NAKHON PHANOM: Popular singer-actor Pakin “Tono” Kumwilaisak plunged into the Mekong River in this northeastern province to start his charity swim on Saturday morning to raise funds for two public hospitals, with donations soaring past 40 million baht by early afternoon.Continue Reading
NAKHON PHANOM: Popular singer-cum-actor Pakin “Tono” Kumwilaisak plunged into the Mekong River in Muang district of this northeastern province to kickstart his charity swim across the river on Saturday morning to raise funds for two public hospitals, with donations soaring to 29 million baht.Continue Reading
The Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) has yet to approach former deputy prime minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula who is seen as a potential candidate to become the ruling party’s new economic mastermind, party leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwon said on Friday.Continue Reading
After three decades in captivity at a private zoo in Bangkok, the well-known gorilla, Bua Noi, may finally be granted a return “home” to where she was born in Germany, if the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s plan to repatriate her is a success.Continue Reading
Phuket: A couple of two-storey buildings on rain-soaked terrain were damaged when one subsided and collapsed onto the other in Muang district late Thursday night.Continue Reading
The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has rolled out four new services to assist all of its customers in the process of switching to the use of clean and sustainable energy.Continue Reading
With the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit just weeks away, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered all agencies concerned to ensure things on the ground will run smoothly.Continue Reading
The Criminal Court recently handed down a 385-year jail term to a former school director in Surat Thani after finding him guilty of malfeasance in connection with a school lunch programme.Continue Reading
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered police to crack down on illegal firearms within three months and to strictly safeguard their weapon storage facilities in the wake of the theft of more than 150 guns by a police officer.Continue Reading
The Thailand Consumers Council (TCC) and the opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) will ask the Administrative Court to issue an injunction against the planned merger between telecom operators True Corporation and Total Access Communication (Dtac), citing monopoly concerns.Continue Reading