PTV rally 'won't be stopped'
Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin said yesterday the PTV rally at Sanam Luang tomorrow would not be stopped as long as the organisers do not break any laws.
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Tough media ownership laws being looked at
The charter writers are mulling over a draft provision to ban political office holders from owning or exerting influence over media outlets.
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Al-Qaeda influences seen in South
Southern insurgents have adopted the tactics of international terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) to cause greater fear and violence in the predominantly Muslim region, the prime minister's chief security advisor, General Watanachai Chaimuanwong, said yesterday.
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Next of kin flock to Siriraj Hospital to claim bodies
About 200 relatives of victims who died in Tuesday's bus crash in Saraburi flocked to Siriraj Hospital yesterday to identify the bodies of their loved ones.
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It was an old vehicle
The bus that caught fire and plunged off the road and into a bank on Tuesday in Saraburi, killing 29 passengers, had been in use for 36 years, a senior public transport official said yesterday.
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Authority to get tough on bus firms
Following Tuesday's bus crash in Saraburi, the state-owned Transport Co, which operates the inter-city bus service, will "get tougher" on all bus companies and will give Bt10,000 initial assistance money to each of the victims' families, a senior official said yesterday.
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Smuggled tobacco costing countries billions in lost revenue
Cigarette smuggling, which certain transnational giant tobacco companies were believed to be behind, was not only a major threat to the country's public health and tax revenues but also to the world, experts said yesterday.
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Northern smog crisis eases as downpours clear the air
Downpours on Tuesday night have significantly eased the smog crisis in Chiang Rai while the levels of dust were starting to return to normal in Chiang Mai and Lampang yesterday.
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Suspension from class revived for bad pupils
Suspension from class will soon be in effect again as a measure to cope with habitually misbehaving students, after the practice was revoked in a revised Education Ministry regulation two years ago.
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