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Dead kitten 'needs necropsy now'
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/10/2018
» The dead body of a kitten at the centre of a pet cruelty case involving a female DJ must be handed over to the authorities urgently or a necropsy might not be possible, causing a crucial piece of potential evidence to be lost, the chief of the Livestock Department warned on Tuesday.
Police: No evidence to back claim of Koh Tao rape
Gary Boyle, Published on 17/10/2018
» Police investigators have concluded there is insufficient evidence to substantiate a young British woman's claim in UK media that she was raped on Koh Tao in Surat Thani in June.
Govt urged to ramp up action on greenhouse gas emissions
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/10/2018
» Thailand will have to balance economic, social and environmental concerns to achieve the country's climate change policy and related action plans, according to Phirun Saiyasitpanich, a senior official on climate policy at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Senior official, 11 others charged with wildlife poaching
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/10/2018
» Twelve people, including a senior district official, have been arrested and charged with poaching in Sai Yok National Park in Kanchanaburi after they were found leaving there with guns and paws from an Asian bearcat.
Monsoon storms to last until Sunday
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 03/10/2018
» Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in most parts of the country including Bangkok until Sunday, while the cool season is forecast to arrive mid-month, according to the Meteorological Department (MD).
Drug use eclipses Full Moon party
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/10/2018
» SURAT THANI: The latest Full Moon party at Koh Phangan late last month did not only draw Thai and foreign revellers. The famous moon festival also drew authorities, who went there for a not-so-merry objective -- to crack down on drugs.
Prayut insists 20-year plan here to stay
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 28/09/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has leapt to the defence of the government's 20-year national strategy, saying he would not let any politicians scrap the plan that is designed to direct the country's long-term development over the next two decades.
Medical marijuana trials to start soon
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/09/2018
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) will start clinical trials of marijuana soon as a preliminary step to producing medicines for four diseases, it said Tuesday.
Thaksin will escape jail term
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 25/09/2018
» Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will no longer be liable to serve the two-year jail sentence handed down 10 years ago in the Ratchadaphisek land case once the statute of limitations expires on Oct 21, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam admitted on Tuesday.
Cops arrest fake marriage suspects
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/09/2018
» After tying the knot earlier this year, Somjit and her husband visited the Wang Muang district office in Saraburi to register their marriage only to be told she was already married to a man she had never met.