CARETAKER Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan contacted Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt by hotline today (August 27) to help prepare for flooding in the capital during the current rainy season with soldiers being sent to fill sandbags and build flood walls, Matichon newspaper said this evening. Gen. Prawit, in his capacity as Deputy Prime Minister, is
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Kanokwan unlikely to step down, albeit suspended by court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY EDUCATION MINISTER Kanokwan Wilawan is not expected to step down after she has been ordered by court to stop performing in the wake of a national park encroachment case earlier filed against her, said Bhumjaithai party spokesman Paradorn Prisnanantakul today (August 27). Paradorn categorically dismissed speculation that Kanokwan, an ex-MP
Read moreStressed out banker found stabbed to death
A FINANCIAL adviser of major bank was found stabbed to death in his sedan today (August 27) with police investigating whether it was murder or suicide, Matichon newspaper said. At 11.30 a.m. Bang Kruai police station in Nonthaburi province was alerted that a man was found dead in a car parked at Nakhon In
Read moreChadchart orders inspection of all bridges after another one found damaged
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt today (August 27) ordered the inspection of all bridges in the capital after another one, crossing Ratchada-Ladprao intersection, was found to be damaged, TV Channel 7 said. This follows a part of a U-turn bridge at Samut Sakhon section of Rama 2 road falling on top of several cars below
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