WATER-SPLASHING during Songkran festival turned a bit rough at Phuket’s Patong beach when two foreign men came to blows on the street after one of them fired a water gun at the motorcycle taxi the other was riding hitting the driver but not him yet annoying him, Amarin TV said this evening (Apr. 13).
Day: April 13, 2024
400-baht daily minimum wage kicks in at 4-star hotels, resorts
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE 400-BAHT, DAILY MINIMUM wage is legally effective from today (Apr. 13) for hotel and resort employees in 10 tourism-buzzing areas of Bangkok and the provinces. Deputy government spokesperson Kharom Ponpornklang confirmed the mandatory, 400-baht minimum wage at hotels and resorts with four-star or higher ratings where a minimum of
Read moreSix killed in stabbing attack at Sydney mall, suspect shot dead
By Agencies and published by CNA Sydney – Six people were killed in a stabbing attack at a busy mall in Sydney’s beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday (Apr. 13). Emergency services were called to Westfield Bondi Junction just before 4 p.m. local time. The knife-wielding attacker was shot dead by police at the
Read morePM denies cabinet reshuffle taking place anytime soon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Apr. 13) categorically denied a cabinet reshuffle would likely occur as soon as Songkran festival ends next week and said he could not say anything in clear-cut manner about it at the moment. The Pheu Thai-backed prime minister apparently dampened speculation that the first round
Read more150 Malaysian tourists scammed – left without hotel rooms in Hat Yai
AS MANY AS 150 Malaysian tourists arrived at a hotel in Hat Yai last evening (Apr. 12) to only discover that no booking had been made for 64 hotel rooms they had paid for to a Malaysian agent who in turn transferred the money to a Thai tour guide who pocketed it, Amarin TV
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