BANGKOK, Jan 26 – Thailand’s ruling Pheu Thai Party on Thursday said it will file a counter charge against the opposition Democrat Party and its 145 MPs for filing a false petition against the prime minister and foreign minister on their alleged role in returning a passport to fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Pheu Thai spokesman […]
Workers at factories on the outskirts of Bangkok have been offered 500 baht each per day to engage in activities to shake the government’s stability, Pheu Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit claimed on thursday. He said the money was coming from a group of politicians and members of the old power clique. Read more: Bangkok […]
BANGKOK, 23 January 2012 (NNT) – The Democrat Party is challenging Mrs. Nalinee Taveensin, the new Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office, to publicly condemn the U.S. for blacklisting her in order to prove the matter as inaccurate. According to the report, Mrs. Nalinee has been on the U.S blacklist for her business affiliations with […]
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is still more popular than former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, according to a survey by Abac Poll. The poll was conducted from Dec 1 last year to Jan 18 and involved 4,689 people aged 18 and up in 17 provinces – Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Chachoengsao, Suphan Buri, Nan, […]
BANGKOK, 9 January 2012 (NNT) – The opposition Democrat Party has criticized the government for having no control over the cost of living of Thai people while also demanding Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step up to her leadership role. Democrat Spokesperson Chavanont Intarakomalyasut claimed that the Pheu Thai-led government has failed to lower the […]
BANGKOK: Thailand’s government has returned the Thai passport of the fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and is preparing to welcome him from exile, stoking renewed political tensions in the country. Mr Thaksin, a divisive figure, missed a self-imposed deadline to be in Bangkok for the wedding of his daughter Pinthongta two weeks ago. But […]
A majority of the public is satisfied with the Pheu Thai government’s attempt to tackle Thailand’s drugs problem but want suppression authorities to be more vigilant in their monitoring, according to an ABAC poll. The poll, gauging the public’s satisfaction with the government’s drugs suppression attempts during the flood, was conducted among 2,154 people aged […]
BANGKOK, Dec 2 – Thailand’s opposition Democrat Party on Friday filed a motion with the Senate Speaker to impeach eight Pheu Thai Party lawmakers including Justice Minister Pracha Promnog for alleged flood relief operations interference. In his capacity as deputy opposition chief whip, Democrat MP for Rayong Satit Pitutecha submitted the motion endorsed by 150 […]
