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Health officials in the three southernmost provinces are still unable to contain the spread of measles especially in Pattani province where an average of 10-15 new cases are being reported each day with five fatalities so far. The accumulated number of measles cases in Pattani has jumped to more than 600 with about 60 of
The Excise Department is pondering imposing tax on processed food with high content of fat and/or salt or sodium as part of the attempts to protect the health of consumers. Describing food with high content of fat and/or salt as a threat to health, Excise Department director-general Mr Patchara Anantasilp said that the proposed excise tax
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire in a crowded Southern California bar popular with college students, killing 12 people, including a sheriff’s deputy, police said on Thursday. The gunman, identified by authorities as Ian David Long, 28, was also found dead on Wednesday night in the office of the Borderline Bar and
After three months of strict supervision, authorities have finally decided to allow the Wild Boar boys and their football coach to be interviewed by local media provided they get prior permission from the committee in charge of their well-being. Dr Yongyuth Wongphiromsarn, a member of the Creative Media Committee said Thursday the committee had shielded
The Election Commission will have to consult relevant agencies, particularly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before it can decide whether or not to allow the European Union to send observers to monitor the election next February, said EC chairman Itthiporn Boonprakong on Thursday. However, he said the EC is currently too preoccupied with the mapping
Palang Prachachart Thai (ACT) party founder Suthep Thuagsuban has warned against under-estimating fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s tactic of branching out the Pheu Thai into several new parties to contest the election. “I have sent out a warning before that Thaksin Shinawatra is employing the tactic to splitting a 1,000-baht banknote into several 100-baht
Only a day after Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai declared that Thailand didn’t need foreign observers for the upcoming general election, the Election Commission yesterday revealed that the European Union has proposed to send an army of observers to monitor the polling expected in February next year. In a meeting with members of the political affairs
State university rectors are demanding the National Anti-Corruption Commission to reconsider its ruling requiring university council chairmen and members to declare their assets and liabilities. The demand for a review of the controversial ruling which has prompted some university council members to quit with many others threatening to follow suit was adopted at a meeting
Business leaders today welcomed the announcement of political timeline by Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngarm on Thursday. Federation of Thai Industries president Suphan Mongkolsuthee said the election which is to be held on February 24 in accordance with the timeline would boost the confidence of investors as well as that of the people in general.
CP All Public Company, the sole operator of 7-Eleven convenience store chain, on Wednesday announced its declaration of intention to reduce and, eventually, to end the use of single-use plastic bags at all the stores throughout the country. “We chose date 7 and the 11th month to announce our determination to reduce and end the use
Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngarm on Thursday offered the clearest political timeline yet for the next six months that will lead to a general election on February 24, 2019 and the appointment of the next prime minister and the forming of a new government two months after that. Wissanu said the Election Commission will
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday issued an emergency airworthiness directive on about 250 Boeing 737 Max aircraft after the US aircraft manufacturer sent a bulletin to carriers in the aftermath of a deadly Lion Air flight. The FAA said the order is effective immediately and covers 45 aircraft in
The Government Pharmaceutical Organization is set to start producing marijuana oil from seized marijuana in May next year, initially with a production target of 60,000 bottles per month at its extraction plant in the central province of Pathum Thani. GPO board chairman Dr Sophon Mekthon said Wednesday that the state-run organization was waiting for the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats will use their new majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to reverse what they see as a hands-off approach by Republicans toward President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, and push for tougher dealings with Russia, Saudi Arabia and North Korea. Representative Eliot Engel, the Democrat in line to head the House
After 32 years of ups and downs in politics, former deputy leader of Chart Thai Pattana party Somsak Prissanananthakul has turned his back on politics by quitting the party which he described as “the home that has everything, that is life, soul and breath”. A veteran politician of Suphan Buri and the right-hand man of
The Ministry of Natural Resources and The Environment are drafting two bills which seek to empower the director-general of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and the National Park Committee to allow people in 2,700 local communities encroaching on 5.9 million rai of conserved forests to stay on and utilize the land to make a
