Tag: Yingluck Shinawatra
NACC to indict 2 former ministers over rice pledging fraud
BANGKOK, 16 January 2014 The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has resolved to press charges against former Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and his then deputy...
No resolution reached in national reform forum
BANGKOK, Jan 17 – The government-sponsored forum on national reform failed to reach any resolution yesterday as caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra insisted on...
Private sector urges PM for pre-election reform
BANGKOK, 16 January 2014 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asserted during the reform forum that she was willing to listen to opinions from all sides...
Special Report: Govt opts to use state enterprises’ fund to pay...
The government is set to borrow money from state enterprises to fund payments to unpaid farmers under the rice-pledging scheme after its bid to...
PM urges opposition to express its opinion by voting
BANGKOK, 15 Jan 2014, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has urged people opposing her administration to express their opinions by voting, if they feel the...
Caretaker PM Yingluck dragged into rice subsidy scandal
BANGKOK, Jan 16 – The embattled government is incapable of paying farmers for rice purchase under its highly-criticised subsidy scheme, according to a former...
Protesters threaten to strengthen anti-govt movement
BANGKOK, Jan 15 – An anti-government group has vowed to escalate their movement if the government insists on holding the general election on Feb...
EC might seek court advice if PM rejects poll deferral request
BANGKOK, 13 January 2014 The Election Commission (EC) has admitted that if the Prime Minister turns down its previous suggestion to postpone the February...
PM to hold talks on poll adjournment on Jan 15
BANGKOK, 13 January 2014 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has assigned her deputy Pongthep Thepkanchana to invite all relevant parties to a discussion about the...
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