MARINE Police who capture the three oil-smuggling boats initially sent word that the over 330,000 litres of contraband oil is now missing with only six to seven crew members of approximately 20 who escaped from the Sattahip pier last Tuesday (June 11) being aboard, Amarin TV said today (June 17). The three large boats
Month: June 2024
3,000 candidates reach national-level senatorial election
THE second stage of the senatorial election that took place at the provincial level nationwide yesterday (June 16) saw 3,000 candidates elected to join the final round scheduled for June 26, Naewna newspaper said this morning (June 17). Of the 3,000 candidates who reached the national level voting 2,164 were men and 836 women
Read morePM infected with Covid-19, returning to work on Wednesday
By Naewna and Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME Minister Srettha Thavisin has got infected with Covid-19 with his doctor advising him to rest and resume his official duties on Wednesday June 19, Naewna reported late last night (June 16). Mr. Chai Watcharong, a spokesperson of the Prime Minister’s Office, said Srettha has been feeling a
Read moreMissing oil-smuggling boats returning to Songkhla tomorrow: Police
THAI Marine Police have taken control of three oil-smuggling boats that disappeared from a pier in Sattahip, Chonburi, last Tuesday night (June 11) and they are expected to sail back to southern Songkhla port tomorrow, TV Channel 7 said this evening (June 16) Pol. Lt. Gen Kraiboon Suadsong, director of National Police Oil Smuggling
Read morePattaya seawater blackened with waste discharge not oil slick
PATTAYA City authorities explained that the seawater at Pattaya Bay got blackened because wastewater from a sewage treatment plant overflowed for a few hours and not due to an oil spill as has been feared, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 16). This followed the circulation of a video clip showing a boat sailing
Read more2 citizens networks to observe senatorial election after big reward offered
AFTER Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit offered a reward of up to 1 million baht to those reporting vote-buying attempts during the second-stage of the triple-tiered senatorial election tomorrow (June 16), the Election Commission has now allowed two citizens networks to monitor the process nationwide, Thai Rath newspaper said. The polling agency sent an
Read moreScores rounded up for drug use in raid on new Chonburi pub
ROUNDED UP in a raid on the newly-opened NASA pub in Chonburi at 1 a.m. today (June 15) were 157 revellers found to have taken drugs while lots of sachets containing narcotics had been discarded on the floor, Amarin TV said. A Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) team of officials together with local and
Read moreAirplane makes emergency landing at U Tapao Airport after landing gear problem
A FLYDUBAI aircraft heading from Dubai to the Philippines made an emergency landing at U Tapao Airport soon after midnight last night (June 15) after the landing gear initially failed to deploy, Sanook.com, TV Channel 7, Naewna and Daily News newspapers said. Approximately a hundred passengers plus the captain, a co-pilot and seven crew
Read morePower supply to Koh Larn island resumes after hours of cut
ELECTRICITY supply to Koh Larn island off Pattaya resumed at 4.30 p.m. today (June 14) after an outage since 10.30 a.m. in the morning led to some tourists asking hotels on the island to refund of their room rent, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said this evening. The power supply to the whole
Read moreThousands of gambling websites shut as Euro 2024 kicks off today
By TV Channel 7 and AP – published by Yahoo!News CYBER CRIME police have been busy tackling widespread online betting on UEFA Euro 2024 football matches with the tournament kicking off in Munich, Germany, today (June 14) and have shut as many as 8,000 gambling websites this month alone, TV Channel 7 said late
Read moreLearning from Myanmar’s rebels, junta builds new Chinese drone fleet
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S resistance fighters notched decisive breakthroughs last year by relying on a scattered fleet of drones in battles against one of Southeast Asia’s most feared militaries. But as the civil war grinds on, the rebels increasingly find their familiar weapons – Chinese-made commercial drones modified to carry arms
Read moreAnalysis: Of a slap-and-kiss relationship
By Out-Crowd A WORKING RELATIONSHIP between former prime minister/current de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and unnamed elements of the old-time powers-that-be virtually showcases mutual slaps and kisses every once in a while as long as the strange bedfellows share the same enemy – the Move Forward. Since the polarised politics unexpectedly ground
Read moreA lot of movement at pier before 3 oil-smuggling boats disappeared
AMIDST both sea and air search for three oil-smuggling boats that disappeared from Marine Police pier on Tuesday night (June 11), a surveillance camera clip has emerged showing a lot of people and vehicles moving in and out of this jetty before they vanished, Amarin TV said late today (June 13). This followed Pol.
Read moreArmy falls behind in drone deployment along Thai-Myanmar border
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI ARMY is alarmingly lagging in the current deployment of drones along the Thai-Myanmar border, according to House Armed Services Committee Chair Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn. The House committee chair-cum-Move Forward MP said today (June 13) the Thai army is alarmingly falling behind others in terms of drone deployment and relevant
Read moreThai-Khmer deal around Kood Island alleged as null and void
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT was today (June 13) petitioned to declare null and void an allegedly invalid Thai-Cambodian bilateral deal on a shared maritime resources development scheme planned over the last couple of decades. Former Palang Pracharath MP Paiboon Nititawan filed the petition for the Constitutional Court to consider declaring the
Read moreThammanat shrugs off strained ties between Pheu Thai and Palang Pracharath
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH SECRETARY-GENERAL Thammanat Prompao today (June 13) downplayed criticism that the relationship between the core coalition partner Pheu Thai and his own party has been strained lately. Following comments earlier made by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra which had apparently taken Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsawat to
Read more‘Chatuchak mother’ wins the hearts of netizens
By Naewna and Agencies – published by CNA THE BIG fire that ripped through over a hundred shops at Chatuchak weekend market on Tuesday morning (June 11) killing more than 1,000 pets and exotic animals also left scores injured with one of them, a cat nicknamed “Chatuchak mother”, helping attract attention to their plight,
Read more3 missing oil-smuggling boats heading for Trat then neighbouring waters
CHONBURI police said that three seized oil-smuggling boats that went missing from Sattahip bay on Tuesday night (June 11) are believed to be heading for Trat coastal province, which is next to Cambodia, and then sail to neighbouring waters, Naewna newspaper and TV Channel 7 said late last night. Pol. Lt. Col. Santichon Hume,
Read morePM might fail to address House on 2025 budget bill next Wednesday
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin might possibly fail to address the House of Representatives on the 2025 budget legislation next Wednesday if suspended by court from doing his duties with immediate effect a day earlier. The Pheu Thai-attached prime minister could possibly be immediately suspended at an order of the Constitutional
Read moreSrettha impeachment hearing set for June 18
THE Constitutional Court studied a lawsuit filed by 40 senators seeking impeachment of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ordered both sides to submit evidence on Monday June 17 with the hearing to take place the next day on June 18, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 12). In the impeachment case the prime minister
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