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D-Day looms for the Senate

Wednesday 5 March 2025 07:40 AM

BANGKOK: Despite strong opposition from the Senate, the Department of Special Investigation’s (DSI) special cases board insists it will decide tomorrow (Mar 6) whether to launch an investigation into collusion in last year’s Senate election.

B50mn account requirement for casino entry removed

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 4 March 2025 09:30 AM

BANGKOK: The Entertainment Complex Bill has been amended, removing the requirement that Thais must show they have at least B50 million in a fixed deposit before being allowed into the planned casino-entertainment complex.

Gulf of Thailand canal project push gains new momentum

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 3 March 2025 09:30 AM

BANGKOK: The Thai Canal Association for Study and Development wants a national committee to study the feasibility of connecting the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea via the proposed 9A Canal Route. The project, if approved, could create up to a million new jobs, its advocates say.

Thailand deports 40 Uyghurs to China

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 28 February 2025 09:00 AM

BANGKOK: Thailand deported 40 Uyghur detainees who had been in the country for nearly 11 years yesterday (Feb 27), after receiving assurances from China that they would be looked after, Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said.

PM Paetongtarn sole target of censure motion

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 27 February 2025 03:16 PM

BANGKOK: The opposition filed a censure motion today (Feb 27) targeting only Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and making many accusations against her, including submitting to the influence and direction of her father Thaksin Shinawatra.

Thailand and neighbours set up anti-haze hotline

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 26 February 2025 11:00 AM

BANGKOK: Thailand, Myanmar and Laos have agreed to set up a special hotline as part of a three-nation effort to curb transboundary haze pollution, with levels of the hazardous PM2.5 dust expected to shoot up again later this week.

PM orders serious anti-vaping action

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 26 February 2025 09:00 AM

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered officials to intensify the suppression of e-cigarettes and amend the law to toughen punishments amid a teen vaping crisis and suspected officials’ corruption in favour of the illicit business.

New centre to aid war on scam networks

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 25 February 2025 12:45 PM

BANGKOK: Thailand and Cambodia are planning to establish a joint operations centre to tackle scam syndicates operating along the shared border after 125 Thai citizens were rescued in Poipet over the weekend.

Thaksin apologises over ‘Tak Bai massacre’

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 24 February 2025 09:00 AM

NARATHIWAT: Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra apologised yesterday (Feb 23) over the deaths of scores of Muslim protesters who suffocated in army trucks two decades ago in the country’s south.

Thai Immigration biometric system no longer functioning

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 22 February 2025 09:44 AM

BANGKOK: The Immigration Bureau failed to collect the biometric data of about 17 million travellers who entered and exited Thailand last year after the system reached its maximum capacity, according to People’s Party deputy leader Rangsiman Rome.

Cabinet ‘unlikely’ to back casino entry rule

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 21 February 2025 07:31 AM

BANGKOK: The latest entry requirement for Thai nationals to enter casinos, as proposed by the Council of State (CoS), is unlikely to gain approval by the Cabinet, Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said yesterday (Feb 20).

House spared arrest nod in MP rape case

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 20 February 2025 10:26 AM

BANGKOK: A motion seeking parliamentary approval for Bangkok MP Chaiyamparwaan Manpianjit to be handed over to police to face a rape charge has been withdrawn after the lawmaker surrendered voluntarily.

B4.5bn approved to combat flooding

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 19 February 2025 01:49 PM

BANGKOK: The Cabinet approved a budget of more than B4.5 billion yesterday (Feb 18) to help households affected by flooding in southern provinces last year and to finance post-flood rehabilitation and development projects.

Tough casino entry rules mooted for Thais

Phuket News / Thailand

Wednesday 19 February 2025 09:30 AM

BANGKOK: Thai nationals wishing to enter casinos across the country will face tough requirements, new draft regulation released on Monday (Feb 17) has revealed.

Premier promises to splash out in South

Phuket News / Thailand

Tuesday 18 February 2025 09:36 AM

BANGKOK: The government will develop the South to its fullest potential, said Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra during her visit to Phatthalung and Songkhla yesterday (Feb 17).

Thai corruption body indicts 44 former MPs over lese majeste

Phuket News / Thailand

Monday 17 February 2025 07:47 AM

BANGKOK: The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will indict 44 former MPs of the now-dissolved Move Forward Party (MFP) for breaching ethical standards over their sponsorship of a bill to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code, also known as the lese-majeste law.

MP battling rape claim on House agenda next week

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 15 February 2025 11:30 AM

BANGKOK: House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha confirmed on Friday (Feb 14) that the case of a controversial MP facing a rape accusation will be on the agenda for lawmakers next Thursday.

Thailand’s corruption score slips

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 14 February 2025 09:00 AM

BANGKOK: Thailand’s score has in the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) declined to 34 from 35 the year before, though its global ranking improved one place to 107th, according to Transparency International.

Thailand suspends issuance of gun carrying permits

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 13 February 2025 02:56 PM

BANGKOK: Thailand is suspending the issuance of new firearm carrying permits for one year, starting from tomorrow, as part of a government effort to curb crime.

Thailand readies for influx of freed foreign scam-centre victims

Phuket News / Thailand

Thursday 13 February 2025 09:00 AM

BANGKOK: The government is preparing for a possible influx of foreigners released from the clutches of scam gangs in Myanmar after Thailand cut off all power, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said yesterday (Feb 12).

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