Bangkok :: Thailand
| about 14 hours ago
The revision to the Outlook is based on Fitch's view that the extended period of political turmoil surrounding Thailand's leadership shows no sign of resolution, and may undermine Thai sovereign credit fundamentals, especially as the global economy enters...
Tags: Thailand, political turmoil
Manila :: Philippines
| about 21 hours ago
Cebu Pacific is finalizing plans to send an aircraft to get stranded Filipinos in Thailand, an airline official said Monday. "We are coordinating with the government to get the necessary permits so we can fly to an alternate airport," Cebu Pacific vice...
Tags: Thailand, Cebu Pacific, Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Bangkok, stranded filipinos, pacific vice, Candice Iyog, Philippine National Red Cross
Jakarta :: Indonesia
| about 21 hours ago
The leaders of India and Indonesia have agreed to step up strategic ties. This comes during a visit to Jakarta on Monday by India's President Pratibha Devisingh Patil. In the light of the recent attacks in Mumbai, Mrs Patil and her Indonesian counterpart...
Tags: Indonesian, Jakarta Post, North Jakarta, Jakarta Mon, India, Mumbai, Thailand, president patil, ragunan zoo, received president
Bangkok :: Thailand
| about 23 hours ago
Channel 7 television said a grenade had been fired from a flyover near the domestic hub, which has been occupied by the People's Alliance for Democracy. The injured PAD supporters were later taken by ambulance to nearby hospitals. The group is occupying...
Tags: Thailand, Bangkok, charter flights, main airport, People's Alliance for Democracy, flyover near, bomb blast
Phuket :: Thailand
| 1 day ago
Phuket over the past week to take part in Asia's biggest sailing yachting race, the annual Phuket King's Cup Regatta. Now in its 22nd year, the Regatta attracts sailors from around the world and has become almost as famous for its parties as for its racing.
Tags: bangkok, Thailand, phuket king
Bangkok :: Thailand
| 1 day ago
All but one airplane, landed at the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield about 140 km (90 miles) southeast of Bangkok, spokeswoman Monrudee Gettuphan said. Authorities have estimated 100,000 passengers have been stranded since the protesters -- led by the...
Tags: Thailand, Bangkok Post, politics, prime minister, main airport
Bangkok :: Thailand
| 1 day ago
Pornlert Lattanan, president and national executive of GE in Thailand and Laos, said yesterday that demand is rising for products and services that can cut energy and water expenses as well as pollution emissions or convert organic industrial waste into...
Tags: Thailand
Manila :: Philippines
| 1 day ago
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the release of an initial $15,000 on Sunday to cover the emergency repatriation of some 500 Filipinos stranded in Thailand's main international airport. The amount, which will be released to the Department of...
Tags: thai protesters, Thailand, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Philippine Airlines, president gloria, governance protesters, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Bangkok :: Thailand
| 2 days ago
A grenade attack on protesters occupying the Thai premier's office wounded at least 46 people yesterday, further raising tensions as police tried to end an opposition blockade of Bangkok's airports. The explosion came hours after royalist anti-government...
Tags: Bangkok, Thailand, government protesters, prime minister, government support, international airport, Mr Somchai Wongsawat, support rallied
Pickering :: United Kingdom
| 2 days ago
The federal government is being criticized for failing to help Canadians caught in the middle of political unrest in Thailand's capital. Liberal MP Dan McTeague says it's absolutely paramount that Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon take steps...
Tags: Liberal, Thailand, Dan McTeague, liberal mp
