By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Apr.10) forecast his party will get no less than 70 MPs in constituency-based mode in the May 14 general election. Prawit who is running as sole Palang Pracharath partisan contender for prime minister expressed confidence that his camp will get no less than 70
Month: April 2023
Update: Killer cop’s accomplice caught in Phang Nga
THE accomplice of a policeman who killed his father-in-law and two other relatives at their house in Surat Thani on Saturday evening (Apr. 8) with his wife, son and brother also now dead has been arrested in Phang Nga, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 10). National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat
Read moreWife of cop on the run killed, death toll reaches six
A POLICEMAN on the run after killing his father-in-law and two other relatives at their house in Surat Thani with his brother who accompanied him also dying there is believed to have shot dead his wife with his son too found dead in an abandoned sedan taking the death toll to six, Thai Rath
Read moreNicobar Islands shaken by 11 underwater quakes
THERE were 11 underwater earthquakes around India’s Nicobar Islands from yesterday afternoon till evening (Apr. 9) with magnitude ranging from 3.9-5.7 on the Richter scale and at a depth of 10 kilometres, TV Channel 7 said. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said the seventh underwater quake, of 5.6-magnitude, struck at 5.31 p.m.
Read moreThanathorn: Erase ‘exaggerated’ fears of senators backing minority government
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has advised all parties contesting the May 14 general election as well as members of the public to overcome “exaggerated” fears of senators casting yea votes for head of a minority government instead of a majority one. Thanathorn suggested over the weekend that one not
Read moreSilom road not being closed for Songkran festival this year
WITH Songkran festival kicking off next Thursday (Apr. 13) revellers might be disappointed to hear that Silom road will not be close this year for them to gather there for a splashing good time but they can still enjoy themselves on the sidewalks and the alleys leading off this key artery of the metropolis,
Read moreHunt for policeman who killed his father-in-law, three others in Surat Thani
A BIG HUNT is underway for a policeman who together with his brother shot dead his father-in-law, his second wife, his brother and another relative last evening (Apr. 8) but in the ensuring shootout at their home in Surat Thani the policeman’s brother was killed, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Apr. 9). Pol.Snr.Sgt.Maj.Attaporn Wichien,
Read moreThaksin won’t return home to put self behind bars: Ex-Red Shirt leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra will not return home and immediately put himself behind bars under court convictions after the May 14 general election, concluded former Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan today (Apr.8). Jatuporn posted on his Facebook page to accuse the deposed prime minister of telling lies
Read moreElectoral candidates allowed to attend Songkran events, give speeches
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PARTIES AND CANDIDATES contesting the May 14 general election may attend an upcoming Songkran festival anywhere but are not legally allowed to organise an event, confirmed Election Commission secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee today (Apr.8). Those currently running either in constituency-based mode or party-listed mode in the nationwide election may attend celebrations
Read moreKoh Lipe hotel owner nabbed for grabbing land
A HOTEL owner who has been on the run for years after an arrest warrant was issued for encroaching on public land at Koh Lipe, Satun province, was apprehended on March 28 with there only being one year of the statute of limitations left, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 8). Deputy National Police
Read moreYoung Thai man’s toilet-pinning app goes viral
A BRIGHT YOUNG Thai man has created a useful app where users can pin public toilets in various areas for others to find and use in an emergency after having direct experience searching for one in the summer heat, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 8). Facebook user Mr. Settasit Settagaroon wrote about two
Read moreAlmost 4,800 running for constituency seats, nearly 1,900 in party-listed mode
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A TOTAL OF 4,781 PEOPLE have applied to run for MP in constituency-based mode whilst 1,899 others have applied to compete for MP in party-listed mode for the May 14 general election. Election Commission secretary-general Sawaeng Boonmee announced last night (Apr.7) the total of 4,781 candidates are running under the
Read moreJureeporn banned from running for Roi Et MP over vote-buying bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUREEPORN SINDHUPRAI, formerly a political official attached to Government House, was today (Apr.7) banned from contesting the May 14 general election for MP of Roi Et. The Election Commission enforced the prohibition which has immediately disqualified Jureeporn as an electoral candidate running under the Thai Sang Thai tickets in Constituency
Read morePheu Thai vows to send professional soccer players for training with Fulham
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI today (Apr.7) pledged to send professional soccer players for training with an English Premier League team if the party becomes the government after the May 14 general election. Pimol Srivikorn, head of the Pheu Thai sport policy campaign, confirmed that selected professional soccer players will be given
Read moreDrug trafficking duo flee leaving their wives behind to take the rap
TWO MAJOR drug traffickers managed to escape a police raid on their house in Nakhon Pathom leaving their respective wives behind to be apprehended after 93 kg crystal methamphetamine (Ice) and 1,014,000 tablets of methamphetamine were found stashed there, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 7). Pol. Maj. Gen. Samroeng Suanthong, deputy chief of
Read more9near hacker is an army sergeant, has been nabbed
CYBER police have arrested an army sergeant on the charges of using the alias 9near to hack and then threaten to release personal data of 55 million Thai citizens, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Apr. 7). The suspect, only identified as Mr. Khemarat who is a resident of Nonthaburi, had obtained the name and
Read moreUkrainian forces cling onto besieged city, China pressed to help end war
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Near Bakhmut, Ukraine – Ukrainian and Russian forces battled in Bakhmut, the devastated eastern city which has become a symbol of Kyiv’s defiance, while seven civilians were reported killed by Ukrainian artillery strikes in Russian-controlled areas. Ukrainian soldiers in trenches just outside Bakhmut said
Read moreMillennial and Gen Z travellers have bigger budgets but seek deals, Hopper app says
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report New York – Most Millennial and Generation Z travellers are planning bigger 2023 travel budgets but also growing more cost-conscious when booking flights and hotel accommodations, according to travel booking app Hopper. Early this year, US travel companies told investors they saw no signs
Read morePheu Thai’s ‘ultra-populist’ digital wallet could backfire: NIDA academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI “ULTRA-POPULIST” campaign could probably worsen the economic conditions of the debt-ridden country and backfire on the party’s hopes for a landslide victory in the May 14 general election, said a noted academic today (Apr.6). Pichai Ratanadilok na Phuket, head of the National Institute of Development Administration’s Political
Read morePattaya, navy helping Koh Larn cope with water shortage
WITH KOH Larn off Pattaya too being among the islands facing water shortage, this seaside city’s authorities together with the navy are now helping to partly alleviate the crisis by transporting badly-needed fresh water, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 6). Pattaya City Deputy Mayor Mr. Manoch Nongyai said this popular tourist destination has two
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