NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Tuesday 25 July 2023

The Ombudsman yesterday asked the Constitutional Court to order parliament to postpone the next vote for prime minister, after 17 complaints were filed objecting to parliament's rejection of Mr Pita and declaring it a violation of their constitutional rights. 

The next prime ministerial vote due on Thursday is expected to be postponed until the court rules on the constitution-ality of the vote to block Mr Pita’s nomination for prime minister for a second time.

A former member of the Constitution Drafting Assembly, K Sawet handed a letter to the Anti-Corruption Commission seeking legal action against MPs and senators who did not allow Move Forward leader Pita to stand for the Prime ministerial election.

He said those parliamentarians who blocked Mr Pita in the second round had failed to perform their duties.

Eleven children and adults were injured following an explosion at a fireworks factory near Chiang Mai yesterday.
The blast was felt over a radius of around 500 meters, 
It’s believed the incident was caused by an electrical fault that ignited fireworks.

Thailands royal irrigation department plans to protect the nation's water reserves ahead of the anticipated  long dry period from November brought on by the El-Nino weather pattern.

A public awareness campaign will be launched aimed at saving water resources in the coming weeks.

Thailand will host the World Diabetes Congress 2025" for the first time in Southeast Asia. The world’s largest international conferences on diabetes is likely to attract around 10,000 visitors to Bitec in Bangkok in April 2025.

Public health says The number of Covid-19 cases continues to fall with fatalities either the  elderly, people with a chronic condition or unvaccinated.

On average there was about one fatality per day, the advice is to continue taking a vaccine and boosters.

Around the Region:

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast late last night, just hours after a US nuclear-powered submarine arrived in a naval base in the South.

North Korea and the United Nations command have begun discussing the case of Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed into the North last week.

Talks were initiated and conducted through a mechanism established under the Korean War armistice, no details were available on the substance of the talks.

The weather:  

Chiang Mai and the north: sunny partly cloudy 35C                    
Bangkok: Cloudy, with thundershowers 31C
Pattaya, Cloudy, with showers 30C
Phuket and the south: Bright partly cloudy 30C                                                                                               
‘Hua Hin’ :Bright  cloudy,    31C.

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