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The government will invite Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to chair the organizing committee for the coronation ceremony of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn scheduled for May 4-6. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today that Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has been assigned by the government to take charge of making preparations and
The Supreme Court president has promised that all cases referred to the Supreme Court will be wrapped up and verdicts handed down within a year. In his New Year’s message broadcast on the New Year’s Eve, Supreme Court President Cheep Julamont said he was fully aware the public expectations in the judiciary and, hence, in
Top-level security has been imposed in the southern commercial district of Hat Yai ahead of the New Year’s countdown tonight where thousands of tourists from Malaysia and Singapore will join the locals to celebrate the dawning of the New Year. The locations designated for the celebrations have been blocked off with police, defence volunteers and
The coronation ceremony for His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn is set to be held during May 4-6, the Royal Household Bureau announced on the New Year’s day. The announcement said that HM the King felt it was appropriate time now for the coronation ceremony to be held after the president of the National Legislative Assembly
PTT Exploration and Production Company has started evacuating some of its staff working on the oil rigs in the Gulf of Thailand to the shore in southern province of Songkyla ahead of the anticipated arrival of tropical Pa Buk which is moving toward the Gulf of Thailand tomorrow with a maximum wind speed at its
Another 51 people died in road accidents on Sunday, bringing the death toll for four days of the New Year’s festival to 236, with 2,265 injured from 2,194 road accidents throughout the country, according to the Centre for the Prevention and Reduction of Road Accidents. Drunk driving was blamed as the main cause of the
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake jolted the western province of Kanchanaburi on Sunday night, but no casualties or damages were reported. The tremor was felt by people in Muang, Saiyoke, Si Sawat, Thong Pha Phum and Sangkhla Buri districts. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand said today that its dam safety remote monitoring system detected the
Thirty-nine percent of more than 2,000 respondents in the latest opinion poll are satisfied with the performance of the Prayut government and the National Council for Peace and Order in peace restoration and in dealing with dark influence and human trafficking. Most of the respondents also rated Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as most suitable to
The Election Commission has been told to investigate suspected cheats in the selection of senators in Bangkok on Thursday. In a statement addressed to the EC today, PNET, a non-governmental organization focusing on strengthening local networking on democracy and electoral processes, said that during the selection of senatorial candidates at national level which was held
His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn has issued a New Year’s greeting card expressing his well wishes to the Thai people. The message in the greeting cards reads: “2019 greetings with love, with pure heart. Let this new year be the year of joy, physical and mental happiness, wisdom and prosperity, with encouragement and faith to
The death toll from road accidents for the past three days during the New Year’s festival has risen to 182, with 1,690 injured from 1,633 accidents across the country, said Pol Lt-Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat, assistant national police chief. Chiang Mai topped the list with 55 road accidents while the northeastern province of Khon Kaen had
Those who are looking forward to a cold New Year will not be disappointed. The Meteorological Department said this morning that the mercury in many parts of the country, especially in the North and Northeast, will drop significantly in the next few days. But it also warned that air turbulence in the upper part of
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn expressed her well wishes to the staff of the Thai Red Cross Society and members of the public after presiding over the offering of alms to 100 monks to mark the arrival of the New Year. Organized by the Thai Red Cross Society, the annual event was held
The seven British cave divers who helped save the 12 Wild Boar footballers and their coach from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Mae Sai district of the northern province of Chiang Rai in July this year were among those awarded in Britain’s traditional New Year Honors. Four of the divers were given awards for
Air quality in and around Bangkok which posed health hazards in the past couple of weeks has improved satisfactorily, with the amount of particulate in the air below the hazardous level. The Pollution Control Department said this morning that air quality measurement showed the amount of fine dust particles (less than PM2.5) in and around
Political activist Srisuwan Janya declared today he is determined to push ahead with his bid to impeach the five anti-graft commissioners who cleared Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan of wrongdoing in the much-publicized wristwatche scandal. The secretary-general of the self-styledThai Constitution Protection Association said he will set up a table in front of Cha-Srisuwan store
