THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 31 March 2023

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Thailand’s Suphannahong movie awards boycotted

 

 

Many Thai movie directors, playwrights, actors, actresses, along with other people in movie industry, have used social media to withdraw from being nominated in the Suphannahong National Film Awards, as the National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Association announces new criteria for the nomination of movies, which will automatically rule out low-budget and independent movies.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290818-thailand’s-suphannahong-movie-awards-boycotted/

 

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Government Clarifies Fuel Tariff Increase For May to August Period

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has announced it plans to raise household power bills from May to August to 4.77 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit), following the successful completion of their 3.2-billion-baht subsidy for vulnerable groups, which will end in April.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290820-government-clarifies-fuel-tariff-increase-for-may-to-august-period/

 

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Gulf Energy Development Raises 20 Billion Baht Through Bonds

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Gulf Energy Development Plc has successfully raised a total of 20 billion baht through the issuance of green and non-green bonds.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290821-gulf-energy-development-raises-20-billion-baht-through-bonds/

 

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Export Sector Recovery Expected in 2nd Half of 2023

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - Amid economic uncertainty and an inflationary environment posing challenges for Thai exports in the first half of 2023, the Ministry of Commerce anticipates a recovery for the country’s export sector in the second half of the year.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290823-export-sector-recovery-expected-in-2nd-half-of-2023/

 

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Eight Thai police jailed over housing project corruption

 

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A group of eight Thai police officers has been sentenced to jail and hefty fines over allegations of abusing their power and taking kickbacks related to a police housing project.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290824-eight-thai-police-jailed-over-housing-project-corruption/

 

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Sattahip Street Dog Sniffs Out Stash of 1,000 Meth Pills on Local Street

 

PHOTO: เรารักพัทยา

 

A streetwise stray discovered a surprising stash of more than 1,000 meth pills lying around on a local street in the Sattahip area.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290825-sattahip-street-dog-sniffs-out-stash-of-1000-meth-pills-on-local-street/

 

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EEC Colorful Festival Finally Kicks Off On Pattaya Beach Road

 

 

The 12th Annual Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Colorful Festival has kicked off under the concept of “EEC Colorful” from March 30th to April 2nd, 2023 on ฺBeach Road.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290826-eec-colorful-festival-finally-kicks-off-on-pattaya-beach-road/

 

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Three foreigners now in custody over the underage prostitution case in Bangla Road

 

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Last night, Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, Surachate Hakparn, arrived in Phuket to follow up on a case that had made headlines both in Thailand and overseas. Surachate announced to the media that six foreigners, who were allegedly customers of an illegal bar on Bangla Road in Soi San Sabai, Patong, had been either arrested or being sought for arrest.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290827-three-foreigners-now-in-custody-over-the-underage-prostitution-case-in-bangla-road/

 

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Businessmen donate 50,000 N95 face masks to the poor in Mae Sai district

 

 

A group of businessmen in Mae Sai district of Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai have donated money to buy 50,000 N95 face masks, for distribution to residents of the district, especially to poor and vulnerable people who cannot afford to buy them.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290831-businessmen-donate-50000-n95-face-masks-to-the-poor-in-mae-sai-district/

 

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Helicopters sought for firefighting support in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park

 

 

Hundreds of fire fighters from Thailand’s northern provinces are now in Chiang Mai to help in combating forest fires in numerous areas, most lately in the Doi Suthep-Pui National Park.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290832-helicopters-sought-for-firefighting-support-in-doi-suthep-pui-national-park/

 

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“Pragmatism” will clash with “idealism” in Thai elections

 

 

Four starving men trudge across a vast desert with just one piece of bread left. Sharing it and nobody will die first or immediately, but most likely they all will die afterwards. The only chance for anyone to survive long enough to get past the desert is for that person to be given the whole bread.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290834-“pragmatism”-will-clash-with-“idealism”-in-thai-elections/

 

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Six Thai police officers indicted for extorting money from Taiwanese actress

 

 

Six police officers attached to Bangkok’s Huai Khwang police station, accused of extorting money from a Taiwanese actress in exchange for dropping a charge of possessing an e-cigarette were, today (Friday), indicted by public prosecutors in the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290842-six-thai-police-officers-indicted-for-extorting-money-from-taiwanese-actress/

 

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Thai Central Bank tightens up measures to protect bank customers

 

 

Bank customers who want to transfer more than 50,000 baht electronically from their bank accounts are required to have their faces scanned to confirm their banking transactions, under a new set of measures imposed by the Bank of Thailand to protect bank customers from online thieves.

 

Full Story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1290844-thai-central-bank-tightens-up-measures-to-protect-bank-customers/

 

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