Debt-laden Sri Lanka marks Independence Day with Thai prime minister as guest of honour
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Colombo, Sri Lanka – Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was the guest of honour at Sri Lanka’s 76th Independence Day celebrations on Sunday (Feb. 4), as the island nation struggles to emerge from its worst economic crisis. Srettha joined Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe at a low-key ceremony […]
Read MoreTeachers slams free tablet scheme, want more teachers hired
JUST AS Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob moved to relaunch the Yingluck Shinawatra government’s project of distributing free tablet computers to all students and teachers nationwide a large number of teachers pointed out that this scheme was not that effective when carried out almost a decade ago and it would be better to use the […]
Read MoreFarmer gives away over 400 kg of durian to mark birthday
PEOPLE passing by an orchard in southern Trat province were today (Apr. 18) treated to free durian with the owner distributing as much as 400 kilogrammes of the smelliest fruit in the world but with a divine taste to mark his birthday, Matichon said. Mr. Klai Rung Inkaew, 46, the owner of the orchard […]
Read MoreCambodia to provide free SEA Games broadcast rights
By Xinhua and Matichon Phnom Penh – Cambodia is to provide free-of-charge live broadcast rights to local and overseas TV networks for the upcoming 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the 12th Asean Para Games. Cambodia had previously set the fee for live broadcast of the games in Thailand at US$800,000, or around 28 […]
Read More30 children rushed to hospital after eating free noodles
AROUND 30 kindergarten and primary school children were rushed to nearby hospitals after all started suffering from food poisoning shortly after eating free noodles distributed on the occasion of Children’s Day, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Jan. 13). Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Erawan Unit sent over ten ambulances to Wat Naknimit School in Soi Suksawat […]
Read MoreAnutin shrugs off party dissolution bid over free-marijuana campaign
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI PARTY leader Anutin Charnvirakul today (Oct. 18) shrugged off a reported plan of the opposition bloc to file an unprecedented lawsuit against the second-largest coalition party over their free-marijuana campaign. Anutin who concurrently performs as deputy prime minister-cum-public health minister contended that his party’s electoral campaign to legalise the […]
Read MorePush to dissolve Bhumjaithai Party over free-marijuana campaign
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI PARTY is facing an unprecedented lawsuit involving their previous free-marijuana campaign which might possibly result in the dissolution of the second-largest coalition partner, said Pheu Thai party leader Chonlanan Srikaew today (Oct. 17). The Pheu Thai-led opposition bloc has resolved to file a lawsuit against the Bhumjaithai Party, […]
Read MoreTrat police giving free helmets to those caught not wearing one
INSTEAD of fining riders caught not wearing a crash helmet, police in southern Trat province today (July 27) began giving the traffic violators one each free of charge to ensure their safety in case of an accident, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Somchai Yusawat, deputy chief of Trat Provincial Police, together with Pol. Lt. […]
Read MoreChadchart kicks of this weekend’s free music events
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt and his team kicked off the “Music in the Garden for Happiness and Hope” event organised by Ajarn Sukree Charoensuk Foundation at Wachira Benchathat Park or Suan Rot Fai this evening (June 4) to the merriment of all participants, TV Channel 7 said. Chadchart got up and joined a circle of […]
Read MoreList of 46 countries allowed quarantine-free entry from November 1
THE FOREIGN Ministry this morning (Oct. 22) released the list of 46 countries benefiting from quarantine-free entry from November 1 as announced by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Facebook last night, Amarin TV said. Mr. Thani Thongphakdi, the ministry’s permanent secretary, signed the list as required by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration […]
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