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Phuket Red Cross calls for blood donations Phuket Red Cross calls for blood donations PHUKET: All people are invited to come to donate their blood at the Phuket Red Cross Regional Blood Center (PRBC) in Phuket Town and at mobile stations for blood donations in Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi between Feb 8-12 to make merit for Chinese New Year, which is this Friday (Feb 12). Image: PRBC “At this stage, stocks of blood types A+ and AB+ are lower than normally required in our blood bank, plus A- and...

Activists charged over Khlong Luang rallies All 21 released after reporting to police for questioning about January demonstrations published : 5 Feb 2021 at 20:08 111 Parit Chiwarak and Panusya Sithijirawattanakul are embraced by supporters outside the Khlong Luang police station in Pathum Thani, where they and 19 others reported to authorities on Friday. (Photo by Pongpat Wongyala) PATHUM THANI: Police on Friday temporarily freed 21 pro-dem...

For border-crossing Thai tigers, the forest on the other side isn’t as green by Carolyn Cowan on 3 February 2021 Straddling the Myanmar-Thai border, the Dawna Tenasserim Landscape (DTL) is the intersection of four different biogeographic zones and consequently supports rich species diversity. The ecosystem is particularly important for the survival of Southeast Asia’s big cats, including the Indochinese tiger. Large, wide-ranging species like tigers require connected networks of forests to...

LANTA ISLAND, 27 January 2021: From face mask to snorkelling mask, Thailand’s Koh Lanta is a destination that is ready to welcome guests safely as we head for a post-Covid-19 era and those vaccines kick-in. We are still experiencing severe disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the pain of social distancing to varying degrees depending on our lifestyle and family connections, but we have seen the light at the end of the tunnel. Vaccine programmes are rolling out and travel to our ...

Coldwater, MI, USA / WTVB | 1590 AM · 95.5 FM | The Voice of Branch County Jan 15, 2021 3:19 AM BANGKOK (Reuters) - Scores of Thai protesters briefly scuffled with police on Friday, saying they feared another student activist would be charged with insulting Thailands king. But police and the lawyer for activist Chaiyapon Danothai said he did not face lese majeste charges, which have been brought against at least 40 protesters since November and can mean a 15-year jail term if found guilty....

Friday, 15 Jan 2021 04:54 PM MYT A protester holds a placard as police officers take down a red flag with number ‘112’ that was on a top of a national flag pole, after Chaiyapon Danothai arrived to report himself to police summons at the Khlong Luang police station in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, January 15, 2021. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. BANGKOK, Jan 15 — Scores of Thai protesters briefly scuffled with police t...

Https://www.facebook.com/PrachataiEnglish/posts/3838358089537041 Prachatai's Facebook page has reported another arrest of a student, accused of lese majeste: Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported that Sirichai, a first year student at Thammasat University and a member of the student activist group United Front of the Thammasat and Demonstration, was arrested by officers from the Khlong Luang Police…

Student faces two lese majeste charges in 24 hours published : 14 Jan 2021 at 19:10 55 Sirichai “New” Natueng (in black), a Thammasat University student, shows a three-fingered salute at the Thanyaburi Court in Pathum Thani province on Thursday. (Photo by Pongpat Wongyala) A Thammasat University freshman has been granted bail after facing two separate lese majeste charges in the span of fewer than 24 hours. His case was also the first in...

20 Sirikarn Chuekhetkram, 23, at Sai Mai police station in Bangkok after her arrest and police seizure of six packets of an illegal drug cocktail known as "k-powdered milk" on Tuesday.(Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham) A young woman has been arrested in Bangkok’s Sai Mai area and a quantity of a new illegal drug cocktail known as "k-powdered milk" seized in the wake of the death of six people who used it. Sirikarn Chuekhetkram, 23, was taken into custody in front of a...

It could be fun, in a strange sort of way 11 published : 10 Jan 2021 at 04:00 11 A number of readers -- well, three -- have asked why last weeks column did not contain the usual predictions for the coming year. My feeling at the time was that with the dark cloud of Covid-19 hovering over us it seemed a bit inappropriate to carry the usual frivolous PostScript predictions. However, I have had a change of heart and considering we are only 10 days into the New Year it is not too late to make s...