Tag: Thai Rak Thai Party
Cabinet appoints Suranand as PM’s secretary-general
BANGKOK, 6 June 2012 – The Cabinet has approved the appointment of Mr Suranand Vejjajiva as Prime Minister’s Secretary-General and Ms Sansanee Nakpong...
Court jails ex-minister as political ban on former TRT execs ends
BANGKOK, May 30 - Former Thai Rak Thai party executives celebrate the expiration of their five-year ban from politics on Wednesday as the...
PM Yingluck rules out cabinet reshuffle
BANGKOK, May 17 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday ruled out a cabinet reshuffle after the five-year ban from political life...
Chanyuth Hengtrakul given Transport Ministry post
Chanyuth Hengtrakul, has been named secretary to Transport Minister Sukampol Suwannathat. Chanyuth, a Pattaya-area MP under former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra,...
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Slow down and follow the rules as road accidents remain a daily reality on...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A traffic crash on a provincial highway has laid bare a familiar and uncomfortable reality on Thailand’s roads, where traffic rules...
Packed piers and full boats as Pattaya New Year crowds flock to Koh Larn
PATTAYA, Thailand – The atmosphere at Laem Bali Hai Pier in Pattaya was lively from early morning as large numbers of Thai and international...
Refuse the breath test and you’re drunk Pattaya drivers lose all excuses
PATTAYA, Thailand – As Thailand enters the New Year “Seven Dangerous Days,” police warnings across the country carry a message that Pattaya residents and...
Pattaya’s ‘No Sex on the Beach’ claim tested as Immigration Police bust beachfront solicitation...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Despite repeated assurances from authorities that sex solicitation has been eliminated from Pattaya’s beachfront, immigration police once again moved to suppress...
Denial, prejudice and violence reveal what Pattaya’s street disputes say about the city
PATTAYA, Thailand – When Pattaya Blatt’s German-language readers reacted to news about an Indian tourist attacked by transgender street sex workers, the comments quickly...