People’s offer conditional vote for new PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S PARTY have today (Aug.29) offered to lend support the naming of a new prime minister on condition that the next head of government dissolve the House of Representatives and call a general election in four months after a new coalition government’s policy statement has been officially delivered. Following […]
Read MorePaetongtarn urged to step down due to Pheu Thai-led govt’s instability
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHIEF OPPOSITION WHIP Pakornwut Udompipatsakul today (Aug.19) called on the court-suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to step down now, regardless of an approaching verdict of the Constitutional Court on an impeachment lawsuit filed against her. The MP of the People’s, the largest opposition party, said the embattled prime minister, daughter […]
Read MorePeople’s to monitor 157 billion baht development fund
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE’S LEADER Nattapong Ruengpanyawut today (July 22) pledged to see to it that his opposition party will closely follow the Pheu Thai-led government’s allocations of a sum of 157 billion baht in record funding for varied infrastructural development projects anticipated to be up for grabs by those connected with the […]
Read More1,200 policemen oversee Saturday’s demonstration
A TOTAL of 1,200 policemen will be deployed to control the demonstration at the Victory Monument on Saturday (June 28) with protesters urged to stay within the framework of the law and avoid affecting use of public space, Naewna newspaper said this evening (June 25). Pol. Lt. Gen. Archayon Kraithong, a police spokesperson, said […]
Read MoreRenegade People’s MP virtually viewed as ‘cobra pickled in a bottle of brine’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S today (May 13) decided to virtually “pickle a cobra in a bottle of brine” after a renegade People’s MP had demanded a formal ouster from the largest opposition party so he could practically skip over to a coalition camp. In a press conference at parliament, People’s leader Nattapong […]
Read MoreRangsiman quashes rumour of wearing pricy Rolex watch
PEOPLE’S Party MP Rangsiman Rome immediately quashed a rumour that he is wearing a Rolex watch worth 500,000 baht as alleged in a Facebook post pointing out that this watch is in fact a Seiko which his wife gave him, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Apr. 27). This Facebook page posted a photo of […]
Read MoreRevenue Dept urged to dig into PM’s tax evasion scandal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT was today (March 28) prompted to officially determine whether Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra may have taken legal loopholes to evade tax in corporate shares transferred to her by close members of her family. People’s MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn formally petitioned Revenue Department Director-General Pinsai Suraswadi to look into […]
Read MoreTourists flock to Full Moon Party at Koh Phangan
THIS MONTH’S Full Moon Party at Koh Phangan is taking place tonight (March 13-14, Moon rise 6.35 p.m.) and promises to be another memorable fun event with lots of tourists having headed there from Lomprayah High Speed Ferries Co., Ltd.’s pier at Koh Samui, Naewna newspaper said. Most of the tourists were young foreigners […]
Read More‘Parliament collapses’ hashtag top X.com trend today
GOING VIRAL on social media today (Feb. 14) is People’s Party calling on Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to dissolve the House of Representatives and hold a general election after a lack of quorum at a joint session for the second day in a row prevented deliberation of two constitution amendment bills with this being […]
Read MorePeople’s tipped to win seven Nayok Or Bor Jor
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S PARTY is speculated to win seven Nayok Or Bor Jor or heads of provincial administration in the upcoming Saturday’s elections, according to a NIDA academic. The reformist party currently in the opposition bloc at parliament is more or less expected to win seven heads of provincial administration, also […]
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