Soaring rice prices sow hope - and trouble - for indebted farmers bangkokpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bangkokpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Top political parties are wooing more than 14 million farmers, the single-largest group of voters, with promises such as suspending crop loans and measures to triple their income in four years.
Thailand’s main opposition party will hand out about 500 billion baht (US$15 billion) in cash if it wins next month’s election to “resuscitate” the nation’s struggling economy and provide relief to those battling “neck-deep debt”, a party official said.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, and her Pheu Thai party widened leads as the voters’ top choice in the latest opinion poll ahead of a general election tentatively scheduled for May.
Thaksin s daughter widens lead over Prayut in new opinion poll borneobulletin.com.bn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from borneobulletin.com.bn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.