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Foreigner arrested after puppy beaten at condo
Foreigner arrested after puppy beaten at condo
SAMUT PRAKAN: A young Zambian has been arrested after a man was seen cruelly beating a Siberian Husky puppy outside a condominium building in Samut Prakan.
Praewa’s family to sell land to compensate crash victims
Praewa’s family to sell land to compensate crash victims
BANGKOK: The mother of Orachorn ’Praewa’ Thephasadin na Ayudhya has promised to sell the family’s land to raise money to pay the 24.76 million baht in compensation ordered for the families of the dead and injured victims of her young daughter’s horrific car crash in 2010.
Free cash to spur tourism, economy
Free cash to spur tourism, economy
BANGKOK: The Finance Ministry is set to dust off a planned cash handout for travel to 55 secondary provinces by including it in the economic stimulus package going before new Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana.
New tourism minister highlights visitor-safety
New tourism minister highlights visitor-safety
BANGKOK: The new tourism and sports minister has made the setting of safety standards to regain the confidence of foreign tourists his priority task.
Searching for justice, nine years on
Searching for justice, nine years on
THAILAND: The case of Orachorn ’Praewa’ Thephasadin na Ayudhya, who killed nine people and injured four others in a crash on a tollway in 2010, has reignited again after affected parties told the media about their ordeal over nine years of court battles.
Dept warns of worst drought in decade
Dept warns of worst drought in decade
BANGKOK: The Meteorological Department (MD) says Thailand is going to experience the worst drought in a decade, as average precipitation across large swaths of the country has fallen far short of the monthly average.
Thailand to seek ICAO endorsement for five international airports at Phuket meeting
Thailand to seek ICAO endorsement for five international airports at Phuket meeting
BANGKOK: The meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in Phuket next week marks a new phase in aviation development in Thailand, with authorities planning to ask the UN agency to endorse five more international airports.
Cabinet sworn in, PM leads ministers to take oath in front of His Majesty
Cabinet sworn in, PM leads ministers to take oath in front of His Majesty
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his Cabinet members were sworn in before His Majesty the King today (July 16).
PM Prayut asks Thais to be patient
PM Prayut asks Thais to be patient
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has asked the Thai people to be patient with his new government as it has no sweeping special powers, unlike its predecessor over the previous five years.
Wage-hike disaster looms for many companies, FTI warns
Wage-hike disaster looms for many companies, FTI warns
BANGKOK: Raising the daily minimum wage to B400 would have a detrimental impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Powerful motorcycles to face tougher regulations
Powerful motorcycles to face tougher regulations
THAILAND: Big bikes will be redefined in the law and riders of the vehicles subject to stricter licensing procedures to increase road safety, according to highway police.
Mekong water level lowest in 10 years
Mekong water level lowest in 10 years
THAILAND: The water level in the Mekong river is the lowest level in 10 years, according to local media reports.
Tesco Lotus amid mass expansion drive
Tesco Lotus amid mass expansion drive
BANGKOK: Tesco Lotus remains committed to continuing investment in Thailand, with plans to raise spending by five times a year over the next three years to catch up with urbanisation.
Indian man held in Phuket for fraud
Indian man held in Phuket for fraud
KHON KAEN: An Indian man was arrested while waiting for an outbound flight at Phuket International Airport for allegedly duping another Indian man in Roi Et out of almost a million baht.
Strong baht deals blow to Pattaya tourism, as airline price tactics see outbound tourism surge
Strong baht deals blow to Pattaya tourism, as airline price tactics see outbound tourism surge
BANGKOK: The strong baht has taken a heavy toll on European tourist numbers in Pattaya, according to the Entertainment & Tourism Association of Pattaya City.
BoT tightens screws on non-resident accounts
BoT tightens screws on non-resident accounts
THAILAND: The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has stepped up its efforts to curb short-term speculative inflows by lowering the cap on the outstanding balance of a non-resident account from B300 million per person to B200 million, effective from July 22.
New minister grilled about criminal past
New minister grilled about criminal past
BANGKOK: Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thammanat Prompao – who is at the centre of a controversy facing the new Cabinet line-up – insisted yesterday (July 11) he had been cleared of all criminal charges from his past.
HM King endorses new Cabinet
HM King endorses new Cabinet
BANGKOK: The coalition government, which has been royally endorsed, will not have the luxury of “a honeymoon period” as the country’s economy is in bad shape and is in need of urgent action from the new government, observers in the private sector said.
Media bans lifted, military court cases transferred
Media bans lifted, military court cases transferred
THAILAND: Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has put his special powers to use one last time by lifting media bans and transferring all cases involving offences against his orders to civilian courts, ending the military rule which has been a subject of much criticism at home and abroad for the past five years.
Australian couple say pad Thai in Phuket made them ‘zombies’
Australian couple say pad Thai in Phuket made them ‘zombies’
PHUKET: A couple have made headlines in their native Australia after claiming that a meal of pad Thai they ate at a Phuket food court during a family holiday in 2017 ruined their lives and their business for more than a year.