THREE HOURS of heavy rain this morning (Apr. 30) led to many areas of Chonburi’s Si Racha district being damaged with cars seen floating away in floodwaters, Thai Rath newspaper said. At around noon reporters in this district said the torrential rain had also toppled trees with some falling heavily on cars damaging them.
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Last day of advance voting at embassy in Washington DC
THE THREE-DAY advance voting at the Thai embassy in Washington DC kicked off on Friday (Apr. 28) and will end today (Apr. 30) with 3,929 Thais having registered to either cast their ballot at the embassy or do so by mail, TV Channel 7 said. Of this total 403 Thai are voting on-site while
Read more14 cyanide deaths so far, more being investigated
CRIME Suppression Division (CSD) police said this afternoon (Apr. 30) that cyanide killings by suspect Ms. Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn, or Am, now total 14 with there being one survivor and investigation is continuing for possible additional victims, Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol. Col. Anek Taosupap, CSD’s deputy chief, said so far police have asked the
Read morePita top pick for next PM: Matichon/Daily News poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER Pita Limjaroenrat has been found the favourite among all partisan candidates for prime minister after the May 14 general election, according to the latest Matichon/Daily News poll released today (Apr.29). The second round of the Matichon/Daily News poll, conducted between Apr.22 and Apr.28 with a total of
Read moreAir force trainer crashlands killing one pilot, injuring another
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AIR FORCE trainer plane crashlanded in a Bangkok outlying province today (Apr.29), killing one pilot and seriously injuring another. Air force spokesman AM Prapat Sonjaidee said the CT-4E piston-engined, two-seat trainer crashlanded as it was making a landing on an airfield at the air force’s Kampaengsaen Flying Training School
Read morePolice say cyanide serial killings could rise to 20
POLICE have made a lot of progress in investigating the suspected cyanide killings by Ms. Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn, or Am, and they now think the total number of victims could rise to 20 from 13 mysterious deaths already linked to her to go by her bank accounts, INN News said this afternoon (Apr. 29). Pol.
Read moreTwo dead at Surat Thani wedding shootout
TWO men attending a wedding at a Surat Thani hotel came out to the parking lot and after a fierce argument pulled out their pistols and shot each other dead with two women in the vicinity also getting injured, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Apr. 29). At 8.25 p.m. Mueang Surat Thani police station
Read moreSeacon Square unveils Thailand’s first solar air-conditioned bus stop
WITH cheers from Bangkok commuters, Seacon Square shopping centre today (Apr. 28) unveiled Thailand’s first solar air-conditioned bus stop right in front of the complex in an effort to conserve energy and protect the environment, Matichon newspaper said. In a collaboration with Cool Cool Co., Ltd. and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, 3 million baht
Read moreFatal cyanide dose found in bodies of two victims
THE POLICE TEAM investigating the likely cyanide killing of 13 victims confirmed that a fatal amount of the lethal poison had been found in the bodies of two of them, MNG Online said late afternoon today (Apr. 28). Pol. Maj. Gen. Namkiat Theerarojanaphong and Pol. Col. Anek Taosupap said after a five-hour video conference
Read morePheu Thai landslide win depends on 7 ‘strategic’ provinces: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters WHETHER THE PHEU THAI will eventually score a landslide victory and become core of a government after the May 14 general election could probably depend on the results of constituency-based contests in seven “strategic” provinces, said Thammasat University political scientist Prajak Kongkirati last night (Apr.27). The contests between the Pheu
Read more‘Big Joke’: 13th cyanide poisoning victim found
DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakparn said this evening (Apr. 27) that the total number of cyanide killings believed linked to the Ms. Sararat Rangsiwutthaporn, or Am, had now risen 13 with the latest victim being an Immigration police officer’s wife, Thai Rath newspaper said. Pol.Snr.Sgt.Maj.Nitipon Nuchit, an Immigration officer in Bueng
Read morePolice know where cyanide killing suspect got poison from
POLICE have found out where the suspect in the cyanide killing of a young woman who is also believed linked to 12 other mysterious deaths got the lethal poison from, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 27). Pol. Col. Anek Taosupap, deputy commander of the Crime Suppression Division, said police had a strong case against
Read moreRussian man dies in fall from Phuket shopping mall car park
A RUSSIAN MAN fell from the third floor of a car park building at a well-known Phuket shopping mall and died on the spot this morning (Apr.27) with surveillance camera clips showing he went in there alone, Matichon newspaper said. At 8.20 a.m. Pol. Lt. Wuthichai Chanphai, a deputy inspector at Vichit police station
Read moreSouthern contestants dump own parties to help Prayut: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MANY SOUTHERN CANDIDATES running in constituency-based mode have quietly dumped their own parties and used personal resources to help themselves and caretaker prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha who is contesting to prolong his rule under the Ruam Thai Sang Chart tickets, according to NIDA Poll director Suwicha Pao-ari. The unsettling phenomenon
Read moreChina’s Xi has first talks with Ukraine’s Zelensky since Russia’s invasion
By Agencies and published by CNA Beijing – Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky on the phone on Wednesday (Apr. 26), the first call between the two leaders since the start of Russia’s invasion. Beijing says it is neutral in the Ukraine conflict and Xi has never condemned the Russian
Read morePolling agency told to fix barely visible Move Forward logo on sample ballots
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD today (Apr.26) called on the Election Commission to see to it that the pale colours of the Move Forward logo reportedly shown on sample ballots at many polling units in Bangkok and the provinces be made clearly visible for the May 14 general election. Move Forward secretary-general
Read moreThai in US returns 13 Ban Chiang antiquities to the country
REPRESENTATIVES of the Foreign Ministry handed over 13 Ban Chiang antiquities that a Thai man in the US had returned to the country to the Fine Arts Department yesterday (Apr. 25), Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Mali Nongyao, who lives in the US, had contacted the Thai Consulate General in Los Angeles that he wished
Read moreEU diplomats concerned over possible dissolution of major party: Anutin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE EUROPEAN UNION has raised concerns over the sustained possibility that a major Thai party contesting the May 14 general election might be dissolved by court sooner or later, according to Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul. Ambassadors and other senior diplomats of the EU community attached to Bangkok, including those of
Read more‘Lieutenant general’ charged in sadistic sex case
POLICE in southern Songkhla province have charged an army doctor who allegedly holds the rank of “lieutenant general” with deliberately assaulting others after a young man filed a complaint upon being badly injured while having sex with him, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 26). Police at Sadao station in Songkhla have questioned the
Read moreCyanide poisoning case suspect rushed to hospital as mysterious deaths climb to 10
THE SUSPECT in a cyanide poisoning case was rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night after her blood pressure rose high while Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakparn said the total number of mysterious deaths had risen to 10 but the 11th victim survived and is an important witness,
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