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  • Phuket NewsPM opens Chalong Underpass and meets local supporters in Phuket
    ThaigerPublished: 12:06, 08 July 2019
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    PM opens Chalong Underpass and meets local supporters in Phuket

    PHOTOS & VIDEO: District 5 PR Office The PM arrived at the Chalong Underpass area this morning to officially declare the controversial 350 metre underground road tunnel open. The roadworks took nearly four years to complete and caused financial pain, inconvenience and turmoil for both businesses and residents in the south of the island. The Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos was…

  • Politics News‘Grow up’ , ‘don’t throw tantrums’ – Palang Pracharat spokesperson
    ThaigerPublished: 12:03, 06 July 2019
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    ‘Grow up’ , ‘don’t throw tantrums’ – Palang Pracharat spokesperson

    PHOTO: Uttama Savanayana, left, and Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, deputy spokesperson for Phalang Pracharat Party, is lambasting the opposition for being “childish and narrow-minded” as it filed its petition to censure the PM. He says the opposition should give the new government some time to work before launching no-confidence motions against it. “I want the opposition to be more open-minded…

  • Politics NewsThai PM hints at a ‘solution nobody wanted’ if he can’t solve Cabinet squabbles
    ThaigerPublished: 11:21, 02 July 2019
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    Thai PM hints at a ‘solution nobody wanted’ if he can’t solve Cabinet squabbles

    Yesterday’s mea culpa by the Thai PM Prayut, rather than providing a reassuring tone for the Thai electorate, has ended up stirring up rumours of another coup. Though the aim of the apology was to help mend the ongoing struggles within the Palang Pracharat Party over cabinet positions (let alone the other 19 parties involved in the pro-junta bloc), Prayut…

  • Transport NewsThai PM heading to Phuket to officially open the Chalong Underpass
    ThaigerPublished: 11:30, 01 July 2019
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    Thai PM heading to Phuket to officially open the Chalong Underpass

    PHOTO: Guy (Charlie) LIDUREAU The Thai PM is heading to Phuket to officiate at the opening of the long-awaited Chalong Underpass next week, as well as attend some other meetings during the day. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha will open the Chalong Underpass on Monday, July 8. Both lanes of the new underpass will be closed during the ceremony from 7-10am. The construction…

  • Politics NewsPrayut sworn in as 29th Thai PM. Cabinet appointments remain unresolved.
    ThaigerPublished: 08:36, 12 June 2019
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    Prayut sworn in as 29th Thai PM. Cabinet appointments remain unresolved.

    PHOTOS: The Nation Prayut Chan-o-cha was sworn in as the 29th Thai Prime Minister in a ceremony at Government House yesterday. Key points… • PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has received royal endorsement as the new prime minister in a ceremony at Government House, a week after winning a vote in Parliament. • The ceremony was attended by the leaders of the…

  • Thailand Election NewsThanathorn says he will be Thailand’s Prime Minister of change
    ThaigerPublished: 17:15, 05 June 2019
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    Thanathorn says he will be Thailand’s Prime Minister of change

    Future Forward’s 40 year old leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has called for change this afternoon. He made his speech outside of the temporary parliament as he’s been barred as an MP pending legal cases yet to be heard by the Constitutional Court over alleged media share holdings. The speech was made as the parliament hears from MPs about why they support…

  • Thailand Election NewsThanathorn and Prayut officially nominated as Thai PM candidates
    ThaigerPublished: 13:06, 05 June 2019
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    Thanathorn and Prayut officially nominated as Thai PM candidates

    “The current PM, Prayut Chan-o-cha did not attend today’s proceedings.” The Future Forward leader, 40 year old Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, and NCPO chief and current PM Prayut Chan-o-cha have been formally named as candidates for the position of Prime Minister by their parties in Parliament this morning. They were the only two names put forward after the new House Speaker (and…

  • Thailand Election NewsDemocrats side with Palang Pracharat before today’s PM vote
    ThaigerPublished: 10:27, 05 June 2019
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    Democrats side with Palang Pracharat before today’s PM vote

    PHOTO: Thai PBS The Democrat party has decided, following a fierce debate late yesterday, to join the Palang Pracharat-led coalition government. They cite ‘ending political uncertainty’ and ‘switching off’ the power of the junta, according to new party leader Jurin Laksanavisit. As the new parliament sits and votes on a new Thai PM today, the NCPO automatically dissolves once the…

  • Thailand Election NewsFuture Forward candidates say they’ve been offered up to 120M baht to vote for Prayut as PM
    ThaigerPublished: 21:10, 04 June 2019
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    Future Forward candidates say they’ve been offered up to 120M baht to vote for Prayut as PM

    The big vote for Thailand’s next PM starts tomorrow at 11am. The lead up to the vote, a flurry of desperate offers and deals, has seen the Pro-Junta Palang Pracharat party fall short of a majority, fall WELL short of a majority. Meanwhile, Future Forward party members claimed today that some of their MPs have been offered between 30 million and…

  • Thailand Election NewsDemocrats meet one day before PM election to decide who to support
    ThaigerPublished: 11:23, 02 June 2019
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    Democrats meet one day before PM election to decide who to support

    PHOTO: Democrat party spokesperson, Ramet Rattanachaweng Three sleeps to go before the Thai parliament meets to elect a new PM. The result of that vote is expected to favour the Palang Pracharat prime ministerial candidate, Prayut Chan-o-cha, the man who has been Thailand’s PM for the past five years. The Democrat party say they will decide on Tuesday, whether to…

  • Thailand Election NewsVote for new Thai PM on Wednesday – Democrats and Palang Pracharat still at loggerheads
    ThaigerPublished: 11:30, 01 June 2019
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    Vote for new Thai PM on Wednesday – Democrats and Palang Pracharat still at loggerheads

    The countdown is on to next Wednesday’s vote for a new Thai PM. With all odds pointing to a return term for Prayut Chan-o-cha, Palang Pracharat’s prime ministerial candidate, it’s now or never for the various parties to form workable, and sustainable MP blocs in the new parliament. Otherwise the new PM will be the head of a scrambled egg…

  • Thailand NewsThai PM takes flack from social media over his Animal Farm recommendation
    ThaigerPublished: 09:59, 31 May 2019
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    Thai PM takes flack from social media over his Animal Farm recommendation

    PHOTO: The Thai PM has never been comfortable around farm animals PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is taking a lot of flack after suggesting Thais read George Orwell’s dystopian novel, “Animal Farm”. And a government spokesperson’s explanation has dug the hole even deeper. Read The Thaiger story HERE. “The man who has run the country undemocratically for the past five years has…

  • Krabi NewsPM visits Finnish boy attacked by dogs in Krabi
    Kritsada MueanhawongPublished: 09:36, 22 February 2019
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    PM visits Finnish boy attacked by dogs in Krabi

    Thailand PM Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday paid a visit to a five year old Finnish boy who was attacked by stray dogs at Ao Nong beach on Wednesday late afternoon. Read more about the attack HERE. The young Finnish boy, savaged by a pack of dogs living on the beach, continues to recover at the Krabi Nakarin International Hospital. Krabi’s Governor visited…

  • Thailand NewsPrayut says he’s still waiting for an invitation to join a party for the election
    ThaigerPublished: 18:48, 29 January 2019
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    Prayut says he’s still waiting for an invitation to join a party for the election

    Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says he won’t be reshuffling his cabinet following the resignations of four ministers who are core members of the pro-junta Palang Pracharat party. And he declared that he will seek to return to power only through election. He also openly ruled out the possibility of exploiting the provisional clauses in the Constitution to be re-appointed PM…

  • Thailand NewsElection 2019: Put it in your calendar – March 10
    ThaigerPublished: 08:46, 17 January 2019
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    Election 2019: Put it in your calendar – March 10

    PHOTO: Protesters in Bangkok demanding the Thai Government announce election dates Bets are on for a March 10 election date as the Prime Minister has, for the first time, admitted that the election can no longer be held on February 24. But nothing official has yet been announced. Under the constitution, the general election must be completed within 150 days…

  • Thailand NewsPM Prayut kicks the election can down the road
    ThaigerPublished: 17:50, 16 January 2019
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    PM Prayut kicks the election can down the road

    PHOTO: The Nation February 24? No. March? April? Maybe May? PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has reaffirmed today that election will definitely be held by May 9 but gave no indication when exactly it will take place. It’s the first time he’s ever uttered an actual date. He says that under the new Thai Constitution, May 9 is the final date election…

  • Bangkok NewsMalaysian PM receives honorary doctorate from Rangsit University
    ThaigerPublished: 08:42, 17 December 2018
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    Malaysian PM receives honorary doctorate from Rangsit University

    PHOTOS: Facebook/Rangsit University Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Rangsit University President Arthit Ourairat during the convocation ceremony on Sunday. – Picture from Rangsit University Facebook Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad has been in Bangkok over the weekend, his second trip to the Kingdom in the past three months. But this time it was mostly social and to receive an award.…

  • Thailand NewsNo public displays of affection for Prayut and Theresa May
    ThaigerPublished: 14:32, 07 December 2018
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    No public displays of affection for Prayut and Theresa May

    Following a lot of criticism, a billboard supporting Prayut Chan-o-cha as the PM after the general election, has been taken down in Ratchaburi, while an investigation takes place by provincial election commission officials. The billboard in question had British PM Theresa May shaking hands with Gen Prayut, claiming the English PM was already in full support of the Thai Prime…

  • Thailand NewsThe 2019 election clock is revealed
    ThaigerPublished: 06:41, 09 November 2018
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    The 2019 election clock is revealed

    The countdown is now ticking as the pieces click together for next year’s election – the first since the Thai army took control in a peaceful coup in May 2014, ousting the elected Yingluck Shinawatra government. Deputy PM Wissanu Krea-ngarm has presented the clearest political timeline yet that will lead to a general election on February 24, 2019, the appointment…

  • Bangkok NewsPoll restrictions to be relaxed in December
    ThaigerPublished: 11:12, 02 November 2018
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    Poll restrictions to be relaxed in December

    The Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has distanced himself from a claim by his deputy Somkid Jatusripitak that the next head of government would “look similar” to the current one. General Prawit Wongsuwan, another deputy premier, said Somkid had shared the same thoughts as “many of us” although he would not specify what he thought regarding the matter. General Prayut was…

  • Thailand NewsPrayut remains top choice for next PM – Pheu Thai preferred party
    ThaigerPublished: 11:17, 24 September 2018
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    Prayut remains top choice for next PM – Pheu Thai preferred party

    The Thai PM has come out on top in another opinion poll as next year’s election starts to become cemented onto the February 24 date. General Prayut Chan-o-cha iss the most popular choice to be PM after the next election – but there’s doubt the political party linked to him will be a winner – according to a new poll.…

  • Thailand NewsThai PM fires back at media over question of his political future
    ThaigerPublished: 13:34, 19 September 2018
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    Thai PM fires back at media over question of his political future

    The Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha fired back at the media when pressed for an answer about his political future. The PM has said in recent months that he will make an announcement about his political future sometime “in September”. It is widely speculated that he will either join a supportive political party running in the election or make himself available…

  • Bangkok NewsTime to take off the gag – PM to lift political ban
    ThaigerPublished: 08:23, 24 August 2018
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    Time to take off the gag – PM to lift political ban

    As an election firms up, somewhere between February 24 and May in 2019, the PM is under pressure to losses the strings – allowing political parties to carry out political activities, banned since the coup took place in May 2014. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is expected to invoke his executive power under Article 44 of the interim Constitution to ease political…

  • Thailand NewsMore delays for next February’s election?
    ThaigerPublished: 17:48, 11 August 2018
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    More delays for next February’s election?

    PHOTO: On the lookout for next year’s election – The Nation February 2019 is just six months away, the deadline for the long-awaited, and must postponed, Thai general election. Although the junta have ‘promised’ that THIS will be the date for Thailand’s return to democracy, an increasing amount of politicians are starting to wonder if the deadline will be met.…