Month: March 2022
Police helicopter crash-lands, senior officer injured
A POLICE helicopter flying from Nakhon Ratchasima to Surin province crashed just a few metres before landing at a temporary helipad with Pol. Maj. Gen. Khirisak Tantinwachai, deputy commander of provincial police region 3, suffering a head injury, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 25). The Bell 429 helicopter, carrying six police officers among them …
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Three men clinging to a foam crate in the middle of the sea rescued
GOING VIRAL on Thai social media is an uplifting post shared by a Facebook member who said his boat rescued three fishermen who were floating in deep sea by clinging to a foam crate after their boat sank in the middle of the night, Sanook.com said today (Mar. 25). Mr. Yuranan Thongprem, who did …
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Soldier arrested on drug charges in Chiang Rai
A TEAM of Chaing Rai policemen arrested a soldier after finding 2 million methamphetamine pills hidden in 20 sacks of hay at a house he had rented in this northern province, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 25). The policemen from Provincial Police Region 5, Mueang Chiang Rai and Ban Du police stations raided this …
West pledges more Ukraine aid, but not all Zelenskyy seeks
By AP and published by Business Standard Brussels – US President Joe Biden and Western allies pledged new sanctions and humanitarian aid on Thursday (Mar. 24) in response to Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine, but their offers fell short of the more robust military assistance that President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded for in a pair of …
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Former MP appoints lawyer to help fisherman sue MP in Tangmo Nida case
WITH MP Mongkolkit Suksintharanon earlier this week having published a surveillance camera clip that allegedly could show actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, swimming in Chao Phraya river before she drowned with a fisherman sailing by looking on at what appeared to be her but was actually a piece of timber, this fisherman is being …
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BMA to review Songkran water splashing ban after complaint
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Authority (BMA) will review the banning of water splashing during Songkran festival this year after Khaosan Road Business Association and other walking street networks in key cities such as Chiang Mai, Phuket and Pattaya filed a complaint to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. …
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Aswin steps down to contest Bangkok governor election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BANGKOK GOVERNOR ASWIN Kwanmuang has stepped down today (Mar.24) with intent to contest a gubernatorial election, scheduled for May 22. Aswin has tendered his resignation as an unelected governor and planned to vie as a non-partisan contestant for a return to the top post at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Since …
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Prominent Kremlin insider breaks rank with Putin over Ukraine
By Reuters and published by Zeebiz.com plus BBC A VETERAN envoy of President Vladimir Putin has resigned over the Ukraine war and left Russia with no intention to return, two sources said on Wednesday (Mar. 23), the first senior official to break with the Kremlin since Putin launched his invasion a month ago. The …
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Party leader bowing to party financier’s daughter no surprise: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT WAS NO SURPRISE FOR ANYONE to see Pheu Thai Party leader Chonlanan Srikaew take a bow toward Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of de facto party financier/former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, according to an academic. Anon Sakworawich of the National Institute of Development Administration has posted on his Facebook page …
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Netizens not amused by promotion of ghost movie
GOING viral on Thai social media is the promotion of a new ghost movie “Term 2 Sayong- Kwan” (Second Semester Horror) with a ghost cosplayer hired to stand by the roadside, sit at bus stops and walk across pedestrian bridges to draw attention to it with most netizens saying this is not funny, Matichon …
Woman MP could lose MP status due to false asset claims
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH MP Pareena Kraikupt might probably lose her MP status in foreseeable future due to alleged falsifications of her wealth which she had earlier filed. The National Anti-Corruption Commission today (Mar.22) concluded that the woman lawmaker of Ratchaburi had doctored some of her claimed assets which have been found …
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Ukraine thwarts Russian advances; fight rages for Mariupol
By AP, published by Chicago Tribune, plus BBC UKRAINIAN forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday (Mar. 22), mounting a defence so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia’s Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. “Putin’s back is …
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Tangmo Nida’s mum says promised millions not delivered
THE MOTHER of actress Pataratida Patcharawirapong, or Tangmo Nida, who drowned in Chao Phraya river during a speedboat trip last month, said at a video press conference today (Mar. 22) that she did not receive a single baht from two of her daughter’s friends who had promised to give her 30 million baht and …
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Paxlovid Covid pills arriving here next month
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said in its Facebook page that the Public Health Ministry is gearing up to directly import Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug Paxlovid by mid-April with this medicine showing 89 percent reduction in the risk of hospitalisation and death in clinical trials, Matichon newspaper and Yale Medicine said. This comes …
Woman hit with huge parking fee at Thonglor condo
A SHOCKED Facebook user posted an image of a parking slip with the fee reaching 10,400 baht after having left her car at a Thonglor condominium car park beyond the 12-hour free limit, TV Channel 7 said today (Mar. 22). The young woman said in the message, “Parking fee is 10,400 … if I …
Russian invasion ‘largely stalled’ – US defence official
By BBC and CNN THE Russian invasion remains largely stalled across all their lines of advance, with troops not having moved any further towards Kyiv since last week, a US senior defence official has said. The Russians have launched more than 1,100 missiles, but may be facing some “inventory issues”, the official said. Some …
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8 Trat station policemen caught Covid on duty
EIGHT policemen at Khaosaming police station in Trat province all caught Covid while performing their duties and are now quarantined at home, TV Channel 7 said today (Mar, 21). The district public health officials went to the police station to carry ATK test on all the officers there today and found that two more were …
China Eastern Boeing 737 crashes with 132 aboard
By CNBC CHINA’S aviation authority has confirmed that a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane has crashed, with 132 people on board, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members. Contact was lost with the flight over Wuzhou, in the Guangxi region, the authority said. It was scheduled to fly from Kunming to Guangzhou. The …
Young man blasted for endangering baby while test riding a motorbike
PHOTOS of a young man who tied his baby on his back while test riding a motorcycle have gone viral on Thai social media and attracted strong criticism, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 21). Among the critical comments are #be a dad when you are ready, #very scary, doing so this way is very …
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Zelenskyy says Russia wages ‘terror’, Mariupol says thousands deported
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia plus BBC Lviv – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia’s siege of the port city of Mariupol was “a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come”, while local authorities said that thousands of residents there had been taken by force across the border. “Over the …
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Shinawatra family still bigger than Pheu Thai Party: Ex-election commissioner
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SHINAWATRA FAMILY will still be bigger than Pheu Thai Party, given the limelit role of Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former premier/de facto party leader Thaksin Shinawatra, among the rank and file of the largest opposition party, according to former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn. The ex-commissioner of the …
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Cyclone Asani bringing more rain over the next two days
By Matichon, Naewna and Financial Express newspapers MOST of Thailand will be hit by rain with some areas lashed by heavy-to-torrential falls after Cyclone Asani moves to Myanmar and Bangladesh from Bay of Bengal tomorrow or the day after (Mar. 21- 22). Thai and Indian Meteorological departments forecast that the well-marked low-pressure area over …
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