By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DEMOCRAT PARTY CANDIDATE has won today’s (May 21) by-election for MP of Ratchaburi, according to unofficial reports. The Democrat, Chaitip Kamonpantip, won 51,743 votes from constituents in Constituency 3 covering Bhotharam and Jom Bueng districts of the western province. Chaitip who has earlier performed as provincial councillor representing Bhotharam
Month: May 2022
Hunt for suspect who dumped foul-smelling oil at Rayong beach
POLICE ARE hunting for a man who a tourist saw dumping around 50 litres of foul-smelling oil at Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong and fled with the stench spreading around the vicinity and even reaching nearby condominium, Naewna newspaper said this evening (May 21). Mr. Chanu Dechthanyanon, the head of Khao Laem Ya–Mu Ko
Read moreDoi Inthanon shut, Chiang Mai flooded after 200mm rain
CONTINUOUS rain since last night reaching as much as 200 millimetres at Chiang Mai’s Doi Inthanon National Park led to the popular park temporarily shutting its tourists attractions and the northern city inundated with forest runoff, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (May 21). The torrential downpour caused waterfalls to rise rapidly and rivers overflowing
Read morePolice brutally beat up 3 wounded youths seeking help
CAPTURED ON a surveillance camera are two policemen from Sampran station in Nakhon Pathom province as they brutally beat up three youths who rode up on their motorcycle to seek their help after being stabbed by a rival gang and were found to be carrying a pistol, Amarin TV said this morning (May 21).
Read moreRussian forces step up east Ukraine campaign, more wounded leave Mariupol bastion
By Reuters and published by Financial Post Kyiv – Russian forces bombarded areas of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region from land and air on Friday, destroying houses in residential districts and killing a number of civilians, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the assaults had turned the Donbas into “hell.” In the southern port city
Read moreMan held for bashing Russian tourist’s head in Chonburi
CHONBURI police have arrested a Thai man on the charges of hitting and wounding a Russian woman tourist on the head and dragging into a forest at a reservoir while she was jogging on Thursday night, Naewna newspaper said this evening (May 20). Ms. Elena Yzulkova, 38, came out from Map Prachan Reservoir forest soaking
Read moreCambodia Airways inaugural Phnom Penh-Koh Samui flight warmly welcomed
SENIOR officials were on hand to welcome passengers flying from Phnom Penh to Koh Samui on Cambodia Airways inaugural flight KR 723 today (May 20) with this leading to two non-stop weekly flights on this route henceforth, Naewna newspaper said. Surat Thani Governor Mr. Witchawut Jinto and Koh Samui District Chief Mr. Chayaphon Ontornsupha accompanied
Read moreEntertainment venues allowed to reopen in blue, green provinces from June 1
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee today (May 20) allowed entertainment venues such as pubs, bars, karaoke lounges and massage parlours to reopen from June 1 onwards but only in blue and green provinces, Sanook.com said. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, CCSA’s spokesman,said these venues are only allowed to stay open till midnight and
Read moreRussia’s laser weapon claim derided as propaganda
By BBC RUSSIA claims to have used laser weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine, although the US says it has seen no evidence of this and Ukraine has derided it as propaganda. What are laser weapons and how effective could they be in the conflict? Yury Borisov, the deputy prime minister in charge of
Read moreRussell Crowe wants Bangkok governor candidates to answer 3 questions
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HOLLYWOOD megastar Russell Crowe who late last year warmed the hearts of Thai fans by sharing beautiful photos of Bangkok and Phuket on Twitter but also highlighting a key problem in the capital by publishing a photo of a mass of overhead cables with the caption “Bangkok dreaming…” has three questions
Read moreRed shirts gather downtown Bangkok to mark crackdown in 2010
MEMBERS of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), aka the red shirts, gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection at 4.30 p.m. today (May 19) to mark the violent suppression of their protests by the military on this same day in 2010 in which at least 80 civilians and six soldiers were killed and over
Read moreThree nabbed in big drug bust near Thai-Lao border
ACTING on a tip-off narcotics suppression police arrested three suspects and seized almost 9 million methamphetamine pills and 50 kilogramme of Ketamine powder being transported inland from the Thai-Lao border in Chaing Rai province last night, Naewna newspaper said today (May 19). Pol. Maj. Gen. Banpot Mungkhangklang, chief of Narcotics Suppression Division 3, sent police
Read morePutin takes Mariupol, but wider Donbas victory slipping from reach: Analysts
By Reuters and published by ChannelNews Asia Kyiv – Even as the Kremlin prepares to take full control of the ruins of Mariupol city, it faces the growing prospect of defeat in its bid to conquer all of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas because its badly mauled forces lack the manpower for significant advances. Russian President
Read moreMPs push for legalization of online gaming, casinos, underground lotteries
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LAWMAKERS ATTACHED TO pro-government splinter parties today (May 18) filed legislation to amend the Gambling Act to legalize online gaming, casinos and underground lotteries once and for all. Spearheaded by Thai Local Power Party leader/MP Chatchawal Kong-udom, the 20 proponents of the amendment to the Gambling Act of 1935 have
Read moreLoud complaints about Bangkok floods with garbage being blamed
THERE were complaints across Bangkok about flooding that started last evening and lingered till today (May 18) with the Bureau of Drainage explaining that this was due to garbage being stuck on drain grates, Sanook.com said this evening (May 18). Heavy rain lashed many areas of Bangkok for hours with some neighbourhoods hit with continuous
Read moreYoung Australian man falls to death from Phuket hotel
A YOUNG Australian man who came to Phuket with a group of 11 friends plunged to his death from a hotel room at Patong beach at 10 a.m. yesterday, Matichon newspaper said today (May 18). Pol. Lt. Col. Ekachai Siri, attached to the Tourist Police Bureau, said upon being informed of the death of Mr.Billy
Read moreNightlife business operators lobby PM for reopening on June 1
OPERATORS of all types of nightlife businesses asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to quickly allow the reopening of their establishments and restore the 300 billion baht industry at the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee meeting on Friday May 20, Thansettakij said this morning (May 18). Eight nightlife associations together with 230
Read moreMariupol fighters in Russian hands; both sides claim wins
By AP, published US News & World Report, plus BBC Kyiv, Ukraine – Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters, including wounded men carried out on stretchers, left the vast steel plant in Mariupol where they mounted a dogged last stand and turned themselves over to Russian hands, signalling the beginning of the end of a siege that
Read moreAbhisit backs calls to end senators’ role in picking post-election PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PREMIER ABHISIT Vejjajiva has joined ranks with pro-democracy groups in repeating calls for an end to the role of all unelected senators in voting for head of a post-election government. Delivering a speech via a zoom conferencing system to Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, the former premier advised today (May
Read moreHeavy rush-hour rain triggers traffic snarl-ups in Bangkok
TRAFFIC came to a standstill in parts of Bangkok and its surrounding provinces this evening (May 17) after heavy rain lashed this zone during the rush hour leading to flooding in many areas, Thai Rath newspaper said. The situation is particularly bad today because it is the first day of the new school year with
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