BANGKOK, Feb 6 – Thailand’s anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) movement has called on angry farmers to join its protest movement to pressure the caretaker government, claiming that the government has no sincerity in resolving rice pledging scheme problems. PDRC spokesman Akanat Promphan on Thursday said the PDRC leader Suthep Thaugsuban has instructed the […]
Caretaker PM posts on her Facebook page, expresses worry over plight of farmers; orders Finance Ministry to seek loans, Commerce Ministry to sell rice. News source: MCOT
People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) leader Suthep Thaugsuban says a plan to plunder rice warehouses is underway and will be the next step to increase pressure on the caretaker prime minister to step down. He revealed the plan during his noon address to anti-government protesters at Silom protest site. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
BANGKOK, Feb 6 – Farmers from various provinces started pouring to the Commerce Ministry today to demand overdue payments for the rice they have sold under the government’s subsidy scheme. Farmers in Nonthaburi, led by Rachane Trakulviang, demonstrated at the ministry, awaiting compatriots from other provinces. Read more: MCOT
Rice farmers plan to scale up their protests against the government by closing all main roads in the country tomorrow. With their days-long blockade of roads in Ratchaburi having little impact, rice farmers in the western province were initially looking to the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives (BAAC) for help. But the group later […]
BANGKOK, 5 February 2014 (NNT) – Rice growers from central and western provinces plan to escalate their protests against the government by moving to Bangkok and seizing the Commerce Ministry. Farmers have been blocking Rama II road at the Wang Manao intersection in Ratchaburi since February 1 to protest against delayed payments owed to them […]
BANGKOK, Feb 4 – The Commerce Ministry will sell 400,000 tonnes of rice this month to earn money to partially pay farmers from the rice pledging scheme, its minister announced today. Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisarn, caretaker Deputy Prime Minister/Commerce Minister, said rice traders will be invited to join a bidding and results will be announced on Feb […]
NAKHON SAWAN, Jan 25 – Farmers from five provinces have blocked Asian Highway at Nakhon Sawan to pressure the caretaker government to pay them for rice they sold under the rice pledging scheme. The farmers said that during the last five months, many rice farmers in many provinces did not receive their money so they […]
