Month: April 2022
Man held for slashing 2 women at downtown shopping mall
A MAN who appeared to be in a state of frenzy was arrested this afternoon (Apr. 19) soon after slashing two women at a shopping mall in Ratchaprasong area of the city, Sanook.com said. The slashings with a cutter occurred outside a boutique on the second floor of the store with the two women …
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Four rescue volunteers arrested in downtown turf battle
THONGLOR police have arrested four of out nine rescue volunteers wanted over a turf battle on Kasemrad road in front of Lotus hypermarket Rama 4 branch on Monday night with one other suspect having contacted them to surrender, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Apr. 19). Rounded up under arrest warrants issued by Bangkok South Criminal …
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BMA now chasing 608 group to their homes to vaccinate them
THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration said the capital is getting an average 5,000 Covid cases a day and to boost prevention all 50 districts have been told to make a list of those in the 608 group, that is the elderly over sixty years age, those suffering from chronic diseases and pregnant women, and go to …
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White House drops airplane mask mandate for now after federal judge overturns rule
By AP and The Dallas Morning News MOST major US airlines are no longer requiring passengers or employees to wear masks after the White House said it was lifting the Covid-19 restriction on Monday, at least temporarily, after a federal judge struck down the public health measure. Dallas-based Southwest Airlines and Fort Worth-based American Airlines, …
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Seksakol calls it quits amid payoff scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEKSAKOL ATTHAWONG today (Apr. 18) resigned as assistant to the Prime Minister’s Office Minister amidst scandals pertaining to his alleged demand for a 15-million-baht payoff. In a lengthy letter of resignation as assistant to the Prime Minister’s Office Minister, Seksakol says he has decided to call it quits effective from tomorrow …
Fierce storm knocks down part of airport’s new building, many roads floods
THE FIERCE summer storm that raged across Bangkok from late afternoon to evening today (Apr. 18) caused the roof and a wall of a new building at Don Muang Airport to collapse while commuters are struggling to get through heavy traffic jams on many flooded roads, Sanook.com and Naewna newspaper said. The violent storm that …
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Another Palang Pracharath MP resigns
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH MP Vichian Chavalit today (Apr. 18) resigned as a party-listed lawmaker amidst speculation that he will very shortly join the brand-new Sarng Anakot Thai Party. Vichian, who will be automatically replaced as MP by another person named on the 2019 electoral list of Palang Pracharath Party, is widely …
Academic: Yesterday’s Covid death toll third highest in the world
ISSUING another warning in a Facebook post today (Apr. 18) was Assoc. Prof. Thira Woratanarat of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine pointing out that yesterday’s 128 Covid deaths was the third highest in the world with this clearing showing that the situation here is still severe, Sanook.com said. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) …
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Rescue volunteer shot dead in downtown fight with another foundation
VOLUNTEERS from two rescue foundations clashed in a turf battle on Kasemrad road in front of Lotus hypermarket Rama 4 branch last night leading one Por Tek Tung staff member being shot dead and three others injured, Matichon newspaper said today (Apr. 18). Thonglor station police rushed to the scene at 1.20 a.m. and upon …
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US rocked by 3 mass shootings during Easter weekend
By AP, published by CBC Hampton, S.C. – Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating shooting at a club in Hampton County early Sunday that left at least nine people injured. It was the third mass shooting in the US over the Easter holiday weekend. The three shootings in South Carolina and Pittsburgh left …
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Thieves steal 1,200 durians from orchard overnight
AN ORCHARD owner in Trat province is bemoaning the loss of 1,200 durians stolen by a gang of thieves who cut them down from trees in his orchard from late last night till early this morning (Apr. 17), TV Channel 7 said. Mr. Prasit Pholanan, 67, the owner of the eight-rai orchard in Khao …
Patong’s police ‘tigers’ shunted out over pub opening late
AFTER a lawyer posted a video clip on his Facebook page showing a pub at a Patong beach hotel in Phuket staying open beyond the legally set time with the loud noise disturbing the neighbours, a senior police officer went to the island today (Apr. 17) and ordered the transfer of five police officers who …
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Prinn released on bail in three cases filed against him
FORMER DEMOCRAT Party deputy leader Prinn Panichphakdi was granted temporary release in three cases filed against him at Bangkok South Criminal Court with two stemming from charges of committing indecent acts in public and the third involving rape charges today (Apr. 17), Naewna newspaper said. Lumpini station investigators had requested the court via video …
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Russia hits Kyiv and Lviv, presses offensive in ruins of Mariupol
By Reuters, published by Cyprus Mail, plus BBC Kyiv, Mariupol, Ukraine – Russia’s warplanes bombed Lviv and its missiles struck Kyiv and Kharkiv on Saturday, as Moscow followed through on a threat to launch more long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities after its Black Sea Fleet’s flagship was sunk. In besieged Mariupol, scene of the …
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Academic: Covid stats show control measures are not fully effective
IN A Facebook post today (Apr. 16) Assoc. Prof. Thira Woratanarat of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine pointed out that the daily Covid death toll has risen alarmingly from January this year with this being empirical evidence that the public health policies and measures have not been effective enough in controlling the Omicron outbreak …
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Tenant from hell leaves house full of trash, steals fixtures
A LANDLORD in Ratchaburi province warned others to beware of getting a nightmare tenant as hers had left her house after a lengthy legal battle without clearing owed rent and full of rubbish while also stealing fixtures, Sanook.com said today (Apr. 16). Writing about the damage she suffered was Ms. Chommanard Lebkhurt on her Facebook …
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Prinn surrenders to police, denied all allegations
THE former deputy leader of Democrat Party Mr. Prinn Panichphakdi surrendered to investigation officers at Lumpini police station at 8 a.m. this morning (Apr. 16) to fight accusations of sexual harassment made by some women, Amarin TV said, At 11 a.m. Pol. Maj. Gen. Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek, deputy chief of Metropolitan Police, said Prinn, who came …
Russia says attacks on Kyiv will increase a day after losing warship
By AP and published by Irish Examiner Kyiv, Ukraine – A day after Moscow suffered a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of its Black Sea fleet flagship, Russia’s Defence Ministry promised to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukraine’s alleged military “diversions on the Russian territory.” The threat …
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Traffic builds up on Asian Highway as Songkran revellers return to Bangkok
AS Songkran holidays draw to a close, holidaymakers started returning to Bangkok with all lanes of Asian Highway from Ang Thong province to Maha Rat district of Ayutthaya province filled with vehicles from afternoon onwards, Amarin TV said this evening (Apr. 15). An inspection found that as more vehicles poured into this key highway …
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Gold shop robber arrested in Pattaya, most gold chains recovered
POLICE succeeded in arresting a former soldier who robbed a gold shop in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province earlier this week in Pattaya late last night (Apr. 15) and recovered most of the 51 three-baht weight gold chains, Sanook.com said. Mr. Kittipong Phaethaisong, or Bess, was tracked down to a hotel at this seaside city where …
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Wealthy protester’s wife files rape charges against former deputy party leader
THE wife of Mr. Thanat Thanakitamnuay, or Hiso Luknut, a wealthy protester, last evening filed rape charges against a former deputy leader of a political party, Sanook.com and TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 15). Mrs. Hathairat Thanakitamnuay, or Anna, who is Ruam Thai United Party’s councillor candidate in the Bangkok gubernatorial election, was accompanied …
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Damaged Russian warship is afloat, Pentagon says
By CNN and BBC ONE OF the Russian Navy’s most important warships has been badly damaged in the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling against Ukrainian resistance 50 days into Vladimir Putin’s invasion of his neighbour. Russian sailors evacuated the guided-missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, after a …