Day: August 28, 2022
Prayut would try in vain to make presence felt: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha would be trying in vain to make his presence felt after he has been ordered by court to stop performing as head of government, commented a noted academic over the weekend. Though Prayut has been ordered by the Constitutional Court to stop performing his prime-ministerial duties pending …
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US warships transit Taiwan Strait, first since Pelosi visit
By Reuters and published by CNA Washington – Two US Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait today (August 28), the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi enraged China which regards the island as its territory. The US Navy, confirming a Reuters report, …
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Canal boat service halted to channel excess water
THE Phadung Krung Kasem canal’s electric boat service is being halted from September 3 till October to channel excess water flowing down from the north while a few more tropical storms are also moving into the country, Matichon newspaper said. Krungthep Thanakom Co., which is the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s holding company for investment projects, said …
7th monkeypox case emerges in Thailand, 3 others exposed
THE Public Health Ministry said today (August 28) that a Thai woman who had a close relationship with a foreign man was confirmed to have contracted monkeypox becoming the country’s seventh case of this disease to date, Naewna newspaper said. Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, head of the Disease Control Department, said the unnamed 37-year-old patient …
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Frenchman lost in Koh Phangan forest rescued
POLICEMEN and officials last evening (August 27) safely rescued a slightly injured Frenchman who had got lost in a hilly forest at Koh Phangan island, Amarin TV said today. Upon being alerted by 1155 hotline that a tourist was lost in the hilly forest at Ban Tai subdistrict, a team of Tourist police, Koh …