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Thaksin visits one of Pheu Thai’s lost provinces, vows concrete work for public
Post Reporters, Published on 14/07/2024
» SURIN: Paroled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday visited this lower northeastern province of Thailand where the Pheu Thai Party won a minority of House seats. The founder of the Thai Rak Thai dynasty vowed to soon start concrete work to serve the public.
How two little piggies saved their bacon
Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/11/2023
» Following last week's gripping yarn concerning the rescue of Fiona, the loneliest sheep in the world, it seems only fair to report on another tale featuring animals in distress. My thanks to reader Paul Drew for alerting me to the saga of two pigs, Butch and Sundance, who became known in England as the Tamworth Two, belonging to the breed of that name.
Under the weather
Oped, Editorial, Published on 07/10/2023
» The collapse of a fabric roof at Indoor Stadium Huamark has stoked fears about the safety of operating in public buildings.
Jatuporn wants CCTV footage of 'sick' Thaksin
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/08/2023
» Political activist Jatuporn Prompan has demanded the Department of Corrections (DoC) and the Police General Hospital release footage of closed-circuit television cameras to clear up the public's lingering doubts over the health of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Analysing the push for sustainable jet fuel
Business, Published on 03/05/2023
» Biodiesel, a mix of diesel and palm oil-derived methyl ester used by cars with internal combustion engines, as well as used cooking oil that previously was deemed useless are now vying to change the aviation industry. The two oils can be processed to make sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, a biofuel for aircraft.
Country gets set for China arrivals
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 09/01/2023
» When the Department of Disease Control announced on New Year's Eve that Thailand would no longer impose Covid-19 screening measures on Chinese visitors, the move quickly stirred a heated public debate.
Unthinking flyboys
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/09/2022
» Re: "RTAF sorry for airport flight delays", (BP, Sept 28).
There have probably been better years
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/12/2021
» Well we've just about scraped through the Year of the Ox. It was a strange time, rather like living in a vacuum, not entirely sure what would happen next. Nothing could have been worse than 2020, but 2021 wasn't far off. At the start of the year there was hope that the cloud of Covid could be shaken off and we would all become happy folks in the Land of Smiles again, but it didn't quite work out that way -- it's the hope that kills you.
More Covid cases from Tachilek, some in Bangkok
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/12/2020
» Six more Thai women who sneaked back from Myanmar's Tachilek town to Chiang Rai province late last month had Covid-19 and some of them travelled to Bangkok and other provinces.
Peacekeepers get rousing send-off
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 03/09/2020
» Another 273 army engineers are due to leave Thailand on a United Nations peacekeeping mission to South Sudan on Sept 21.