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Booze warning labels planned
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/02/2024
» The government is planning to introduce a new regulation that would require the makers of alcoholic beverages to put large, graphic images on every bottle and can they produce to warn the public of the dangers of drinking.
MP slashes own arm during debate
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/10/2020
» A Pheu Thai Party MP cut his arm in Parliament during a debate on students' rallies on Tuesday night, saying he did not want students to get hurt.
Sexual remark censored
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/11/2012
» Prasit Chaisrisa, a Pheu Thai Party MP for Surin and one of the party’s chief defenders during censure debates, went a little too far in his objection to an accusation by Democrat Party MP Rangsima Rodrassami.
Excitement grows for Thaksin’s Tachilek visit
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/11/2012
» Mr Thaksin may meet the president of the country when he visits Myanmar, but his supporters are far more interested in his visit to Tachilek, just a few steps across the border from Chiang Rai.
Inflation? What inflation?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/05/2012
» Thai people perceive the cost of living is rising, but in reality it is not, the prime minster said yesterday. The idea that prices are surging is a product of an overactive imagination.
Another day in parliament
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/05/2012
» Yesterday was day nine of the debate in parliament on a proposed amendment to Section 291 of the constitution, but there was another matter occupying the members attention as well.
Parliamentary “excitement”
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 19/04/2012
» Sleepy lawmakers started to pay attention to the charter amendment debate yesterday, when a photo of a half-naked Asian woman appeared repeatedly on a large-screen TV monitor in the chamber.
No support for Kwanchai’s grand plan
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/03/2012
» Red shirt leader Kwanchai Praipana has a grand plan for bringing deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra home, but no-one, not even Mr Thaksin himself,seems to be supporting it.
Chalerm: It’s not alcohol, it’s my ear
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/02/2012
» Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubumrung blames an inner-ear problem, not alcohol, for his unsteady public appearances recently.
Mixing football and politics
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/02/2012
» The fantastic success of veteran politician Newin Chitchob’s Buriram PEA football club this season has not gone unnoticed by other politicians.