Donnerstag, 24. April 2014

RCO erhält Schutz vom Militär

Bangkok - Die vom Direktor des Mongkutwattana General Hospitals gegründete "Organisation der Müllsammler" (RCO) will sich nun doch nicht bewaffnen, um sich vor gewaltbereiten Radikalen schützen zu können, denn angeblich hat sich die Armee bereiterklärt für die Sicherheit der RCO-Aktivisten zu sorgen.<Wochenblitz>>

Neun Tote bei Verkehrsunfall: Bewährung

Bangkok - Orachorn „Praewa“ Thehasadin na Ayudhya fuhr 2010 im Alter von 16 Jahren ohne Führerschein und verursachte einen Unfall, der neun Menschen das Leben kostete. Am 22. April verhängte ein Berufungsgericht eine Bewährungsstrafe.

In erster Instanz war sie zu drei Jahren Gefängnis auf Bewährung verurteilt worden. Das Berufungsgericht erhöhte die Bewährungszeit auf vier Jahre. Ferner muss die Verurteilte pro Jahr Bewährung 48 Stunden Sozialarbeit ableisten und darf erst wieder Auto fahren, wenn sie 25 Jahre alt ist......>Wochenblitz>>

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  • EC backs July 20 general election date ‘in principle’

    24 Apr 2014 : The Election Commission (EC) has agreed in principle to a new poll date of July 20.
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    PM hounds NACC over witness bid

    24 Apr 2014 : A lawyer representing caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday asked the National Anti-Corruption Commission to review its decision to block extra witnesses being called in the rice-pledging case.
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    RCO plays down militancy

    24 Apr 2014 : The founder of a royalist network on Wednesday sought to allay fears he is leading a lese majeste witch-hunt, insisting he is pushing only for legal action against palace critics.
  • Senators train sights on cabinet

    24 Apr 2014 : A group of senators seeking the ouster of caretaker premier Yingluck Shinawatra and her cabinet over the Thawil Pliensri case is pinning its hopes on a cabinet resolution that approved the transfer.
  • Clash of rival protesters averted

    23 Apr 2014 : A clash between red shirts and anti-government protesters in Sakon Nakhon province was narrowly averted after the two sides attempted to rally at a spot both thought was the best location for their political activities.
  • Yingluck, generals to hold political talks

    23 Apr 2014 : Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will meet with selected top brass on Thursday with the political situation on the agenda, a Defence Ministry source said on Wednesday.
  • Red-shirt attacks heighten violence

    23 Apr 2014 : Violence has stepped up on Wednesday after a red-shirt activist and poet was shot dead at a restaurant in Bangkok and two gunmen sprayed bullets into a community radio station in Pathum Thani.
  • UDD plans small rallies Apr 26-May 1

    23 Apr 2014 : The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) is set to hold small rallies in six provinces as an overture to a major rally to be held nationwide later, former UDD chair Tida Thawornseth announced at a press conference at the Lat Phrao Imperial Department Store on Wednesday.
  • Red-shirt poet shot dead

    23 Apr 2014 : A red-shirt activist and poet was shot dead at a restaurant in Lat Phrao on Wednesday.
  • EC endorses four more senators

    23 Apr 2014 : The Election Commission on Wednesday endorsed four more senators representing Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon and Sing Buri, bringing the number of approved elected senators to 62.

Mittwoch, 23. April 2014

Freie Bahn- und Busfahrten für weitere drei Monate

Bangkok - Das Kabinett hat am Dienstag beschlossen, die begrenzten kostenlosen Bahn- und Busverbindungen um drei Monate zu verlängern, damit die Bevölkerung die hohen Lebenshaltungskosten besser bewältigen kann.

Die Freifahrten gelten vom 1. Mai bis 31. Juli, sagte die stellvertretende Regierungssprecherin Sunisa Lertpakawat. Die kostenlosen Busfahrten gelten für einige Linien der Bangkok Mass Transit Authority in der Hauptstadt und bestimmten Zügen der dritten Klasse in alle Regionen des Landes.....(Wochenblitz)

"PDRC-Mönch" verhört Polizisten wegen angeblicher Schüsse auf Wachleute

Bangkok - Luang Pu Buddha Isara, prominenter Mönch und Führer des Volksdemokratischen Reformkomitees (PDRC), verhörte gegen Nachmittag drei Polizisten in Zivil, die angeblich auf Wachleute bei einer PDRC-Kundgebung an der Chaeng Wattana Road gefeuert hatten....(Wochenblitz)


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  • Prem passive over 'mediator' call

    22 Apr 2014 : Privy Councillors met Tuesday under their president Prem Tinsulanonda but did not discuss politics despite recent calls by "old soldiers" for Gen Prem to act on the political crisis.
  • Search for 'Billy' turns up witnesses

    22 Apr 2014 : Police searching for a prominent Karen activist feared to have been disappeared in Phetchaburi have questioned two student interns who may have been the last persons to see the missing man alive.

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  • Navy to extend lawsuit to Reuters

    22 Apr 2014 : The two Phuketwan journalists facing a Royal Thai Navy defamation lawsuit over mistreatment of Rohingya suggested the suit be dropped to celebrate World Press Freedom Day on May 3, but the navy rejected that and said it was preparing a second lawsuit against the Reuters news agency.
  • Election before July 20 'possible'

    22 Apr 2014 : The Election Commission (EC) is ready to consider suggestions from all political parties and is not against the idea of holding the next poll before July 20, EC chairman Supachai Somcharoen said Tuesday.
  • Monk accuses red DJs of lese majeste

    22 Apr 2014 : Luang Pu Buddha Issara, a prominent People's Democratic Reform Committee leader, on Tuesday accused several pro-government radio stations of lese majeste, and demanded the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission to take then off the air.
  • Monks nabbed smuggling migrants

    22 Apr 2014 : Tak immigration police have arrested two monks reportedly from the controversial Wat Phra Dhammakaya sect for allegedly smuggling 30 illegal immigrants into Thailand.
  • PDRC guards detain armed police

    22 Apr 2014 : Security guards for Luang Pu Buddha Isara, a senior monk and anti-government protest leader, detained three plainclothed police officers who allegedly fired shots at the rally site at Chaeng Wattana on Tuesday.
  • King Rama 5 statue to be renovated

    22 Apr 2014 : The equestrian statue of King Rama 5 at the Royal Plaza, Bangkok's major ground for political activities, will undergo urgent renovation after being left unattended for about 20 years, Fine Arts Department director-general Anek Seehamat said.
  • Meeting begins, Abhisit no show

    22 Apr 2014 : The meeting between the Election Commission (EC) and 54 political parties began at Miracle Grand Convention Hotel in Bangkok's Laksi at 2.45pm.
  • Free train, bus rides for 3 more months

    22 Apr 2014 : The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to extend the limited free train and bus services to help ease the cost of living for another three months, from May 1 to July 31, government deputy spokeswoman Sunisa Lertpakawat said.
  • No live broadcast of EC meeting

    22 Apr 2014 : The Election Commission (EC) has resolved not to allow a live broadcast of its meeting with representatives of political parties scheduled for this afternoon to discuss a framework for a new election, reports said.
  • Young man murdered at noodle shop

    22 Apr 2014 : PRACHINBURI - A young technician was murdered while he was eating noodles at a food table early Tuesday morning in Kabinburi district.

Dienstag, 22. April 2014

TAT setzt verstärkt auf Tourismuszuwachs aus der ASEAN Region


Bangkok - Der Gouverneur der Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) gab auf einer Pressekonferenz bekannt, dass man zur Zeit mit diversen Marketing Profis an einem neuen 124,6 Millionen Baht schweren Werbekonzept arbeite, das künftig mehr Touristen aus vier Gebieten der ASEAN Region nach Thailand ziehen soll.

Herr Thawatchai Arunyik erklärte, dass Konzept beinhalte einen bunten Mix aus Werbemaßnahmen, die man im Laufe des Jahres weiter ausarbeiten und produzieren werde, um schon Anfang 2015 mit unterschiedlichen Budgets und individuell auf die Mentalitäten der jeweiligen Länder abgestimmten Kampagnen aktiv werden zu können.
Das Ziel ist dabei sehr hoch gesteckt, denn das 124,6 Millionen Baht Werbekonzept soll Einnahmen in Höhe von etwa 1,3 Milliarden Baht generieren.....(Wochenblitz)