The LGBTQ+ community has no immediate plans to file legal challenges to change the definition of marriage, but the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore said yesterday that the community should respect the Catholic Church’s rights to uphold its position on marriage, which is that a family consists of a father, mother, and children. The Catholic Church made the declaration in response to whether or not the government repeals Section 377A of the Penal Code, which makes sex between males illegal. As the majority of countries in the globe progress toward legalizing same-sex weddings, Singapore has battled with how to make its society more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community. We commend and support the government’s concise explanation of its position on marriage and are reassured that it is working to protect the current legal definition of marriage, which stipulates that it must be between a man and a woman. Yesterday, the…
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In order to determine how prepared it is to withstand additional floods in Bangkok, Chadchart visited the Bang Sue Canal pumping station on Friday. According to Chadchart, building a water tunnel would cost the city between 5 and 6 million baht, which is less than the 4 million baht cost of replacing one water pump. The municipal chief revealed that more than 10 of the 17 water pumps at Bang Sue Canal Pumping Station that he examined were outdated and required replacement. For the greatest good, I’ll endeavor to spend less money from our budget. Unimportant projects will either be dropped or delayed. A dam construction project was opposed by certain firms on the grounds that it would be detrimental to their operations. Then, communities and roads were washed away by floods. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt requested assistance from the city’s commercial sector in resolving the perennial flooding issue facing…
Rangers were patrolling the Mekong River when they came upon a group of men in a long-tail boat. The men pulled out a sack and tossed it on the riverbed before accelerating away in their boat. The Narcotic Suppression Bureau raided a drug network last week in the southern province of Songkhla, and this information comes in the wake of that operation. In the tambon Khuha Tai of the Rattaphum district, arrests were made, and 402,000 methamphetamine pills were discovered. As of April, Thai police had detained over 120,000 narcotics suspects during the preceding six months. The 180,000 meth pills the rangers found in the suitcase had a street value of almost 20 million baht. The tablets were contained in 90 plastic containers. The police seized 631 kilograms of crystal meth, which has a street worth of 600 million baht. Police also seized three vehicles and a piece of land…
The Chao Phraya River is currently running at a rate of 1,200 cubic meters (m3) per second, which the governor of Bangkok said is normal considering that the amount of water deemed critical and causing the Chao Phraya River to overflow is approximately 2,000 m3. The public has been assured by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) that measures have been taken to handle Chao Phraya River overflows during high tides from this week to the start of next month. The 88-kilometer-long flood wall that protects Bangkok from flooding has 20 gaps that need to be filled, according to Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt. He also said that the BMA has been allocated money to replace 13 of the gaps with sandbags. The revelation comes after the Royal Irrigation Department declared that due to recent strong rains in the Northern area, the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat province will release additional…
According to council president Supanai Prasertsuk, the Pharmacy Council has continuously supported the decriminalization of cannabis and hemp for medical purposes. Government protections and controls are inadequate, resulting in documented recreational planting usage and abuse after it was deemed legal, which regularly confuses the general public. The Council, which claimed to have worked closely with the populace, requested that the government move forward with the suspension of free marijuana planting without proper controls because the current policies are not being implemented effectively and because the distribution of cannabis flowers to the general public must be legalized, written with clear distribution locations, limited quantities, and groups of people who co-operate. Stop organizing leisure activities that can cause misunderstandings and any campaigns that are aimed at children, vulnerable groups, or the sick. The Pharmacy Council of Thailand demanded that the government control marijuana usage for non-medical purposes and stop free marijuana planting…
The Russian airline will start running daily flights between Moscow and Phuket on October 30 in order to transfer Russians seeking refuge there from the icy winter. Flights from Russia to Phuket have been banned since March as a result of Aeroflot joining other Russian airlines in delaying its overseas travel plans earlier this year. Just 76,739 Russian visitors had arrived in Thailand as of July 26. Before the European Union limited Russia’s use of the jets as a result of their invasion of Ukraine, the majority of the jets had already left. Airlines’ entry and exit points from Russia may once again be opened, although the TAT has not yet made a decision on this. Instead, it is now thinking about how this most recent decision will affect every other one in the future. Russian airlines were forced to cancel flights due to European sanctions, and Thai Airways and…
The same regulations now apply to elevated expressways, however the speed limitations are a little slower. Standard four-wheeled vehicles are authorized to go up to 100 km/h, while buses, public transportation, and trucks that weigh less than 2.2 tons are only permitted to go up to 80 km/h. The decision to raise the top speed limits on Thailand’s four main thoroughfares to 120 km/h was made in May, and this modification completely departs from that decision. It was intended to eventually implement the higher top speed on all of the country’s roadways. The goal of paying a premium to get there faster would be negated if their ability to drive at breakneck speeds was disallowed. All of the roads on the list are four-lane expressways or freeways. However, not everyone approves of the new tactic. Thailand’s notoriously dangerous roads could get a little bit safer. The nation’s expressways and motorways…
According to the military organization, the occasion ought to make everyone in the neighborhood happy and smiling. Political activist Panupong “Mike” Jadnok stated on Facebook on July 16, two days after the incident, that things didn’t go as planned. The open-air film festival in Bangkok, which began on July 7 at the Laan Kon Mueng location in front of the Bangkok City Hall, is accessible to the public through the end of this month. According to Ponpen Kongkajonkiat, a spokeswoman for the organization, the films, which were produced by the Cross Culture Foundation as a part of a project called Siang Jak Dan Tai, or “Voices from the South,” were completed last month. The three short movies that were a part of the project were Se Ree Parp, Kam Sara Parp, and Jud Rerm Ton (The Beginning) (Freedom). The Khlong Toei Youth Centre in the Khlong Toei District hosted an…
The Phong Pheng Canal in the Ang Thong province, the Bang Ban Canal, and the Noi River in the Ayutthaya province are among the canals and rivers in central Thailand where the government predicts that the water level will rise by approximately 0.50 meters. To prevent flood damage to personal property, the government encouraged homeowners along the Chao Phraya River to transfer their electric assets and assets up to the second level of the house or a higher site. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation urged Bangkok and the other ten provinces along the Chao Phraya River last night to prepare for flooding concerns from now until August 1 due to predicted sea level rise. The Chao Phraya River’s water level was high due to recent rainfall over the past few days, according to a report from the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department at 10 p.m. The department is…
Tiger presence is always connected with a region’s biodiversity. We have been able to see tiger tracks thanks to the cameras installed in national parks and wildlife refuges. There are believed to be 148–149 tigers in the world’s woods, with Southeast Asia having the highest density. The number of wild tigers in the Huai Kha Khaeng and Thungyai natural preserves has grown from 42 to 100 over the past ten years as a result of a strict patrol system. The Thai government plans to maintain its position as possessing Southeast Asia’s highest tiger population and develop it further with a long-term strategy that lasts until 2034, despite the fact that India now has the most tigers in the world. Thailand’s attempts to save and grow the tiger population have received accolades from other countries. Today is International Tiger Day. Thailand claims to have the most tigers living in the wild…