PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra this evening (Apr. 30) told reporters to go ask her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra about the Supreme Court announcing it is on its own assessing whether he had served a one-year jail term soon after dismissing a repeated lawsuit filed by a former lawmaker on this issue,
Month: April 2025
Provincial governors told to send list of their advisers after Chinese adviser kicked out
THE Interior Ministry late afternoon today (Apr. 30) issued an urgent order to all provincial governors for them to immediately send details of appointing advisers after Prachin Buri’s Governor cancelled naming a Chinese man as his adviser amid widespread criticism, Naewna newspaper said. At 4 p.m. Mr. Chettha Mosikarat, the ministry’s deputy permanent secretary
Read moreSupreme Court lifts law-breaking case against Thaksin, Corrections Dept
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPREME COURT has again waived a repeated lawsuit against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra as a former convict at large as well as the Corrections Department on charges of otherwise deliberately breaking the law. The Supreme Court judges in charge of criminal lawsuits
Read moreRelatives take Rama II road victim’s body back to their hometown for funeral
THE LATEST victim of debris falling and killing people on Rama II road who suffered a ruptured liver after two chunks of concrete fell on his pickup truck as he was passing beneath a flyover to Samut Sakhon where he worked early yesterday morning (Apr. 29) died last night with this wife and relatives
Read morePaetongtarn dismisses rumours of new cabinet lineup
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Apr. 29) categorically dismissed speculation of a reshuffle of her cabinet of ministers, saying she had not even thought about it. In a press conference during a roving cabinet meeting in Nakhon Phanom, the prime minister/daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra told
Read moreVictim suffers ruptured liver in latest Rama II road accident
ANOTHER accident occurred on Rama II road this morning (Apr. 29) with chucks of concrete from a flyover to Samut Sakhon City falling on a pickup truck seriously injuring the driver who suffered a ruptured liver and is being transferred to a better-equipped hospital for an emergency operation, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV
Read moreFormer finance minister warns against borrowing 500bn baht to stimulate the economy
AMID a move to borrow 500 billion baht to stimulate the economy in face of US tariff crisis, a former finance minister warned the government to stop selling dreams of turning a crisis into an opportunity, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 29). Mr. Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala, former finance minister and deputy leader of Palang Pracharath
Read moreHuge power outage paralyses parts of Spain and Portugal
By Reuters and published by Msn.com Madrid/Lisbon – A huge power outage hit large parts of Spain and Portugal on Monday (Apr. 28), paralysing traffic, grounding flights, trapping people in elevators and leaving power operators scrambling to restore power to millions of homes and businesses. Some hospitals halted routine work and the two countries’
Read moreTest shows 15 popular Thai milk tea brands contain synthetic colours
A TEST undertaken by “Chalad Sue magazine, Consumer Foundation” of Thai milk tea sold at 15 popular beverage outlets showed that they all contained synthetic colours and while these are officially allowed to be used in food a doctor warned that no such thing as safe in terms of chemical toxicity that enters the
Read moreThanathorn urges Chiang Mai voters to pick People’s candidate for city mayor
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit today (April 28) insisted on social media that Chiang Mai City voters pick a People’s contestant against an archrival from the Pheu Thai for mayor of the northern city in the next couple of weeks. Thanathorn, former leader of the court-dissolved Future Forward, posted on
Read moreFar-South insurgents ambush defence volunteers killing two of them
INSURGENTS in the three southern border provinces ambushed defence volunteers twice overnight (Apr. 27-28) killing two of them and seriously injuring a third official and also set a vehicle ablaze, TV Channel 7 said this morning. The first incident occurred at around 10.11 p.m. in Yarang district of Pattani when an unknown number of
Read moreRangsiman quashes rumour of wearing pricy Rolex watch
PEOPLE’S Party MP Rangsiman Rome immediately quashed a rumour that he is wearing a Rolex watch worth 500,000 baht as alleged in a Facebook post pointing out that this watch is in fact a Seiko which his wife gave him, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Apr. 27). This Facebook page posted a photo of
Read moreChinese suspect in transwoman’s brutal murder denies intending to sell organs
THE Chinese man who brutally murdered a transgender woman in Pattaya confessed that he cut open her chest and removed her heart and a lung because he watched a lot of TV series and wanted to know what was inside the body but did not intend to sell her organs, Thai Rath newspaper and
Read moreWomen increasingly used to smuggle hybrid ganja from Bangkok to India
By M.P.Praveen, The Hindu Kerala India – More women seem to be increasingly deployed as carriers for smuggling in suspected hydroponic weed, also known as hybrid marijuana or hybrid ganja, mostly from Bangkok in Thailand going by the seizures by Customs at the Kochi airport. Two women were intercepted and arrested with 15kg of
Read moreLee Carsley tops shortlist for new Foxes manager
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER ENGLAND NATIONAL manager Lee Carsley has emerged as a top favourite to become Leicester City manager in place of Ruud van Nistelrooy who would probably part company with the Foxes upon the end of the 2024/2025 season next month. Leicester owner Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has already been given a shortlist
Read morePrice of imitation gold jewellery climbs as real gold price skyrockets
WITH the selling price of 96.5% real gold jewellery reaching 53,500 baht a baht weight this morning (Apr. 26) a shop in Nonthaburi too has increased the price of imitation gold jewellery by 50 baht, TV Channel 7 said. As of 9.04 a.m. this morning the Thai Gold Traders Association set the selling price
Read moreDairy farmers forced to dump milk after private company stops buying
DAIRY farmers in northern Lamphun province have been forced to dump raw milk after a private company stopped buying their produce due to consumers now switching to drinking imported powdered milk and a cabinet resolution prohibiting inter-provincial sales, TV Channel 3 Plus News said this morning (Apr. 26). Mr. Kiatsak Moonphanatsak, 39, one of
Read moreIndian and Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir
By AFP and published by CNA New Delhi – Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday (Apr. 25), after the United Nations urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show “maximum restraint” following a deadly shooting in the region. Relations have plunged to their
Read moreCollapsed building’s rubble levelled off at 4.5 metres, search continues
THE HUGE pile of State Audit building that collapsed during the massive earthquake on March 28 has now been levelled off at 4.5 metres, approximately 1.47 metres lower than yesterday, while search for remaining 34 missing persons continues, TV Channel 7 and INN News said today (Apr. 25). Mr. Suriyachai Rawiwan, director of Disaster
Read moreSix police officers killed in plane crash in Hua Hin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SIX POLICE OFFICERS were killed in a plane crash in the sea off Hua Hin today (April 25), police said. Those killed in the plane crash were three police pilots, one police aircraft engineer and two police mechanics aboard the Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft which crashlanded in the
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