By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY HOUSE SPEAKER Padipat Santipada of the Move Forward will likely have to choose either to leave the second highest post in the legislative branch or be “technically ousted” from his current party to give way for the naming of an opposition leader from the same camp, partisan sources said
Month: September 2023
Driver fleeing arrest crashes into duck coop killing over a hundred birds
A DRIVER of a Bangkok-registered van filled with illegal migrants zoomed off after a highway police team signalled to stop for a search leading to a wild chase that ended up with the van slamming into a duck coop killing 120 of these birds, Amarin TV said this evening (Sep. 15). The police team
Read moreCamera server unplugged moments before policeman was shot dead at party
PARTIAL RETRIEVAL of video clips from the last two of 15 surveillance cameras at a former village headman’s house where a policeman was shot dead during a party there last week shows the wet server was unplugged moments before shots were fired but replugged a little later, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Sep. 15).
Read morePita quits as Move Forward leader over naming of opposition leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PITA LIMJAROENRAT TODAY (Sep.15) resigned as Move Forward leader to give way for a fellow MP of the progressive party to be named opposition leader at parliament. Pita posted on his Facebook page to announce his resignation with immediate effect as leader of the largest elected party which has finally
Read moreTeachers slams free tablet scheme, want more teachers hired
JUST AS Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob moved to relaunch the Yingluck Shinawatra government’s project of distributing free tablet computers to all students and teachers nationwide a large number of teachers pointed out that this scheme was not that effective when carried out almost a decade ago and it would be better to use the
Read morePanel to probe 1,500 state projects ex-village headman obtained
A COMMITTEE is being set up to investigate over 1,500 state projects worth more than 7.5 billion baht that a former village headman who has been arrested after a policeman was shot dead at a party in his house obtained, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Sep. 14). Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen.
Read moreThai Air Force in joint drill with US Air National Guards
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI AIR FORCE and United States Air National Guards are jointly conducting a tactical air exercise over Nakhon Ratchasima, an air force source said today (Sep.14). The Thai air force’s Wing 1, Wing 4, Wing 7 and Wing 21 are currently taking part in the joint exercise codenamed Enduring
Read moreUpdate: Ex-senator charged with sexually abusing 15-year-old Thai/Myanmar girl
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FORMER SENATOR of Saraburi has been charged for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl who had been allegedly forced by her own mother into the flesh trade, police said today (Sep.14). The former senator, namely Boonsong Kerdlum, 58, who had unsuccessfully contested last May’s election for MP of Saraburi under
Read moreEx-senator-politician surrenders in underage prostitution case
A FORMER senator who is now a well-known politician showed up at Ban Mo police station in Saraburi late last night to surrender over charges of buying sex services from an underage girl but denied the accusation, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Sep. 14). Pol. Maj. Gen. Wichit Bunchinwuthikul, Saraburi provincial police chief, said
Read morePita in this year’s TIME100 Next list of emerging leaders
MOVE FORWARD leader Pita Limjaroenrat was yesterday (Sep. 13) named among top 100 emerging leaders globally in Time magazine’s TIME100 Next list for this year after leading his party to a surprise victory in the May 14 election obtaining 151 out of 500 seats. The magazine said of Pita, who was the only Thai
Read moreNavy confirms retrieving HTMS Sukhothai from sea bed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NAVY TODAY (Sep.13) confirmed it is going ahead with its project to retrieve a sunken corvette from the Gulf of Thailand sea floor whilst categorically dismissing allegations of non-transparency over it. Navy spokesman Adm. Pokkhrong Monthatpalin said the Navy Fleet based at Sattahip will certainly have the sunken HTMS
Read moreParty-dissolution bid against proponents of Deep South autonomy aborted
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT today (Sep.13) lifted a petition in pursuit of the dissolution of three parties for allegedly seeking to undermine national sovereignty. The petition earlier filed by a political activist in pursuit of the dissolution of the Move Forward, Prachachart and Fair Party was entirely waived under the Constitutional
Read moreAgain! Tourist’s shoe gets stuck at airport moving walkway
TAKING place again just two and half months after a woman’s left leg was severed till the knee by a moving walkway at Don Mueang Airport was a scary moment for a tourist when his shoe got jammed in a travelator at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Sanook.com said today (Sep. 13). A video of this scary
Read moreCabinet approves 7 key measures at its first meeting
THE NEW Cabinet approved seven key measures at its first meeting this morning (Sep. 13) and among them are free visas for visitors from China and Kazakhstan, slashing the electricity rate from 4.45 baht to 4.10 baht a unit plus amending the constitution with public participation, Thai Rath newspaper said. A statement issued by
Read moreAung San Suu Kyi’s son ‘extremely worried’ about his mother’s health
By Reuters and published by CNA London – The son of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s detained former leader, said he was “extremely worried” about his mother’s health, saying she was struggling to eat and was being refused permission to see an outside doctor. The 78-year-old Nobel laureate, who has been detained for more
Read moreChuan suggests Srettha to never follow In Thaksin’s footsteps
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER Chuan Leekpai today (Sep.12) tacitly advised his current successor Srettha Thavisin to never follow in the footsteps of one of his predecessors who had been given jail sentences for convicted misconduct charges and consequently taken self-exile abroad. Though Chuan did not name names during the second day
Read moreMP wears a delivery rider’s jacket to focus on labour policy
MOVE FORWARD MP Sirirot Thanikkul put on a delivery rider’s jacket in questioning the Srettha Thavisin coalition government’s labour policy on the second day of the policy statement debate today (Sep. 12), Sanook.com said. The 28-year-old MP from Samut Sakhon province said aside from stating that the government will ensure workers have access to
Read moreSpecial unit guarding media after threat to shoot journalists
NAKHON PATHOM Provincial Police arranged a special unit to protect the media covering the murder of a policeman at a party in a former village headman’s house last week after a high-ranking police officer threatened Amarin TV news team, this TV station said today (Sep. 12). A member of Amarin TV news team had
Read moreUS approves updated Covid vaccines to rev up protection this fall
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Washington – The US approved updated Covid-19 vaccines on Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most
Read moreNo loans, govt-run funds to finance digital wallet project: Julapun
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DIGITAL WALLET project will by no means be financed by any government-run funds or loans as otherwise speculated, said Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat today (Sep.11). During the Pheu Thai-led government’s policy statement delivered to lawmakers at parliament, Julapun categorically dismissed speculation that those government-administered funds such as the
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