RESIDENTS of northern Phayao province turned the heavy flooding from two days of torrential rain into an opportunity as they enthusiastically caught balloon frogs for sale, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 20). Despite infrastructure in this province being badly flooded the residents waded in the floodwater to catch the balloon frog, also known as blunt-headed
Month: April 2022
Uttama named leader of Sarng Anakot Thai Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Uttama Savanayana has officially become leader of the brand-new Sarng Anakot Thai Party. In today’s (Apr. 20) general caucus of Sarng Anakot Thai Party, Uttama was named the top leader of the party whereas former Palang Pracharath Party secretary-general Sontirat Sontijirawong was named secretary-general of
Read moreRussia ratchets up battle for control of eastern Ukraine
By AP and published by Denver Post, plus BBC Kyiv, Ukraine – Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland on Tuesday, assaulting cities and towns along a boomerang-shaped front hundreds of miles long in what both sides described as a new phase of the war. After a Russian push to overrun
Read moreJuti slammed for ignoring sex scandals allegedly surrounding Democrats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN Security Minister Juti Krairirk has been taken to task for keeping a blind eye and deaf ear to personal misconducts ranging from sexual harassments to adulteries and affairs allegedly perpetrated by any members of Democrat Party including the one who has recently resigned in the face
Read moreMan held for slashing 2 women at downtown shopping mall
A MAN who appeared to be in a state of frenzy was arrested this afternoon (Apr. 19) soon after slashing two women at a shopping mall in Ratchaprasong area of the city, Sanook.com said. The slashings with a cutter occurred outside a boutique on the second floor of the store with the two women
Read moreFour rescue volunteers arrested in downtown turf battle
THONGLOR police have arrested four of out nine rescue volunteers wanted over a turf battle on Kasemrad road in front of Lotus hypermarket Rama 4 branch on Monday night with one other suspect having contacted them to surrender, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Apr. 19). Rounded up under arrest warrants issued by Bangkok South Criminal
Read moreBMA now chasing 608 group to their homes to vaccinate them
THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration said the capital is getting an average 5,000 Covid cases a day and to boost prevention all 50 districts have been told to make a list of those in the 608 group, that is the elderly over sixty years age, those suffering from chronic diseases and pregnant women, and go to
Read moreWhite House drops airplane mask mandate for now after federal judge overturns rule
By AP and The Dallas Morning News MOST major US airlines are no longer requiring passengers or employees to wear masks after the White House said it was lifting the Covid-19 restriction on Monday, at least temporarily, after a federal judge struck down the public health measure. Dallas-based Southwest Airlines and Fort Worth-based American Airlines,
Read moreSeksakol calls it quits amid payoff scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEKSAKOL ATTHAWONG today (Apr. 18) resigned as assistant to the Prime Minister’s Office Minister amidst scandals pertaining to his alleged demand for a 15-million-baht payoff. In a lengthy letter of resignation as assistant to the Prime Minister’s Office Minister, Seksakol says he has decided to call it quits effective from tomorrow
Read moreFierce storm knocks down part of airport’s new building, many roads floods
THE FIERCE summer storm that raged across Bangkok from late afternoon to evening today (Apr. 18) caused the roof and a wall of a new building at Don Muang Airport to collapse while commuters are struggling to get through heavy traffic jams on many flooded roads, Sanook.com and Naewna newspaper said. The violent storm that
Read moreAnother Palang Pracharath MP resigns
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH MP Vichian Chavalit today (Apr. 18) resigned as a party-listed lawmaker amidst speculation that he will very shortly join the brand-new Sarng Anakot Thai Party. Vichian, who will be automatically replaced as MP by another person named on the 2019 electoral list of Palang Pracharath Party, is widely
Read moreAcademic: Yesterday’s Covid death toll third highest in the world
ISSUING another warning in a Facebook post today (Apr. 18) was Assoc. Prof. Thira Woratanarat of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine pointing out that yesterday’s 128 Covid deaths was the third highest in the world with this clearing showing that the situation here is still severe, Sanook.com said. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)
Read moreRescue volunteer shot dead in downtown fight with another foundation
VOLUNTEERS from two rescue foundations clashed in a turf battle on Kasemrad road in front of Lotus hypermarket Rama 4 branch last night leading one Por Tek Tung staff member being shot dead and three others injured, Matichon newspaper said today (Apr. 18). Thonglor station police rushed to the scene at 1.20 a.m. and upon
Read moreUS rocked by 3 mass shootings during Easter weekend
By AP, published by CBC Hampton, S.C. – Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating shooting at a club in Hampton County early Sunday that left at least nine people injured. It was the third mass shooting in the US over the Easter holiday weekend. The three shootings in South Carolina and Pittsburgh left
Read moreThieves steal 1,200 durians from orchard overnight
AN ORCHARD owner in Trat province is bemoaning the loss of 1,200 durians stolen by a gang of thieves who cut them down from trees in his orchard from late last night till early this morning (Apr. 17), TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Prasit Pholanan, 67, the owner of the eight-rai orchard in Khao
Read morePatong’s police ‘tigers’ shunted out over pub opening late
AFTER a lawyer posted a video clip on his Facebook page showing a pub at a Patong beach hotel in Phuket staying open beyond the legally set time with the loud noise disturbing the neighbours, a senior police officer went to the island today (Apr. 17) and ordered the transfer of five police officers who
Read morePrinn released on bail in three cases filed against him
FORMER DEMOCRAT Party deputy leader Prinn Panichphakdi was granted temporary release in three cases filed against him at Bangkok South Criminal Court with two stemming from charges of committing indecent acts in public and the third involving rape charges today (Apr. 17), Naewna newspaper said. Lumpini station investigators had requested the court via video
Read moreRussia hits Kyiv and Lviv, presses offensive in ruins of Mariupol
By Reuters, published by Cyprus Mail, plus BBC Kyiv, Mariupol, Ukraine – Russia’s warplanes bombed Lviv and its missiles struck Kyiv and Kharkiv on Saturday, as Moscow followed through on a threat to launch more long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities after its Black Sea Fleet’s flagship was sunk. In besieged Mariupol, scene of the
Read moreAcademic: Covid stats show control measures are not fully effective
IN A Facebook post today (Apr. 16) Assoc. Prof. Thira Woratanarat of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine pointed out that the daily Covid death toll has risen alarmingly from January this year with this being empirical evidence that the public health policies and measures have not been effective enough in controlling the Omicron outbreak
Read moreTenant from hell leaves house full of trash, steals fixtures
A LANDLORD in Ratchaburi province warned others to beware of getting a nightmare tenant as hers had left her house after a lengthy legal battle without clearing owed rent and full of rubbish while also stealing fixtures, Sanook.com said today (Apr. 16). Writing about the damage she suffered was Ms. Chommanard Lebkhurt on her Facebook
Read more