NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Wednesday 18 September 2024

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The government has approved a diversion of over 3 billion baht from the central budget to provide financial aid to flood victims. The relief fund is aimed at assisting around 338,000 households across 57 provinces impacted by flooding since May, with payments ranging from 5,000 to 9,000 baht per household. An adviser to the Prime Minister stated that households with more than 70% flood damage would receive an additional 230,000 baht.

 

The cabinet yesterday agreed  to extend the current rate of VAT at 7% until September 30th next year. There had been speculation it may rise to 11 percent.

 

Police arrested a 62-year-old woman  in Samut Prakan for human trafficking after over a decade on the run, the last of five suspects in the case that provided forced labor on fishing boats, 
 A Thai-African victim had filed a complaint in 2012, after being promised high wages, he was later thrown overboard and rescued by a vietnamese boat.

 

Consumer Protection Police raided three warehouses in Bangkok and uncovered storage for electric plug-in mosquito repellents imported from China. Over 7,300 items, valued at more than 2.5 million baht, were seized as they contained hazardous substances. The products were being sold in bulk on various online platforms, priced between 10 and 20 baht per bottle.

Across the region

Myanmar's military government has ramped up killings and arrests in an apparent bid to silence opponents and recruit soldiers, with tens of thousands detained since the 2021 coup, according to a U.N. report released yesterday.

Vietnam is preparing for more flooding with another  tropical storm heading towards its central coast, just days after typhoon Yagi set off floods and landslides that killed more than 290 people in the north.

 

Todays  Weather  

The latest storm is set to track west bringing torrential rain into north east Thailand on Friday and the north over the weekend.  

 

Chiang Mai and the north:  Thundershowers  31C degrees celsius

Bangkok: torrential rain and Thunderstorms 34

Pattaya: Thunderstorms 29

Phuket and the south: Thunderstorms 28C

Hua Hin: cloudy with thundershowers 31C

 

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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