NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Wednesday 1 May 2024

A 58 year old drug courier from ‘Khon Kaen’ was arrested after around 500, thousand speed pills were found hidden on the underside of his vehicle near Chiang Mai yesterday.

The vehicle was travelling from the Thai - Myanmar border area when police stopped the vehicle,  Officers noticed the driver acting suspiciously which prompted them to take the vehicle in for a thorough check.

The Industry Ministry has suspended transport of toxic cadmium waste indefinitely after  A mobile crane's chain broke as it was moving a bag of cadmium waste to a vehicle at a warehouse in Taak province.

The waste is due to be buried at a permanent site owned by the company called Bound & Beyond’  

The Air Force is demanding 3 billion baht in compensation from The Airports of Thailand company for the proposed use of the Golf Course, which is located between the runways at Don Mueang international airport.

The ‘A.O.T’ president, said the takeover of the golf course is necessary to ensure safety,  adding that golfers have breached restrictions by driving golf carts across the taxi ways!

However the air force insisted the course is safe and suggested A.O.T pay the air force 3 billion baht for a 30 year lease.

The minister of labour announced that an increase in the national minimum daily wage may be delayed until October.

There had been speculation that the increase would come into effect today,  however a committee has yet to finalize the conditions of the increase and is due to discuss the proposed wage hike in two weeks time.

Around the region

In Indonesia,  A remote volcano erupted several times yesterday a and sent a tower of ash more than 5km into the sky.

Authorities ordered around 12 thousand people to evacuate due to the threat of a tsunami from debris sliding into the sea. 

WEATHER 

Chiang Mai and the north: sunny, 41C

Bangkok:  Sunny, partly cloudy, 39C

Pattaya:  Sunny,  35C

Phuket and the south:  Sunny partly cloudy 34C

Hua Hin:  Sunny partly cloudy, 36C     

          
AQIYellow to Orange,  moderate to high
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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