One more Covid-19 case in Chiang Rai today, 4 yesterday
ONE more person was found infected with Covid-19 in Chiang Rai province today (Dec. 4) after four cases cropped up in this northern province yesterday with one of them being a young Thai man, Amarin TV reported. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 11 a.m. today that there were a total of […]
Read More‘Will not be bullied’: citizens around the world told to buy Australian wine
The Sydney Morning Herald London: Millions of people around the world are being urged to buy an Australian bottle of wine or two, as a way of showing Chinese President Xi Jinping that the world will not be intimidated by his “bullying of Australia”. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), comprising more than 200 MPs […]
Read MoreSchool or prison? Students forced to wear prison-like clothes all day
DRAWING strong criticism on Thai social media today (Dec. 3) is a composite photograph of two students wearing light brown clothes similar to prison uniform with block letters printed at the back saying “adjusting behaviour”, Sanook.com reported this evening. The photo was shared on “Lanna Students” webpage, with this being a forum for Chiang Mai […]
Read MoreMP files complaint against Penguin in the middle of the night
PALANG Pracharath MP for Ratchaburi province Pareena Kraikupt posted on her Facebook page that she was unable to sleep last night after reading four posts written by People’s Party leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, and went to the police station to file a complaint against him in the dead of the night, Amarin TV […]
Read MoreTimeline of Bangkok coronavirus spreaders
OF THE six new Covid-19 cases of women sneaking back to Thailand from Tachileik district in Myanmar three of them flew to Bangkok with one moving around in the capital before her illness was detected, Sanook.com reported this afternoon (Dec. 2, 2020). The Public Health Ministry today confirmed these six new coronavirus cases with all […]
Read MoreJudgement day for Prime Minister Prayut
TODAY is the day people have waited for as the Constitution Court will be handing down its ruling on Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha continuing to reside in a state house within a military camp even though he retired from military service six years ago, watching to see whether or not it will […]
Read MoreChina refuses to apologise to Australia for fake soldier image
By BBC CHINA has accused Australia of trying to “deflect public attention” from alleged war crimes by its soldiers in Afghanistan after Canberra expressed outrage over a “repugnant” tweet. Australia has demanded an apology for sharing the fake image of an Australian soldier killing an Afghan child. Beijing has now said that Australia was trying […]
Read MoreStudents return their uniforms to the ministry
AFTER some students at several Thai schools showed up wearing casual clothes and not their uniforms this morning (Dec. 1), they went to the Education Ministry this evening and hung up some uniform shirts, pants, skirts and school bags at both the gates, Siam Rath newspaper reported. The activity this evening, arranged by the “bad […]
Read MoreFourth women found infected with Covid-19, fifth case rumoured
THE Public Health Ministry announced that a fourth woman who worked at an entertainment venue in Myanmar’s Tachileik district has been found to be infected with Covid-19 but an unverified report shared online says a fifth woman too has similarly tested positive for this deadly disease and she moved around and even went to a […]
Read MoreNo uniform campaign gets underway at many schools
SOME students did come to school in casual clothes today (Dec. 1) the first day of the second semester as called upon by several groups to do so in order to claim dress freedom, Amarin TV reported this morning. Two key groups that had pushed this campaign are KKC student affiliate network and the “bad […]
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