By The Irrawaddy MOVE FORWARD leader and prime minister candidate Pita Limjaroenrat’s stance on Myanmar has raised alarm bells with Myanmar’s junta leading to a directive being issued to regional commanders to watch the border, The Irrawaddy news website said today (June 5). Shortly after Pita was quoted by Thai TV Channel 3 as
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Thai movie companies draw almost 2 bn baht at Cannes Film Festival
THE TEN Thai movie companies that participated in the Marche du Film – Cannes Film Festival 2023 held at the French Riviera city of Cannes during May 16-24 participated in 271 trade negotiations with the value of the discussed deals being 1.986 billion baht, Matichon newspaper said today (June 5). Mr. Phusit Rattanakul Sereereungrit,
Read moreFire at Excise Dept’s document storage room put out in 30 minutes
A FIRE broke out at the document storage room of the Excise Department this morning (June 5) and while it was extinguished within 30 minutes it is the second time a blaze has erupted in the six-storey building with the first one being in 2021, TV Channel 7 said today (June 5). Pol. Lt.
Read morePaetongtarn prefers to bring father home from abroad
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, said today (June 4) she would prefer to literally bring her father home from any foreign country where he may be staying next month. Paetongtarn, one of a trio of Pheu Thai partisan contestants for prime minister, told reporters
Read moreMove Forward-led coalition to remain intact amid electoral wrongdoing charges: Prasert
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MOVE FORWARD-LED coalition government will remain intact even if dozens of their MP-designates may have been involved in alleged electoral rigging or vote-buying in the May 14 election, said Pheu Thai secretary-general Prasert Chanthararuangthong today (June 4). Though an estimated 20 MP-designates who have contested the general election in
Read moreFormer police chief urges senators to not block Pita for PM
FORMER POLICE chief Pol. Gen. Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, who is head of the one-MP Thai Liberal Party which is among the eight partners of the Move Forward-led coalition government, urged senators to not use the amendment of lese majeste law, better known as Criminal Code Section 112, as a pretext for not voting for Pita
Read moreThe Pita effect: craft spirits sold out
AFTER MOVE Forward leader and candidate for prime minister Pita Limjaroenrat mentioned two brands of craft liquor at a news programme it led to these spirits produced by small-scale community-based entrepreneurs flying off the shelves, Sanook.com said last evening (June 3). A message was posted on Prachachon Beer Page (Beer People’s Page) that both
Read moreMakkasan police station chief transferred after raids on illegal pub, karaoke bar
FOLLOWING raids on a pub and a karaoke bar operating illegally in New Petchburi road area with the latter exclusively for Chinese tourists and some found to have taken drugs Makkasan police station chief and deputy chief were today (June 3) transferred with an investigation launched, Matichon newspaper said. Maj. Gen. Attaporn Wongsiripreeda, commander
Read moreMP-designates to be verified sooner than scheduled: Itthiporn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A MINIMUM OF 95% OF A total of 500 MP-designates will likely be verified by the Election Commission sooner than a 60-day time as maximumly provided by law, confirmed the polling agency’s chairman Itthiporn Boonprakhong today (Jun 3). Though the Election Commission is legally given a maximum of 60 days
Read moreMilitary setting up base at Phuket rerserved forest: Move Forward
MOVE FORWARD Party said today (June 3) that the military had seized 3,700 rai at Bang Khanun National Reserved Forest in Phuket and intends to evict the people farming and residing there this month while requesting temporary halt of their action until a new government is set up, Sanook.com said. The party’s MP-designate Thitikan
Read moreThaksin reaffirms next month’s homecoming plan
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SELF-EXILED, DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has reconfirmed he is definitely coming back home next month, the date of which is yet to be disclosed. In talk with famed TV host Khachapa “Moddam” Tancharoen in Singapore recently, Thaksin has repeated his earlier vow to return home after 17
Read morePhuket’s Kathu district chief transferred after raid on 2 pubs
STEMMING from a raid on two unlicensed pubs in Phuket’s Kathu district by the Department of Provincial Administration amid complaints that they are noisy and stay open past the 2 a.m. closing time the Interior Ministry today (June 2) transferred this district chief together with three others in the southern region, Matichon newspaper said.
Read moreUFO at Ngamwongwan?
By Amarin TV and Reuters – published by CNA GOING viral on Thai social media is a TikTok video showing a strange object flying above Ngamwongwan expressway at 7.48 a.m. yesterday morning (June 1) with the motorist who filmed the clip while stuck in a traffic jam asking whether anyone else had seen what
Read moreLithuanian woman escapes attempted rape by park employee
A LITHUANIAN woman holidaying in Kanachanburi fought off attempted rape by a park employee who had befriended her during a trip to Erawan Falls with police quickly arresting and charging the suspect with the crime, MNG online said today (June 2). Pol. Maj Pakornkiat Chinthet, an inspector at Si Sawat police station, said at
Read morePita rejects senator’s call for a national unity govt
MOVE Forward leader and candidate for prime minister Pita Limjaroenrat today (June 1) rejected Senator Chadej Insawang’s call for a national unity government to be set up pointing out that the eight-partner coalition led by his party had together obtained more than half of the votes cast in the election and the people’s voice
Read moreBriton files complaint after losing 15m baht in Koh Samui condo scam
A BRITISH businessman today (June 1) filed a complaint at the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) after losing over 15 million baht in a condominium scam at Koh Samui, TV Channel 7 said. Mr. David Edward Chappelle (name translated as written in Thai), 70, was accompanied by Mr. Pattakorn Teepbunrat, a representative of Thailand Consumers
Read moreBig lot of Ice heading for Australia seized from fishing boat
A NAVY SEAL unit together with some army officers raided a medium-size fishing boat not far from Koh Samet, Rayong province, and seized 909 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine (Ice) just as the vessel was heading to transfer the drug to a large ocean liner believed to then take it to Australia, TV Channel 7
Read moreSirikanya viewed as ‘most suitable’ for finance minister: Pita
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER Pita Limjaroenrat said today (May 31) Move Forward MP-designate Sirikanya Tansakul has been so far considered the “most suitable” person for the post of finance minister among all others. Pita said he has worked with Sirikanya, a deputy Move Forward leader and head of the largest party’s
Read moreTravel agents warn wage hike will hit tourism industry
THE Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) warned that if the minimum wage is increased to 450 baht a day and further gradually increased every year it will definitely affect the economy with the tourism industry too impacted, Matichon newspaper said today (May 31). Mr. Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn, Atta’s president, said a minimum wage hike
Read moreSufficient hospital beds amid Covid spike
WITH THE number of Covid cases having increased as expected the government reassured that there are sufficient hospital beds nationwide for new patients with occupancy rate currently being 22%, Naewna newspaper said this morning (May 31). Moreover it is Bangkok and its adjacent provinces that have the highest number of Covid cases. Mr. Anucha
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