Move Forward's Pita announces bid for prime minister
KHON KAEN: Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party, has declared he will be the party's candidate for the post of prime minister in the next general election.
Environment experts and academics are voicing their concern over the authorities' lack of preparation to deal with the upcoming haze season.
Most say it's too early to reopen the country to tourists without quarantine requirements, citing low vaccination rates and the danger of a new Covid spike.
KHON KAEN: Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party, has declared he will be the party's candidate for the post of prime minister in the next general election.
The Democrat Party's chance of regaining its former domination of the South in the next general election is uncertain after only 30% of the people polled by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida) said they would vote for the Democrats. The remainder said they were still undecided or would not vote for the party.
About 88% of senior high school students in the capital have been inoculated against Covid-19 with the Pfizer vaccine ahead of the resumption of on-site teaching next month, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) announced on Sunday.
Environment experts and academics are voicing their concern over the authorities' lack of preparation to deal with the upcoming haze season.
A manager of a Korean restaurant in Bangkok's Sukhumvit area and almost 120 customers were arrested for defying the state of emergency and Covid-19 control rules on Saturday night, police said.
The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) on Sunday offered an explanation as to why the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine injection service provided by a state agency costs far less than vaccines which the GPO imported for private parties.
Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, an adviser to the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader, denies having any political ambition to be a candidate for prime minister.
Bruce Gaston, the American-born national award-winning music maestro and singer Ronnachai "Aod'' Thomyapariwat, an 80s teen idol, have passed away.
From Monday, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute will allow people to submit applications for certificates of vaccination online via the Mor Prom app to reduce long queues for walk-in services.
The United States will send a delegation led by the US State Department Counsellor Derek Chollet to Thailand to affirm its commitment to the region and address the crisis in Myanmar.
