Tag: Chalerm Yoobamrung
CMPO Director reaffirms re-election to be held within 180 days
BANGKOK, 3 February 2014, Center for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) Director reaffirms that re-election will be held within 180 days, but the reopening...
PM asks security agencies to help EC carry out election
BANGKOK, 30 January 2014 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has asked all security-related agencies to facilitate the Election Commission (EC)'s duty in carrying out the...
PM, new ministers take oath before HM the King
BANGKOK, July 1 -- His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej granted a royal audience to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and 18 newly appointed Cabinet members...
Yingluck’s ‘war on drugs’ comes to Pattaya
Thailand’s renewed “war on drugs” has come to Pattaya. At a April 11 meeting, Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome announced that the Ministry of Interior...
PM: Disaster zone may be declared in haze-hit North
BANGKOK, March 6 - As northern Thailand has been blanketed by haze for over a week, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday said...
Chalerm orders reinvestigation of ‘Seh Daeng’ killing
BANGKOK, Jan 13 -- Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung on Friday said he has ordered metropolitan police to reopen the investigation of the...
Police chief transferred to head National Security Council
BANGKOK, Oct 4 – The Thai cabinet approved the transfer of national Police Chief Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree to become National Security Council (NSC)...
Drug suspects arrested in three cases as government crackdown continues
CHIANG RAI, Sept 25 - Police arrested a suspected member of a major drug network in the North, two suspected drug traffickers in...
FDA to burn illegal drugs worth Bt2.5 bln
BANGKOK, Sept 16 – More than 800kg of illicit drugs, seized in over 130,000 cases, will be burnt at the Bang Pa-in industrial estate...
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Two arrested over alleged drug sales to tourists at Pai café
MAE HONG SON, Thailand – Authorities arrested two men during a late-night operation at a cafe near Pai Walking Street after an undercover purchase...
Oil tankers damage 14 mussel farming lines in Chonburi, farmer seeks compensation
CHONBURI, Thailand – A mussel farmer in Ao Udom, Sri Racha district, is seeking urgent help after two large oil tankers reportedly dragged their...
Pattaya Mayor welcomes UK ambassador for talks on tourist safety
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Mayor Poramet Ngampichet welcomed H.E. Ms. Nicola Pollitt, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Thailand, during her visit to Pattaya...
Man takes police gun before fatal shooting outside Rayong station
RAYONG, Thailand – A 26-year-old man died after taking a handgun from a police patrol officer outside Muang Rayong Police Station early on October...
Pattaya Mayor and new TAT director share vision for tourism growth
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Mayor Poramet Ngampichet welcomed Saksakul Supakit-anant, the new Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Pattaya Office, at Pattaya...