PEOPLE’S Party MP Sirikanya Tansakul said during the debate on Pheu Thai-led coalition government’s policy statement delivered by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra that a lot of what was announced differed from what Pheu Thai Party had promised during the election campaign while being similar to de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s recently outlined vision,
Month: September 2024
Thammanat denies being involved with leaked audio clip
AS A leaked audio clip is now making the rounds with the speaker’s voice being similar to that of Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan, Thammanat Prompao, who while remaining this party’s MP has led 20 MPs in rebelling against it, denied being involved, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Sep. 12). While Thammanat and
Read moreChiang Rai airport cancels all flights as floods rage
MAE FAH Luang Chiang Rai International Airport announced the cancellation of all flights amid severe flooding in the northern province, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Sep. 12). The flooding triggered by Typhoon Yagi has badly affected Mae Sai district and Chiang Rai city with many roads cut off and some
Read moreForeigner high on marijuana steals, crashes cab
A FOREIGN man holidaying in Pattaya and high on marijuana stole a taxi and crashed it into a electricity pole before dawn today (Sep. 12), TV Channel 7 said. At around 4 a.m. Pol. Lt. Phuttarak Sonkhamhan, deputy chief for investigation at Pattaya City police station’s Dongtan sub-station, was alerted that a foreigner had
Read moreCoach of Thai cave boys trapped again – by typhoon floods
By AFP and published by CNA THE coach of the young Thai football team that captured the world’s attention when they spent nearly three weeks trapped in a cave has found himself in another watery predicament – stuck on his roof by flash floods. Ekkapol Chantawong told AFP on Wednesday (Sep. 11) he was
Read moreLeaked audio clip asking to be number on an old one: Anutin
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Sep. 11) said a leaked audio clip in which the speaker asked to be number one, that is prime minister, and also talked about appointment of civil servants at his ministry is an old one, Thai Rath newspaper said. The speaker also mentioned the resignation
Read more6 dead, 2 missing as Typhoon Yagi hits the North
By AFP -published by CNA and Amarin TV TORRENTIAL rain brought on by Typhoon Yagi that led to Mae Ai river in Chiang Mai overflowing its banks triggering landslides and flash floods has killed four people with two others missing while two more flood victims died in Chiang Rai, The latest update at 10.30
Read morePolice, FDA bust illegal drug, lip balm factory
METROPOLITAN Police together with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials raided a factory producing counterfeit medicines and lip balm in Thung Khru district of Bangkok with a dead lizard found in a boiling pot, TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said today (Sep. 11). Investigation was launched after FDA discovered that the lot
Read moreThammanat-led renegade MPs won’t be ousted from Palang Pracharath
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A CLIQUE OF 20 RENEGADE MPs headed by former Palang Pracharath secretary-general Thammanat Prompao will be by no means ousted as members of the second largest opposition party. Palang Pracharath secretary-general Paibul Nititawan confirmed today (Sep. 10) none of the 20 rebellious MPs under command of his predecessor will be
Read moreDeadly moonshine claims another victim taking toll to 10
ANOTHER person who drank deadly moonshine last month died today (Sep. 10) raising the death toll to 10 while two more are still hospitalised in critical condition, Naewna newspaper said. A total of 44 people who drank the moonshine, which had methanol in it and was sold in Min Buri, Nong Chok and Khlong
Read moreTyphoon Yagi leaves more than 60 dead, dozens missing in Vietnam
By Agencies – published by CNA and Thai Newsroom Hanoi – Emergency workers were racing to evacuate thousands of people from severe floods today (Sep. 10) after Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam, killing 63 people and leaving 40 others missing. About 752 people have also been injured in flooding and landslides, officials at
Read moreHistorian urges Thaksin to stop pulling strings behind daughter/PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT IS ABOUT TIME de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra completely stopped pulling the strings behind a puppet virtually being his daughter/Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, suggested a noted historian. Chiang Mai University’s Humanities Faculty’s historian Attachak Satayanuruk said the billionaire power player has not only acted as a puppet
Read moreAnother lawsuit filed seeking dissolution of all ‘Thaksin-steered coalition partners’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LATEST LAWSUIT was filed today (Sep. 9) in pursuit of a simultaneous dissolution of six government parties on grounds of having been unlawfully, evidently masterminded and directed by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. The six parties all of which have joined the current Pheu Thai-led coalition government
Read moreApple’s new iPhone will catapult the tech trendsetter into the age of AI
By AP and published by Yahoo!News APPLE’S ubiquitous iPhone is about to break new ground with a shift into artificial intelligence that will do everything from smartening up its frequently dim-witted assistant Siri to creating customised emojis on the fly. The new era will dawn today (Sep. 9) with the unveiling of the hotly
Read moreMyanmar draft dodger captured after fleeing police
A MYANMAR man who faces mandatory military service should he be sent back from Thailand pulled a ruse to flee police detention in northern Lamphun province but was finally caught, TV Channel 7 said today (Sep. 8). Mr. Thepo, 38, who was arrested for illegal entry, swallowed some shampoo and detergent to start foaming
Read moreTyphoon Yagi kills 14 in Vietnam as warning issued to some Thai provinces
By AP – published by Yahoo!News and Thai Newsroom Hanoi, Vietnam – At least 14 people have died and 176 others injured in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi slammed the country’s north, state media said today (Sep. 8), as officials warned of heavy downpours despite its waning power. Described by Vietnamese officials as one of
Read morePaetongtarn suspected of trying to destroy evidence of dad’s alleged hospital fake-out
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was yesterday (Sep. 7) suspected of looking to have any evidence pertaining to her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s fake-out allegedly earlier staged at Police Hospital completely destroyed. Pichit Chaimongkol, leader of the Students & People Network for Thailand Reform, charged that the woman
Read morePeople’s Party MPs preparing for heated debate on govt policy statement
PEOPLE’S Party MP Sirikanya Tansakul said the debate on Pheu Thai-led coalition government’s policy statement to be delivered by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra which is scheduled to take place next Thursday and Friday (Sep. 12-13) will be intense with her party gearing up field 30 MPs to question it, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep.
Read moreMissing Belgian female tourist found drowned in a stream
A YOUNG Belgian female tourist who went missing in northern Mae Hong Son’s Pai district yesterday (Sep. 6) was found drowned in a stream near Mae Hi weir after a major search for her was undertaken, Naewna newspaper said. At around noon a woman’s clothes were found near Mae Hi weir, with the search
Read moreBig hunt for missing Belgian tourist
A LARGE-SCALE search operation has been launched in northern Mae Hong Son province for a young Belgian woman tourist who mysteriously disappeared yesterday (Sep. 6), Naewna newspaper said this morning. Pol. Lt. Col. Suwit Bunyapeng, Tourist Police inspector at this province, said he received a report yesterday that the female tourist, Ms. Cloe Ferari,
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