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Residents threaten to torch conference hall if used as field hospital Residents threaten to torch conference hall if used as field hospital THAILAND: Frightened local residents have threatened to burn down a conference hall in Nakhon Sri Thammarat in Muang district if it is converted into a field hospital for COVID-19 patients. Wednesday 28 April 2021, 05:43PM A cloth banner declares, “If the municipality sets it up (a field hospital), Na Khian residents will set fire to it”, outside the conference hall in Muang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, today. Photo: Nujaree Rakrun. They are worried...

It’s just the boxing ticket for foreigners It’s just the boxing ticket for foreigners MUAY THAI: The army has announced it will only sell tickets for bouts at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium to foreigners, saying the move will curb the activities of local gamblers. Fighters at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium Photo: AFP. “The tickets would also be sold to foreign tourists to stimulate tourism and also encourage visitors learn Muay Thai after the COVID-19 emergency is over,” army chief Gen Narongphan Jitkaewtae said yesterday (Mar 12) after a Thai Royal Armed Forces meeting. He said the move is part of...

6 03 2021 When PPT read the early accounts of the police hunt for Chai-amorn Kaewwiboonpan, 32, aka Ammy the Bottom Blues, we were suspicious. It was claimed he torched a portrait of the king. First he was arrested, then he wasn’t, and then he was again. Then the cops claimed they had both “forensic evidence and eyewitness accounts [to] implicate a pro-democracy activist [Ammy] in the torching of a large portrait of … the King last week…”. “Forensic” could mean anything, but “eyewitnesses”? Really? Bangkok police commander Maj. Gen. Phukphong Phongpetra declar...

Diogo treble puts Rabbits within one win of glory Diogo treble puts Rabbits within one win of glory FOOTBALL: BG Pathum United moved to with one win of claiming their first ever Thai League 1 title when they hammered Samut Prakan City 6-0 last night (Feb 28). Striker Diogo Luis Santo converts a penalty for BG Pathum United last night. Photo: Bangkok Post. The Rabbits showed hosts Samut Prakan City no mercy as they maintained their 19-point lead at the top of the table. With only seven matches remaining this season, Pathum could wrap up the title at their home ground on Thursday when they host...

Driver killed, four students hurt when van hits power pole 13 published : 24 Feb 2021 at 14:34 13 Rescue workers remove the badly-injured driver from his van, after he lost control and it ran into a power pole in Muang district, Prachuap Khiri Khan, on Wednesday morning. Four students on their way to school were also injured. The driver later died. (Photo: Than Pao Swang Prachuap rescue team Facebook page) PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: The driver of a van was killed and four student passengers on their way to school hurt when he lost control of the...