at least one less plastic bag every day. The department has joined with Green World Foundation and CP All Plc., operator of 7-Eleven […]
In an effort to stop violence in the southern border provinces of Thailand, people in Narathiwat province have called on local residents to join hands with officials in tackling unrest in the deep South. A group of more than 1,000 people, comprising officials, religious leaders, and people from all walks of life in 13 districts […]
NARATHIWAT, March 9 – More than a thousand local residents in this restive southern province rallied today to show their opposition to violence and called on the public to cooperate with the authorities in tackling the insurgency problems. Some 1,000 representatives from Narathiwat’s 13 districts turned up at the Provincial Islamic Committee Office with national […]
BANGKOK, Jan 16 – Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra kicked off the city’s gubernatorial election campaign for candidate Pongsapat Pongcharoen at a suburban fresh market today, promising to imprint smiles on the faces of Bangkok people. Ms Yingluck, accompanied by Pheu Thai Party executives, was welcomed by vendors and shoppers, some of whom presented […]
