NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday September 8 2022

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Suspended Prime Minister Prayut has insisted his 8-year term in office did not expire on August 24th, but should be counted from when the revised constitution came into effect on the 6th of April 2017.

His comments were taken from a written statement to the Constitutional Court, which was leaked yesterday.

The Health department announced that Covid will be downgraded from Dangerous to a communicable disease from the 1st of October, the minister of health noted the number of people requiring oxygen was falling and the number of fatalities was generally due to other underlying conditions.

A court has directed Bangkok’s local authority the BMA to pay 12.6 billion baht to the BTS skytrain for operating the Green Line extension since April 2017. Bangkok’s governor Chadchart Sittipunt said the BMA would appeal the verdict.

The Ministry of Health will secure 3 million doses of the  Pfizer vaccine to be given to children aged between six months and five years.

The first shipment is expected to arrive next month.

Parts of Bangkok and suburbs experienced severe flooding yesterday following torrential rain which was the heaviest in 20 years, further torrential rain is forecast today 

Region:

Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing met Russia's president Putin in Vladivostok yesterday,

Speaking during the Eastern Economic Forum Putin said "Myanmar is our long-standing and reliable partner in Southeast Asia.

Chiang Mai: cloudy with thunderstorms 29C

Bangkok: Cloudy thunderstorms torrential rain 28C 

Pattaya and SE: Bright, Thunderstorms 28C.

Phuket and the South: Cloudy,  DRY30 C.

Hua Hin: Cloudy,  with a good chance of rain  28 C

Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin Today, Royal Coast Review, Kulsawek Sawekwannakorn, Thainewsroom.com, The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Windy.com. Wunderground.com.
 

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