Thai private and state sectors are working together to promote Thailand’s first use of ED95 fuel by large passenger buses. The move is intended to help the country achieve its 15-year alternative energy development goal and become the world’s ethanol export center in the future. The Energy Ministry and the Industry Ministry have signed an […]
While the number of protesters was far from their peak of the past few years, the yellow shirts provided all the other ingredients for a deja vu when they returned to their familiar spot near Government House yesterday. In fact, the Abhisit government must have felt something eerily familiar as it suggested it was not […]
A Thai police officer charged in the death of a Calgary man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing his pregnant wife. Uthai Dechawiwat pleaded guilty to clubbing his 18-year-old wife to death two weeks after their wedding. The police sergeant is also charged in the off-duty shooting of 25-year-old Leo Del […]
The situation has not warranted a military intervention, Internal Security Operations Command spokesman Maj General Ditthaporn Sasamit said on Thursday, dismissing the allegation about top military leaders had met at a safe house to plot a coup. “Conditions for coup do not exist and the government administration has steadily brought about improvements,” he said in […]
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday that there would be an early general election unless the ongoing street protests turn violent. Abhisit said that if constitutional amendments cleared the final reading on February 11 and new electoral rules were promulgated by late February or early March, one of his three conditions for early elections will […]
BANGKOK, 27 January 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has encouraged motorcycle riders to wear helmets to protect themselves from injuries and fatalities in road accidents, targeting to reduce the number of fatalities caused by accident by half within 2020. Speaking as he presided over an event to launch the campaign on Thursday, the […]
BANGKOK, 26 January 2011 (NNT)-The Don’t Drive Drunk Foundation’s proposal to prohibit alcohol consumption among drivers has been officially approved and will come into force on 1 February this year. According to the Ministry of Transport, drivers and passengers of all public transports except taxi, motorcycle and public van drivers will be penalized if the […]
A Democrat MP for Krabi, Sakorn Kiawkhong, is reported to have been arrested in Hong Kong on a charge of stealing from a duty free store, according to media reports, but it is all just a mistake, according to his Democrat colleagues. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said he was stunned by the arrest. Mr […]
