Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has appointed a 22-member board to steer economic stimulus policies to ensure the government can fulfil its pledge to bolster the economy
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A doctors’ group on Thursday submitted a petition to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, proposing three measures to address the ongoing crisis in the public health system.
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Bangkok, Sept 19 (TNA) – Prime Minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, conducted an inspection of the preparations for the upcoming royal barge procession at the Wasukri Pier, and Wat Arun Ratchawararam (Temple of Dawn). The inspection, which took place on Thursday, was
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New City Hall rules say that only “poor Thais” will be allowed to be street vendors in Bangkok and they will be barred from employing migrants, among many other requirements.
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A depression near the upper Vietnamese coast has developed into Tropical Storm Soulik and is expected to cause heavy downpours across Thailand until Monday, according to the Meteorological Department.
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Bangkok, Sept 19 (TNA)– Bangkok authorities have issued a warning to communities living outside the Chao Phraya River dike, urging them to be vigilant against potential flooding from September 19-23. The city is preparing for heavy rainfall and rising water
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Floods remain in six provinces in the North, the Northeast, the Central Plains and the South, affecting more than 33,000 families.
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Bangkok will celebrate Car Free Day this weekend on Banthat Thong Road, providing a vehicle-free environment for tourists to enjoy various activities.
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SURAT THANI – Tourist police arrested a Russian man and a Turkish man for working without permits on Koh Phangan on Thursday.
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SURAT THANI – Tourist police arrested a Russian man and a Turkish man for working without permits on Koh Phangan on Thursday.
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The government wants to work with warring sides in Myanmar to repair a key highway cutting through the conflict-ridden country as it seeks to stabilise its borders areas and ensure trade routes are open, Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa said
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Phuket, Sept 19 (TNA) – The Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Center (Thai- MECC) has successfully rescued 143 Chinese and Russian tourists stranded on Koh Racha Yai island and transported them safely back to the mainland. Joint efforts by the Thai-
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PRESS RELEASE: Children in Viet Nam, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand at risk of being cut off from education, clean water, and essential services as floods and landslides damage homes and infrastructure. BANGKOK, 18 September 2024 –
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Deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal have exhausted emergency services, with Spanish and Moroccan reinforcements arriving on Wednesday to help, the civil protection authority announced. - REUTERS
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A depression is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm on Thursday, land in Vietnam and cause heavy downpours across Thailand until Monday, according to the Meteorological Department.
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The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases Region 3 has ordered the confiscation of assets worth 5.1 million baht from a Public Warehouse Organisation (PWO) official in an unusual-wealth case, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) said on Wednesday.
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The authorities have decided not to close down the Baan Kanchanapisek Vocational Juvenile Training Centre, run by juvenile justice expert Thicha Nanakorn.
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The cabinet has approved an additional budget of nearly 6 billion baht to compensate healthcare units under the universal healthcare scheme that have suffered significant losses due to rising costs.
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The State Railway of Thailand's (SRT) new director, Veeris Ammarapala, has been told to complete the high-speed Sino-Thai railway project by the first quarter of next year.
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The list of candidates for this year's military reshuffle will be finalised this week, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said.
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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra kicked off her narcotic suppression policy on Wednesday by pointing to successful cases of drug suppression models in Thawatchaburi district of Roi Et in the Northeast and Tha Wang Pha district of Nan in the North.
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Vientiane: Laos is urging Asean and other stakeholders to join forces in solving the problem of Mekong River water security and environmental issues as the region faces still more floods.
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Labour Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn is confident that a fresh daily minimum wage hike to 400 baht nationwide could be introduced on Oct 1 along with measures to assist affected businesses.
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People with disabilities have been given an extension to apply for 10,000 baht under the government's economic stimulus programme, formerly known as the digital wallet scheme, Minister of Social Development and Human Security Varawut Silpa-archa said yesterday.
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- National — On September 17, Ms. Traisulee Traisoranakul, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, announced that the Thai Cabinet approved a central budget of 3 billion baht to provide emergency financial assistance to flood victims
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Samut Prakan — On the evening of September 17th, 2024, Phra Samut Chedi police received an urgent call about an elderly woman trapped and being constricted by a giant python at a residence in Phra Samut
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- National — At 4:00 a.m. on September 18th, 2024, the Thai Meteorological Department issued a warning about a tropical depression over the South China Sea, which is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- National — At 9:00 AM on September 18th, 2024, Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), immigration officials, and related agencies announced the arrest of a Singaporean drug trafficker linked to an international drug network
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pattaya — An allegedly heavily intoxicated driver crashed his car into an underground power line construction pit in Pattaya but escaped without injury. At 5:46 AM on September 18th, 2024, Pattaya police received a report of
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pattaya — A group of Thai teenagers were attacked by armed youths in a park in Pattaya, leaving two youths injured. At 12:06 AM on September 18th, 2024, the Sawang Boriboon Rescue Center received a report
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pattaya — Heavy rainfall caused significant flooding in Pattaya, leaving roads impassable and stranding vehicles in waist-deep water. The rain lasted for over an hour at early Wednesday, September 18th, causing temperatures to drop and water levels
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pattaya — A dispute over noisy barking dogs escalated into a shooting incident in Pattaya, leaving one man injured. The incident occurred around 7:06 PM on September 17th on Soi Boonsamphan 17 in the Nongprue sub-district,
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Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwon is preparing to sue TV host Danai Ekmahasawat and former Pheu Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit for releasing voice recordings allegedly incriminating him.
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The opposition People’s Party has warned the government about its casino project following specific revisions to the plan that it believes could trigger shady business dealings.
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A Singaporean drug smuggler who was arrested in Samut Prakan will be deported back to his country, where he is likely to be given the death penalty, officials said on Wednesday.
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A pygmy hippo “Moo Deng” from #Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand has become an internet sensation from viral interactions with her keeper and fans’ encounters The post “Moo Deng” the Bouncy Pygmy Hippo Captures Hearts of Millions :Thailand Stories
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The zookeeper caring for baby pygmy hippo and internet star Moo Deng has responded to fans' concerns about the infant's wellbeing.
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BANGKOK, Sept 18 (TNA) – Thailand’s northeastern region is bracing for heavy rainfall tomorrow as a strengthening storm approaches Vietnam’s coast, the Meteorological Department warned on Wednesday. A depression in the upper South China Sea is expected to intensify into
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PHUKET, Sept 18 (TNA) – A Phuket Navy vessel has rescued 130 tourists, including Chinese and Middle Eastern nationals, stranded on Koh Racha Yai and is transporting them back to Phuket. Naval Ship 111 of the Third Naval Area Command
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Thai authorities will prosecute eight former security personnel over their roles in the Tak Bai crackdown two decades ago, when 78 protesters suffocated or were crushed to death when crammed into army trucks, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG)
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) today officially opened the Thailand Golf Travel Mart (TGTM) 2024, an annual business-to-business (B2B) marketplace to promote the kingdom as a world-class golf destination. The dynamic programme is scheduled at various venues in Bangkok
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The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) today officially opened the Thailand Golf Travel Mart (TGTM) 2024, an annual business-to-business (B2B) marketplace to promote the kingdom as a world-class golf destination. The dynamic programme is scheduled at various venues in Bangkok
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BANGKOK, Sept 18 (TNA) – Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has arrested a Singaporean national wanted for drug trafficking who had been living luxuriously in Thailand while evading arrest warrants. ONCB Secretary-General Phanurat Lakboon announced the arrest
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Weathermen forecast heavy rain and high waves throughout the country from Thursday to Monday, brought by the annual monsoon and a developing tropical storm due to hit Vietnam on Friday.
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BANGKOK, Sept 18 (TNA) – Thailand’s Attorney General has ordered the prosecution of eight suspects, including vehicle controllers and drivers, in the 2004 Tak Bai incident that resulted in 78 deaths. The suspects face charges of joint murder. The case
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An exhausted woman was freed from the coils of a large snake that had been wrapped around her body for almost two hours, at her house in Samut Prakan on Tuesday night.
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PHUKET: Many areas of this island province were flooded and some roads closed to traffic on Wednesday morning following persistent rain.
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PRESS RELEASE: Thailand is once again bracing for the impact of another tropical storm expected to hit tomorrow (Sep 19), bringing heavy rain, flash floods, and landslides, with the Northeast region forecast to be the most
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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has appointed a group of economic and legal experts as advisers after her administration pledged to tackle a raft of economic challenges facing the Southeast Asian nation.
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NONG KHAI, Sept 18 (TNA) – The innovative “Naga Pipe” water pump, which gained fame during the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, has arrived in Nong Khai province to assist with severe flooding that has submerged parts of the city
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SURAT THANI - Authorities have closed 21 villas built illegally on Koh Samui, some of them housing foreign tenants who were ordered to leave.
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The post Thai Enquirer News Summary – September 18, 2024 appeared first on Thai Enquirer.
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Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit has outlined the government's transport infrastructure development policy for the short, medium, and long term.
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So first, the ignominious statistics. The People’s Party, since it became the now-dissolved Move Forward Party’s (MFP) successor party, has now contested three elections: local elections in Phitsanulok and Ratchaburi and the Constituency 1 by-election also in Phitsanulok. In the
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The main opposition People's Party (PP) has submitted a bill seeking to amend the constitution to curb the National Anti-Corruption Commission's (NACC) authority to probe MPs and senators for ethical violations.
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The Office of the Basic Education (Obec) has transferred Prayong Saraphum, director of Sa Kaeo's Secondary Education Service Area Office, to its headquarters pending a probe into his involvement in the removal of a woman from a list of candidates
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Transnational bribery involving the military has been a chronic problem, but the latest claim remains unverified pending an investigation, said Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai in response to a recent allegation of kickbacks allegedly paid by a
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Transnational bribery involving the military has been a chronic problem, but the latest claim remains unverified pending an investigation, said Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai in response to a recent allegation of kickbacks allegedly paid by a
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The Meteorological Department has warned that a typhoon will strike Thailand on Friday, resulting in heavy rain, sudden floods and landslides, with the Northeast expected to bear the brunt.
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The cabinet on Tuesday approved a request by the Ministry of Interior to divert 3.04 billion baht from the central budget in the current fiscal year to fund the government's provision of financial assistance to flood victims in many provinces.
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- National — On September 16th, 2024, Pol. Maj. Gen. Jaroonkiat Pankaew, the Deputy Commander of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), participated in a remote meeting with officers in flood-affected areas to enhance the flood relief operations
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- National — On September 17th, 2024, Thonglor police arrested two Iranian suspects for stealing cash from a Chinese tourist in Soi Sukhumvit 20, Khlong Toei, Bangkok. The suspects, Mr. Dinarvand, 29, and Ms. Mirzaniapargoo, 41, were
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pattaya — Music lovers are invited to enjoy the Chonburi International Music Festival in the Rain, taking place at Pattaya Beach over two weekends! The festival will run from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM each day
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Pattaya — The Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Pattaya concluded with a spectacular ritual as a statue of Lord Ganesha was floated in Pattaya Bay, honoring the Hindu tradition of sending the deity back to the heavens.
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The Pattaya News -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- National — At 9:20 AM on September 17th, 2024, Pol. Col. Tawee Sodsong, the Minister of Justice, discussed comments made by Chusak Sirinin, the Minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office, stating that all coalition parties
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