New election agency must be efficient and fair, parties say

By THE NATION

 

 

Bill criticised for giving ‘brimming power’ to EC, more rights to officials than candidates

 

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Prawit fires back at media

By THE NATION

 

 

DEPUTY Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan fired back yesterday at media speculation that he would leave the Cabinet.

 

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Sectors urged to gear for blockchain

By ASINA PORNWASIN 
THE NATION

 

 

TO INSPIRE interest and increase the readiness for blockchain technology in all sectors, Total Access Communication (DTAC) yesterday in cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission and Nation Multimedia Group held a seminar titled “Blockchain Revolution: Surviving and Thriving in the Second Era of the Internet”.

 

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Dhammachayo arrest on hold as warrant expires; temple faces more than 100 complaints

By The Nation

 

 

AS THE search warrant authorising the Department of Special Investigation to enter the Dhammakaya Temple to arrest former abbot Phra Dhammachayo expired last night, police revealed that the temple now faces more than 100 complaints for various offences.

 

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Reds indicted for ‘breaking ban on gatherings’

By THE NATION

 

Nineteen red-shirt leaders from the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship board a Bangkok Remand Prison van after being indicted for violating the junta’s ban on political gatherings.

 

NINETEEN red-shirt leaders were indicted by public prosecutors yesterday for allegedly violating a ban on political gatherings when they opened a “fraud suppression centre” ahead of the August 7 referendum on the draft constitution.

 

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Change of contact information for Phuket Gazette

Phuket Gazette

 

Phuket Gazette wishes to announce a new landline number effective from December 15. Photo: Dave Dugdale/learningvideo.com

 

The Phuket Gazette wishes to inform it’s readers of a change in contact information.

 

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All airports to get improvements to meet world’s standards in 2017 

 

 

BANGKOK:-- The government will be progressing ahead in developing a comprehensive air transportation system with the speeding of all infrastructural investments to facilitate these developments, it was disclosed yesterday by the Ministry of Transport.

 

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Malaysia to have academy to train professional video gamers

 

 

KUALA LUMPUR:-- Malaysia may soon see the establishment of its very first own academy geared towards training competition video gamers and developing them into world-class professionals, New Straits Times Online reported on Friday.

 

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Three suspected terrorists’ houses searched by anti-terrorism squad

 

 

JAKARTA:-- Indonesian National Police’s Densus 88 counterterrorism squad seized several items of evidence during their search of the houses of three suspected terrorists in Surakarta and Klaten in Central Java on Thursday and Friday, The Jakarta Post Online reported on Friday.

 

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Duterte threatens to revoke VFA with Washington

 

 

MANILA:-- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to revoke the Visiting Forces Agreement after the United States aid agency Millennium Challenge Corp deferred funding for anti-poverty programmes in the Philippines, Philippines Inquirer Online reported on Saturday.

 

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Free sky train service on New Year

 

BANGKOK:-- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced free rides on its sky train and rapid bus services on December 31 and January 1.

 

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Phuket Gov slashes accidental death target by more than half

Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

More than 250 people from 12 nations competed in Phuket Surf Life Saving Competition 2016 held at Patong Beach on December 10. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHUKET: Safety on the roads and waterways in and around Phuket is a "top priority" for the high season, Phuket Governor Chokchai Dejamornthan has declared, as is customary at provincial hall this time of year.

 

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Thailand is top destination for online searches this year

 

 

France's famous travel website Routard.com has put Thailand as the top destination of all searches made online this year.

 

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Rome and Milan tremble with new corruption allegations

Robert Hackwill

 

 

Municipal authorities in Italy’s two biggest cities have come under judicial scrutiny amid corruption allegations.

 

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US says Chinese warship seized Navy underwater drone 

LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chinese warship seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider that was collecting unclassified scientific data in the South China Sea, and the U.S. is demanding its return, the Pentagon said Friday.

 

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Riot squad sent after inmates seize parts of English prison

 

LONDON (AP) — Dozens of riot officers were sent into a prison in the English city of Birmingham Friday after inmates took control of several wings of the medium-security facility.

 

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Trump salutes supporters in Florida, names budget director

JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press

 

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump, in the latest stop of his victory lap, told a military veteran-laden crowd in Florida on Friday that while he would build up the country's armed forces, he would use them sparingly as commander-in-chief.

 

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Uber says it will keep self-driving cars in San Francisco 

JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press

 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Uber's self-driving cars will keep ferrying passengers around San Francisco, the ride-hailing company said Friday — a few hours before state prosecutors threatened to haul Uber before a judge if the service is not suspended immediately.

 

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