Demand for 712 baht minimum wage nationwide at May Day rally
IN MARKING International Workers’ Day, often referred to as May Day, a network of Thai workers staged a rally at gate number five of the Government House calling for an equal minimum wage of 712 baht nationwide among other demands, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon. Mr. Mongkolchai Samudon, deputy permanent secretary of the Prime […]
Read MoreThaksin vows again to return home upon birth of 7th grandchild
By Thai Newsroom Reporters GLOBETROTTING FORMER prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has tweeted to repeat that he is coming back home to literally babysit the seventh of his grandchildren who was born today (May 1). Thaksin, invariably viewed as de facto Pheu Thai party boss who has been living in self-exile overseas following the 2006 […]
Read MorePolice raid Indian casino at Pattaya hotel amid claims of a big bribe being paid
SCORES of Indian gamblers were rounded up in a raid on a well-known Pattaya hotel soon after midnight (May 1) with a conference hall having been turned into a casino and over 200 million baht found in circulation while the tour operator claimed to have paid 2.4 million baht bribe, Amarin TV said. Pol. […]
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