Tag: Yingluck Shinawatra
CMPO to let Emergency Executive Decree expire and reinstate Internal Security...
BANGKOK, 14 March 2014 The Center for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) resolved on Thursday to let the Emergency Executive Decree in use over...
Drought looms in Thailand’s lower northeast
CHAIYAPHUM, March 13 – Many parts of Thailand's lower northeastern provinces have started to face severe water shortages, with ten districts having so far...
PM given 15 more days to defend against rice charges
BANGKOK, March 13 - Thailand's National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Thursday resolved to extend the dateline for caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to defend...
Charter Court dismisses PDRC’s request on government status
BANGKOK, 13 Mar 2014 -- The Constitutional Court has dismissed the People’s Democratic Reform Committee's request that it rule on Yingluck Shinawatra administration’s status,...
Charter Court: Bt2 trillion loan bill for infrastructure project unconstitutional
BANGKOK, March 12 - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that the government's Bt2 trillion loan bill for infrastructure development projects is unconstitutional,...
CMPO proposes lifting emergency decree
BANGKOK, March 12 - The Center for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO) has proposed lifting the two-month state of emergency and replace it with...
Cabinet extends emergency decree in deep South 3 months
NAKHON PATHOM, March 11 - The caretaker cabinet today resolved to extend the emergency decree for another three months in the violence-plagued deep South,...
PM holds talk with economic ministers
BANGKOK, 11 March 2014 Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has urged all responsible agencies to speed up government spending in a bid...
Passport theft prompts Thai rethink on new passport database
BANGKOK, March 10 - Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has called her Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak to express condolences over the missing Malaysian flight....
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Pattaya vows ‘if we don’t protect it today there may be nothing left tomorrow’
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials, together with enforcement officers and special affairs staff, have continued operations along Pattaya Beach to tackle illegal occupation...
BoT confident in baht stability while Indonesia faces stronger currency pressure
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has confirmed that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sees no need to call an emergency meeting,...
Sunshine, sea and even rainy June days Pattaya remains a retirement favorite
PATTAYA, Thailand – Despite rising living costs in many Western countries, Pattaya continues to attract retirees from around the world who are drawn by...
‘I live better here than in Germany’ Why Pattaya still attracts retirees worldwide
PATTAYA, Thailand – Along the shores of Jomtien Beach, a growing number of foreign retirees continue to enjoy a lifestyle that many say would...
Pattaya motorcycle race ends in fatal crash, rider thrown 100 meters
PATTAYA, Thailand – A late-night motorcycle crash on Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya left one rider dead and a 17-year-old seriously injured after a high-speed...