Elderly woman and son walk 35km to register for cash handout
STRIKING a sympathetic cord among Thai netizens today (Feb. 17) are photos of an elderly woman and her aging son who started their 35- kilometre walk from their house in Kamphaeng Phet province at midnight to get to the closest Krung Thai Bank branch, which they did at 4 a.m., and there they sat and […]
Read MoreExplainer: Topsy-turvy weather comes from polar vortex
By Seth Borenstein, AP, published by Microsoft News IT’S as if the world has been turned upside-down, or at least its weather. You can blame the increasingly familiar polar vortex, which has brought a taste of the Arctic to places where winter often requires no more than a jacket. Around the North Pole, winter’s ultra-cold […]
Read MoreInjured surfer writes message in the sand before collapsing on remote Auckland beach
By Julia Gabel, NZ Herald A BADLY injured surfer on a remote West Auckland beach was able to write the word “HELP” in the sand before he collapsed. The man had been surfing alone at Karekare Beach today (Feb. 17) when he lost his board and was swept into the rocks by large waves. He […]
Read MoreImpacts of global economy, Covid-19 on Thailand
DURING a censure debate, targeting the Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, the opposition Pheu Thai Party MP for Maha Sarakham, Suthin Khlangsaeng, said that the country’s high public debt is attributable to the government’s failure to address economic problems, NNT said today (Feb. 17). However, several factors have affected the Thai economy […]
Read MoreThai child modelling agent charged over child sex abuse images
By BBC THAI police have arrested the head of a child modelling agency after more than 500,000 indecent images of children were found on computer hard drives. Danudetch “Nene” Saengkaew, 23, has been charged with child sexual abuse and downloading child abuse images. Investigators say the images were found in a raid on the […]
Read MorePenguin, 3 others denied bail, prosecution of 18 others put off
FOUR protest leaders held in pretrial detention since last Tuesday (Feb 9) were denied bail for the second time while the issuing of an order to prosecute 18 other protest leaders and followers was postponed to March 8, Sanook.com reported today (Feb. 17). People’s Party members had assembled at the Attorney General’s Office on Ratchadapisek […]
Read MoreDaily Covid count rises again to 175
THE coronavirus tally over the past one day to late this morning (Feb. 17) rose again to 175 from just 72 yesterday but the death toll stayed stationary at 82, Siam Rath newspaper said. The Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said of the 175 new cases 168 were domestic while seven overseas […]
Read MoreMyanmar Coup Opponents Call for New Show of Force
By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report OPPONENTS of Myanmar’s military coup called for more big protests today (Feb. 18) to show that the army’s assertion of widespread public support for overthrowing elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and holding new elections was false. They voiced scepticism at the junta’s promise at […]
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