LESS than two weeks after the announcement of the face mask mandate being lifted the Public Health Ministry’s Disease Control Department today (July 5) urged the public to continue wearing them because Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are spread rapidly in the country, TV Channel 7 said. The twin subspecies have now taken over
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Chadchart aims to build 500km jogging tracks, starting with 10km pilot scheme
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said after jogging with participants in Virtual Fun Run to mark Bangkok Metropolitan Administraton’s 50th anniversary this year at the Vachira Benjathat Park (Railway Park) that he intends to building 500 kilometres of jogging tracks in the capital starting with a 10km pilot scheme, Matichon newspaper said. These tracks will have
Read moreBMA hiring 306 disabled people to work at its offices
IN KEEPING with Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt’s policy of promoting and developing the quality of life of disabled people in the capital, the city administration will now be hiring 306 of them to work at social development and district offices, 3Plus News said today (July 2). Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Deputy Governor Sanon Wangsangboon
Read moreChadchart invites public to watch movies in the open air throughout July
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt unveiled a film festival for Bangkokians to enjoy throughout the month of July under the title “Movies in the Open Air,” Sanook.com said today (June 30). Organised together with Deputy Bangkok Governor Sanon Wangsangboon and network partners the intention is to bring smiles and happiness to the residents with this
Read moreChadchart moves to check transformers after two big fires
FOLLOWING two big fires with one being at Bonkai slum community, Rama 4 road, and the other at Sampeng market yesterday where two persons died Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittiphan today (June 27) moved to get Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) to check transformers across the capital while also speeding up burying cables underground, Sanook.com said.
Read moreWat Don cemetery bustling as people flock in to listen to music
THE majority of Bangkokians do not seem bothered about attending a concert in a known haunted place to go by the large crowd that showed up at Tio Chew Association park, aka Wat Don cemetery, in Sathorn to attend this afternoon’s event (June 26), INN News said. Performing at the park-cum-cemetery from 4 p.m.
Read moreOne dead in Sampeng market fire with shoppers fleeing in panic
ONE person died and some rescue volunteers were rushed to hospital for smoke inhalation after a big fire broke out at Sampeng market in Bangkok’s Chinatown today (June 26) with throngs of weekend shoppers fleeing in panic, Sanook.com and JS 100 Radio said. Sampheng is an historic market of Chinatown in Samphanthawong district. It
Read moreChadchart confirms he is attending concert at Wat Don cemetery tomorrow
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt today (June 25) confirmed that he will be attending a concert at Tio Chew Association park, aka Wat Don cemetery, in Sathorn from 4 p.m. onwards tomorrow while reassuring the public that this place is no longer spooky, TV Channel 7 and MNG Online said. The park-cum-cemetery covers around 105 rai
Read moreChadchart unveils 7 places for public rallies
BANGKOK Governor Chadchat Sittipunt today (June 24) signed an ordinance permitting public gatherings at seven places across the capital conditional upon public safety and national security not being affected, Naewna newspaper said. Participants are also expected to maintain orderliness and hygiene standards and not affect the rights and liberties of others. The seven spots
Read moreMongkolkit lashes at police move to hit Bangkok motorists with arrest warrants
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MAVERICK MP Mongkolkit Suksintharanon today (June 22) lambasted the Metropolitan Police Bureau’s plan to have arrest warrants issued for traffic rule violators who may have failed to pay for their traffic tickets and called on police chief Pol. Maj. Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk to immediately rescind such a “demented” plan. The
Read moreBonkai fire raged for 2 hours gutting 30 houses, Chadchart sets up help centre
FIREMEN took two hours to put out the big fire that broke out at Bonkai slum community on Rama 4 road at 1.10 p.m. yesterday (June 21) with 30 houses gutted while Bangkok Governor visited the destroyed community as soon as it was safe to do so and has set up a help centre,
Read moreFiremen take an hour to control big blaze at Rama IV road community
FIREMEN battled hard for an hour before succeeding in controlling a big fire that broke out at Bonkai community on Rama 4 road at 1.12 p.m. today (June 21) and quickly spread across a wide area, Matichon newspaper said. As reported by Jor Sor 100 radio the blaze started at one of several two-storey wooden
Read moreBTS Skytrain request for long-haired passengers to be careful goes viral
ATTRACTING lots of comments yesterday (June 20) was BTS Skytrain’s request for passengers with long hair to be careful of their ends flicking onto the face and mouth of co-passengers, Sanook.com said. In its message posted on Facebook the Skytrain operator said, “To build a good society be considerate when travelling … be careful
Read moreChadchart tells all districts to arrange a walking street to help resolve financial woes
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered all districts to look into helping people hard hit with financial problems by arranging activities particularly a walking street where they could get free space to sell goods or if it is necessary to charge rent then it should be very low, Amarin TV said today (June 20).
Read morePosh residences at The Whiteley in London being launched here soon
BEING launched in Bangkok on June 30, 2022 is the new world-class residences at The Whiteley, in London’s Bayswater, with Savills Thailand giving buyers here the first chance to purchase an apartment in the grand reimagining of the former Whiteleys department store. Designed by world leading architects Foster + Partners, The Whiteley brings together new,
Read moreChadchart: Public assembly site being arranged in all districts
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt confirmed today (June 16) he is ready to take care of demonstrators in all of the capital’s 50 districts with officials ordered to find a public assembly site in their area of jurisdiction for them to use, INN News said. Bangkok Metropolitan Authority has prepared equipment and staff to meet
Read moreChadchart: Luxury house in Seattle purchased with inherited asset
BANGKOK GOVERNOR Chadchart Sittipunt explained today (June 15) that the luxury house in Seattle, USA, belongs to his son, Mr. Saenpiti Sittipunt, and was purchased with proceeds from the sale of one-rai land on Rama 4 road that his mother had given him, Amarin TV said. As questions are being raised about two-storey four-bedroom,
Read more‘Walk to Chase Tu’ protest march through city centre
DEMONSTRATORS gathered at Democracy Monument at 2 p.m. this afternoon (June 11) then set forth on their “Walk to Chase Tu” to Victory Monument to pile pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, whose nickname is Tu, and his government, Sanook.com said. At 2:20 p.m. Pol. Maj Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek, deputy chief of Metropolitan Police
Read moreDrugs found in raid of packed downtown pub operating after hours
AS MANY AS 500 revellers among them Thai and foreign tourists were found partying at Vampire pub in Pathumwan district in a raid mounted after a tip-off that it stays open till 4 a.m. in violation of the midnight closing time with underage youths allowed in, Amarin TV said today (June 11). Officials of
Read morePrisoners to start cleaning Bangkok’s sewers again from next month
THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) reached an agreement with the Corrections Department today (June 7) to resume hiring prisoners to clean the capital’s sewers from July 1 onwards in an effort to prevent flooding during the rainy season, Naewna newspaper said. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt chaired a meeting with the department’s team led by their
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