NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday 14 December 2023

Bangkok is facing a critical surge in PM2.5, prompting urgent action from the government. 

Speaking at the Sustainability Forum in  Bangkok yesterday, the Prime minister said he was aware of pollution problems. Bangkok's governor was considering asking people to work from home.

The Clean Air bill is expected to be passed into law next year and an air management committee will be established.

Authorities seized around 50 million methamphetamine pills in what is believed to be Thailand's largest ever drug bust.

Police stopped a large truck at a checkpoint in Kanchanaburi, the driver and his wife were arrested, Southeast Asia’s regional representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs Said that criminal gangs working with ethnic armed militias were flooding Thailand and other countries with methamphetamine produced in Myanmar.

The National Energy Policy Council wants to cap the power tariff at the present rate of 3.99 baht per unit for generally poorer households that use no more than 300 units a month,.. 

A 17.3 percent increase was approved last month due to higher fuel costs and the need to reimburse the state-operated Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand for substantial financial losses.

Around The Region

India’s Parliament came to a halt yesterday after two people disrupted proceedings by setting off a smoke canister inside the parliament building. Video showed one man shouting slogans and jumping over tables between stunned lawmakers before the device was set off emitting  yellow smoke. 

Chiang Mai and the north: sunny  partly cloudy  32

Bangkok:  sunny  partly cloudy  34

Pattaya:  sunny  partly cloudy  33

Phuket and the south:  Bright, partly Cloudy Rain afternoon 31C

Hua Hin: Sunny, partly cloudy 31C

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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