Month: April 2022
Palang Pracharath’s decision to skip by-election shows House dissolution likely looming
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SURPRISE DECISION OF Palang Pracharath Party against contesting next month’s by-election for MP in Ratchaburi has added weight to the probability of the House of Representatives being dissolved and a general election being called much sooner rather than later, said Move Forward MP Natcha Boonchai-insawat today (Apr 25). The by-election …
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List of private hospitals treating ‘green’ Covid patients
THE National Health Security Office today (Apr. 24) said there are now over a hundred private hospitals nationwide ready to take care of green category Covid-19 patients with this reducing congestion at government hospitals, Amarin TV said. These hospital will treat mildly infected “green” Covid patients who have the following symptoms: – Fever with a …
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Man nabbed for selling war weapons to Karens in Myanmar
ACTING on a tip-off from undercover agents Mae Hong Son police today (Apr. 24) arrested a man who has been selling war weapons to Karens in Myanmar with these being parcelled to him from Bangkok, Matichon newspaper said. Police were waiting at a delivery office in Mae Sariang district and when Mr. Nattawut Rapeebunnon, 34, …
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Thai Liberal woman MP pressed to quit and make room for financier
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI LIBERAL MP Thanaporn Somthongdaeng has been allegedly pressed by party leader Seripisut Temiyavej to resign only to give way for one of the party’s financiers to take her place. Thanaporn said Seripisut has pushed in vain for her resignation as party-listed MP since late last year with intent to get …
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Police station head transferred as corruption probe is launched
THE SUPERINTENDENT of Nong Prue police station in Kanchanaburi province was transferred to the provincial police operations centre to facilitate an investigation into allegations of corruption in the compensation to the father of a teenager who died after his motorcycle collided with his vehicle, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Apr. 23). Pol. Maj. Gen. Pairote …
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Prominent political activists join Thai Liberal Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWO RENOWNED POLITICAL activists have become heads of Thai Liberal Party’s strategic teams. In today’s (Apr 23) general caucus of Thai Liberal Party, former election commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn was named head of the party’s strategic campaign for policy matters and People’s Network Against Corruption secretary-general Veera Somkwamkid was named head …
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Jurin firm on not quitting as scandal rocks party
DEMOCRAT PARTY leader Jurin Laksanawisit said after a general caucus this afternoon (Apr. 23) that he will not step down despite the party being hit by the rape and sexual misconduct case against former deputy leader Prinn Panichphakdi, Naewna newspaper said. This came after calls were made during the caucus for the party executive committee …
Trailer-truck disappears while driver takes a shower
PUZZLED by the disappearance of a 22-wheel trailer-truck was its driver who was later informed by local residents that it had flipped over by the roadside a kilometre away but he insists he pulled the handbrake before stepping out, Matichon newspaper said today (Apr. 23). Mr. Singto Khlainoi, 20, a native of Nakhon Ratchasima …
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Moscow aims to capture southern Ukraine: Russian general
By Reuters, published by The Globe and Mail, plus BBC A RUSSIAN general said on Friday (Apr. 22) that Moscow wants to seize all of southern and eastern Ukraine, far wider war aims than it had acknowledged as it presses on with a new offensive after its campaign to capture the capital Kyiv collapsed …
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3 more activists arrested on lese majeste charges
THREE members of an activist group were arrested while heading to Cha-am seaside resort for a vacation on the charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, at 9 a.m. this morning (Apr. 21), Naewna newspaper said this evening. A Technology Crime Suppression Division police team supported by …
Restaurants allowed to serve alcohol till midnight from May 1
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee today (Apr. 22) changed to colour-coded Covid zones with there to be only two remaining from May 1 – yellow and blue – and restaurants allowed to serve alcohol till midnight thenceforth, Sanook.com said. However CCSA’s spokesman Dr. Thaweesilp Wisanuyothin said the meeting, which was presided …
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‘Ladyboy’ and friend steal gold necklace from Indian tourist
JUST three weeks after a transgender stole a gold necklace from a Belgian tourist downtown Bankok an Indian tourist was similarly robbed in Pattaya by another transgender who had paired up with a woman in stealing his gold chain worth 33,000 baht after hugging him, Amarin TV said this morning (Apr. 22). Mr. Satish …
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‘Naked’ protest over revocation of bail for activist
A GROUP of independent protesters held a “naked” protest in front of the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek over the revocation of the bail for 20-year-old pro-democracy activist Ms. Thantawan Tuatulanon who has been charged with violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Apr. 21). The …
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Prawit denies meeting Thaksin in UK
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan strongly denied meeting former prime minister Thaksin Shinawater in the UK over a telephone interview this afternoon (Apr. 21), Matichon said. Gen. Prawit quashed rumours that he had travelled aboard to meet Thaksin, saying they did not meet because they were in different countries. He added …
Election Commission to pay compensation to misjudged MP with taxpayers’ money: Wissanu
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION may be finally obliged to pay 64.1 million baht in compensatory damage with taxpayers’ money to an ex-Pheu Thai MP who has been mistakenly accused by the polling agency as a vote buyer, confirmed Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (Apr. 21). The 64.1 million baht compensation …
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Family files complaint against prison guard for demanding money
THE DAUGHTER of a woman jailed on charges of supporting drug-related offences submitted a complaint to the Justice Ministry today (Apr. 21) accusing a female guard at the Thonburi Women Correctional Institution of having demanded money several times to take care of her mother, Amarin TV said. Accompanied by Mr. Ronnarong Kaewphet, chairman of the …
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Kremlin insiders alarmed over growing toll of Putin’s war in Ukraine
By Bloomberg, published by The Straits Times Moscow- Almost eight weeks after Mr. Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine, with military losses mounting and Russia facing unprecedented international isolation, a small but growing number of senior Kremlin insiders are quietly questioning his decision to go to war. The ranks of the critics at the …
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Korat temple’s guardian giants hold submarine, wear friend’s watches
TWO INNOVATIVE sculptures of guardian giants now adorn the newly-renovated ordination hall of Wat Muang in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province with these being unlike any other as not only are they sleeping at the doorway, one holds a submarine while the other wears two watches with a tag saying borrowed from a friend on …
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Rush to catch balloon frogs amid the floods in Phayao
RESIDENTS of northern Phayao province turned the heavy flooding from two days of torrential rain into an opportunity as they enthusiastically caught balloon frogs for sale, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 20). Despite infrastructure in this province being badly flooded the residents waded in the floodwater to catch the balloon frog, also known as blunt-headed …
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Uttama named leader of Sarng Anakot Thai Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Uttama Savanayana has officially become leader of the brand-new Sarng Anakot Thai Party. In today’s (Apr. 20) general caucus of Sarng Anakot Thai Party, Uttama was named the top leader of the party whereas former Palang Pracharath Party secretary-general Sontirat Sontijirawong was named secretary-general of …
Russia ratchets up battle for control of eastern Ukraine
By AP and published by Denver Post, plus BBC Kyiv, Ukraine – Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland on Tuesday, assaulting cities and towns along a boomerang-shaped front hundreds of miles long in what both sides described as a new phase of the war. After a Russian push to overrun …
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Juti slammed for ignoring sex scandals allegedly surrounding Democrats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN Security Minister Juti Krairirk has been taken to task for keeping a blind eye and deaf ear to personal misconducts ranging from sexual harassments to adulteries and affairs allegedly perpetrated by any members of Democrat Party including the one who has recently resigned in the face …
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