Tag: Yingluck Shinawatra
Yingluck issues tough order to reinforce state of emergency
BANGKOK, Jan 24 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has signed a six-point order prohibiting varied public activities during the Emergency Decree in Bangkok...
Chalerm vows to resort to talks in dealing with protesters
BANGKOK, 22 January 2014 Labor Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, as head of the Center for Maintaining Peace and Order (CMPO), has pledged that he will...
Caretaker PM performs duties at military office
BANGKOK, Jan 22 - Protesters from the People's Democratic Reform Committee have blocked the road at the Office of the Defence Permanent Secretary in...
Govt vows to sell out rice in the next six months
BANGKOK, 22 January 2014 The government has vowed to sell 30 billion baht worth of pledged rice a month for the next six months. ...
PM: Govt will compensate victims of political violence during PDRC’s protests
BANGKOK, 20 January 2014 Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has called on the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) to allow authorities to provide security...
Department of Medicine says 28 injured from grenade attacks at Victory...
BANGKOK, 19 January 2014 The Department of Medicine has stated that 28 were injured from two grenade attacks at the Victory Monument on Sunday. ...
Candidates kick off election campaigns
BANGKOK, 20 January 2014 Party-list candidates have started their campaigns for the upcoming election, while calling for all eligible voters to show up and...
Suthep says govt fails to secure loans for rice subsidy
BANGKOK, Jan 21 – The government was unsuccessful in getting loans from the Government Savings Bank (GSB) to subsidise the financially-ailing rice pledging scheme,...
Rice subsidy controversy widens protests against govt
BANGKOK, Jan 20 – Farmers are up in arms against the government’s failure to pay for their rice while employees of a state bank...
Democrat turns down Govt’s reform invitation again
BANGKOK, 19 January 2014 The opposition Democrat party has refused to attend the government-sponsored meeting this Monday on political reform and cast doubts on...