By Thai Newsroom Reporters SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are still ranking among a total of 24 football clubs in the English Championship after surviving tonight’s (May 4) final game of the season under German manager Danny Rohl. Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Liam Palmer and striker Josh Windass scored a 2-0 win over Sunderland in the first half
Month: May 2024
Tube well victim’s family demanding 10 million baht for his death
DURING A ceremony for a man who died after falling into a tube well at a traffic island in front of Lat Phrao Soi 49 yesterday (May 3) his family said they are demanding 10 million baht compensation from Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) while urging the agency to quickly replace wood planks covering these
Read moreNACC to see if digital wallet project might overlap a farmers subsidy scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission was today (May 4) petitioned to investigate whether the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project might be illegally implemented in overlapping fashion with an ongoing subsidy programme for some farmers. Political activist Ruangkrai Leekitwatana filed the petition for the NACC to find out whether the digital wallet
Read morePaetongtarn defended for saying central bank independence an ‘obstacle’
By Naewna and Reuters – published by CNA AFTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of the ruling Pheu Thai party, was criticised for saying Bank of Thailand’s independence was an “obstacle” in resolving economic problems yesterday (May 3) the party’s Secretary-General and MP Ms. Linthiporn Warinwatchararoj today denied she was interfering with the central bank. Linthiphon
Read moreAs temperature exceeds 43°C woman loses her entire durian crop
A THAI WOMAN said in a Facebook post today (May 3) that with the temperature soaring higher than 43 degrees Celsius all the durian in her orchard have fallen and cracked up with this being the worst setback she has ever suffered, Amarin TV said. The Facebook user, Ton Aor, said in a post
Read moreNACC to watch over farmers’ purchase of pesticides, fertilisers via digital wallet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission (NACC) will keep a close watch on the implementation of the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project involving the anticipated purchase of pesticides and fertilisers by recipient farmers. NACC Secretary-General Niwatchai Kasemmongkol said today (May 3) the anti-graft agency will see to it that no conspiracy over
Read moreTrio of legendary Liverpool players visit Thai PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A TRIO OF LEGENDARY LIVERPOOL players today (May 3) visited Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin with a red T-shirt of the English Premier League football club handed to him. The famous trio, namely Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman and Michael Owen, visited the prime minister at Government House and handed him the
Read moreSheffield Wednesday manager looks to keep ace players for next season
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY manager Danny Rohl is resolutely looking to keep outstanding players with the Owls for next season with hopes of building a stronger squad rising beyond the final game of the current season scheduled for tomorrow. Rohl is earnestly looking forward to holding a “make-or-break” negotiation with Sheffield Wednesday
Read moreMyanmar junta bans men from applying to work abroad
By AFP and published by CNA Yangon – Myanmar’s junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country. The junta, which is struggling to crush widespread armed opposition to its rule, in February
Read moreThailand to increase daily minimum wage to 400 baht in Oct.
By Reuters and published by CNA THE Pheu Thai-led coalition government plans to increase the daily minimum wage to 400 baht ($10.84) from October, a spokesperson said today (May 2), a policy that could help lift consumption in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy. A committee will meet this month to assess which industries are prepared
Read moreBiggest forest loss in a decade over the past year
IN A WAKE UP call for urgent action Seub Nakhasathien Foundation said in a Facebook post today (May 2) that Thailand’s forest loss soared to the highest level in a decade from 2023 to 2024 dwindling 317,819.20 rai from 2022 leading to 31.47% of the country’s total area now being forested, Amarin TV said.
Read moreExtreme heat causes sandals to shrink
A YOUNG man bought a pair of sandals from a department store in Thailand after trying them on and ensuring they fit fine but on the way back home they were exposed to current extremely hot weather at the back of his pickup truck and once home to his surprise they had shrunk from
Read morePressure on Sheffield Wednesday owner eased
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRESSURE SUSTAINABLY BUILT on Dejpon Chansiri, the Thai owner of English Championship football club Sheffield Wednesday, is more or less diminishing now that German manager Danny Rohl has decidedly offered to stay with the Owls despite the fifty-fifty chances of their being relegated from the second tier of the English
Read moreAs the global Arms Bazaar booms, Travel & Tourism pays the price
ON APRIL 23, 2024, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published its annual World Military Expenditure report for 2023. It showed that the Arms Bazaar raked in $2,443 billion, the highest level ever. The figure was up 6.8% over 2022, up for the 9th consecutive year and the steepest year-on-year rise since 2009.
Read morePheu Thai told to stop pressing House Speaker to step down
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, core of the current coalition government, was today (May 1) suggested to stop pressing House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha to step down so he could otherwise be replaced by a Pheu Thai MP. Without elaborating or naming names, Mook Sulaiman, secretary to Wan Noor, advised that
Read more70 million baht Bitcoin mining rig seized in Samut Sakhon raid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BITCOIN MINING activity was today (May 1) found illegally operating at a disguised factory in Samut Sakhon, police said. Seized in the police raid on the abandoned, unnamed ice-making factory in Tajin area of the capital district of Samut Sakhon were 690 computers and 17 mainframes allegedly used for
Read moreTourist in row with tuk tuk driver taken to court
A BRITISH tourist who was videotaped by a tuk tuk dash cam assaulting the driver in a row over the fare in Phuket was apprehended in Krabi last evening and taken to the district court today (May 1), Amarin TV said. The attack took place at around 4 a.m. last Friday (Apr. 26) with
Read moreBritish tourist in hot water over video clips critical of Thailand
TOURIST Police summoned a British tourist and gave him a warning to stop posting video clips critical of Thailand on social media or else be prosecuted, Naewna newspaper said today (May 1). Pol. Lt. Col. Suwit Boonyaphen, attached to Mae Hong Son Tourist Police, said video clips posted by the British tourist, only identified
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