THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in his annual address to the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) on Monday night said this. “It is time for Thailand to move forward,” he declared. But it was also clear that the shadow of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will loom large over the polls, which are expected […]
BANGKOK, March 22 – The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday extended implementation of the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Bangkok’s seven districts for another 30 days as it is due to expire on Friday. The Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO) asked the Cabinet to extend the ISA from March 26 through April […]
BANGKOK, March 20 2011 (NNT) – During his phone-in speech to the red-shirt rally on Saturday night, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra denied being the cause of the problems of the country as accused. According to the former Prime Minister, he is in good health and has been to Europe visiting red shirts living in […]
ฺBANGKOK, 19 March 2011 (NNT)-The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters have gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection this morning to mark the 10th month anniversary of crackdown on the Red Shirt rally which took place in May last year before moving to the Democracy Monument later today. Ratchadamri Road and areas around Central World […]
At the censure debate last night, opposition MPs accused PM Abhisit Vejjajiva of ordering the killing of red-shirt protesters last year as well as orchestrating the arson attack on Central World to justify the crackdown. Abhisit and his deputy, Suthep Thaugsuban, denied the charges and instead put the blame on the red shirts. “If I […]
Court on Wednesday dismissed a request by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to revoke bail for the seven Red Shirt leaders, saying it was the jurisdiction of the Office of Attorney General to file the petition. DSI chief Tharit Pengdit, on behalf of the chief investigator, petitioned the court to revoke bail for the […]
The ongoing censure debate doesn’t just sound like an election campaign. It is an election campaign. And that will be underlined today when the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and the opposition Pheu Thai Party face off over the contentious issue of who “massacred” red-shirt protesters and who torched Central World and other buildings […]
For a certain someone, there is nothing more important than being reinstalled back to power. 1.) Despite some remarks made by the red shirt leaders in the past, claiming that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is no longer relevant to their movement, the red shirts announced at their latest rally that they are still fighting […]
