Tag: Pongthep Thepkanchana
Govt insists on work as usual, punishment for protest leaders
BANGKOK, Dec 2 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra held an urgent Cabinet meeting last night and instructed all agencies to seriously enforce the laws...
Ombudsman chief to submit report on former PM Thaksin’s passport to...
BANGKOK, 10 November 2013 The Office of the Ombudsman of Thailand will submit a report to the cabinet and Parliament on the government's...
Education minister calls on all sectors to help solve student brawls
BANGKOK, 30 April 2013 Education Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana has called on all sectors to pitch into the effort of solving student brawls, and...
Education Minister discusses solutions to help restive south teachers
BANGKOK, 25 January 2013 As violence continues plaguing the three southernmost provinces, educators in the restive region have reportedly come up with a...
Thai premier warns against politicising Thai-Cambodian dispute
BANGKOK, Jan 7 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today called on nationalist groups to refrain from politicising the Thai-Cambodian dispute on the Phra...
Minister urges deployment of security personnel at schools
BANGKOK, Dec 11 - Following the killing of two teachers in a Pattani school today, Deputy Prime Minister/Education Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana conceded that...
Students oppose alcohol near schools
BANGKOK, 29 November - A student prohibitionist group has pressed for the Ministry of Education to draw up and enforce new measures to...
Government braces for parliamentary censure
BANGKOK, Nov 22 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra called a meeting of Pheu Thai party cabinet members to work out preparations for the...
PM oversees national security in new cabinet
BANGKOK, Nov 2 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra delegated responsibilities to her newly-appointed deputy premiers and ministers at the first meeting of the...
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