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Rising costs seen as final straw
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/01/2022
» Soaring food prices are taking a bigger bite of people's income and are believed to be intensifying political pressure on -- and even shaking the stability of -- the coalition government, which has a little over one year left in office.
Narongsak rules himself out of city governor race
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/12/2021
» Pathum Thani governor Narongsak Osottanakorn has announced he will not contest the next Bangkok governor election, shooting down reports he would run under the banner of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).
Ex-Austria envoy is new ombudsman
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/09/2021
» Politics: The Senate yesterday selected former diplomat Songsak Saicheua as an ombudsman.
Polls tipped for Pattaya and Bangkok
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/09/2021
» Local elections for Pattaya and Bangkok are expected to be proposed for later this year. The issue is expected to be forwarded to the cabinet tomorrow.
Cash for govt jobs alleged
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/09/2019
» The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (Act) secretary-general Mana Nimitmongkol on Sunday claimed he had learned of high-ranking position-buying in some ministries.
HM King endorses cabinet
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/07/2019
» The coalition government, which has been royally endorsed, will not have the luxury of "a honeymoon period" as the country's economy is in bad shape and is in need of urgent action from the new government, observers in the private sector said.
Chartpattana Party 'faces cabinet snub'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/06/2019
» It is possible that no members of the Chartpattana Party will be invited to join the next cabinet, according to a source at the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).
More regional MPs ask for more cabinet posts
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/06/2019
» A group of 13 MPs in the South is the latest to demand a seat in Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha's cabinet, after another group of 19 MPs from the Northeast earlier threatened to defect to the opposition if their demand is turned down.
Dems cagey ahead of PM vote
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/06/2019
» Pressure is mounting on the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and the Democrats to thrash out their differences and finalise a deal over the formation of a coalition government ahead of the prime ministerial vote in parliament scheduled for Wednesday.
'I would die for this country': Prayut
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/03/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha stole the show on Friday on the last day of election campaign rallies when he appeared on the Palang Pracharath Party's (PPRP) rally stage to the surprise of cheering crowds at Thephasdin Stadium near the National Stadium in Bangkok.