Tag: Somchai Srisuthiyakorn
EC rejects govt request for loans to pay farmers
BANGKOK, Jan 22 – The Election Commission (EC) has turned down the government’s request to seek additional loans to subsidise the controversial rice pledging...
Election unaffected by protesters’ shutdown of ballot printing shop
BANGKOK, Jan 20 – The blockade of government-run Kurusapa printing shop, responsible for printing election ballots, will not jeopardise the approaching election, caretaker Deputy...
Election Commission boycotting govt forum on snap poll
BANGKOK, Jan 14 - Thailand's Election Commission (EC) will not attend the government-initiated forum tomorrow to discuss a proposed delay of the Feb 2...
EC member brushes aside govt-initiated forum on election
BANGKOK, Jan 14 – An Election Commission (EC) member disagreed with the government’s initiative to hold a large-scale meeting among at least 70 people...
Thai Election Commission renews call to delay snap poll
BANGKOK, Jan 11 – Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has urged the government to postpone the February 2 general election amid concerns over escalating political...
EC disqualifies 87 party-list MP candidates
BANGKOK, 6 January 2014 The Election Commission (EC) has resolved to disqualify a total of 87 MP candidates for the party-list system while...
EC holds talks with govt representatives to mediate conflicts
BANGKOK, 30 December 2013 The Election Commission (EC) has revealed details of the meeting between its members and government representatives yesterday, which was held...
Election Commission won’t give up registering candidates for Feb 2 polls
BANGKOK, Dec 24 – The Election Commission (EC) will meet urgently this morning to review the registration process for election candidates but insisted it...
Election registration starts today amid disturbance threat
BANGKOK, Dec 23 – The Election Commission (EC) kicks off registration today for candidates contesting the February 2 general election despite anti-government protesters’ warning...
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British woman reunited with son after Pattaya Tourist Police help
PATTAYA, Thailand – A British woman who was too intoxicated to return to her accommodation on her own was safely escorted back by Pattaya...
Police check on Russian tourist sleeping drunk in Pattaya hotel for safety
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Tourist Police were called to a hotel on August 13 after staff found a heavily intoxicated foreign tourist sleeping on...
Rescue volunteers suspended after taxi driver assaulted near Bangkok MRT Station
BANGKOK, Thailand – A group of rescue volunteers has been suspended from duty after a video showing several volunteers allegedly assaulting a taxi driver...
Kating Lai Park off North Pattaya faces erosion threat, safety barriers installed
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have inspected damage at Kating Lai Beach Park after waves eroded more than 20 metres of the shoreline,...
Pattaya motorcycle taxi driver arrives at police station with bat seeking help
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police officers and members of the public at Pattaya City Police Station were left puzzled when a motorcycle taxi driver arrived...