PARTS of Ayutthaya province got flooded to the level of 50-70 centimetres today (Sept. 16) after Chao Phraya Dam started releasing more than 1,400 cubic metres/second of water and it is now likely that the inundation will rise by a metre over the next 24 hours, Matichon newspaper said. Heavy rain in the lower
Month: September 2021
Over 500 to vie for Nayok Or Bor Tor under Progressive Movement tickets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MORE THAN 500 individuals will contest an election of Nayok Or Bor Tor (head of a subdistrict administrative organisation) under the banners of political activist group Progressive Movement, also known as the dissolved Future Forward Party. Chamnan Chanruang, an executive member of Progressive Movement, headed by ex-Future Forward leader Thanathorn
Read moreParty: Increasing number of youths becoming drug dealers, among them 8-year-olds
THE Thai Sang Thai Party said today (Sept. 16) the drug epidemic in the country raises a lot of concern as youths and children have easy access to amphetamines and it is worrisome that many of them have upgraded from drug users to small drug dealers with eight-year-old children among them, Sanook.com said this
Read moreBody of missing hotel manager found on Phi Phi island
THE BODY of an Austrian hotel manager who has been missing on Phi Phi island since last Saturday (Sept. 11) was found late afternoon today (Sept. 15) after a big search by Krabi and Phi Phi island policemen, immigration officials and over 50 local residents, Sanook.com said. The staff of Zeavola Resort on the
Read moreLack of drivers leads to cooperative turning taxis into a vegetable garden
AS the Covid pandemic has hit Bangkok taxi drivers hard with many of them now no longer able rent cabs it has led to one cooperative turning these unexpired vehicles into a vegetable garden with the produce given to the drivers to consume and any left over sold to restaurants, Sanook.com quoted E-jan as saying
Read moreBig hunt on Phi Phi island for foreign hotel manager
A LARGE team of Krabi and Phi Phi island policemen, immigration officials and over 50 residents are trekking through the island’s mountainous jungle and scouring its beaches in searching for an Austrian hotel manager who disappeared on Saturday Sept. 11, Amarin TV said today (Sept.15). Mr. Florian Klaus Hallermann, 56, general manager of Zeavola Resort
Read moreGorillas at Atlanta’s zoo have contracted Covid, probably from a zoo worker
By AP, published by Npr.org, and Amarin TV Atlanta – At least 18 of the 20 gorillas at Atlanta’s zoo have now tested positive for Covid-19, an outbreak that began just days before the zoo had hoped to obtain a veterinary vaccine for the primates, officials said Tuesday. Zoo Atlanta had announced the first
Read moreBali tourism industry looking for uptick after Covid-19 restrictions eased
By Reuters, published by The Straits Times Kuta, Indonesia – Bali’s tourism industry is hoping for an uptick in business after Covid-19 social restrictions were eased for the resort island on Monday (Sept. 13), with the government beginning to formulate plans to allow foreign travel to resume. The country’s once thriving holiday hotspot has been
Read moreVeterans hospital badly hit by protests and clashes at Din Daeng intersection
THE Veterans General Hospital which is close to Din Daeng intersection and Royal Thai Army Band Department where protests have been taking place for weeks now said it has been severely affected by these rallies and clashes with doctors unable to get to the hospital and ambulance having to be sent to pick them up,
Read moreAnalysis: Palang Pracharath Party’s new secretary general coming in from outside
By Out-Crowd THE POST OF SECRETARY GENERAL of the Palang Pracharath Party, the largest coalition partner supposedly bound to continually lend solid support for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, might probably be occupied by the likes of an outsider named Chatchai Promlert only if the current one, namely Thammanat Prompow, happened to quit or be deposed
Read moreJapan warns citizens of possible suicide bombings in Thailand, other SE Asian countries
THE Japanese embassy in Thailand sent an email on Sunday September 12 alerting its citizens in here to beware of suicide bombings in crowded places such as restaurants, hotels, markets, tourist attractions and religious places, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (Sept. 14). Japanese people in Thailand were told if such visits were unavoidable
Read moreTeen protesters ignore temporary halt call and return to Din Daeng intersection
ALTHOUGH the Thalu Gas leaders had at 5 p.m. today (Sept 13) announced a temporary suspension of the ongoing evening protests at Din Daeng intersection till September 18 to work out their strategy, some of them showed up again and while earlier in the evening it was a peaceful gathering later these protesters again
Read morePrayut, Prawit show fraternal ties following Thammanat ouster
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan today (Sept. 13) appeared in fraternal relationship with each other following last week’s event in which the latter’s right-hand man was deprived of his cabinet post by the former. Prayut told reporters at Government House he has had nothing to
Read morePolice: Paddy wagon drove off after hitting protesters for safety
SENIOR police officers today (Sept.13) explained that a paddy wagon that hit some protesters at Din Daeng intersection late last night did not run away but drove off for safety which is why this is not a hit and run case, Thai Rath newspaper said. In briefing reporters Pol. Lt. Gen. Phakphong Pongphetra, head of
Read moreSenator catches Covid despite two AstraZeneca jabs
THERE is a coronavirus alert at the parliament this morning (Sept. 13) after Senator Apichart Todilokwet got infected despite having received two AstraZeneca jabs, Sanook.com said. Dr. Jet Siratharanon, a senator and chairman of the committee to handle the coronavirus pandemic situation, said a detailed timeline of Apichart’s activities is being tracked. However, as
Read moreProtesters set fire to car tyres, clash with police in Din Daeng area
THE Thalu Gas adolescent protesters were back at Din Daeng intersection this evening (Sept. 12) and set some car tyres on fire under the expressway while also intermittently letting off firecrackers as they have been doing for the past several days, Thai Rath newspaper said. From this intersection, barely a kilometre from the First
Read moreBriton’s Thai wife drowns in Chiang Mai creek after heavy rain
A BRITISH engineer is mourning the death of his Thai wife who was swept away by fiercely flowing waters of a creek that rose very high after heavy rain in Chiang Mai last night and after a long search her body was found four kilometres away late this morning (Sept. 12), Amarin TV said. Ms
Read moreCovid scare at Hat Yai Sandbox press conference
A PRESS CONFERENCE to launch Hai Yai Sandbox programme last Thursday Sept. 9 has put all those attending it at risk of catching coronavirus after one of the participants got a positive test result yesterday, Matichon newspaper said today (Sept. 12). This press conference at Hat Yai Municipal Auditorium was attended by Songkhla Governor Mr.
Read moreProtesters and police clash at 2 points in Din Daeng area
THE adolescent Thalu Gas protesters gathered again at Din Daeng intersection this evening (Sept. 11) and after letting off firecrackers, throwing ping-pong bomb and setting tires and debris on fire both at this intersection and on the outbound side of Vibhavadi Rangsit road later clashed with police at two nearby points, Matichon newspaper said.
Read moreWeathermen warn storm Conson to unleash heavy rain
THE Thai Meteorological Department this afternoon (Sept. 11) issued a warning that people should brace for severe conditions with isolated heavy to very heavy rain as tropical storm Conson is expected to make a landfall in Da Nang, Vietnam, tomorrow before downgrading to a tropical depression and an active low-pressure cell. At the same an
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