War on city smog
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is preparing to deal with the capital’s upcoming smog season and has drawn up plans to work with related official agencies to mitigate air pollution at its source.Continue Reading
Big-money port plan set to be drafted
The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) will conduct research on Bangkok Port renovations in the coming fiscal year.Continue Reading
Man held over bid to con cops
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man pretending to be a close aide of the national police chief has been arrested for offering to help police officers gain promotion in return for a 300,000-baht fee, Provincial Police Region 3 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Somprasong Yenthuan said yesterday.Continue Reading
Self-harm fears rise in massacre’s wake
At least 10 out of the 170 residents of Nong Bua Lam Phu’s Na Klang district who were directly affected by the massacre at a daycare centre in tambon Uthai Sawan last week are considered to be at high risk of self-harming behaviour, according to the Department of Mental Health.Continue Reading
Police seize 8.6m meth pills
More than 8.6 million methamphetamine tablets were seized in three drug suppression operations carried out in the North, Provincial Police Region 5 said yesterday.Continue Reading
CNN duo exit as visas revoked
Two CNN reporters left Thailand for Hong Kong on Monday after their visas were revoked following their report on the preschool mass shooting, which raised questions about the outlet’s journalism ethics and professionalism.Continue Reading
PPRP not fazed by ‘exodus’
The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) is on the verge of falling apart with dozens of MPs widely believed to be looking to defect ahead of the general election tentatively scheduled to take place in May.Continue Reading
Apec leaders’ meet will be success: PM
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has given assurances the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit being hosted in Bangkok next month will go off without a hitch with many leaders already having accepted their invitations to attend, said government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri yesterday.Continue Reading
Sudarat goes for broke in Northeast
The Thai Sang Thai Party led by Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan yesterday pledged to solve debt problems and generate sustainable income for people in the northeastern region over the coming three years.Continue Reading
19-year-old arrested for the suspected murder of his father at Yishun Avenue 4
SINGAPORE: The police on Mon (Oct 10) arrested a 19-year-old guy for his thought involvement in the homicide of his 47-year-old father. The police said in a statement that they obtained a call for assistance at a residential unit along Yishun Avenue 4 upon Monday at about 7. 05pm. “UponContinue Reading