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The pro-junta Palang Pracharat Party will begin accepting applications for membership at its head office in Ratchavipha area on Tuesday. Party secretary-general Sontirat Sontijirawong, who is also commerce minister, said several celebrities from different circles would apply for membership with the party and to contest the election as its candidates. He, however, stressed that the party
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is not empowered to exclude any senior officials from the requirement to declare their assets, but it may consider extending the period for declaration probably by another 30 days, EC chairman Pol Gen Watcharapol Prasarnratchakit said this morning. He explained that the additional time to be given for the declaration
Thai businessman Chatchaval Jiaravanon, a member of one of Thailand’s richest families, has bought Fortune magazine for US$150 million through his wholly-owned company, Fortune Media Group Holdings Limited. Fortune magazine writer Andrew Nusca said that the transaction was a personal investment of Mr Chatchaval, son of Mr Sumet, executive chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group. Chatchaval
The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT), a non-governmental agency that campaigns against graft, is fully supportive of the ruling of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) that requires the chairs and members of university councils to declare their assets and liabilities. ACT secretary-general Mana Nimitmongkol on Sunday lauded the ruling but urged the NACC to have
The Election Commission is fully prepared to hold the upcoming election on February 24 next year and will be able to complete the registration of 12 remaining parties in time for the election, Election Commission secretary-general Pol Col Jarungvith Phumma said. He gave the assurance in response to concerns voiced by United Front for Democracy against
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd smashed the 2017 record for its Singles’ Day sales event on Sunday, surpassing 168 billion yuan ($24.15 billion) sales in under sixteen hours. Singles’ Day, also called “Double 11” is the world’s biggest online sales event, outstripping US shopping holiday Black Friday. The Chinese event
Petchkasem highway in Bang Saphan district of the southern province of Prachuab Khiri Khan which was closed to traffic due to flooding on Friday has been reopened to normal traffic today. Flood water which submerged a stretch of the highway about one kolometre long in Bang Saphan district has receded. Bang Saphan and Bang Saphan
More than 95 percent of respondents in an opinion poll said they intended to go to the polls while over 77 percent admitted they didn’t know that they will have to cast only one ballot, according to an opinion poll conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida). Nida Poll gauged the opinions of
Troops and rescue workers with ready-made foods and drinking water were on Saturday sent to a village behind Chong Lom dam in Bang Saphan Noi district of Prachuab Khiri Khan which was cut off from the outside world as the only road has been flooded and become impassable. The rescuers responded to a distress alert
Chief election strategist of Pheu Thai Party Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan on Saturday shrugged off speculation that several of her key party members are on the verge of deserting the former ruling party. She insisted that it was normal for former MPs to switch camps as they have the right to political preferences. Besides, she said,
As widely expected, Abhisit Vejjajiva was voted leader of the Democrat Party in a primary election that ended on Friday. Chumpol Kanchana, chairman of the primary election committee, told a press conference this morning that former party leader Abhisit came first with 67,505 votes followed by former Phitsanulok MP Warong Dejkitvigrom’s 57,689 and former deputy
The Chon Buri provincial court on Friday night issued a warrant for the arrest of the organizer of the controversial Charity Chon Buri marathon for alleged public fraud charge after it was suspected that he was trying to escape. Police at Samet police station sought court’s warrants for the arrest of Thongchai Jiaranai, the organizer,
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A Somali-born man set fire to a pickup truck laden with gas cylinders in the center of the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday and stabbed three people, killing one, before he was shot by police in a rampage they called an act of terrorism. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack,
Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit has blamed the Constitution for the creation of the Thai Raksa Chart (Thai Nation Protection) party, which is widely seen as an offshoot of the former ruling Pheu Thai party. Speaking to the media during a campaign to reach out to people in Patpong area on Friday night, the
The south-bound Petchakasem highway has been closed to traffic after a stretch of the road in Bang Saphan district of Prachuab Khiri Khan was heavily flooded. The Highways Department said Friday afternoon that the stretch, from kilometer marker 385 to 385.5 was under water between 60-70 cm deep, making it impassable to all vehicles. Highway
As heavy downpours caused flooding in several areas in the tourist town of Prachuab Khiri Khan, personnel at Bang Saphan district hospital in the province on Thursday night decided to transfer several critically sick patients to other hospitals and suspended service for patients who need surgery and child delivery. Hospital director Dr Cherdchai Chayawattho, however,
