The Chiang Rai Election Office has launched an investigation aimed to uncover why 1,200 villagers from two villages in Muang district refused to vote on Sunday, resulting in zero turnout at two polling stations. “Not a single vote was cast in two polling stations located at Muang district’s tambon Huay Chompoo,” provincial election director Pongpan […]
A helicopter hovered over a forest zone in Pathum Thani, Thailand for more than 40 minutes yesterday morning in support of an operation to arrest four suspected methamphetamine manufacturers, including a municipal councillor. The suspects were Banjerd Yodmali, Kamon Chamcheun, Somsak Puangmalee, and Jakkrit Sudkid. Banjerd is a councillor of Ta Khlong Municipality in Pathum […]
BANGKOK, July 6 – Thailand’s election-winning Pheu Thai Party announced Wednesday that it expects to raise the daily minimum wage for workers nationwide to Bt300 (US$10) as early as January next year, as promised in its election campaign. Pheu Thai Party Secretary-General Jarupong Ruangsuwan made the announcement amid growing public attention to the implementation of […]
A health expert has warned of a potential bird flu pandemic after noting mutations in the H5N1 influenza virus that allow it to survive longer. Thai Public Health Ministry senior health expert Dr Tawee Chotpitayasunondh said an avian flu pandemic could return in the near future, citing a report from 2009 that showed the H5N1 […]
SONGKHLA, July 6 – Thailand’s southern provinces of Songkhla and Satun have been blanketed in haze from current Indonesian forest fires. Thin haze covers a number of areas including a road linking business district of Hat Yai and the Muang Songkhla district, causing poor visibility. Read more: MCOT
Work on implementing six economic policies heralded during the Pheu Thai Party’s election campaign will begin immediately after they are formally announced in parliament, prime minister-in-waiting Yingluck Shinawatra said on Wednesday. She was speaking after a meeting with Pheu Thai’s economic team, comprising former deputy prime minister Olarn Chaiprawat, former commerce minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan, former […]
The rumour about ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra tipped for the position of Thailand trade envoy was groundless, legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Wednesday. “Rumour mongers wanted to cause confusion and divisiveness,” he said, insisting Pheu Thai Party had not planned for a Thaksin appointment. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 5 July 2011 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has issued a warning for possible flash floods and mudslides in 16 provinces of the northern, central and eastern regions during this period. DDPM Director-General Viboon Sanguanpong said villagers in the areas are warned to brace for heavy rain while those […]
