Pirapan might lose energy minister seat in power rates row
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ENERGY MINISTER PIRAPAN Salirathavibhaga might possibly be kicked out of his current portfolio in cabinet by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra sooner or later to end an unsolved controversy over high power rates, according to a noted academic. The billionaire power player might probably be contemplating the ouster […]
Read More9 decommissioned buses gutted in fierce blaze
A FIRE which broke out at a decommissioned bus depot this afternoon (Dec. 25) badly damaged nine old tour buses collectively worth at least 80 million baht but fortunately there were no injuries, Amarin TV said. At 12.50 p.m. Pol. Lt. Col. Senee Kanpawong, an investigation officer at Bang Sao Thong police station, was […]
Read MoreNACC probe panel lobbied to lift Thaksin’s fake-out case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE UNDER the National Anti-Corruption Commission has been intensely lobbied and pressed to waive an historic case of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s alleged fake-out at Police Hospital, according to a partisan source. For fear of not only involving the billionaire power player, previously officially viewed […]
Read More4 youths bash up, rob elderly Belgian man in Pattaya
AN ELDERLY Belgian man who has lived in Pattaya for many years was beaten up by four youths just as he was walking home from a bar soon after midnight last night (Dec. 25) with the gang then stealing 7,000 baht from him and zooming off, Amarin TV said. Pol. Col. Nawin Thirawit, superintendent […]
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