By Thai Newsroom Reporters HOUSE SPEAKER WAN Muhamad Noor Matha is being quietly pressed by the Pheu Thai to leave the top post of the legislative branch and be replaced with a Pheu Thai MP, a partisan source said today (Sep.20). Wan Noor, a Prachachart MP, has been merely viewed by the rank and
Month: September 2023
Srettha vows to reduce inequality, cut greenhouse gas emissions at UN summit
THAI Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said in his speech at the 78th UN General Assembly Sustainable Development Goals (UNGA78 SDGs) summit that he aims to reduce intergenerational inequality and ensure fair universal healthcare coverage by 2030 as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2040, Matichon said this morning (Sep. 20). At
Read morePoliceman killed in gunfight with drug runner
A NARCOTICS Suppression Bureau policeman was killed in an exchange of gunfire with a drug trafficker who was likewise shot dead with another policeman injured in a car chase in Chaing Rai province yesterday (Sep. 19) that ended with around 5-6 million methamphetamine pills plus some crystal methamphetamine (Ice) being seized, TV Channel 7
Read moreSenior doctor confirms Thaksin did undergo surgery last week
A SENIOR doctor at Police Hospital confirmed this afternoon (Sep. 19) that de facto Pheu Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra did undergo a surgery last week after his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra mentioned it earlier in the day, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Sophonrat Singhajaru, chief medical officer at Police Hospital, said Thaksin, who came
Read moreChaithawat tipped to become new Move Forward leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP CHAITHAWAT Tulathon will likely become the new leader of the largest opposition party in place of Pita Limjaroenrat who has recently called it quits, according to partisan sources. An extraordinary caucus of Move Forward partisan members is scheduled for the upcoming Saturday to pick the new party
Read moreState funds needed to support 20 baht flat fare on Green Line: Chadchart
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said today (Sep. 19) that he would have to ask the government for funds if a flat fare of 20 baht is introduced on the Green Line with the contract for this route up for extension in 2029, TV Channel 7 said. Speaking before a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Interior
Read moreTransport operators urge govt to halt NGV price hikes
LARGE TRANSPORT operators urged the Srettha Thavisin government to halt the increase of natural gas for vehicles (NGV), or compressed natural gas (CNG), after having reduced the pump price of diesel to less than 30 baht a litre starting tomorrow (Sep. 20), Naewna newspaper said. At a seminar at Suntara Hotel in Chachoengsao this
Read moreUK police investigate sexual assault report after Russell Brand allegations
By Christian Edwards, CNN LONDON’S Metropolitan Police said on Monday (Sep. 18) they were investigating an allegation of sexual assault in 2003, after a joint investigation into the comedian and actor Russell Brand by three British media outlets was published on Saturday. The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4’s “Dispatches” published an investigation
Read moreAnalysis: Upheavals in Xi’s world spread concern about China’s diplomacy
By Greg Torode and Martin Quin Pollard – Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Beijing – The disappearance of China’s defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country’s top ranks, is stoking uncertainty about President Xi Jinping’s rule as an internal security clampdown trumps international engagement. The growing unpredictability could affect
Read moreThaksin could possibly be freed on parole after 6 months in jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra could possibly be released on parole despite a one-year jail sentence on condition that he has served at least six months behind bars, a government official said today (Sep.18). Corrections Department spokesman Sitthi Sutheewong confirmed that the deposed prime minister who had been
Read morePM denies private businesspersons in entourage on US trip
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Sep.18) categorically dismissed news reports that some private businesspersons are joining his entourage on an official trip to the United States tonight (Sep.18). The prime minister denied that an estimated 50 members of his entourage include certain private businesspersons who might probably otherwise pay in
Read morePolice Hospital doctors suspected of unethically keeping ‘sickly’ Thaksin from jail
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DOCTORS AT POLICE HOSPITAL have been suspected of compromising their professional ethics to keep “sickly” de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra literally away from prison despite his one-year jail sentence. The so-called Students and People’s Network for Thailand Reform today (Sep.18) called on police chief Pol.Gen.Damrongsak Kittiprapat to promptly
Read moreSuspect in a string of southern bombings arrested
POLICE IN Narathiwat arrested a suspect for whom 13 arrest warrants have been issued for a string of bombings in the three southern provinces yesterday afternoon (Sep. 17), Naewna newspaper said today. Col. Kiattisak Neewong, a spokesman for Internal Security Operations Command Region 4, Forward Division, said a police team who had set up
Read moreParty leader to ask whether a stand-in was arrested in policeman’s murder
AS A LOT of people are questioning whether the real former village headman or a stand-in has been arrested in the murder of a policeman at his house earlier this month the leader of Thai Civilized Party will now submit a letter to Justice Minister Thawee Sodsong to again verify the suspect’s identify, Amarin
Read moreMPs urged to probe Srettha’s 30-million-baht chartered flight to US
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OPPOSITION MPs HAVE been urged to investigate the unprecedented event in which Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will be flying a Thai Airway International airliner for as much as 30 million baht in chartered flight to the United States on Tuesday. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn of the Thai Liberal Party today (Sep.17) called
Read morePadipat tipped to anticipate ‘technical ouster’ from Move Forward
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY HOUSE SPEAKER Padipat Santipada will likely hold onto the second highest post in the legislative branch whilst anticipating a “technical ouster” of himself from his current party, the Move Forward, a partisan source said over the weekend. The Move Forward MP of Phitsanulok who is yet to choose whether
Read morePhuket resident calls for help in clearing huge garbage pile
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PHUKET Facebook user called for help from local authorities and the island’s MPs in clearing a huge pile up of as much as 100 tons of garbage in the middle of a community that is harming human health, the environment and the image of world-renowned tourist destination. The Facebook
Read moreHundreds protest against Malaysian govt after DPM’s graft charges were dropped
By AP and published by CNA Kuala Lumpur – Hundreds of people staged an anti-government rally on Saturday (Sep. 16) in Kuala Lumpur, accusing Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of helping his key ally escape prosecution in exchange for political support. Prosecutors unexpectedly dropped 47 corruption charges against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Read morePita denies playing tricks to secure 2 House positions
ACTING MOVE Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat denied playing a political game to grab two key House positions for his camp pointing out that his resignation as party leader stemmed from the court having suspended him as an MP while the constitution says that opposition leader must be an MP and a party leader, Matichon
Read moreAnother hotel in Poipet catches fire but no casualties
FOLLOWING the huge blaze a Cambodian hotel-cum-casino in Poipet, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, last December killing 22 employees and gamblers, another hotel in this border town caught fire at 10 p.m. last night (Sep. 15) but fortunately there were no casualties, Naewna newspaper said today. Just as
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