NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Thursday 1 August 2024

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The House of Representatives approved a supplementary bill to boost the current fiscal year's budget by 122 billion baht, funding the government's digital wallet handout scheme. The bill passed its final reading with 292 MPs in favor and 161 against. However, the Move Forward Party leader cautioned against further borrowing, noting that Thailand's public debt is near its ceiling.

A Thai Oil Company has denied agreeing to pay 567 million baht to settle subcontractors' unpaid wages. Over 8,000 workers protested in April, leading to labor authorities mediating the dispute. An initial offer of 2,000 to 3,000 baht was rejected, prompting another protest yesterday. The company stated that the unpaid wages are the responsibility of the subcontractors.

  The Criminal Court has issued a warrant for a 36-year-old company CEO and relative of a former foreign minister after he failed to appear in court yesterday for a ruling on a rape case brought by a 21-year-old actress. Mr. Aphidit's absence prompted the judge to order the confiscation of his 1-million-baht surety and reschedule the ruling to September 20th.

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was denied permission to leave for Dubai for medical treatment. Thaksin had planned to depart today and return on the 16th. This decision comes just three weeks before he is scheduled to appear in court on August 19th to hear evidence in a lèse-majesté case against him.

 

Around the region.

North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to devise a new negotiating strategy.

This according to a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea.

Myanmar's military government extended it’s state of emergency for another six months yesterday
The junta has said it will hold an election next year.  

 

Todays  Weather

Chiang Mai and the north:  light rain  28C degrees celsius

Bangkok:   Cloudy with Thunderstorms this afternoon  31

Pattaya:  Cloudy with thunder showers  31

Phuket and the south: Cloudy thundershowers 30

Hua Hin: bright but Cloudy with showers likely this afternoon 32

Much the same over the weekend .

AQI: green which is good 

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

Credits: Bangkok Post, The Nation, Asean Now, Khaosod English,  Hua Hin  Today, Channel News Asia, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times. The Irrawaddy. Wunderground.com
The Pattaya News, Phuket News, Windy.com. 

 

 

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