Tag: Varathep Rattanakorn
Opposition attacks rice subsidy scheme, water management projects
BANGKOK, Nov 27 – The highly-criticised rice subsidy plan highlighted today's no-confidence debate against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in the House of Representatives. ...
Furious rubber farmers vow to renew rally next Saturday
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Sept 7 – Rubber growers in 10 southern provinces have announced that they will demonstrate again next Saturday to protest the...
Govt confident Parliament will pass Bt2 trillion loan bill this month
BANGKOK, Aug 8 – Foreign investors were assured today that the government’s massive investment on infrastructure development to upgrade Thailand as a ‘connectivity hub’...
Farmers assured of paddy price review by Friday
BANGKOK, June 25 – Farmers from 15 provinces rallied at Government House today and set a seven-day deadline for the government to retain its...
Dissenting farmers demand review of Thai government rice policy
BANGKOK, June 24 – Farmers from 26 rice-producing provinces filed a complaint with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today, seeking a review of the...
Abhisit firmly rejects govt’s Bt2 trillion loans
BANGKOK, June 6 – The House scrutiny committee resolved today to abide by the original bill on Bt2 trillion loans for Thailand’s infrastructure development...
Parliament to debate Bt2 trillion loan bill in August
BANGKOK, May 16 – The government-sponsored bill seeking Bt2 trillion in loan for Thailand’s infrastructure development will not be ready for debate in Parliament’s...
Government braces for parliamentary censure
BANGKOK, Nov 22 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called a meeting of Pheu Thai party cabinet members to work out preparations for the...
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Pattaya Retirees: Lucas Vanlaar
“Between a rock and a hard place”
PATTAYA, Thailand - At 76, Australian retiree Luke Vanlaar (born in Holland) has been settled in Jomtien just...
Pattaya enhances public amenities with new state-of-the-art Toilet Buses
PATTAYA, Thailand - Pattaya City is tackling the shortage of public restrooms by acquiring six new mobile units, with the arrival of the first...
Pattaya launches electric baht-buses to tackle long-term pollution
PATTAYA, Thailand - In a bid to revolutionize public transportation and combat pollution, Pattaya City took a significant step forward on April 25 with...
Thailand’s declining birth rate sparks future population concerns
PATTAYA, Thailand - The Paediatric Society of Thailand has sounded the alarm over a troubling trend where the number of births in Thailand has...
Immigration police raid nets 21 Myanmar nationals in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi Immigration Police conducted a raid on two rented rooms in Soi Khopai South Pattaya on April 24, following reports of...