Anti-government protesters retreat from clash sites near Government House, Metro Police headquarters, to main protest site at Rachadamnoen; police stop firing tear gas. News source: MCOT
Rally leader Amorn Amornrattananon, who let a chaotic protest at Chamai Maruchet Bridge, ordered protesters to retreat and wait for what he called “good news” at 8.30pm. Amorn’s statement came admist reports that Suthep Thaugsuban, core protest leader, left his base at the Government Complex with his close aide; Sombat Thamrongthanyawong, to meet Prime Minister […]
BANGKOK, 2 December 2013 (NNT) – The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) has made known that two prisoner detaining trucks have gone missing. Police expressed their concerns that the vehicles might be used to stir more unrest. One of the trucks was reportedly used to ram police barriers on Sunday as […]
Police fired tear gas at several sites at protesters trying to force their way into the Government House and Royal Thai Police headquarters on Sunday. The protesters also besieged at least three television stations demanding they broadcast the protesters’ views. The stations’ executives organised a meeting with representatives of the protesters and they agree to […]
Anti-riot police fired teargas at anti-Thaksin demonstrators trying to lay siege to Government House forcing the protesters to retaliate with bottles and rocks. Violence broke out as the anti-Thaksin demonstrators marched out from five major locations at 10 .30 a.m. today to begin their seizure of significant government offices, including all six free TV stations […]
BANGKOK, 31 May 2013 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand is planning a global relaunch of the Thailand Elite Card in June. The TAT has instructed 18 TAT offices abroad and authorised sales representatives in 12 Asian countries to start seling the cards. The Thailand Elite card project is revamped with a new marketing […]
Early on Sunday Morning a fire took-hold of the second floor of a townhouse at the Ratanagorn Village 3 in East Pattaya which left a Swiss resident fighting for his life in Hospital. Just before 1am Pattaya Fire Rescue Trucks were called to the village and were told by Khun Jirawadee aged 41 that her […]
The retail industry’s “queen of the celebrity presenters”, actress Khemanit “Pancake” Jamikorn, also apparently wears a drama queen’s crown. It was (sort of) big news when one of her houses was burglarised, but yesterday Pancake, her mum Nuananong and some cops called a press conference to announce that, hey, you know what? There was no […]
