Delays, confusion as ministries, insurers refuse to pay up

S’pore’s Nathan donates Bt10m

On the second day of his state visit, Singapore President SR Nathan yesterday gave a donation of Bt10 million to the Thai Red Cross Society to help tsunami victims.

Kazakhs nabbed with heroin in stomachs

Four men from Kazakhstan were arrested yesterday carrying 2.8 kilos of heroin in their stomachs.

24-hour death row webcasts

The Corrections Department will go ahead with its plan to broadcast 24-hour live images from “death row” but not the execution chamber.

Democrats offensive against newin builds

Evidence of wrongdoing to be presented to the Election Commission today, says Thavorn

Satun race looks close with Jirayuth now running for TRT

With MP hopefuls diligently campaigning ahead of the February 6 ballot, another tight race is shaping up in Satun’s Constituency 2, which former member Sanan Suthakul of the Democrat Party vacated to become a party-list candidate.

The aristocrat versus youth

Unlike your average politician, Democrat Party hopeful Anwar Saleh doesn’t have that plastic freeze-framed smile. And that could be to the advantage of this newcomer to national politics: many voters in the strife-torn South are wary of traditional politicians.

Thaksin bed-ridden

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is ill after campaigning for Thai Rak Thai in the Northeast, and skipped yesterday’s Cabinet meeting.

Contentious count feared

A senator yesterday warned the Election Commission (EC) to brace itself for an anticipated mountain of complaints next month, with many losing candidates expected to contest vote tallies.

SUBWAY CRASH : Chronic traffic jams return

Routes served by underground trains hit as commuters go back to cars, buses

Passengers lament slow response time

Subway passengers yesterday railed at Bangkok Metro Co Ltd (BMCL), operator of the underground transportation system, for its slow response to Monday’s accident that injured approximately 200 people.

Two bystanders shot in botched police raid

Two female bystanders were shot and seriously wounded during a botched sting operation by the Special Operations and Patrol Division (better known as the 191 police) aimed at arresting drug dealers on Monday night, a senior police officer said yesterday.

Committee formed to oversee victim identification work

The Cabinet yesterday approved the appointment of Interior Minister Bhokin Bhalakula as chairman of the committee in charge of Thai tsunami-victim identification (TTVI).

Museum plan shelved

The Cabinet yesterday put on hold a proposal to build a tsunami museum, saying the matter was not urgent and the government should first focus on helping those affected.

‘All scientists will be paid’

The Justice Ministry yesterday promised to pay salaries to all Thai forensic scientists helping in the identification of tsunami casualties.

DEEP SOUTH : School bus full of children shot up

Two students injured as motorcycle gunman sprays vehicle with bullets

N Koreans try for US help in Laos

Two unidentified men believed to be North Korean asylum seekers climbed into the US Embassy in Vientiane yesterday, local police said.