AWOL

Uncertainty has emerged over whether fuel prices can be capped during next month’s Songkran holiday as the Oil Fuel Fund has fallen into a 42-billion-baht deficit.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has submitted his new cabinet for royal endorsement after completing of vetting procedures, with the government aiming to present its policy statement to parliament before the Songkran holiday in mid-April.

Police raided a rented house in Bangkok and arrested eleven South Koreans suspected of operating a scam that defrauded victims in their home country of about 65 million baht.

Amid commercial flight disruptions caused the Mideast war, business jet usage is booming in Thailand and Southeast Asia, with plane manufacturers marketing their latest models of long‑range aircraft to wealthy individuals seeking to expand their businesses internationally.

Business leaders are calling for the government to study long-term energy security strategies to reduce reliance on imported energy and expand access to renewable sources in the wake of the ongoing crisis stemming from war in the Middle East.

Local authorities in Khon Kaen have launched a pilot initiative to convert plastic waste into fuel, aiming to help communities reduce fuel expenses amid soaring petrol prices.

CHON BURI –  The shortage of diesel took an unusual turn when an undertaker whose  request to fill three containers with fuel was refused later returned to the pump with a coffin and its dead occupant, to prove he was not stockpiling diesel.

NAKHON PHANOM – Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul made a surprise visit to this northeastern border province on Sunday, stopping to top up his rented car at a petrol pump and reaffirming there will be adequate fuel for travellers during next month’s Songkran festival.