AFTER BEING unemployed for over two years due to the Covid pandemic now that the situation is improving with businesses returning to normal it is expected that musicians will start working normally again even if they might not earn as much as they used to, Thansettakij newspaper said today (May 7). However a Facebook user
Month: May 2022
Putin to send ‘doomsday’ warning to West at Russia’s WW2 victory parade
By Reuters, published by MSN News, plus BBC London – Russian President Vladimir Putin will send a “doomsday” warning to the West when he leads celebrations on Monday marking the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, brandishing Russia’s vast firepower while its forces fight on in Ukraine. Defiant in the face
Read moreRoyalists rally at Lazada office over promotional video clip
DESPITE Lazada Thailand Company having publicly apologised over a promotional video clip criticised for referring to the monarchy, royalists showed up at the eCommerce platform’s office on Sukhumvit Road to demand a more serious apology, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (May 6). This promotional video clip was produced by Mr. Anivat Prathumthin, or Nara Crepe
Read moreDad kills drug-crazed son in self-defence
A DRUG-CRAZED man was shot dead by his own father in self defence after the former tried to attack him with almost a metre long steel scraper at their home in Nakhon Phanom province this morning (May 6), TV Channel 7 said. When Pol. Lt. Col. Thawi Kohking, deputy chief of Lak Sila police
Read moreExpert warns of impact of Long Covid as daily Covid count dips
WITH DAILY Covid tally dropping to 7,705 cases and 62 deaths this morning (May 6) an expert voiced concern about the lingering impact of Long Covid that affects quality of life, Thansettakij newspaper said. Assoc. Prof. Thira Woratanarat of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine said if the total of 5,288 people testing positive by
Read moreGovt will not ask for court ruling on Prayut’s 8-year tenure: Wissanu
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT will not ask the Constitutional Court to pinpoint exactly when Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha may finish a maximum period of eight years in power, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (May 5). The deputy premier in charge of legal affairs told reporters at Government House that the
Read moreTraders shocked by lighting closure of Chiang Mai shopping mall
DISMAY spread across Chiang Mai city today (May 5) after the lightning closure of the popular Promenada Resort Mall with store operators taken aback because they had not been given advance notice and suddenly had to pack their goods and leave, TV Channel 7 said. Particularly badly hit were those who had brought fresh
Read moreFeature: Often-used Thai words in today’s political jargon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE OFTEN THAN NOT are several Thai words and phrases used in the current political jargon for which metaphorical or figurative definitions of persons or their characteristics are provided and probably intertwined with sarcastic or disparaging innuendos. Those slangy expressions may not only become the latest catchphrases on social media describing
Read morePolice crackdown on gangs sending victims to ‘hell fishing boats’
A TEAM of top police officers led raids on six locations in three provinces to crush human trafficking gangs that send their victims to “hell fishing boats” where they are forced to work like slaves and beaten if they refuse to take drugs, Naewna newspaper said this morning (May 5). Deputy National Police Chief Pol.
Read moreTHAI resumes flights to Bali, to fly daily from mid-June
THAI Airways International (THAI) started flying to Bali again from May 1 and with the good feedback it has received will be flying to the Indonesian holiday island everyday from June 18 onwards, Matichon newspaper said today (May 4). Passengers flying by THAI to Bali are both those departing from Bangkok and those flying
Read moreFrench chef kills foreigner, Asian woman in fight at sausage shop
A FRENCH chef got injured while shooting to death a foreign man, believed to be his business partner, and an Asian woman at his sausage and ham production shop in Sukhumvit soi 49 this afternoon (May 4), INN News said. Thonglor police rushed to the shop in sub-soi six and saw the two persons
Read moreSuvarnabhumi Airport intruder faces heavy punishment
AN ARMED motorcyclist high on drugs who intruded into Suvarnabhumi Airport at 11.50 a.m.yesterday and was captured at 12.03 p.m. faces heavy punishment with the maximum being death penalty or life imprisonment or 15-20 years in jail and a fine of 600,000-800,000 baht, Naewna newspaper quoted Mr. Kittipong Kittikachorn, the airport’s director, as saying today
Read morePrayut shrugs off hearsay over PM-changing conspiracy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (May 3) downplayed widespread hearsay over an ongoing, clandestine conspiracy to change the head of government during an approaching censure/no-confidence motion. Asked by reporters at Government House whether he may have gotten wind of such a hush-hush plot to change the prime minister, Prayut shook
Read morePrinn vows to fight cases, looking to countersue for defamation
THE former deputy leader of Democrat Party Mr. Prinn Panichphakdi who has been hit with a string of sexual misconduct and indecent assault accusations with yet another case cropping up in Chiang Mai today (May 3) vowed to fight all these cases while looking to countersuing all complainants on defamation charges, Thansettakij newspaper said.
Read moreBattle for parking spot at ministry goes viral
BEING rapidly shared on Thai social media today (May 3) is an account of a fight for a parking spot at the Education Ministry with a Facebook user giving details of notes written to each other by two officials, Naewna newspaper said today (May 3). According to Facebook user Sukanya Ch, the first note said,
Read moreExperts certain boy was bitten by a shark at Phuket’s Kamala beach
AFTER a Thai-Ukrainian boy was bitten while swimming at Kamala beach in Phuket yesterday (May 1) experts visited him and have ascertained it was a shark bite with signs being put up to warn tourists and beach guards sent in to assist them, Sanook.com said today. Phuket Deputy Governor Mr. Phichet Panaphong together with
Read moreFirst civilians leave Mariupol steel plant, but hundreds remain
By AP and published by The Philadelphia Inquirer Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine – People fleeing besieged Mariupol described weeks of bombardment and deprivation as they arrived on Monday in Ukrainian-held territory, where officials and relief workers anxiously awaited the first group of civilians evacuated from the steel plant that is the last stronghold of Ukrainian fighters
Read moreSilpakorn varsity president persuaded to resign over air hostess photos
THE President of Silpakorn University who was heavily criticised for sharing photos of air hostesses of various airlines as they worked on his personal Facebook page resigned today (May 2) after being persuaded to do so, Matichon newspaper said. Informed sources said Asst. Prof. Chaicharn Thavaravej, this university’s president, was urged to step down before
Read moreMinistry: Bangkok close to reaching Endemic Sandbox phase
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said Bangkok is among the provinces where Covid-19 outbreak has improved with the number of new infections, critically-ill patients and fatalities continuing to decline and this is helping the capital move closer to the Endemic Sandbox phase, Matichon newspaper said today (May 2). Dr. Kiatpoom Wongrachit, the ministry’s permanent secretary,
Read moreTeenage girl electrocuted while using plugged-in mobile phone
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl died after being electrocuted while using her mobile phone as it charged at her home in Mueang Rayong last night (May 1), Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Chaikrit Taurat, an inspector at Mueang Rayong police station, rushed to the two-room single-storey house upon being alerted of the death of the
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