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Paetongtarn wants Olympic sport status for Muay Thai
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/01/2024
» Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the deputy chairperson of the National Soft Power Strategy Committee, is pushing to have Muay Thai become an Olympic sport.
PM seeks clarity on BTS Skytrain deals
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has instructed the Transport Ministry to clarify issues regarding controversial contracts involving the BTS Skytrain system.
PM seeks clarity on BTS Skytrain deals
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 12/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has asked the Transport Ministry to compile information and clarify issues involving controversial contracts involving the BTS Skytrain system.
Pheu Thai happy with councillors' work
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/06/2023
» Pheu Thai has rated the performance of its Bangkok councillors as satisfactory over the last year as it still licks its wounds after its underwhelming showing in the May 14 general election.
Politicians make hay while the sun shines
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 27/12/2022
» It was a year of tumult on the political front, with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's selection as sole prime ministerial candidate of the United Thai Nation Party, the Constitutional Court's ruling that Prime Minister Prayut's term still had time to run, and the landslide victory of independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt in the Bangkok governor election.
Wiroj aims to decentralise power
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 14/02/2022
» Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, who is running in the Bangkok governor election under the banner of the Move Forward Party (MFP), has vowed to bring change to the capital and tackle problems head-on, with residents' best interests close to his heart.
City governor hopeful faces probe
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 04/02/2022
» Suchatvee Suwansawat, a candidate in Bangkok's gubernatorial race, is now facing a probe by the House committee on corruption and misconduct prevention and suppression over a complaint accusing him of unusual wealth and malfeasance, said Move Forward Party MP Thiratchai Phantumas, a spokesman of the committee.
Pheu Thai to oppose fare hike plan
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 25/01/2021
» The opposition Pheu Thai Party will petition the government and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to suspend a plan to raise the fare ceiling on the BTS skytrain Green Line electric train from 65 baht to 104 baht which is scheduled to take effect on Feb 16.
BMA under fire over Green Line fare hike
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/01/2021
» The Department of Rail Transport (DoRT) is seeking talks with City Hall over its decision to raise the fare ceiling on the BTS skytrain Green Line electric train from 65 baht to 104 baht from Feb 16.
Anupong denies any Gold Line chicanery
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/02/2020
» Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda on Tuesday denied an allegation by the opposition that the Gold Line rail project was approved by the cabinet in 2016 to benefit large businesses close to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.