Nearly 15 million ‘fragile’ people entitled to digital wallet within fiscal 2024
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OFFICIALLY BRANDED AS “FRAGILE” types of people, nearly 15 million nationwide will be entitled to the 10,000-baht, digital wallet handout project before fiscal 2024 ends, government spokesperson Chai Wacharong confirmed today (June 4). The 14.98 million “fragile” Thai nationals who may currently hold state welfare cards will be the first […]
Read MoreEscaped convict brought back to Thailand on Indonesian airplane
INDONESIAN officials flew a Thai escaped convict to Nakhon Si Thammarat airport today (June 4) after he was caught in Bali last week with senior Thai police officers on hand to take him into custody, Thai Rath newspaper and TV Channel 7 said. Present at the airport to ensure smooth repatriation of the wanted […]
Read MorePM downplays hearsay of Thaksin on the run from lese majeste case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (June 4) downplayed hearsay that de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra would again manipulate to escape from a lese majeste lawsuit to be filed against him in court later this month. The Pheu Thai-attached prime minister said Thaksin who had earlier spent 17 years […]
Read MoreNews reports of 149 senatorial shoo-ins dismissed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION today (Jun 4) categorically rejected as “utterly groundless” news reports that as many as 149 contestants for senator are largely slated as shoo-ins who have already found their way to the final tier of the race to parliament. The Election Commission flashed a statement to dismiss the […]
Read MoreAmerican, Russian men die in fall from Pattaya hotel, condo
AN AMERICAN man fell to his death from the seventh floor of a hotel in Pattaya early this morning (June 4) while a Russian man plunged to his death from the 29th floor of a 35-storey condo at noon yesterday, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. At 6 a.m. Pol. Maj. Wutinan Kongdee, […]
Read MorePhilippine officials order evacuation, urge caution after volcano eruption
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Manila – Philippine authorities ordered the evacuation of residents living near a volcano in central Philippines today (June 4) following an eruption that sent a five km (three miles) high ash cloud into the sky. Government officials warned of the possibility of further eruptions of Kanlaon volcano, hazardous […]
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