MOST people oppose the policy to invest in a casino, legalising online gambling and holding a referendum on this issue, the latest NIDA Poll shows, TV Channel 7 said today (Jan. 26). According to the NIDA Poll recently conducted among a total of 1,310 people, altogether 59.16% of the respondents disagreed with setting up
Month: January 2025
Demonstrators slam casino project, online gambling
THE Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand and their allies held a demonstration at Oct. 14 Memorial today (Jan. 25) entitled “SAVE Thailand, no Online Gambling and Casinos Stop – Shinawatra System Stop – Online Gambling Stop – Casinos” with participants steadily turning up from afternoon onwards, Naewna newspaper said. This
Read moreFarmer surrenders after social media outrage over crop residue burning
A WOMAN farmer who posted images of herself burning sugarcane crop residue which led to social media outrage surrendered to police today (Jan. 25), Naewna newspaper said. Ms. Phut, 59, whose farm is at Si Bun Rueang district, Nong Bua Lamphu province, told police that she lived alone with her children having moved elsewhere
Read morePhumtham to visit USS Carl Vinson during port call
IN A MOVE to strengthen Thai-US relations and exchange strategic information Deputy Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Vejjayachai and his team will be visiting USS Carl Vinson during its port call to Laem Chabang, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 25). Pol. Gen. Thanathip Sawangsaeng, the ministry’s spokesman, said Phumtham and his team will be boarding
Read moreFamily problems led to Russian dad throwing son overboard to his death
ORDERED detained by Takua Pa provincial court today (Jan. 24) is a Russian man who threw his son into the sea from a speedboat returning from Surin islands in Phang Nga province with family problems suspected to have led to this tragic death as he was divorced from his Thai wife, Amarin TV said.
Read moreDES Ministry to shut down Jagat coin hunt app.
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MINISTRY OF DIGITAL ECONOMY & Society will be formally suggested to shut down an Indonesia-based coin hunt app. due to its illegal, online gambling activity. Cyber police will sooner than later call on the Ministry of Digital Economy & Society to terminate the Jagat app. which has been operating
Read moreThaksin: PM ordered steps to reduce PM2.5 pollution from Europe
DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said today (Jan. 24) that his daughter/Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered measures to reduce PM2.5 pollution in the country from Europe where she is attending the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, during Jan. 20-24 with a key step being free train and bus rides for
Read moreLocation is crucial in renting Bangkok condominiums
Finding the perfect Bangkok condominium for rent By Anucha Kasun BANGKOK is a vast city with colourful neighbourhoods and a variety of ways to travel around. If you plan to relocate to this metropolis to live and work, you should spend some time exploring the city and its multiple means of travel to find
Read moreRunaway elephant causes chaos in Phuket
AN elephant that escaped from its camp and strolled down a road in Phuket led to people panicking but fortunately a mahout later safely took the jumbo back to its home after damaging one vehicle with no one being injured, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 23). Pol. Lt. Kittipong Nupheng, an investigation officer at
Read moreAnutin urged to cut off power supply to scam centre in Myawaddy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was pressed today (Jan.23) to cut off Thailand’s power supply for suspected transnational criminals in Myanmar once and for all. People’s MP Rangsiman Rome, who chairs the House Committee on State Security, Border Affairs & National Strategies and Reforms, called on Anutin to take
Read morePaetongtarn makes AI video appeal to Chinese tourists
By AFP and published by CNA THAILAND yesterday (Jan. 22) posted an AI-generated video of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaking in Mandarin encouraging Chinese tourists to visit the kingdom despite reports of kidnappings on the Thai-Myanmar border. In the clip made by generative artificial intelligence posted to the government’s Facebook page, a likeness of
Read moreDSI to probe actress Tangmo Nida’s drowning death
THE Department of Special Investigation today (Jan. 22) accepted the case of late actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, drowning in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip in February 2022 for investigation but it is as yet not in the category of a special case, Amarin TV said. DSI’s Director-General Pol. Maj Yuthana
Read moreNetizens cheering for Thai movie’s Oscar success
NETIZENS are elated that a Thai movie, “How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies” (Thai title “Lan Ma”) has made history by becoming the first one from this country to have been shortlisted as one of the final 15 running for this year’s Best International Feature Film Oscar, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 22),
Read moreGovt MP denies being loan shark in disguise
By Thai Newsroom Reporters KLATHAM MP Pi Lick today (Jan.22) categorically dismissed allegations that he had been clandestinely involved in loan shark business with the help of one of his former girlfriends. Known as a protégé of former Palang Pracharath secretary-general/former agriculture & cooperatives minister Thammanat Prompao, the MP of Kampaengpet denied he had
Read moreAt least 76 people killed in a hotel fire at a ski resort in Turkey
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Ankara, Turkey – A fire raged through a 12-storey hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday (Jan. 21) during a school holiday, killing at least 76 people — at least two of them when they jumped from the building to escape the flames, officials
Read moreMotorcyclist dies after being chased by sedan down Sukhumvit road
AN ANGRY Indian man chased a motorcyclist down Sukhumvit road with this leading to the latter crashing against a power pole in front of Soi 10 and dying on the spot, Thai police said. Por Tek Tung Foundation rescuers rushed to the scene of the accident but found the approximately 49-year-old man lying dead
Read moreJagat coin hunt gamers alerted
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CELLPHONE USERS, mostly adolescents, have been alerted today (Jan.21) to not get ripped off unawares whilst playing a coin hunt game anywhere. A large number of cellphone users have already been tempted since last week to register an Indonesia-based Jagat app which reportedly offers cash awards for those who may
Read more50-day deadline set to review draft Entertainment Complex Act
THE Council of State has been given 50 days to review the draft Entertainment Complex Act after the Cabinet approved the landmark legislative proposal in principle on Jan. 13 with this opening the door for casinos to be part of larger entertainment complexes, Amarin TV said today (Jan. 21). Mr. Pakorn Nilprapan, the Council
Read moreTrump issues sweeping pardon of supporters charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Washington – US President Donald Trump on Monday (Jan. 20) said he was pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, US Capitol attack, using his sweeping clemency powers on his first day back in office to dismantle the largest investigation
Read moreBag of garbage hurled at Thaksin on stage
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BAG OF GARBAGE was literally hurled at de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra whilst he was blatantly bragging about government plans and schemes for the purported betterment of Isaan constituents during his ruling party’s provincial electoral campaign in Maha Sarakham today (Jan.20). A local woman villager, identified by
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