A COUPLE filed a police report against an online lottery vendor after the number on five tickets they had ordered but did not received, 727202, turned out to be the first prize winner in Sunday’s draw, with the total payout being whooping 30 million baht, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 2). At 10.30 a.m. Mr.
Month: October 2023
Drought ironically hits Nakhon Sawan’s outer district
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FARMERS IN AN OUTER district of Nakhon Sawan are ironically affected by drought despite an average distance of 40 kilometres between their villages and the capital district where flash floods are anticipated sooner than later in the current monsoon season, officials said today (Oct.2). The villagers in five subdistricts of
Read moreNarumon tipped to be named another Trade Representative
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN OUTSPOKEN NARUMON PINYOSINWAT will likely be named another Thailand Trade Representative very shortly, government sources said today (Oct.2). The former deputy labour minister and former government spokeswoman is largely speculated to join Nalinee Taveesin who has already been named Thailand Trade Representative by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. Nalinee had
Read moreAll nine districts of Sukhothai hit by flash floods
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL NINE DISTRICTS of Sukhothai are critically affected by flash floods due to torrential rain and an overflowing river, officials said today (Oct.2). An estimated 1,365 households in low-lying terrains in 165 villages throughout Sukhothai are being evacuated, following the weekend’s torrential rain and Yom River overflowing from northern provinces
Read moreCouple’s bodies found in container shipped from Philippines
MYSTERIOUS decomposing dead bodies of a man and a woman were found in a shipping container at a depot in the Lat Krabang area early this morning (Oct. 2) with this batch of containers having been sent to Thailand from the Philippines, Sanook.com said. Preliminary inspection shows that these containers were all empty with
Read moreVote against Pita led to Pornthip being turned away from Iceland restaurant: Chaithawat
MOVE FORWARD leader Chaithawat Tulathon today (Oct. 1) said the root cause of Senator Khunying Pornthip Rojanasunan being told to leave a restaurant in Reykjavík, Iceland, by its Thai owner is the anger felt by many people over senators blocking the party’s former leader and current advisory chairman Pita Limjaroenrat from becoming prime minister,
Read moreBridge over Ping river collapses after heavy rain
AN OLD BRIDGE crossing Ping river and connecting Chiang Mai’s Chom Thong district to Lamphun’s Wiang Nong Long district dramatically collapsed last evening (Sep. 30) with vibrations felt throughout the neighbouring area after torrential rain lashed many parts of the North particularly the upper part of this river, Sanook.com said this morning. Mr. Chatchai
Read moreTropical Storm Koinu to hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11
THE CEO of a public-listed engineering company issued a warning that a tropical depression hanging over the Pacific has turned into Tropical Storm Koinu and as it moves westwards will hit Thailand during Oct. 9-11, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Chawalit Chandrarat, CEO of Team Consulting Engineering and Management Plc, or Team Group, said Koinu
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