By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN INITIAL STEP TOWARD the senatorial election, scheduled for the upcoming Sunday, might probably be put off by the Election Commission tomorrow (June 7), pending a Constitutional Court ruling on the existing rules governing the complicated, triple-tiered race to parliament. The election commissioners will likely decide tomorrow whether to postpone
Month: June 2024
PM rooting for England In UEFA Euro 2024
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin said today (June 6) he is definitely rooting for England in the upcoming UEFA Euro 2024 football championship. Among a total of 24 national teams contesting the UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany, the prime minister told reporters he is decidedly rooting for England, one of the
Read moreMore Bitcoin mining dens to be raided in Chiang Mai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POLICE RAIDS ON a few illegal, makeshift facilities with arrays of computers for Bitcoin mining business in Chiang Mai are anticipated shortly in sustained measures to crack down on the power-squandering activity, police said today (June 6). Following an earlier raid on a Bitcoin mining den in disguise of a
Read moreGerman tourist dies after falling from Pattaya hotel
A GERMAN man holidaying in Pattaya fell to his death from the 33rd floor of a luxury hotel last night (June 5) with this being the fourth such death in a month at this seaside city, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning. At 10 p.m. last night Pol. Maj. Thanya Utthong, an inspector at
Read moreEmergency room worker plays mobile game while checking sick child
A COMPLAINT was filed to the operators of a community Facebook page that a Sakon Nakhon hospital emergency room staff member was playing a mobile game while checking a sick child brought there for medical treatment after vomiting blood, TV Channel 7 said this morning (June 6). The mother and aunt of the sick
Read moreUpdate: Boyfriend saved from suicide attempt after killing girlfriend
THE TEENAGER who killed his equally young girlfriend then cut off her hands and dumped her body beneath Udon Ratthaya Expressway in Pathum Thani early this morning (June 5) was later saved from overdosing on psychiatric medication by his brother, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Jirasant Kaewsaengek, head of Provincial Police Region 1,
Read moreIndia’s Modi set for tougher ride after close election win
By AFP and published by CNA New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (June 5) faced the prospects of a far tougher-than-expected third term after his party failed to secure an outright majority for the first time since sweeping to power a decade ago. The release of the results on Tuesday upended
Read moreClues emerge in murder of young student
POLICE have got clues to the identity of the man who killed and cut off the hands of a young female student then dumped her body beneath Udon Ratthaya Expressway in Pathum Thani early this morning (June 5), Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said. The naked body of the unidentified woman around 20
Read moreNearly 15 million ‘fragile’ people entitled to digital wallet within fiscal 2024
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OFFICIALLY BRANDED AS “FRAGILE” types of people, nearly 15 million nationwide will be entitled to the 10,000-baht, digital wallet handout project before fiscal 2024 ends, government spokesperson Chai Wacharong confirmed today (June 4). The 14.98 million “fragile” Thai nationals who may currently hold state welfare cards will be the first
Read moreEscaped convict brought back to Thailand on Indonesian airplane
INDONESIAN officials flew a Thai escaped convict to Nakhon Si Thammarat airport today (June 4) after he was caught in Bali last week with senior Thai police officers on hand to take him into custody, Thai Rath newspaper and TV Channel 7 said. Present at the airport to ensure smooth repatriation of the wanted
Read morePM downplays hearsay of Thaksin on the run from lese majeste case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (June 4) downplayed hearsay that de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra would again manipulate to escape from a lese majeste lawsuit to be filed against him in court later this month. The Pheu Thai-attached prime minister said Thaksin who had earlier spent 17 years
Read moreNews reports of 149 senatorial shoo-ins dismissed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION today (Jun 4) categorically rejected as “utterly groundless” news reports that as many as 149 contestants for senator are largely slated as shoo-ins who have already found their way to the final tier of the race to parliament. The Election Commission flashed a statement to dismiss the
Read moreAmerican, Russian men die in fall from Pattaya hotel, condo
AN AMERICAN man fell to his death from the seventh floor of a hotel in Pattaya early this morning (June 4) while a Russian man plunged to his death from the 29th floor of a 35-storey condo at noon yesterday, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. At 6 a.m. Pol. Maj. Wutinan Kongdee,
Read morePhilippine officials order evacuation, urge caution after volcano eruption
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Manila – Philippine authorities ordered the evacuation of residents living near a volcano in central Philippines today (June 4) following an eruption that sent a five km (three miles) high ash cloud into the sky. Government officials warned of the possibility of further eruptions of Kanlaon volcano, hazardous
Read moreFeature: Unpopular Owls owner in search of co-investor
By Out-Crowd DEJPON CHANSIRI, the Thai owner of English football club Sheffield Wednesday, is decidedly looking for a co-investor to help with the planned shopping of outstanding players during the summer transfer market. After a fruitful talk with Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl to the extent that the German has finally agreed to stay
Read moreMost entrepreneurs want cash not digital wallet in 10,000-baht handout scheme
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED entrepreneurs would prefer the much-heralded, yet-delayed populist handout project use cash rather than digital wallets as planned by the ruling Pheu Thai, according to Office of Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion acting director-general Panita Shinawatra. Panita, a niece of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra,
Read moreIllegally felled logs for delivery to Chinese capitalists seized
FORESTRY officials were joined by police and rangers in raiding a house in the middle of a forest in northern Mae Hong Son province where they seized a large number of logs and processed timber that were to be sent to Chinese capitalists, Naewna newspaper said today (June 3). Mr. Kasem Khamma, head of
Read moreZelenskyy in Philippines to promote peace summit he says China and Russia are trying to undermine
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Manila, Philippines – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in the Philippines today (June 3) in a rare Asian trip to urge regional leaders to attend a Swiss-organised global peace summit on the war in Ukraine that he accuses Russia, with China’s help, of trying to undermine. Zelenskyy arrived
Read moreYoung, naked foreign tourist’s body found on Pattaya beach
THE BODY of a young, naked foreign man was found on Pattaya beach at noon today (June 2) with police working on identifying him while an autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of his death, Amarin TV said this evening. Upon being alerted of the naked body of a tourist found lying
Read moreEscaped convict caught in Bali is cheerful, being brought back on Tuesday
A THAI escaped convict who was arrested in Bali, Indonesia, last Thursday where he was found holding a fake Indonesian passport and pretended to be dumb because he could not speak the language appeared stress free and cheerful upon meeting Justice Minister Thawee Sodsong in Indonesia this afternoon (June 2), Naewna newspaper said. Mr.
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