243 The Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration approved a proposal to extend visitors’ stays in the country from Oct 1.
100 The House committee on telecommunications and the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) are pushing for a space technology laboratory in Wiang Pa Pao district of Chiang Rai province.
101 The spokesman of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters said the chief of defence forces acknowledged the reports that a senator’s wife brutally assaulted a former female military officer and officials concerned were investigating the case.
308 Actress Sawika “Pinky” Chaidet and her mother were sent to jail after the Criminal Court rejected their temporary release request when they were arraigned in the Forex 3D scam case with damage estimated at over 2 billion baht.
519 The Tourism Authority of Thailand will propose to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration tomorrow (Aug 19) to extend the maximum stays for holders of tourist visas and visas on arrival to encourage them to stay longer in the country.
169 Veteran film actor and national artist Sombat Methanee died at the age of 85 during sleep at his home in Lat Phrao district on Thursday.
71 The ombudsmen rejected a petition for its ruling on the eight-year tenure of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, saying it has no authority on the matter.
128 Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt discussed garbage disposal ideas with an association of scrap collectors and dealers and they included an app for households to call scrap collectors.
62 The House of Representatives approved the contingency fund under the 2023 Budget in its second reading after five-hour-long deliberation.
397 Cannabis has not posed a problem as feared by many parties while its market value has reached 28 billion baht, according to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
141 Officials examined 11 convenience stores that were bombed at gas stations in three southern border provinces last night while the prime minister condemned attackers and ordered quick investigation.
17 Layer farmers’ cooperatives raised the ex-farm price of their chicken eggs in mixed sizes by 0.10 baht to 3.60 baht per egg equivalent to a three-baht increment per 30-egg pack. It was the second rise in August.
