By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MYANMAR NAVY has recently put a couple of newly-built offshore patrol boats in commission, adding to a fleet of the western neighboring country’s naval forces, a navy source said today (Dec.27). The commissioning ceremony for the Super Dvora offshore patrol boats, manufactured under license from Israel at Thanlyin naval dockyard,
Month: December 2023
110,000-plus debtors point finger at over 81,000 loan sharks
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A TOTAL OF 110,000-PLUS people have so far claimed to owe a combined seven billion baht in illicit debt to 81,000-plus loan sharks in all provinces of the country, a senior government official said today (Dec.26). Sutthipong Chulcharoen, undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, confirmed that 110,531 people have informed
Read morePower-abusing lawsuit against Yingluck lifted
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (Dec.26) lifted a power-abusing lawsuit filed against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra pertaining to a contentious transfer of the head of the National Security Council over a decade earlier. The Supreme Court judges in charge of lawsuits against politicians ruled in favour of the deposed prime
Read moreUSS Carl Vinson returns to South China Sea after Singapore visit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED STATES Carrier Strike Group One led by USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) aircraft carrier has left Singapore for the South China Sea where tensions and standoffs have been reported between the Chinese and Philippine navies around Spratly Islands, according to a navy source. The Group flagship USS Carl Vinson
Read more4 dead as rescue boat capsizes in Narathiwat floods
A FAMILY OF four, two adults and two children, drowned as they travelled through raging floods in southern Narathiwat province on a rescue boat but rescue operation to help people stranded in their homes is still continuing, Amarin TV and Matichon newspaper said today (Dec. 26). Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is due to fly
Read moreMedical Council asked to probe Thaksin’s doctors
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MEDICAL COUNCIL was today (Dec.25) petitioned to investigate allegations that certain doctors had violated a professional code of ethics to keep de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra from jail. Former Democrat MP Watchara Petthong filed the petition against doctors of Bangkok Remand Prison and Police Hospital with Itthaporn
Read moreSearch continues for 6 missing trawler crewmembers
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SEARCH AND RESCUE mission for six missing crewmembers of a capsized trawler in the sea near Koh Chang island off Trat has been conducted for a fifth day today (Dec.25). The six crewmembers were believed to have been swept away from Koh Chang island by strong winds and high
Read moreGovt urged to allow import of soybean meal for use as animal feed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE FEDERATION OF LIVESTOCK & Aquaculture today (Dec.25) pressed the government to quickly allow the import of a total 210,000 tonnes of soybean meal for use to spare enormous losses of marine livestock raising and animal feed manufacturing industries. Failure to import the soybean meal by early next month would
Read moreSmall boats, jet skis warned to not leave Pattaya shore
A RED FLAG was raised at Pattaya City’s Maritime Disaster Prevention Office today (Dec. 25) to prohibit small fishing boats, speedboats, jet skis and parasailing boats from leaving the shore as strong winds pose a danger to putting out to sea, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Dec. 25). While large fishing boats could
Read moreThai tourism bounds ahead after post-Covid surge
SINCE the 2021 end of the Covid-19 crisis, the Thai tourism industry has enjoyed a healthy revival and is likely to end 2023 just a little shy of 30 million visitors. While that may heighten optimism of hitting the pre-Covid total of 40 million in 2024, the Israel-Palestine war is already having a significant
Read more73 foreign tourists rescued after speedboat capsizes in the South
A SPEEDBOAT carrying 73 foreign tourists and a crew of four capsized while sailing from Lipe island off Satun to Lanta island off Krabi today (Dec. 24) but all were safely rescued, Matichon newspaper said this evening. At 10.10 a.m. officials were notified that the speedboat, Bundhaya 19, sank near Bu Bu island, close
Read moreMinister shuts Pink Line for seven days after accident
TRANSPORT Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit inspected the spot in Nonthaburi where three kilometres of MRT Pink Line’s conductor rail fell on the road before dawn this morning (Dec. 24) and ordered the closure of service on this route for seven days, Naewna newspaper said. Preliminary investigation showed that this accident stemmed from construction not system
Read morePink Line rail falls on three vehicles, snaps power pole
A METAL rail of the new MRT Pink Line stretching hundreds of metres detached from the overhead track and fell to the ground damaging three vehicles parked beneath and snapping an electric pole in front of the Royal Irrigation Department market on Tiwanon road, Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi province, before dawn today (Dec. 5)
Read moreRussian tourists rescued after huge waves split boat in half off Pattaya
A BIG GROUP of Russian tourists and Thai divers and crew were all safely rescued after huge waves broke their catamaran in two as it was sailing back to Pattaya from a trip to Koh Larn this evening (Dec. 23), Matichon newspaper said. At 6.30 p.m. Sawang Boriboon Foundation rescue centre was alerted of
Read moreHouse committee chair shrugs off warning against visiting Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POLICE Affairs chair Chaichana Dejdecho today (Dec.23) snubbed a stern warning from Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsuthin against his planned visit to de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra at Police Hospital. Chaichana, concurrently a Democrat MP of Nakhon Sri Thammarat, maintained that he and
Read moreVietnam grabs a big share of Thai durian market in China
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN EXPORT MARKET SHARE for Thai durian in China has sharply plummeted in the face of fierce competition with Vietnamese durian, an official said over the weekend. The Thai durian has secured a 70% market share in China where the Vietnamese durian has grabbed a 30% market share during the
Read moreMove to reduce agricultural sector’s PM 2.5 emission by 50%
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & Cooperatives plans to reduce a total volume of PM 2.5 emission from the provinces’ agricultural sector by as much as 50% next year. Agriculture & Cooperatives Minister Thammanat Prompao confirmed over the weekend that farmers, particularly those in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and
Read moreAlcohol wholesalers hit by weak holiday season sales
THREE alcohol wholesalers, two in Bangkok and one in Nakhon Ratchasima, said yesterday (Dec. 22) that the expected strong festive season sales has not materialised with purchases either only edging up slightly or downright plunging, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Somchai Pornrattanacharoen, owner of the S. Sappakit store and former president of the Thai Wholesale
Read more120 million baht seized in raid on two gambling websites
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO GAMBLING WEBSITES based in Bangkok have been raided, a combined sum of 120 million baht in cash impounded and 20 suspected gambling operators arrested, police said today (Dec.22). The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau police recently raided the two separate online gambling websites, namely ufabet-jc.com and play.beer777.com, at condominiums in
Read moreNobody can visit Thaksin at hospital if he says no: Somsak
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NOBODY CAN VISIT the “sickly” de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra at Police Hospital if he refuses to be visited, according to Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsuthin. Somsak said today (Dec.22) the patient is “legally privileged” to maintain ultimate privacy and decide for himself whether he may
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