A RETIRED teacher was arrested on charges of defrauding the public after posting a message on his Facebook page to raise funds for a blessing ceremony today (Dec. 17) with donations reaching almost a million baht, Sanook.com said. The suspect, only identified as Mr. Enamsamuti who lives in Bangkok’s Suan Luang area, fully cooperated
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Bhumjaithai Party to name only one candidate for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI PARTY will definitely name only one partisan candidate for prime minister in the next general election, confirmed Bhumjaithai spokesman Paradon Prisnananthakul today (Dec.17). The second largest coalition partner has undoubtedly planned to name Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul as partisan contestant for head of a post-election government and nobody else,
Read moreTheir Majesties test positive for Covid-19
By Thai Rath and Bernama THEIR Majesties the King and Queen have been infected with Covid-19 but overall their symptoms are not severe and they have been requested to refrain from royal duties for a while, Thai Rath newspaper and Bernama news agency said this afternoon (Dec. 17). The Royal Household Bureau published a statement
Read more2,500 cruise tourists arriving at Koh Samui today
A CRUISE SHIP carrying 2,500 tourists from Europe is docking at Koh Samui for a day trip today (Dec. 17), becoming the second cruise liner to stop over at this popular island after a gap of three years with the first one having done so late last month, INN News said. Ms. Trisulee Traisoranakul, deputy
Read moreMessi’s hometown in Argentina yearns for World Cup victory
By AP and published by US News & World Report Rosario, Argentina – Fernanda Quiroga still remembers how Lionel Messi played soccer in what were then dirt roads around their working class neighbourhood in Rosario, Argentina’s third-largest city. “(Messi) was always kicking something, a ball, a bottle cap,” said Quiroga, who at 35 is
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