Year: 2022
Sammit Group to stay put with Palang Pracharath Party: Suriya
By Thai Newsroom Reporters INDUSTRY MINISTER-CUM-SAMMIT Group co-leader Suriya Juangroongruangkit today (Oct. 11) reassured that his faction of MPs inside the ruling Palang Pracharath Party is not going anywhere as close as the Pheu Thai Party. Suriya confirmed his Sammit Group will definitely stay put with the Palang Pracharath Party, headed by Prime Minister …
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Ukraine’s Defence ministry vows revenge for Russian missile strikes
By Reuters and published by Yahoo! News and Swissinfo.ch Kyiv – Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said it would seek revenge for Russian missile strikes that hit cities across Ukraine on Monday morning. “There is sacrifice amongst people and destruction,” the ministry said on its Facebook page. “The enemy will be punished for the pain and death …
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Move Forward Party gets most cash donations from taxpayers
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD PARTY has been given most donations in cash from taxpayers’ refunds last year, says an official report. According to the report issued today (Oct. 10) by the Fund for Development of Political Parties under care of the Election Commission, a total of 62,634 people who have paid personal …
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Thammanat dumps Thai Economic Party, tipped to return to Pheu Thai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RENEGADE MP THAMMANAT Prompao is apparently leading another exodus of a dozen-plus MPs from one party of which he has already resigned as top leader to another. Thammanat and the 13 MPs under his command have practically deserted the Thai Economic Party, automatically resulting in the dissolution of the party’s …
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Police spokesman who laughed during massacre interview dismissed
THE Provincial Police Region 4’s spokesman was today (Oct. 10) dismissed from his duty after suddenly laughing during a telephone interview on the mass killing at the child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Amarin TV said this afternoon. Pol. Lt. Gen. Yanyong Wech-osoth, commander of this regional police force, ordered the dismissal of …
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Chadchart tells hit-and-run driver who killed street-sweeper to surrender
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt today (Oct. 10) urged a hit-and-run driver who killed a female street-sweeper on Saturday to surrender warning that a hunt for him continues, Sanook.com said. Ms. Somsri Yimchalam, who was employed as a street-sweeper by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s (BMA) Cleaning and Parks Department, died after being hit by a vehicle while …
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Most Isaan people prefer Thaksin’s daughter as PM: NIDA Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST ISAAN PEOPLE have been found to prefer Paetongtarn “Oong-ing” Shinawatra, daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as head of a post-election government, according to an opinion poll. The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) poll, conducted earlier this month among a total of 2,000 people in 20 northeastern …
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Police: CNN team didn’t intend to intrude child care centre
TOP Thai police said this evening (Oct. 9) that the two CNN journalists whose coverage of the mass killing at the child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province was criticised by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand did not intend to intrude with the door being opened and the officials present allowing them to …
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Flash mob protest against Prayut on Skytrain
A FLASH MOB demonstration against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha took place on the BTS Skytrain this afternoon (Oct. 9) with the protesters dressed in black and some wearing black sunglasses intermittently travelling through five stations, getting off at each one of them then catching the next train, and doing the same on their return …
2 CNN journalists’ visas revoked over child care centre massacre coverage
AFTER the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand criticised a CNN team over its coverage of the mass killing at the child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province that left 36 small children and adults dead, the Thai Immigration police revoked the tourist visas of two CNN journalists who are now being questioned, Matichon …
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Businessman shot dead outside Khon Kaen Airport
A MOBILE PHONE businessman was shot dead on the road at the entrance of Khon Kaen Airport before dawn today (Oct. 9) after having driven there in his car to hold talks with two other men who had come in a separate car, Matichon newspaper said. He was identified as Mr. Phanom Thipratanamongkol, 40, …
Putin tightens infrastructure security after blast on bridge
By AP and published by Mercury News Kyiv, Ukraine – An explosion on Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine and hitting a towering symbol of Russian power in the region. Nobody immediately …
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North Korea fires two ballistic missiles after series of recent launches
By Reuters and published by Yahoo! News Tokyo – North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday (Oct. 9), Japanese authorities said, in what marked the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days, a series of exercises that has sparked widespread alarm in both Washington and Tokyo. Both missiles reached an altitude …
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Arthit lashes out at parties for focusing on reshuffle and ‘landslide’ win
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER Arthit Ourairat today (Oct. 8) has taken various parties to task for merely talking among themselves about a cabinet reshuffle, electoral formulas and a ”landslide” victory whilst failing to do enough to help the people in trouble nationwide. Arthit posted on his Facebook page to lambaste those …
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36 temporary crematoria being built for massacre victims
OFFICIALS are building 36 temporary crematoria at the lawn in front of three temples in Nong Bua Lamphu province where a former policeman killed 36 small children and adults at a child care centre last Thursday (Oct. 6), Matichon newspaper said today. The victims will be cremated together on Tuesday (Oct. 11) after three …
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Tree falls on car, cab during rainstorm, cabbie safe
A PRIVATE TAXI driver escaped unscathed after a tree at the fence of Chulalongkorn University fell on both his cab and a private car parked beneath it during hours-long torrential rain in Bangkok last evening, Sanook.com said this morning (Oct. 8). Both vehicles were parked beside Chamchuri building’s fence next to Phayathai road when …
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Thailand has 50:50 chance of procuring F-35 fighters: Air Force Chief
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND CURRENTLY has a 50:50 chance of procuring a couple of US-made F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters, commented air force chief ACM Alongkorn Wannarot today (Oct. 7). ACM Alongkorn said the 50:50 chance of procuring the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II jets would more or less depend on an international …
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Shopkeeper arrested for bashing up foreign tourist with skateboard
THE owner of a shop selling cannabis infused craft sodas on Khao San road was arrested today (Oct. 7) after using a skateboard to hit a foreign tourist on the head and face before dawn yesterday, Sanook.com said. Mr. Phawit (surname withheld), or Ken, 33, admitted that at 5 a.m. yesterday morning just as …
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No drugs found in ex-cop killer’s body
THE team of doctors checking the body of a former policeman who killed 37 children and adults at a child care centre yesterday for narcotics have not found any such substances in his system, Naewna newspaper and Tnews.co.th said this afternoon (Oct. 7). It was previously mentioned that Pol. Lt. Col. Panya Khamrab, a …
Shooting spree: ‘Not just drugs to blame but problems in military, police systems too’
A PROMINENT academic said today (Oct. 7) that the massacre at a child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province yesterday that left 38 small children and adults dead and 10 others injured was not just due the former policeman being addicted to a drug but also stemmed from problems in the Thai military and …
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Ratsadorn group urges Prayut to dissolve House as soon as possible
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RATSADORN GROUP of pro-democracy activists today (Oct. 6) called for the dissolution of the House of Representatives as soon as possible to return power to the people by way of a general election. Ratsadorn group leader Patsaravalee Tanakitvibulpon announced that the people in all sectors of society would prefer to see …
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Thammanat won’t return to Prawit’s camp as long as Prayut remains in power
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI ECONOMIC PARTY leader Thammanat Prompao will definitely not return alongside 15 MPs under his command to the ruling Palang Pracharath Party as long as Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha remains in power, confirmed a Thai Economic MP today (Oct. 6). Thammanat, who was deposed from the Prayut cabinet following last …
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