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Chuvit to appeal gag order on ganja policy
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/04/2023
» Former massage parlour tycoon Chuvit Kamolvisit will on Friday appeal a Civil Court injunction ordering him to suspend his criticism of the Bhumjaithai Party's cannabis policy pending its ruling in a case brought against him.
Govt asked to pay City Hall's B50bn skytrain debt
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/03/2023
» Representatives of skytrain employees have asked the government to pay the 50 billion baht debt the company accumulated in running the Green Line extension owned by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
Sukhumbhand facing Green Line graft charges
Post Reporters, Published on 11/03/2023
» Former Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra has been implicated by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) over alleged irregularities in contract extensions to operate the Green Line mass-transit routes a decade ago.
Chadchart needs more time on the job
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 12/09/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sitttipunt has come under fire from critics over failing to solve flood problems in the capital after it was lashed with heavy rain last Tuesday night.
BMA mulls transferring new rail lines
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/08/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt now wants to transfer two new electric rail projects to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), while City Hall is still struggling to clear up problems surrounding the Green Line’s concessions.
Krungthep Thanakhom ponders government intervention
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/07/2022
» The board of Krungthep Thanakhom (KT), the business arm of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), is considering two options involving government intervention to help solve issues surrounding two Green Line extensions.
TikTok signal helps cabbie escape armed passenger
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/05/2022
» A taxi driver used an SOS hand gesture he learned from TikTok to signal police for help after seeing his passenger was armed and on drugs.
TikTok signal helps cabbie escape armed junkie
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/05/2022
» A taxi driver fearing for his safety used an SOS hand gesture he learned from the social media platform TikTok to signal police for help after seeing his passenger was apparently armed and under the influence of drugs.
Motorcyclist admits to taking drugs before rampage at airport
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 05/05/2022
» A motorcyclist arrested for causing havoc at Suvarnabhumi airport on Tuesday has confessed he was high on methamphetamine and the drug cocktail known as 4x100 at the time, police said on Thursday.
Bow Bells rang out but not the accents
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 03/04/2022
» Firstly, a belated follow-up featuring the cockney accent from an American reader who wanted to meet a real cockney when he was in London a few years ago. Aware of the traditional definition of a cockney being "someone born within the sound of Bow Bells", he made a special effort to visit St Mary-le-Bow church, the source of the bells.