NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Monday December 26 2022

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Three more bodies have been recovered from the waters off Prachuabkirikhan over the weekend, 
A team of 53 divers are continuing the search for bodies in and  around the sunken navy ship 
the death toll stands at 18 whilst 11 others from the 105 crew are unaccounted for.

Meanwhile
The leader of the Phua Thai political party has publicly criticized the Met office saying it provided inaccurate and unreliable weather information for that period. The MP alleged the head of the Met office didn’t know much about weather forecasting. 

 

A new opinion poll suggests Thakin Shinawat’s daughter Paetong-tarn is the most popular choice to be the next prime minister, 

34 percent out of 2,000 respondents aged 18 and above gave her the thumbs up   in the poll by the National Institute of Development Administration.

 

A small explosive went off at a ‘ptt’ petrol station in Yala over the weekend setting a petrol pump on fire, The fire department managed to extinguish the blaze in about 30 minutes, no one was hurt, police checked CCTV and say two men probably planted the device then fled on a motorcycle. 

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Indonesia: 57 Rohingya refugees landed on the west coast of Aceh province yesterday after one month at sea, the boat's engine had broken down leaving the vessel to drift towards the coast, officials said some of the occupants were sick while others were taken to a temporary housing facility.

China staged drills in the air and at sea around Taiwan yesterday just a day after US President Joe Biden signed legislation to step up security assistance to the island with US$10 billion dollars in funding over the next five years to strengthen the island’s defences, analysts say the move may fuel an arms race and further damage relations between China and the US.

 

WX: Sunny,  some light cloud:

Chiang Mai: Sunny 29C
Bangkok: Sunny 31C       
Pattaya: Sunny 30 C.
Phuket: Sunny becoming cloudy  32C
Hua Hin: Sunny , 28C .

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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"A new opinion poll suggests Thakin Shinawat’s daughter Paetong-tarn is the most popular choice to be the next prime minister, 

34 percent out of 2,000 respondents aged 18 and above gave her the thumbs up in the poll by the National Institute of Development Administration."............................

 

Thirty Four percent? The most popular choice only has 34% support? Good luck running the country if that's all the support you can muster.