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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered artificial rain-making operations to be continued for another period of time after the first operation on Tuesday produced satisfactory result in reducing air pollution over the city, government spokesman Putthipong Punnakan said today. The Royal Rain-making and Agricultural Aviation Department launched cloud-seeding operation on Tuesday morning using two planes
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha reaffirmed today that the much-awaited election will definitely be held by May 9 but gave no indication when exactly it will take place. While stressing that under the Constitution, May 9 is the deadline for the election to be held, Gen Prayut said before the election, his government needs to start
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confidence vote that could topple her government. The defeat was widely expected, but the scale of the House of Commons’ vote — 432 votes against the government
Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong today warned political activists campaigning against an election postponement “not to cross the line”. He was responding to a threat by a group of activists to stage a major protest rally at the Democracy Moment this Saturday if the Election Commission cannot fix an election date by this Friday. They
Army Commander-in-Chief General Apirat Kongsompong today accused those campaigning against an election delay of having a “one-track mind” and bent on creating troubles. “They are being told to think this way, ordered to behave this way – thinking in one single mode without taking into consideration other factors which are reasonable and without looking at
The activist group pushing for an early election today threatened to escalate its campaign if the Election Commission fails to announce an election date by this coming Friday. It plans to call another rally at the Democracy Monument on Saturday to pressure the EC and the government to hold the promised election as early as
More than 85 percent of the respondents to an opinion poll agreed that General Prayut Chan-o-cha is most suitable to be the next prime minister whereas the rest insisted that there are other individuals who are more suitable than him. Most respondents also think that politicians who will be in the post-election government lack the
Cambodian government officials have denied claims that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was issued with a Cambodian passport which was reportedly used by her to register a company in Hong Kong, the Phnom Penh Post reported today. General Mao Chandara, director-general of the Identification Department at the Ministry of Interior told the Post on Thursday
The Election Commission has faulted three cabinet members and former Prime Minister’s Office Minister M.L. Panadda Diskul for holding shares in companies granted business concessions by state agencies in violation of the Constitution. The EC voted at a meeting on Thursday to send the case against Science and Technology Minister Suvit Maesincee, Education Minister Teerakiat
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak is confident that Thailand’s economy for the year 2018 would grow between 4-4.2 percent, citing several economic indicators which have shown sign of improvements. In his address at the “Krungthai Next -Thailand Economic Challenges 2019” forum today, he said that the 2018 economic growth rate would depend on the economic
Key political players have reacted guardedly on the possibility of election delay, whereas March 10, March 17 and March 24 have emerged as potential new dates to replace February 24. Some reports said the Election Commission will propose March 10 and March 17. Others said March 24 is also in contention. The lengthy legal timeframe
