Showing 21 - 30 of 57
Govt fate hangs on loans decree
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/05/2021
» The House of Representatives will be dissolved if the executive decree to borrow 500 billion baht to combat the public health crisis is not approved by lawmakers, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said yesterday.
A fraught year in politics
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/12/2020
» It is often said that Thailand resolves around political events. Here are the five most dynamic and attention-grabbing stories — the youth-led, anti-government protests, the Future Forward Party’s spectacular fall, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha surviving the Constitutional Court’s rulings that threatened to deliver the death warrant on his premiership, the Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) elections held for the first time in six years and the internal turbulence experienced by the main opposition Pheu Thai Party — which have left their mark this year.
House cuts funds for gold mine legal row
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/09/2020
» A House committee vetting the budget bill for the next fiscal year on Monday voted to cut funds set aside to cover the legal fees in a dispute with an Australia-based gold mining company by 12 million baht.
Transfer bill before House
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/06/2020
» The final deliberation on a bill to reallocate 88 billion baht to a central fund to fight Covid-19 and rehabilitate the economy started yesterday.
In search of a cure for lost incomes
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/04/2020
» The first batch of financial aid the government has pledged to relieve the economic pain brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic is making its way to the people, who are desperate for help.
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.
Opposition targets 124-billion-baht defence budget
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/01/2020
» The opposition has taken aim at the proposed 124-billion-baht budget for the Defence Ministry, with the focus of attack locked on the planned purchase of two submarines worth 22.5 billion baht.
House to investigate repeated delays in new parliament
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 20/12/2019
» The House of Representatives has voted to set up a panel to investigate the repeated delays in the construction of the new parliament complex.
New parliament construction deadline extended, again
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 10/12/2019
» The House secretariat has extended for the fourth time the deadline for Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Plc (Stecon) to finish building the new parliament complex, for another 382 days from Dec 15 to Dec 31 next year.
Govt 'must heed advice' before giving concessions
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 24/06/2019
» The government should heed lawmakers' suggestions before deciding whether to grant Bangkok Expressway and Metro Plc (BEM) the right to operate three expressways for 30 more years, says Rawee Maschamadol, an MP from the New Palangdharma Party.