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Sun, 28 Feb 2021 16:13:00 +0700
Containers piled outside barracks to block protesters
Police have piled shipping containers outside the 1st Infantry Regiment in Bangkok to block pro-democracy protesters from approaching the barracks on Sunday in their latest rally against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 12:40:00 +0700
Thailand adds 70 Covid cases Sunday
The government reported 70 new Covid-10 cases Sunday, 62 local transmissions and eight from abroad, for an accumulated total of 25,951 since the pandemic began early last year.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 11:50:00 +0700
Most approve govt's Covid relief measures but want simplification: poll
A majority of people are satisfied with relief measures taken by the government to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but say there are too many conditions attached, according to an opinion survey by the Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or ...

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:33:00 +0700
Anutin gets first Covid jab as vaccinations finally begin
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul became the first person in the country to get a shot of vaccine against the novel coronavirus on Sunday morning when Thailand rolled out Covid-19 vaccinations for the first time.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0700
600 cops to line streets as jailed protest leaders decry double standards
Six hundred police officers will be deployed on Sunday with Free Youth group demonstrators planning to march from Victory Monument to the prime minister's house at the 1st Infantry Regiment barracks, King's Guard, on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0700
Cops 'still buying top positions'
The Royal Thai Police (RTP) needs a major overhaul to tackle the long-standing problem of position buying among police.

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 04:00:00 +0700
Klity Creek lead cleanup stumbles
Pollution in Klity Creek in the deep forest of Kanchanaburi province has been a health and environmental threat for villagers who relied for water consumption for decades. Three years ago, authorities launched a cleanup -- the first state-supervised ...

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 18:04:00 +0700
Jabs rollout on course, Prayut won't be first
Thailand will roll out Covid-19 vaccination on Sunday as planned but the person who will get the first shot will not be the prime minister.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:47:00 +0700
72 new Covid cases, no deaths
A total of 72 new Covid-19 cases — 63 local infections and nine imported — were reported on Saturday, raising the total to 25,881 with no new deaths.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 08:25:00 +0700
Covid brings growth spurt to plant market
People spending more time at home because of the Covid-19 outbreak have been sprucing up their environments at Klong 15, one of the country's largest tree and decorative plant markets, in Ongkharak district of Nakhon Nayok. |Jetjaras Na Ranong



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