enlarge Tan Yawila, 67, shows a picture taken in 1961 which showed HM the King and the Queen travel by boat with then King and Queen of Denmark in Chiang Mai. Tan was the skipper of the boat.//Photo by Ekkapong Praditpong
Today's Highlight
No more election please : Trang People's Assembly
A local chapter of the anti-Thaksin campaign petitioned on Monday the Election Commission not to organise a third round of voting for 13 Thai Rak Thai candidates who ran unopposed in southern constituencies.
DSI expect to finish investigation on BMA's fire trucks in May
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) said on Monday it expects to release the findings of its investigation of a multibillionbaht deal to buy firetrucks and fire boats for Bangkok by next month.
SECOND POLL Voters foil TRT again
Ten ruling party candidates fail to clear minimum 20%; Election Commission says third round unlikely
Southern voters tear up ballots
The tearing up of ballot papers created a sensation in the southern provinces as 17 voters registered protests against the Thaksin administration and the Election Commission during the second round of voting yesterday.