NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday 11 April 2024

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Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered the retrieval of cadmium waste found at several locations by the end of the month.

Significant quantities of cadmium waste, including more than 3,and a half thousand tonnes found yesterday, will be returned to the original owners in Tak province.. Another company in Samut Sakhorn will face charges for possession of hazardous waste. 

The original owners of the waste, a company called Bound & Beyond, agreed to transport the waste back to Tak for disposal in a landfill by April 30th..

 

The government's 500-billion-baht digital wallet handout scheme will be distributed during the fourth quarter to boost economic growth according the Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, adding that 10,000 baht will be distributed to 50 million Thais within six months. 

The handout will inject cash to assist many locals affected by  rising cost of living  while strengthening local economies.

Thailand's military tightened security near a border town adjoining Myanmar, where anti-junta rebels continued to clash with the Junta’s military that has suffered a string of defeats.

 Thai army vehicles, equipped with roof-mounted machine guns, patrolled the streets of Mae Sot, as the sound of explosions and heavy fighting could be heard from across the border in Myawaddy,

 

The Ombudsman has been asked to petition the Constitutional Court to rule whether an MOU signed in 2001 on joint development with Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand is in breach of the Thai constitution, the area covers 26 thousand square kilometers. 

A request to the ombudsman claims The 2001 MoU had not been approved by parliament before it was signed, which meant it had no legal standing.

Around the region

Taiwan: The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck the east coast last week rose to 16 yesterday after three more bodies were found on a hiking trail, more than 1,100 people injured, with strict building codes and widespread disaster readiness are belived to have  averted an even bigger catastrophe.

 

WEATHER 

Chiang Mai and the north: partly cloudy thunder showers 37C

Bangkok:  cloudy 37C

Pattaya:  Sunny partly cloudy  with showers 33C

Phuket and the south: Sunny partly cloudy  35C

Hua Hin: Sunny, also fairly cloudy,  a chance of an isolated shower 34 C

AQI yellow, moderate
Green clear, yellow moderate, Orange High,  Red unhealthy.  
 

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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