By Thai Newsroom Reporters and Thai Rath AFTER torrential rain led to almost the entire island of Phuket being flooded today (June 30) with 17 flights diverted to both other airports in Thailand and at Langkawi and Penang in Malaysia, Phuket Airport this evening said 16 of them had flown back and landed there.
Month: June 2024
Indians rounded up after punch-up in the middle of Pattaya
TWO Indian tourists were seen in a video clip beating up a fellow countryman in the middle of a Pattaya road with a Thai woman, believed to be the latter’s girlfriend, stepping in to try to stop the assault early in the morning and all were rounded up and taken to the police station,
Read moreAlmost the entire island of Phuket flooded, 14 flights diverted
SEVERAL hours of continuous heavy rain since this morning (June 30) has led to almost the entire island of Phuket being heavily flooded and 14 flights diverted, PPTV HD 36 said. Phuket Information Centre said 14 flights were unable to land at Phuket airport due to poor weather conditions and were diverted to Surat Thani,
Read moreOne dead, 18 injured in car bombing at Yala police flats
A CAR BOMB exploded in front of police flats at Bannang Sata district, southern Yala province, at 10.30 a.m. this morning (June 30) killing one person and injuring 18 others, Thai Rath newspaper said. Police from Bannang Sata station, soldiers, rangers, firefighters and rescuers quickly rushed to the scene of the explosion. It was
Read moreSenatorial race ‘the century’s most disgusting’: Plodprasop
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PHEU THAI-ATTACHED deputy prime minister Plodprasop Suraswadi today (June 29) branded a recent senatorial election “the century’s most disgusting.” Plodprasop posted on his Facebook page to remark that as many as half the total 200 senators-designate might probably be prone to electoral rigging and other wrongdoing charges. Plodprasop insisted
Read moreGet ready for increased rainfall as La Niña roars back
WITH La Niña, the cooler counterpart to the famed El Niño, now making a grand return Thailand faces above-average rainfall from July to September with this continuing till January-March, 2025, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (July 29). The Thai Meteorological Department’s Climate Centre said as the southwesterly monsoon covers Thailand from mid-May to
Read more‘Kim Thailand’ thanks Lisa for filming Rockstar video on Yaowarat road
WITH K-pop sensation Lalisa “Lisa” Manobal’s music video of her solo single “Rockstar” raking in over 35.4 million views as of 12.35 p.m. today (June 29) after its release yesterday, a Thai entrepreneur who looks like North Korean leader Kim Jong Un thanked her for filming it on Yaowarat road, or Bangkok’s Chinatown, thus
Read moreRayong chemical factory fire was arson: Police
POLICE investigation of recent fires at chemical factories in Rayong and Ayutthaya shows that the former was arson and arrest warrants will soon be issued for five to 10 suspects, TV Channel 7 said this evening (June 28). Pol. Lt. Gen. Thathchai Pitanilaputra, assistant national police chief, held a meeting today to follow up
Read moreDefeated senatorial contestants call for probe into vote-rigging scams
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A GROUP OF OUTVOTED SENATORIAL contestants today (June 28) filed a complaint over vote-rigging and other electoral wrongdoing allegations, calling on the Election Commission to immediately investigate. The alleged wrongdoings on the part of “puppet” senatorial candidates in Wednesday’s national or final stage of the complicated, triple-tiered election involved the
Read moreCrackdown on transmitting Internet signals to crime zone across the border
IN A crackdown on transmitting Internet signals to Myanmar’s Myawaddy township from Mae Sot border town, a hundred officials, police and soldiers raided six targeted spots and seized a lot of communication devices, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (June 28). Mr. Trairat Viriyasirikul, acting secretary-general of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of
Read moreThaksin betrayed in brother-in-law’s senatorial race: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra was quietly double-crossed in Wednesday’s final stage of a senatorial election in which he saw his brother-in-law/former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat helplessly outvoted, according to a noted academic. Thanaporn Sriyakul of Mahanakorn University of Technology remarked that Thaksin was unexpectedly betrayed by senatorial
Read moreSome senators-designate might be ratified first, suspended from duty later
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL 200 SENATORS-DESIGNATE will definitely be officially ratified early next month though some could possibly be accused of electoral rigging charges and consequently have their senatorial duties suspended by court at a later date, Election Commission Secretary-General Sawaeng Boonmee confirmed today (June 27). Under the election law and relevant rules
Read moreDeath penalty for Banyin upheld by Supreme Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT today (June 27) upheld the Appeals Court’s earlier sentencing of Banyin Tangpakorn, a former Pheu Thai MP and cabinet member, to death penalty due to a cold-blooded homicide case. The Supreme Court ruled that Banyin had perpetrated the premeditated, covered-up murder of Chuwong Sae Tang, a millionaire
Read moreMyanmar rebel groups seize junta base near Thai border
By Naewna and Reuters – published by Yahoo!News A MYANMAR military base 60 kilometres from the Thai border was captured by a Karen-Karenni resistance forces after besieging it for five days, Naewna newspaper said today (June 27). Over a hundred rebel fighters attacked strategically important Maesalawng Hill military base in Bawlakhe district, Karenni state,
Read moreThaksin’s brother-in-law Somchai outvoted for senator
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a last-minute twist of a significant political phenomenon, former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, brother-in-law to de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, has been outvoted for senator. The former prime minister has been finally denied adequate votes by fellow contestants at national level of the
Read moreMilitary flees Bolivia government palace after coup attempt fails, general taken into custody
By AP and published by Yahoo!News La Paz, Bolivia – Armoured vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace on Wednesday (June 26) in an apparent coup attempt, but President Luis Arce vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down. Soon the soldiers pulled back, along
Read morePolice panel upholds order to temporarily sack ‘Big Joke’
A NATIONAL police panel voted 12-0 to uphold an order issued by acting police chief Pol. Gen. Kitirat Phanphet last April temporarily dismissing Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakphan, nicknamed Big Joke, who is facing charges of being linked to online gambling websites, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (June 26). Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had
Read moreSome senatorial candidates allegedly held money talks at hotels
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOME CONTESTANTS FOR senators have allegedly attended secret meetings at hotels where kickbacks in cash have been offered and negotiated, Election Commission Secretary-General Sawaeng Boonmee said today (June 26). Sawaeng did not name names or tell how many of the tempted electoral riggers there may have been operating in hush-hush
Read moreChaengwattana badly flooded after heavy rain
HEAVY rain in Bangkok and surrounding area earlier today (June 26) led to Chaengwattana road being heavily flooded on both sides from Foreign Ministry onwards triggering heavy traffic congestion as vehicles slowly move through floodwaters, Naewna newspaper quoted FM91 Trafficpro said saying at 3.27 p.m. Later at 5.23 p.m. FM91 Trafficpro again reported that
Read moreCollapse of a limestone hill in Phang Nga not linked to minor quake
AFTER a limestone hill adjacent to Somdej Phra Srinagarindra Park in Phang Nga province collapsed early this morning (June 26) the authorities explained that this was not caused by a minor earthquake that struck this Andaman coastal province in the wee hours, Naewna newspaper said. The 2.2 magnitude earthquake with a shallow depth of
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