A RED flag was raised at Pattaya’s Regional Harbour Office today (Nov. 22) prohibiting small boats and speedboats from leaving the shore after a fishing boat capsized yesterday with 15 tourists and the captain rescued after floating in the sea for seven hours, TV Channel 7 said. However despite strong winds and two- to
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Small boats, jet skis warned to not leave Pattaya shore
A RED FLAG was raised at Pattaya City’s Maritime Disaster Prevention Office today (Dec. 25) to prohibit small fishing boats, speedboats, jet skis and parasailing boats from leaving the shore as strong winds pose a danger to putting out to sea, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Dec. 25). While large fishing boats could
Read moreGlobal anti-doping agency lifts Thai flag ban at tournaments
THAI ATHLETES rejoiced at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) removing the country from a list of countries not complying with its rules which had led to a ban on flying the Thai flag at international tournaments, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Feb. 3). Sports Authority of Thailand Governor Kongsak Yodmanee said the one-year
Read moreCall to fire Sports Authority Governor over Thai flag ban
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha was today (Dec. 25) suggested by an opposition MP to dismiss Sports Authority of Thailand Governor Kongsak Yodmanee for having failed to comply with the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency which is currently banning the Thai flag during international tournaments. Pheu Thai MP Jirayu Huangsap called
Read moreThailand trying to get one-year ban on flying flag shortened
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND IS LOOKING to have a one-year ban on the flying of its national flag at world tournament finals shortened as a relevant executive decree is going to be enforced in near future. The executive decree will be issued within next month to keep Thailand in compliance with the World
Read morePrawit blamed for Thai flag ban at world badminton final
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Prawit Wongsuwan was today (Dec. 20) held responsible for Thailand having been banned from flying its flag during a world badminton tournament which Thai athletes have won. Move Forward MP Suttawan Suban na Ayutthaya in her Facebook post blamed Prawit, who concurrently chairs the National Olympic Committee
Read moreYellow-shirt protesters ‘used Costa Rican flag at rally’
DRAWING heavy criticism online is a photo of a yellow-shirt rally in southern Songkhla province where a Costa Rican flag and not a Thai one was used in the stage backdrop, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (Oct. 28, 2020). The Facebook page Vivatha V2 shared this photo last night showing the stage at the yellow-shirt rally
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