Tag: Democrat Party
Thai opposition firm on ending rice pledging scheme
Thailand’s opposition Democrat Party has repeated its call for the government to withdraw the controversial rice pledging scheme, insisting that mounting losses will definitely...
Pheu Thai fields Yuranunt in Bangkok by-election
BANGKOK, May 14 – Pheu Thai party-list MP Yuranunt Pamornmontri will run in the upcoming by-election in Bangkok’s Don Mueang constituency. ...
Censure debate expected second week of November
BANGKOK, Oct 25 - House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont said a censure debate lodged against the Yingluck Shinawatra administration is expected on the second...
Savills opens new Pattaya office
Democrat Party Deputy Leader Korn Chatikavanij (3rd left) recently presided over the official opening of the new offices of Savills Co. Ltd. The...
Deputy PM Yuthasak asserts government gives priority to southern problem
BANGKOK, Sept 22 -- Deputy Prime Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa on Saturday asserted the government has given priority to solving the problems of the...
PM: Opposition’s proposed solutions on South useful
BANGKOK, Sept 19 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said results from Tuesday’s meeting with her predecessor Abhisit Vejjajiva on solutions to the southern unrest...
Government, Opposition meetings to counter insurgency: Chalerm
BANGKOK, Sept 19 - Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said Wednesday that a video conference between opposition Democrat Party and senior security officials...
Democrat Suthep cleared from allegation, retains MP status
BANGKOK, Sept 18 – Former Thai deputy premier Suthep Thuagsuban was saved from the axe today as the Senate voted 95 to 40...
PM to chair southern violence meeting; invites opposition to join
BANGKOK, Sept 12 - Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said Wednesday that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra agreed to chair a meeting on Thailand's southern...
Democrat kingpin Suthep to quit politics if impeached by Senate
BANGKOK, July 27 - Former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban of the Democrat Party said on Friday that he will retire from politics...
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Captain dies aboard tour diving boat in Pattaya bay
Pattaya, Thailand - On September 25, authorities responded to a distress call concerning a fatality on a diving boat anchored in Pattaya Bay. Rescue...
Thai Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief bids farewell to the navy
General Chalermphon Srisawad, the Commander-in-Chief of the Thai Armed Forces, embarked on a visit to bid a farewell to the Thai Navy on September...
820 days to complete Pattaya Sports Complex or else
Pattaya, Thailand - After an agonizing 15-year odyssey marred by setbacks and delays, Pattaya's Eastern Region Sports Complex inches closer to completion. The monumental...
Koh Larn Island residents concerned about safety and water supply
Pattaya, Thailand - Responding to concerns voiced by residents regarding water supply and the deteriorating piers and boat berths at Samae Beach, City Councillor...
Russian tourist’s body found after boat collision on Koh Larn Island
Pattaya, Thailand - A tragic incident unfolded on the evening of Sept 25 when a twin-engine speed boat collided with a man and a...