A rift among members of a committee charged with screening video footage and photographs of the government’s dispersal of red shirt protesters ensures today’s no-confidence debate in the lower house will get off to a fiery start.
The nine-member committee, made up of representatives from the government, the opposition and government officials, is responsible for screening [...]
Situated on the beachfront close to Pattaya’s famous ‘North Point’ Condominum development you will find the very prestigious Pullman Hotel, which was recently the venue for the first, of what will become a regular monthly event, of a Theme Night, to kick the festivities off with a bang was a ‘White’ evening.
Many leading Pattaya businessmen [...]
Over 100 police officers from a range of different departments recently joined forces to swoop on one of Pattaya’s most infamous Walking Street Discotheques.
The raid took place at around 2.30 in the morning, and officers searched and drug tested around 500 patrons, plus establishment staff.
The swoop led to the arrest of more than [...]
When I turn up to an accident most Thais don’t treat me differently just because I’m a foreigner. They’re just glad someone has turned up to help them.
I’d never thought about being a paramedic until I moved to Thailand from my native New Zealand. I came 10 years ago on holiday and never left.
I’m pretty [...]
Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper has died at the age of 74 following a battle with prostate cancer.
Known for such cult classics as Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now and Blue Velvet, Hopper embodied the image of the Hollywood icon.
Hopper died on Saturday morning surrounded by friends and family at his home in Venice, California.
He was last seen [...]
Dragon-slaying martyr St George should be replaced as a symbol of England, university academics have said.
With national identity in sharp focus leading up to the World Cup, experts at the University of Nottingham have come up with a new idea.
They believe the English oak would be a far better symbol.
“St George is a peculiar symbol,” says [...]
Although the chances for Montenegro to deport fugitive Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and face charges here do not look bright, Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya said Saturday the Thai government would not ask foreign governments to pressure the Montenegro to comply with the Thai request.
Believing that Mr Thaksin now holds both Thai and [...]
Most Thais want the government to pay attention to their well being and debt issues, a Dusit Poll revealed yesterday.
Out of 3,508 Thais nation-wide inter-viewed over four days up to Friday, 44 per cent said they wanted the government to ask people about their well being, job security and debts. About 46 per cent wanted [...]
The government has ended the curfew in Bangkok and 23 other provinces.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the decision followed assurances from security forces that they had regained control following recent riots and a deadly crackdown in Bangkok and some other provinces that left 85 dead in the capital.
The curfew, which had been in place since [...]
In an attempt to enable foreign envoys to better understand the political unrest in Thailand, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Saturday told them that his government will focus on three key points to bring back normalcy to the kingdom.
Mr Abhisit briefed foreign envoys and representatives of international organisations on the military operations against anti-government protesters [...]
