Ekniti unveils ‘old car for new car’ scheme to cut oil use
BEING considered is a measure to promote exchanging old cars for new electric/hybrid cars to reduce reliance on oil with this being part of the Finance Ministry’s strategy to drive economic growth, PPTVHD36 said this evening (April 10). Deputy Prime Minister/Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said other steps include reducing officials’ study trips, topping up […]
Read MoreMany tour packages sold out as Chinese flock to Thailand
SO MANY Chinese tourists are heading to Thailand for Lunar New Year holidays that many tour packages offered by travel agencies are completely sold out, PPTVHD36 quoted Chinese media as saying today (Feb. 17). Top Thai tourist destinations are currently packed with Chinese tourists but those who had not purchased a tour package in […]
Read More3,731 drink-driving cases in six days of New Year holidays
THERE were a total of 3,936 traffic accidents during six days of New Year holidays (Dec. 30-Jan. 4) with drink-driving accounting for a staggering 3,731 cases (94.79%), TV Channel 7 said this morning (Jan. 5). Pol. Lt. Col. Piya Raksakul, director of Probation Department, said despite intensified enforcement measures yesterday there were altogether 813 […]
Read MorePeople ready for early election but fear instability in forming govt: Opinion poll
MOST people are ready for an early election next year but fear turmoil as big political parties jostle to form the new government, a survey conducted by Suan Dusit Poll and released today (Nov. 9) shows. According to this survey which was recently conducted among a total of 1,174 people nationwide, altogether 56.81% of […]
Read MoreJan. 2 added as special holiday, stretching New Year break to 5 days
THE Cabinet has approved Friday January 2, 2026 as a special holiday thus extending the New Year break to five days, PPTVHD 36 said today (Nov. 1). A Cabinet meeting of the previous coalition government with de facto Pheu Thai boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the prime minister had on Nov. 12, […]
Read MorePublic referendum on new charter, Thai-Khmer MoUs may be held on same day alongside general election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PUBLIC REFERENDUM, largely anticipated to be held nationwide early next year, may simultaneously involve a couple of significant issues on which the people will decide whether and how a future government may work at the same time when they will pick their representatives in a general election, Deputy Prime […]
Read MoreAnutin rushed to meet dad at hospital after being voted PM
SOON AFTER being voted Thailand’s 32nd Prime Minister with 311 votes from lawmakers Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul rushed to Ramathibodi Hospital to visit his father, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Sep. 5). Upon arriving at 5.40 p.m. Anutin bowed to his father, Chavarat Charnvirakul who is also a former interior minister, and hugged him […]
Read MoreCourt-ordered ouster of Paetongtarn as culture minister sought
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SENATE WAS today (July 2) petitioned to put forward a fresh impeachment lawsuit against the newly-named Culture Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra after she has been already ordered by the Constitutional Court to stop running the country as head of government pending a court verdict on basis of allegations that she […]
Read MoreFirst US pope as Robert Francis Prevost becomes Leo XIV
By AFP and published by CNA Vatican City – Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (May 8) after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the first leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics to hail from the United States. Tens of thousands of well-wishers cheered as Pope Leo, […]
Read MoreBus terminal packed as holidaymakers head home
THE New Year travel rush has started with 120,000 people expected to board buses and head home from Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak) by 11 p.m. this evening (Dec. 27) with a key difference this year being strict scanning of luggage, TV Channel 7 said. Most of the travellers were carrying lots of gifts for […]
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