GOING VIRAL on the Thai social media today (Sept. 21) is the eviction of a TV programme host who is a red-shirt suporter from a well-known Thai spicy chili sauce shop even though she had made an appointment a month in advance to go in for a shoot, Matichon newspaper said. Ms Kham Phaka,
Month: September 2021
Palang Pracharath Party not naming Prayut as candidate for PM in next election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH Party will no longer name Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as lame duck candidate for head of government in the next election because he could otherwise possibly retain his power for less than two years from now, said sources in the ruling party today (Sept. 21). Palang Pracharath
Read moreDaily Covid count drops to 10,919 cases, Bangkok’s total 2,561
ALTHOUGH the daily Covid-19 tally dropped to 10,919 cases this morning (Sept. 21) there were still 143 deaths while Bangkok logged 2,561 new infections and 40 fatalities, Siam Rath newspaper said. The daily death toll remains high with most of the deceased being either over 60 years of age or suffering from chronic illnesses
Read moreDin Daeng protesters plan to move to Nang Loeng intersection
A REPRESENTATIVE of the Thalu Gas adolescent protesters who have been rallying at Din Daeng intersection every night for over a month now said there are plans to shift their protest site to Nang Loeng intersection, Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (Sept. 20). Speaking at 7 p.m. at this intersection where another protest
Read moreDelta Plus Covid variant spreading in Lao capital
By Laotian Times and Sanook.com THE Lao Ministry of Health has confirmed that the Covid-19 variant spreading through the capital Vientiane is the Delta Plus variant, Laotian Times said today (Sept. 20). According to health officials, the Delta Plus variant is highly transmissible, more so than the Delta variant from which it mutated. Delta
Read moreFake cops nabbed for extorting money from drug victims
A GANG of five policemen were arrested in southern Pattani province on the charges of intimidating and extorting money and assets from drug addicts and the family of those arrested on drug charges, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Sept. 20). At 3 a.m. this morning Pol. Col. Mustapha Mani, superintendent of Yaring police station,
Read moreNew steps allowing foreigners to buy houses ‘aimed at easing tourism woes’
THE Government today (Sept. 20) explained that its move to attract certain groups of foreigners to work and invest here and also allowing them to buy houses in this country is aimed at spurring economic growth and investment particularly to compensate for the decreased number of foreign tourists and drop in tourism revenue, Amarin TV
Read moreTraffic snarls after heavy rain lashes Bangkok
MANY roads got flooded after torrential rain lashed Bangkok this afternoon (Sept. 19) leading to heavy traffic jams with the downpour being heavier on the Thonburi side of the capital while it gauged 96mm in Sathorn area, INN News said this evening. The Bangkok Flood Prevention Centre recommended that small vehicles avoid 13 routes with
Read moreAnti-Prayut street protesters reminisced on 15th anniversary of 2006 coup
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MASSIVE PROTEST AGAINST Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha resumed today (Sept. 19) with a ”car mob” procession of automobiles and motorcycles cruising through an inner part of Bangkok and street protesters reminisced on the 15th anniversary of the 2006 coup. The long procession of horn-tooting automobiles and motorcycles ridden by anti-Prayut
Read moreTwo junta soldiers, including a major, killed in Yangon bomb attack
By Myanmar Now and AFP published by ChannelNewsAsia TWO soldiers including a major were killed in the guerilla bomb attack against a military vehicle in Yangon’s Sanchaung Township on Thursday, it has emerged. Several junta troops were riding in a truck near the intersection of Bargaryar and Baho roads at around 4 p.m. when
Read moreDaily Covid count hovers over 13,000 with 242 new cases in Phuket
WHILE Thailand logged 13,576 coronavirus cases and 117 deaths this morning (Sept. 19), a big drop from over 20,000 a day last month, there was a spike in Phuket with 242 new infections yesterday, Siam Rath newspaper said. The Phuket information Centre stated that none of the new batch of patients were from overseas
Read moreDin Daeng residents urged to tip off police about adolescent protesters
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE METROPOLITAN POLICE have encouraged residents in the neighbourhood of Din Daeng intersection to give tip-offs pertaining to any looming, untoward incidents which might possibly be triggered tomorrow (Sept. 19) by adolescent street protesters in the area. In a press conference today, Metropolitan Police spokesman Pol. Maj. Gen. Piya Tawichai
Read moreFamily upset after dead uncle gets two letters to get Covid jab
A FACEBOOK user today (Sept. 18) related how his family has been distressed by officials sending two letters to his uncle who died from coronavirus to come in for a jab, Sanook.com said. Nattapong Ho said his uncle died after catching Covid-19 over a month ago and shortly afterwards one letter from Nonthaburi Provincial Public
Read moreFrance slams US, Australia over cancelled $60 billion submarine deal
By New York Times and published by The Straits Times Washington – The United States and Australia went to extraordinary lengths to keep Paris in the dark as they secretly negotiated a plan to build nuclear submarines, scuttling France’s largest defence contract and so enraging President Emmanuel Macron that on Friday (Sept 17) he
Read moreGovernment moves to allow ‘high potential’ foreigners buy land
THE CABINET last Tuesday (Sept. 14) approved measures to attract “high potential” foreigners to the country by offering them various benefits among which is the right to buy land, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Sept. 18). Ms. Ratchada Thanadirek, deputy spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said these measures are aimed boosting the Thai economy
Read moreAustralia at centre of Indo-Pacific alliances to counter China
By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch Sydney – Australia finds itself as the common link in a new mesh of global alliances centred on the Indo-Pacific that are all but in name aimed at countering China’s rising military power and economic clout. Canberra’s 70-year-old defence alliance with Washington already commits Australia to act in response
Read moreMPs involved in Prayut-rescuing payoff scandal urged to come out as witnesses
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE GOVERNMENT MPs who might have been offered five million baht in cash bribe to rescue Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from a recent no-confidence motion were today (Sept. 17) strongly advised to come out as personal witnesses to the payoff scandal. Thai Liberal Party leader Seripisut Temiyavej, who concurrently acts
Read moreGovernor, Covid panel: Bangkok Sandbox not being launched on Oct. 15
BANGKOK Governor Pol. Gen. Aswin Kwanmuang today (Sept. 17) said he had never announced that the Bangkok Sandbox scheme will be launched on October 15 as has been widely reported with the welfare of the majority of the residents having to be considered first before the capital could be reopened to tourism, Amarin TV
Read moreThaksin being probed over THAI’s purchase of 10 aircraft
THE National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) today (Sept. 17) confirmed it has set up a large inquiry committee to investigate former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for approving the purchase of 10 Airbus A340-500 and A340-600 aircraft by Thai Airways International (THAI) that then allegedly sharply increased its debts, Siam Rath newspaper said. NACC spokesman Mr. Niwatchai
Read moreProtesters back at Din Daeng hotspot as residents stage separate rally
WITH the Thalu Gas protesters having gathered again at Din Daeng intersection from 5.30 p.m. onwards today (Sept. 16) as they have been doing for weeks now, residents of Din Daeng flats affected by their nightly confrontation with crowd-control police were to stage their own rally to voice their disagreement with this movement, Siam
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