Chiang Mai geese appointed full-time employees
A FLOCK of 10 geese set free at Chiang Mai moat to help control aquatic weed plaguing this canal have been promoted full-time municipal employees and will be given identification cards stating so, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Aug. 31). This followed a vote on Chiang Mai Municipality’s Facebook page on whether the geese […]
Read MorePeople’s bound to choose between Bhumjaithai and Pheu Thai for naming of new PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S ARE deciding for themselves tomorrow (Sep.1) whether to support either Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul or Pheu Thai MP Chaikasem Nitisiri for prime minister to replace Paetongtarn Shinawatra who was deposed by the Constitutional Court as head of government on Friday. The People’s executive committee was scheduled to meet […]
Read MoreSwansea ease to victory against Sheffield Wednesday
By Gareth Vincent, BBC Sport Wales SWANSEA City claimed a deserved victory at Hillsborough as goals from Zan Vipotnik and Ronald ensured Sheffield Wednesday remained without a league win this season. Vipotnik put speculation over his future to one side as he struck for the third time in as many games in all competitions […]
Read MoreTropical Storm Nongfa bringing more rain
TROPICAL Storm Nongfa, which made landfall in central Vietnam this afternoon (Aug. 30) was around 180km from Bueng Khong Long district, Bueng Kan province, at 3 p.m. and once it reaches Thailand will unleash more rain across the country from today till Monday Sep. 1 with heavy to very heavy downpours accompanied by strong […]
Read MoreBhumjaithai tipped to outdo Pheu Thai in setting up new coalition govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI under de facto party boss Newin Chidchob will likely succeed in forming a brand-new coalition government, given solid support from no less than 283 MPs who will all cast yea votes for Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul for prime minister, partisan sources said today (Aug.30). Following yesterday’s ouster of […]
Read More38 desperate Khmers caught illegally crossing over to Thailand
THAI soldiers apprehended 38 hungry Cambodian migrant workers after they had illegally crossed the border to Aranyaprathet district, Sa Kaeo province, to look for jobs today (Aug. 30), Nawena newspaper said. Col. Chainarong Kasi, commander of Burapha Task Force, sent a team of soldiers to arrest the 20 Cambodian men, 17 women and one […]
Read More4 foreign motorbike racers injured in Pattaya crash
FOUR foreign youths got injured after the motorcycles they were racing up and down a Pattaya road collided into each other at 3.30 a.m. this morning (Aug. 30), TV Channel 7 said. The accident occurred in front of Makro wholesale store in South Pattaya with rescuers and a medical team immediately sent to the […]
Read MoreChaikasem ready to follow party’s decision
PHEU THAI’S candidate for prime minister MP Chaikasen Nitisiri said this evening (Aug. 29) after the Constitutional Court deposed Paetongtarn Shinawatra as head of government that he is ready to follow his party’s decision on this key issue, Amarin TV said. He briefly told a reporter who contacted him that he is dining […]
Read MorePeople’s offer conditional vote for new PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PEOPLE’S PARTY have today (Aug.29) offered to lend support the naming of a new prime minister on condition that the next head of government dissolve the House of Representatives and call a general election in four months after a new coalition government’s policy statement has been officially delivered. Following […]
Read MorePaetongtarn ousted as PM by Constitutional Court over unethical, dishonest deal with Hun Sen
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra was today (Aug.29) impeached and deposed as head of government by the Constitutional Court for evidently perpetrating conduct in severe breach of ethics and in sheer lack of evident honesty during last June’s leaked cellphone chitchat between senior Cambodian leader Hun Sen and herself. The Constitutional […]
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