By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN A SURPRISE PHENOMENON in the middle of the House of Representatives chamber, former deputy prime minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan today (Feb.17) resigned as MP in apparent protest of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s regime. The maverick Mingkwan announced his resignation as MP of New Economics Party during today’s censure debate on the
Read moreDay: February 17, 2022
Drunk, jealous husband shoots wife dead on their bed
A DRUNK man stressed out by fears his wife could be having an affair shot her dead on their bed at their home in Chiang Mai province today (Feb. 17), TV Channel 7 said. Police from Mae Chaem station rushed to a raised wooden house in Kong Khaek subdistrict where they found Mrs.Jaruwan, 34,
Read moreSeveral rallies taking place in Bangkok today
METROPOLITAN Police are moving in to maintain law and order as several demonstrations are taking across the city today (Feb. 17) on the heels of a few others that were staged yesterday, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek, deputy head of Metropolitan Police, listed the rallies as follows: 1) Members of Farmers
Read moreOver 250,000 children jabbed as daily Covid tally rises to 17,349
THE COVID vaccination drive is making headway among 5-11 years old children with 250,715, or 4.9 percent, having got their first shot amid a tally of 17,349 cases and 22 deaths today (April 17), TV Channel 7 said. Of the new batch of patients 17,104 were domestic, 169 fell sick in prisons and detention
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