Wednesday #sgroundup: Thai Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong to be new prime minister

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Thai Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong to be new prime minister
Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (L) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister …
Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan is to be Thailand's prime minister in place of Yingluck Shinawatra, who was forced to step down by the Constitutional Court on Wednesday along with several ministers after being found guilty of violating the constitution.

"The cabinet has decided that Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan will carry out duties in place of Prime Minister Yingluck," Justice Minister Pongthep Thepkanjana told a news conference.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/thai-commerce-minister-niwatthamrong-prime-minister-083725697.html

COE for small cars see biggest drop in latest May bidding
 
Certificate of Entitlement (COE) premiums have increased for most vehicles in Singapore.  (Yahoo Photo)
 
The latest Certificate of Entitlement (COE) bidding ended mostly lower, according to results released by the Land Transport Authority (need to hyperlink "authority" as well?) on Wednesday.
 
Premium for cars in Category A - those with 1,600 cc and below  — saw the biggest drop of 16 per cent, falling from S$71,335 in the previous bidding to S$60,002 currently.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/coe-for-small-cars-see-biggest-drop-in-latest-may-bidding-091155078.html
 
23 hurt as fire, blasts rock Philippine army munitions depot
 Fireman Agrifino Santos is treated at a Philippine army hospital in Manila after a series of explosions struck …
Twenty-three people were injured when a fire and a series of explosions struck a Philippine army munitions depot near the country's financial district Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.

Local television footage showed uniformed soldiers carrying some of the injured on stretchers away from a burning building enveloped in black smoke, while three other victims sat on the pavement awaiting medical help.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/23-hurt-fire-blasts-rock-philippine-army-munitions-075948329.html
 
South Korea hopes to complete ferry search by Saturday
 A girl with a man puts a paper ship she made to pay tribute to the victims and missing passengers of the sunken …
South Korea's prime minister on Wednesday called for searches for people believed trapped inside a sunken ferry to be completed by the weekend.

More than 30 people are listed as missing three weeks after the Sewol carrying 476 people sank off South Korea's south coast. Slow searches have deepened the anguish of families of missing people, who have been camping out at a nearby port waiting for news of their loved ones. About 270 dead bodies have been recovered. Only 174 survived.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/south-korea-hopes-complete-ferry-search-sat-080335778.html
 
Obama daughters followed, sparking White House lockdown
 Uniformed Secret Service police officers search a vehicle after it followed a motorcade through a barrier on Pennsylvania …
A car trailed an official motorcade that was carrying the daughters of US President Barack Obama, sparking a brief lockdown at the White House.

The Secret Service, which is in charge of the president's security, said the vehicle followed the motorcade past a security barrier about 200m (650 feet) from the White House.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/obama-daughters-followed-sparking-white-house-lockdown-010840571.html
 
 
 

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