By Thai Newsroom Reporters DESPITE OF HAVING BEEN DEPRIVED of cabinet posts, Thammanat Prompow and Naruemon Pinyosinwat will stay on as secretary general and treasurer of the Palang Pracharath Party respectively and will not be replaced by anyone else as yet, said a source in the ruling party today (Sept. 11). Former deputy agriculture
Month: September 2021
2 senior policemen being probed over flying contraband liquor to Bangkok
A POLICE investigation is under way after a popular Facebook page revealed that two police aircraft were used to carry contraband liquor and beer from Hat Yai airport to Bangkok several times during 2018-2020 and while complaints against two senior officers alleged to be involved were filed to National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), no progress
Read moreHealth Ministry receives donated medical supplies from China, India
THE Ministry of Public Health has received medical supplies donated by government agencies and private firms in China and India to help Thailand fight the Covid-19 pandemic. This equipment will be distributed to Covid-19 treatment facilities across the country, NNT said today (Sept. 10). Deputy Permanent Secretary of Public Health, Dr Narong Saiwong today accompanied
Read moreThammasat group: Penguin hurt his head after being pushed by guards
IN A Facebook post today (Sept. 10) the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration revealed that detained protest leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, banged his head on the ground after being pushed by guards while being moved from hospital to the prison, Siam Rath newspaper said. The Thammasat group said Penguin had asked to
Read moreCovid restrictions to remain in place till end of this month
A MEETING of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this afternoon (Sept. 10) decided to maintain the current Covid restrictions till the end of this month while also providing 24 million doses of vaccines for the five risk groups from late September till end of
Read moreKey charter amendment bill finally sails through
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT bid to increase the number of constituency-based MPs and decrease that of party-listed MPs today (Sept. 10) finally sailed through for use in future elections. In a joint House/Senate meeting, 472 MPs and senators voted for the constitution amendment bill, compared to 33 legislators who voted against
Read moreModerna shares up after revealing single-shot vaccine booster for Covid and flu
By CNBC and Siam Rath MODERNA shares rose yesterday (Sept. 10) after it announced it’s developing a two-in-one vaccine booster shot that protects against both Covid-19 and the seasonal flu. The new vaccine, which the company is calling mRNA-1073, combines Moderna’s current Covid vaccine with a flu shot that’s also under development, according to
Read moreThammanat, Naruemon resign as Cabinet members following no-confidence push
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATIVES Minister Thammanat Prompow and Deputy Labour Minister Naruemon Pinyosinwat have resigned following last week’s aborted no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Thammanat told reporters at parliament today (Sept. 9) he quietly submitted his letter of resignation to the premier yesterday since he said he has
Read moreDepressed German man injures self, sets house on fire
FIREFIGHTERS in Chonburi province managed to rescue a depressed German man who he locked himself in his house after being persuaded to let his 14-year-old daughter leave and then set it on fire and while it was ablaze used a knife to stab himself in the stomach and throat on the balcony, Siam Rath
Read moreCovid tally climbs to 16,031 cases with 3,736 being in Bangkok
THAILAND’S daily Covid count rose again today (Sept. 9) to 16,031 cases, up from 14,176 yesterday, amid 220 deaths, down from 228 yesterday, while Bangkok continued to have the highest number of cases with the 24-hour total being 3,736 plus 44 fatalities, TV Channel 7 and Sanook.com said, The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)
Read morePomelo for home delivery by farmers themselves
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TRUCKLOADS OF POMELO are delivered daily from Pichit to Bangkok by the farmers themselves in sheer competition with a relatively reputed citrus fruit from an outlying area of the capital city. Farmer Yuttana Pinonganand says the delivery of his Tha Khoi pomelo in a 350-kilometre distance between his orchard and
Read moreMyanmar cell towers attacked after shadow government ‘war’ call
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Protesters have destroyed around a dozen military-owned communications towers in Myanmar, witnesses and reports said today (Sept. 8), after the country’s self-proclaimed shadow government issued a call for a “defensive war” against the junta. The country has been in chaos since the military seized power in
Read moreCourt rejects arrest warrant for anti-Prayut protest leaders
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ARREST WARRANT sought by police against leading political activists in protest of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was today (Sept. 8) denied by court. The Bangkok South District Court turned down the request by Thong Lor police station for the arrest warrant for Red Shirt leader Nattawut Saikua and political activist
Read morePopular Thai singer dies of Covid as daily count edges up
THE Thai entertainment industry was shaken today (Sept. 8) by the death of popular singer Thanwa Rasithanu after having contracted Covid-19 while the daily tally inched up to 14,176 cases and 228 deaths, Thai Rath and Daily News newspapers said. It was another singer, Baowee R Siam, who broke the news of the death Thanwa,
Read moreThailand expects more rain as tropical storm Conson moves closer
THE Meteorological Department is closely monitoring the development of tropical storm Conson expected to move into the South China Sea this week, while a monsoonal trough and influence from yet another emerging storm is expected to cause more rain in the upper east regions of Thailand from tomorrow, NNT said today (Sept. 7) The Meteorological
Read moreMotorcycle-riding adolescents nabbed by police at usual anti-Prayut protest site
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEVERAL MOTORCYCLE-RIDING male adolescents who had planned to renew an apparently unorganised protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha were unexpectedly rounded up today (Sept. 7) by police at an usual protest site on a busy Bangkok street. The pickup truck-riding policemen scrambled to arrest these motorcyclists known as members of
Read moreNo cabinet reshuffle anytime soon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO CABINET RESHUFFLE will occur anytime soon after the no-confidence motion has failed to vote out Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over the weekend, according to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan. Prawit today (Sept. 7) quoted Prayut as saying there will be no cabinet reshuffle as widely speculated in the media
Read moreGermany donates life-saving Covid drugs to Thailand
GERMANY is preparing to deliver medication worth 153 million baht for treatment of Covid-19 patients in Thailand with the donation being part of assistance to help fight the coronavirus pandemic here, Siam Rath newspaper quoted the German embassy as saying today (Sept. 7). The German Ministry of Health has donated monoclonal antibodies (Casirivimab and
Read moreVideo clip of employee kicking parcels out of a van shocks netizens
AS a video clip of an employee kicking a large number of parcels out of a delivery van went viral, the company that owns the van came out to explain they had only rented the vehicle to the delivery company that employed this man and were not directly responsible for what happened, Sanook.com
Read moreTaliban eases stance as Iran condemns offensive in Panjshir
By AFP, published by The Straits Times Kabul – The Taliban today (Sept. 6) called on former members of the Afghan forces to integrate with the new hardline rulers, as Iran’s foreign ministry condemned the group’s military offensive in the holdout Panjshir Valley. “The Afghan forces who were trained in the past 20 years will
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