A CHILDREN’S DAY event ended badly when an emergency bridge put on show in Satun suddenly malfunctioned sending around 30 children tumbling to the ground with 15 rushed to the hospital, some seriously injured, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Jan. 13). The sling of the emergency bridge, from the 45th Engineer Battalion, had suddenly
Month: January 2024
Anti-graft agency asked to quizz senior officials over Thaksin case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission has been petitioned to conduct an inquiry into questionable performance of certain high-level government officials which could allegedly tantamount to a practice of double standards in favour of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra. Former Democrat MP Watchara Petthong has submitted his petition
Read moreThey’re not aliens. That’s the verdict from Peru officials who seized 2 doll-like figures
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Lima, Peru – Aliens they are not. That’s what forensic experts in Peru said on Friday (Jan. 12) about two doll-like figures and an alleged three-fingered hand that customs authorities in the South American country seized last year from a shipment heading to Mexico. The forensic experts with
Read moreSmall plane crashes in Chonburi, foreigner dead
A SMALL airplane crashed in Chonburi this morning (Jan. 13) with one unidentified foreigner having died and another person injured, Matichon newspaper said. The light aircraft crashed near Huai Yai temple, Huai Yai subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, Chonburi province. A police team from Huai Yai station quickly rushed there and found that of the
Read moreActivists threaten to pile pressure over Thaksin staying at hospital
ACTIVISTS gathered in front of the Government House to raise their objection to de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra staying at Police Hospital for 141st day today (Jan. 12) and threatened to escalate their rally if the government is unable to clarify this issue to the public, Naewna newspaper said. The gathering at
Read more115 gamblers nabbed, taken to court in a truck
AS MANY AS 115 gamblers were rounded up in a raid on an illegal casino in Nakhon Si Thammarat with a six-wheel truck having to make three trips to take them all to court today (Jan. 12), Amarin TV said. Acting on instruction by Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaised who had received complaints from
Read moreEnough evidence to file charges of taking bribes from berry pickers: DSI
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said today (Jan. 12) there is enough evidence to file charges against two former ministers and two senior Labour Ministry officials of taking bribes from Thai workers who went to work as wild berry pickers in Finland but human trafficking charges are still be investigated, TV Channel 7
Read moreSrettha vows to run country throughout four-year term
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin said today (Jan.11) he unfalteringly intends to run the country throughout a four-year term of the executive branch rather than be possibly replaced by Pheu Thai leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra. The Pheu Thai-backed prime minister said he will definitely not opt out either by resigning or dissolving
Read moreFormer ministers, senior officials face charges of defrauding Thai berry pickers
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has decided to file charges against two former ministers and two senior Labour Ministry officials over human trafficking Thais who had gone to work in Finland as wild berry pickers and being linked to the wrongful collection of 3,000 baht from each of them to do so for
Read moreHouse committee members barred from visiting Thaksin in person
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE on Police Affairs are being allowed to visit de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra at Police Hospital as planned for tomorrow (Jan.12). Police Hospital spokesperson Sirikul Srisanga said today no members of the House panel, headed by Democrat MP Chaichana Dejdecho, are being
Read moreFarmers now forbidden from drying rice on roads
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RICE FARMERS ARE NO LONGER allowed to literally put their product to dry on the surface of rural roads anywhere or else they could be immediately arrested, a government official confirmed today (Jan.11). The Rural Roads Department has issued a regulation to terminate the common practice of literally strewing the
Read moreNew Covid JN.1 strain sweeping Thailand
A PROMINENT virologist said this morning (Jan. 11) that a new Covid-19 strain, JN.1, has now taken hold in Thailand and is turning into the most widespread variant as it is highly contagious and this leading to a spike in the number of patients, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre
Read moreHouse Panel to check if Thaksin got more privileges than others at hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE Committee on Police Affairs are scheduled to see on Friday whether de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra may have been given more privileges than others at Police Hospital. House committee chair Chaichana Dejdecho confirmed today (Jan.10) that he and other members of his
Read moreNavy not lobbying ministers over Chinese submarine: Suthin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEFENCE MINISTER SUTHIN Khlangsang today (Jan.10) categorically denied that the navy has quietly lobbied prominent members of cabinet for the planned procurement of a troublesome Chinese-built submarine. Suthin said admirals would certainly have conducted sort of lobbyism with him among other unnamed members of cabinet if such unconfirmed hearsay was
Read moreMyanmar navy chief removed in surprise transfer
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN A SURPRISE MYANMAR MILITARY move, Adm. Moe Aung has been immediately removed from the post of navy chief amidst escalated, armed conflict with ethnic rebel forces, especially that in Rakhine state, according to an informed source. Myanmar junta head/prime minister Myint Aung Hlaing has ordered for the transfer of
Read moreSomsak, Suriya have not yet called it quits as Pheu Thai MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SOMSAK Thepsuthin and Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit have not yet tendered resignation as Pheu Thai MPs as of yesterday (Jan.9) as allegedly designed by de facto party boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra. Both Somsak and Suriya, known to have several Pheu Thai MPs under their Sammit Group
Read moreKorat people tell PM to not give them false hope on cash handout
By Thai Newsroom Reporters and Amarin TV AFTER Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin reconfirmed today (Jan.9) that the Pheu Thai-led government’s 10,000-baht digital wallet project will be implemented from May as planned, people in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) said they were waiting for the cash handout and hope the government is not giving them false hope.
Read moreOfficial papers to justify Thaksin’s extended stay out jail due this week
By Thai Newsroom Reporters JUSTICE MINISTER THAWEE Sodsong said today (Jan.9) the Corrections Department will shortly give him official papers to justify an extended stay of de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra outside of a prison. The justice minister told reporters at Government House that Corrections Department director-general Sahakarn Petnarin will hand him
Read moreBMA extends deadline for requests to change new city plan
FOLLOWING complaints that the new city plan for Bangkok benefits capitalists, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (Jan. 9) extended the deadline for lodging requests to amend it till Feb. 29, TV Channel 7 and TNA said. Mr. Wissanu Supsompon, deputy Bangkok governor, said seven public hearings have been held on the new city
Read moreDigital wallet scheme to be rolled out by May: PM
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND’S plan to kick-start its economy via a 500-billion-baht ($14.3-billion) ‘digital wallet’ handout programme will proceed by May, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin told reporters today (Jan. 9). His comments come after the Office of the Council of State, an independent panel that provides legal advice to governments, found
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