By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER ARMY CHIEF Apirat Kongsompong is largely speculated to head a brand-new, neo-conservative party which might probably be set up in the foreseeable future and contest the next general election. The neo-conservative party whose official name is yet to be coined is more or less believed to be set up
Month: September 2024
Security personnel to be prosecuted over deaths of 78 protesters in 2004 crackdown
By Reuters and published by CNA THAILAND will prosecute eight former security personnel over their roles in a crackdown two decades ago in which 78 protesters suffocated or were crushed to death when crammed into army trucks, the attorney general’s office said on Wednesday (Sep. 18). The announcement comes just weeks before the expiry
Read morePrawit to be chucked out if he skipped too many House sessions
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH leader-cum-MP Prawit Wongsuwan will likely be examined to determine whether he may have failed to attend far too many floor sessions of the House of Representatives to maintain his MP status any longer. House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha will likely assign House officials to find out whether
Read moreExploding pagers kill 9, injure thousands in Lebanon and Syria
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Beirut – Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday (Sep. 17)), killing at least nine people – including an 8-year-old girl — and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel
Read morePaetongtarn deemed vulnerable to latest impeachment bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra is currently viewed as susceptible to the latest impeachment-seeking lawsuit filed against her on charges of failing to abide by the wide-ranging code of political ethics by naming an allegedly dishonest person for minister, according to partisan sources. Among several lawsuits lodged against Paetongtarn, daughter of
Read moreRush to tow oil tanker grounded at Koh Mai Si Lek
RESCUERS are rushing to tow an oil tanker than ran aground at Koh Mai Si Lek, near Koh Kood off Trat, after being slammed by strong waves and currents to prevent it from sinking and spilling oil into the sea, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 17). At 6 a.m. Marine and Coastal Resources Department
Read moreMinimum wage rising to 400 baht despite employers skipping meeting: Phiphat
LABOUR Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said the minimum daily wage is rising to 400 baht nationwide from Oct. 1 despite employers’ representatives not showing up for the tripartite wage committee meeting yesterday (Sep. 16), Naewna newspaper said. He warned employers that if they still remain silent and not show up for the next meeting scheduled
Read moreFamous baby pygmy hippo sparks cross-border row with Cambodia
WITH millions of social media fans and packing in visitors at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, two-month-old pygmy hippopotamus “Moo Deng” (bouncy pig) has now triggered a row with Cambodia which claimed that she was born in Cambodia, Sanook.com and Amarin TV said last night (Sep. 16). This drama started after a Facebook
Read morePolling agency petitioned to probe PM’s mini-heart gesture
SERIAL petitioner Mr. Ruangkrai Leekitwattana has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission to investigate whether Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and some ministers violated ethical standards as stated in the Constitution in making a mini-heart gesture while wearing official uniform during a group photo of the cabinet at Government House on Sep. 7, TV
Read moreTrump safe after new assassination attempt thwarted at Florida golf course
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News FORMER US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe on Sunday (Sep. 15) after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Several Secret Service agents fired on a gunman
Read moreBoth Typhoon Bebinca and Tropical Storm Pulasan not hitting Thailand
By TV Channel 7 and Reuters – published by CNA BOTH Typhoon Bebinca which slammed into Shanghai this morning (Sep. 16) and a tropical storm named Pulasan which is forming in the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines will not be entering Thailand, the Thai Meteorological Department said. Pulasan, named by Malaysia and is
Read morePheu Thai wins Phitsanulok’s by-election for MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters Phitsanulok – The Pheu Thai, core of the current coalition government, scored a victory in Phitsanulok’s by-election for MP today (Sep. 15), defeating the People’s, the largest camp in the opposition bloc. According to unofficial results of today’s by-election in Constituency 1 of the upper central province, Pheu Thai contestant
Read moreFire at marijuana farm warehouse in Phuket causes 3m baht damage
A FIRE that raged through a warehouse in Phuket where marijuana was grown this morning (Sep. 15) caused at least 3 million baht damage but there were no casualties, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 7.26 a.m. Pol. Lt. Thanphisit Muangchan, an investigator at Thalang police station, inspected the marijuana farm warehouse in Si Sunthon
Read moreNew mass of water gushing down Mekong river from China
AMID flooding of provinces along Mekong river a warning has been issued that a new wave of water will be flowing down from China through Xayaburi Dam in Laos and reaching Thailand either tonight or in a day or two, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 15). Although flooding at Chiang Khan district
Read moreTwo pro-democracy activists bailed out in lese majeste case
THE Court of Appeals Region 3 today (Sep. 14) granted bail to two leading pro-democracy activists who were yesterday sentenced to jail in a lese majeste case stemming from speeches they gave at a rally in Phu Khieo district of Chaiyaphum province in 2012, Naewna newspaper said. Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpattararaksa and Atthaphon
Read moreHeavy flooding in Nong Khai as new typhoon approaches China
By Bloomberg – published by Yahoo!News and TV Channel 7 PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra told Nong Khai residents to closely follow official advice as the Mekong river has overflowed its banks and flooded the northeastern province today (Sept. 14). Meanwhile Typhoon Bebinca is forecast to hit the east coast of China early Monday, threatening
Read moreNo casinos in entertainment complexes, says Bhumjaithai
A BHUMJAITHAI MP said towards the end of the two-day debate on Pheu Thai-led coalition government’s policy statement delivered by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra late last night that while his party backs setting up mega entertainment complexes they must not have any casinos, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Sep. 14) Mr. Chaichanok Chidchob, son
Read moreThai dissident jailed for three years over anti-monarchy speech
By AFP and published by CNA A THAI court today (Sep. 13) sentenced one of the kingdom’s leading pro-democracy activists to three years in prison for defaming the monarchy, a human rights lawyers’ group said. Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpattararaksa was found guilty of violating Thailand’s royal defamation law, or Section 112 of the
Read moreFloods worsen as dykes break in Chiang Rai, Sukhothai
FLOODING in northern Thailand worsened today (Sep. 13) after more dykes collapsed in both Chiang Rai and Sukhothai with rescuers unable to reach those trapped in small alleys in the former province, TV Channel 7 said. At 3.30 p.m. rescuers were alerted to evacuate residents in Baan Ngim and Baan Farm areas of Chiang
Read morePhitsanulok by-election: The broken-hearted tipped to strike back
By Thai Newsroom Reporters Phitsanulok – Former deputy House speaker/former MP Padipat Suntipada is lucidly anticipating all broken-hearted constituents in the capital district of the upper central province to “strike back” in the upcoming Sunday’s by-election being held to literally find somebody to replace him at parliament. Now assisting the People’s candidate Natachanon Chanaburanasak
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