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Police, rubber protesters clash in South
Online Reporters, Published on 16/09/2013
» Rubber protesters clashed with police again in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Monday, with one farmer seriously injured as police retaliated with tear gas.
Rubber protesters declare 6 demands
Online Reporters, Published on 15/09/2013
» Rubber farmers protesting in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Cha-uat district on Sunday night issued six demands for the government to settle the low rubber prices problem.
PM Yingluck asks growers to end blockades
Online Reporters, Published on 15/09/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday asked protesting rubber farmers in Nakhon Si Thammarat to end their road blockades, saying their action could damage the economy apart from blocking road traffic.
Mixed feelings on delisting krathom
Online Reporters, Published on 11/09/2013
» A majority of people surveyed in Bangkok believe the legalisation of krathom (Mitragyna speciosa) would not reduce the number of methamphetamine abusers, according to a study by the Research Centre at Bangkok University, or Bangkok Poll.
B2,520/rai rubber subsidy approved
Online Reporters, Published on 10/09/2013
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved the natural rubber policy committee's proposal to increase the subsidy for rubber farmers from 1,260 baht to 2,520 baht per rai with a limit of 25 rai per farmer for a seven-month period from Sept 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014, government deputy spokesman Chalitrat Chantarubeksa said.
Rubber farmers issue new threats
Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2013
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN — A network of rubber farmers in the South on Sunday issued a revised set of demands to present to the government and threatened to raise the level of protests to completely paralyse the region if they are not met.
Rubber farmers take hard line
Online Reporters, Published on 07/09/2013
» TRANG - A group of rubber growers in southern Thailand has demanded the government meet four conditions within a week if it does not want to face more mass protests.
Rubber committee 'no' to B100/kg
Online Reporters, Published on 05/09/2013
» The national rubber policy committee on Thursday rejected a demand by rubber farmers that government guarantee the price of unsmoked rubber sheet at 100 baht/kg.
Road to Surat Thani airport cleared
Online Reporters, Published on 04/09/2013
» More than 200 crowd control police on Wednesday afternoon moved in on rubber protesters blocking the intersection of Highways 41 and 417 in Surat Thani, clearing the junction and allowing traffic to flow freely again to Surat Thani airport, reports said.
Pracha: Rubber reps travelling to BKK
Online Reporters, Published on 04/09/2013
» Fifteen representatives of the protesting rubber growers in southern Thailand have agreed to fly to Bangkok for a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong and other officials on Wednesday evening, Deputy Prime Minister Pracha Promnok said.