NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday May 31 2022

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The ministry of public health has said it will consider lowering its Covid-19 alert level this week as daily caseloads have continued to fall. The level is currently at 3.

Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister has rejected a petition to replace Thai numerals with standard numbers used in Western countries in all official documents. He said official documents and school textbooks in hard-copy form must continue to use Thai numerals since Thai is the official language.

A crowd of around 100 protesters calling themselves the "movement against draft legislation to annihilate public gatherings"  had camped in front of the United Nations offices moved to Government House, to demand the government scrap the bill that they say will check activities of NGO’s. They claim the  bill was against the constitution and principles of human rights. 

Several shipping containers have been spotted after Eighteen containers fell overboard from a barge on Sunday en route from Trang to Penang island in Malaysia, five had come ashore on a small island while others were seen floating off the coast of Langkawi. Two tugs were sent to locate the rest of the missing containers.

The price of diesel at the pumps is due to increase today, 

By 1 baht  to 32.94, the  increase is due to world oil prices which hit just under 150 dollars a barrel.

Locally a new electric vehicle charging station opens at Bluport today for fast and slow charging, 

Region:

Nepal authorities have recovered or located the bodies of all but one of 22 people on board a plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside on Sunday.

The De Havilland Twin Otter aircraft crashed just 15 minutes after taking off, nepal authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.

South east Asian authorities have seized 1 billion methamphetamine tablets during the last year, a UN representative added there’s going to have to be a radical policy shift by East Asia to address this problem or it’s just going to continue to grow,” 

Chiang Mai: Cloudy with rain 32C

Bangkok: Bright but cloudy with isolated thunder showers 34C

Pattaya and SE: Bright cloudy DRY 31C

Phuket and the South: Bright partly cloudy, some thundershowers 30C 

Hua Hin: Bright but cloudy, expect some rain late this afternoon  31C.

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