By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE OFFICIAL VISITS of government leaders to flood-hit provinces are ”irrelevant” to possibilities of a dissolution of the House of Representatives which may otherwise warrant a general election in near future, said a government MP today (Oct. 6). Palang Pracharath MP Phai Lick dismissed speculation that the House dissolution might
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Chaos at Govt House after official catches Covid
OFFICIALS at Government House panicked today (May 27) after finding out that a card exchange staff member has contracted coronavirus and was working last Tuesday when a Cabinet meeting was held, Sanook.com said. Reporters at Government House said Covid control measures were relaxed here recently allowing those among them who had been vaccinated to
Read moreWisanu warns of House dissolution if emergency loan not approved
DEPUTY Prime Minister Wisanu Krua-ngam today (May 27) said the dissolution of the House of Representatives is a viable option if the additional 500 billion baht loan to tackle the spread of Covid-19 and solve economic and social issues is not approved by majority of the MPs, Sanook.com said this afternoon. In answering reporters’ questions
Read moreBurnt and collapsed house’s papers in order
THE owners of the three-storey house that collapsed while ablaze over the weekend had correctly obtained permits to both construction and make additional modification after completion, Sanook.com quoted Ejan as saying today (April 5) Mr Narong Rakkid, acting head of Thawi Wattana district’s Public Works and Town & Country Planning Office, said the owners had
Read more4 volunteers, one resident dead in collapse of fire-gutted house
FOUR Disaster Prevention and Mitigation volunteers and one resident died in the collapse of the fire-hit house in Soi Anyamanee at Bangkok’s Thawi Wattana district early this morning (April 3) with the body of one of the volunteers having been brought out and work underway to rescue the other four bodies, Thai Rath newspaper
Read morePolice: Free Youth protesters heading for PM’s house this afternoon
METROPOLITAN Police has arranged 12 companies of policemen to deal with a march from the Victory Monument to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s residence at the 1st Infantry Regiment compound at 3 p.m. today (Feb. 28), INN News and Sanook.com said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Piya Tawichai, deputy chief and spokesman of Metropolitan Police, said it had
Read moreSQUEEZY LIVING: London’s thinnest house is on sale for £950k
By Kiro Evans, The Sun SPACE is at a premium at London’s thinnest house, on the market for £950,000. Just 1.6m at its narrowest, the five-floor property has a kitchen and dining area, reception area, bathroom and two bedrooms. Estate agent David Myers said the former Victorian hat shop in Shepherd’s Bush would appeal
Read moreMan penniless after mobile phone fire guts house
A MAN in Trat province plunged into financial ruin after a mobile phone left charging by his grandchildren exploded and triggered a fire that completely gutted his two-storey wooden house, Amarin TV reported this afternoon (Jan. 14). Pol. Lt. Kasipat Jaroonroj, duty officer at Laem Ngop station, was alerted to the fire at Mr. Thawin
Read moreProtest guards help farmers to sell shrimp next to Govt House
THE We Volunteer protest guards, or WeVo, brought shrimp farmers from Nakhon Pathom province to sell over a tonne of fresh white shrimp at the Government House’s Gate One today (Dec. 26) so as to help them after the main shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province was shut recently with the new outbreak of Covid-19
Read moreSix test positive for Covid-19 at Govt House, confirmation awaited
WITH the Government House and the Prime Minister’s Secretariat also being vigilant amid the new outbreak of coronavirus, 350 out of the total 700 civil servants and state employees working there were tested for the deadly disease today (Dec. 25) and six of them got a positive result, INN News and Sanook.com reported. Chulalongkorn Hospital
Read moreGen. Prayut easily survives legal challenge
THE Constitutional Court ruled that there is no conflict interest in Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha residing at a house in an army camp even through he stepped down as army commander six years ago nor is it unethical for him to do so therefore he need not step down from premiership, Thai
Read moreProtesters block off Govt House, staying there tonight
THE People’s Party demonstrators reached Government House at 6.10 p.m. and settled there for the night after taking over the stretch of Phitsanulok Road in front it while periodically shouting “Out Big Tu” (Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s nickname is Tu and he often referred to as Big Tu or Uncle Tu), Thai Rath Newspaper reported
Read moreGovt House staff moving papers out as mob is heading there on Sunday
WITH demonstrators who are gathering in Bangkok on Saturday September 19 intending to march to Government House the next day, Sunday, security staff and police have started moving out all important documents from the complex with parking being banned there from tomorrow evening till Sunday, Siam Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Sept. 17, 2020). Mr.
Read moreInfatuated young man arrested for trespassing MP’s house
A YOUNG MAN who confessed to liking Palang Pracharath Party MP for Ratchaburi Pareena Kraikupt has been arrested after he unlawfully entered her house last evening, made himself comfortable and drew several portraits of her to give to her upon her return, Sanook.com reported today (August 23, 2020). Pareena was alerted by her butler upon
Read moreMystery fire at Govt House guts two motorcycles
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOTORBIKES PARKED in the premises of Government House caught a mystery fire in the middle of last night. Two of the four motorcycles, owned by some employees attached to Government House and parked alongside one another, were damaged beyond repair and the two others were slightly damaged by the blaze, which
Read moreWoman and grandson die hugging each other in house fire
A WOMAN and her grandson hugged each other as they were burnt to death when their wooden house within a school compound in adjacent Pathum Thani province caught fire this morning (June 7), Sanook.com reported. At 10 a.m. Pol Col Kachorn Chatrakaew, deputy inspector at Pathum Thani city station, rushed to Bang Dua Temple School
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