Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has removed 10 people from the Cabinet and brought in new faces including a red-shirt leader Nattawut Saikua, in another reshuffle of the Cabinet endorsed by His Majesty the King this evening. Those who have been made disappeared from the Cabinet include Deputy Prime Minister Pol.Gen. Kowit Wattana, Minister attached to [...]
Thailandâs cabinet on Tuesday endorsed a budget of almost Bt20 billion for post-flood rehabilitation, and opted to waive the 3-month visa fee for foreigners travelling to Thailand on rehabilitation missions to help restore industries affected by this yearâs flooding. Government spokeswoman Thitima Chaisang said the cabinet approved in principle two budget items â one for [...]
Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung on Thursday said he will continue to push for an amnesty law which will pave the way for ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return home. The move however would kickstart only after the government’s campaign against drugs and the cases of 91 Red Shirt protest-related deaths have concluded with [...]
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra confirmed that the government would not extend the special holiday as Bangkok’s floods will rise no more than one metre high. After the special cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced that the special holiday would not be extended, however, she urged private sector and government sector to allow their employees [...]
Chon Buri Deputy Governor Patarathorn Tianchai said the Provincial Evacuation Center located in the Institute of Physical Education Chon Buri Campus is paying good attention to flood evacuees by holding two meetings daily, at 9 am and 7 pm, to discuss the evacuees’ problems. According to Mr Patarathorn who also is director of the provincial [...]
Chon Buri residents mobilized forces from government and private sectors to receive the flood evacuees who will travel from Don Mueang Airport to take shelter in Chon Buri province. Today at the gymnasium of Chon Buri Institute of Physical Education, Chon Buri Governor Wichit Chatpaisit issued an order to agencies from government and private sectors, [...]
Yesterday, the Prime Minister, together with the Bangkok Governor and the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, went to inspect the water situation at Phra Khanong water pumping station, during which she reassured Vibhavadi Rangsit Road would not be used as passageway for water in order to relieve the estimated flood crisis. PM Yingluck Shinawatra, [...]
ABAC poll showed that the majority of Thai citizens is worried about political conflicts during the plight of flooding while they demand cooperation from all sides to solve the problem. According to Director of the ABAC Poll Research Center Dr Noppol Kanika, the survey titled ‘Lessons learned from the deluge crisis in Thailand’ among 1,305 [...]
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra inisisted that no emergency decree would be needed in Bangkok while also urging the Bangkok Governor to cooperate with the government without political prejudice. Ms. Yingluck said the Flood Relief Operations Center would be ready to step in to help Bangkok people if the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) could not deal [...]
The public relations unit of the Flood Relief Operations Center (FROC) was informed by the Embassy of the United States of America that the United States Government provided an additional 15 million THB in humanitarian assistance to support flood relief efforts in Thailand. The funding, provided through the International Organization for Migration (IOM), will allow [...]