Democrats to push gender-equality laws
The Democrat Party will push for two draft laws – one on domestic violence and the other on maternal health – as an International Women’s Day prRead More…
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Advisers bring diversity to border command
Fifty people from a cross-section of society have been appointed as advisers to the Southern Border Province Peace Building Command to help find ways Read More…
Lawyers group offers to help Tak Bai kin
The Law Society of Thailand (LST) yesterday offered to help relatives of Muslim protesters killed in the Tak Bai crackdown last year file both criminaRead More…
Transition almost an anticlimax
If you don’t know today is a big day, you are not alone. When Thaksin Shinawatra is sworn in for his second term this evening, it will mark the smooRead More…
Thaksin Cabinets ‘set new standard’
The Cabinet under Thaksin Shinawatra’s leadership has issued more than 13,000 resolutions during the past four years. “When compared with previRead More…
Chavalit considers Senate bid
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, an outgoing deputy prime minister, indicated yesterday that he might run for a Senate seat in two years despite his decision toRead More…
THAKSIN II : Somkid asked to stay on at Finance
PM forced to turn to deputy after being turned down by other candidates Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra asked Somkid Jatusripitak on Monday to stRead More…
ID cards for newborns
Newborn babies will get their own ID cards if a legal amendment proposed by the Interior Ministry becomes law. The Cabinet yesterday approved the pRead More…
‘Black’ protest by MP accused of lese majesty
Democrat party-list MP Kalaya Sophonpanich yesterday wore black in “mourning” for what she described as injustice when she showed up to face chargRead More…
Ex-Bangkok Bank worker arrested over Web-based robbery
A former Bangkok Bank employee was arrested on Monday for alleged involvement in a robbery using the Internet. Watcharawong Nawadee, 42, was chargeRead More…