NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Friday 13 September 2024

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The government has ordered authorities to intensify relief efforts in flood-hit northern provinces, particularly Chiang Rai. The prime minister held an urgent cabinet meeting and directed the Interior, Defense, and Agriculture ministries to evacuate people and livestock. she emphasized the need for more shelters and food kitchens and promised emergency funds will be allocated to assist victims. 

The PM is due to visit the north today where flooding is said to be the worst for 80 years. 

 

The Narathiwat Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for six defendants in a 2004 massacre case after they failed to show up,  Human rights activists worry further delays could jeopardize the case, with the 20-year statute of limitations due to expire on October 25th. The defendants face charges of murder and unlawful detention during a protest where seven were shot and 78 others died from suffocation in army trucks. prime minister at the time Thaksin Shinawatra apologised for the massacre but stopped short of accepting responsibility. 

United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration leaders yesterday submitted a petition letter to a government representative to push for political amnesty for all political detainees including those charged under the lese majeste law. 

A construction crane on a new MRT line in Thonburi, Bangkok, collapsed yesterday afternoon, injuring a motorcycle passenger. The accident is suspected to have been caused by land subsidence.

Around the region

The Philippine government said it had completed the recovery of fuel cargo from a sunken oil tanker on Manila Bay, avoiding an "environmental catastrophe".

The MT Terra-nova went down with 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil on Jul 25 in rough seas churned by a Typhoon killing one crew member.

 

Todays  Weather  

Chiang Mai and the north:  Thundershowers  30C degrees celsius

Bangkok: Thunderstorms 33

Pattaya: Sunny partly cloudy showers 32

Phuket and the south: Cloudy with thundershowers 29C

Hua Hin: Bright but Cloudy, expect rain this afternoon  32C
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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