AFTER a technical malfunction today (July 22) reduced Airport Rail Link service to just one train an hour from usual four or five an hour Deputy Transport Minister Siripong Angkasakulkiat later said additional trains are expected to be added this evening but could not confirm return to normal service as yet, PPTVHD36 said. Those
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Kasetsart varsity warns scammers are prowling around to snare students for ransom
STUDENT Facebook pages and chat groups of Kasetsart University circulated an urgent message that scammers have infiltrated the compound, posing as summer course sellers, to lure and abduct students for ransom, Naewna newspaper said today (July 21). Chats by faculty members and students indicated that a business administration student had been abducted with the
Read more3 nightspots temporarily shut as BMA mounts sweep
IN the aftermath of the big blaze at a beer hall in Soi Ladprao 1, Chatuchak district, close to midnight last Sunday (July 12) Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (July 16) temporarily closed three nightspots that did not meet safety standards with rigorous inspections being mounted across the city’s 50 districts, PPTVHD36 and Amarin
Read moreWong Wian Yai road stops subsiding while subway tunnel repairs continue
CAREFUL repairs of the under-construction Southern Purple Line subway tunnel at Wong Wian Yai roundabout that got flooded last Thursday (July 9) has helped stop subsidence of Prachathipok road, TV Channel 7 said today (July 15). As this road has been closed during the repairs and traffic rerouted to Lad Ya road there is
Read moreTourists evacuate in panic as fire breaks out at Chiang Mai hotel
A PREDAWN fire on the fourth floor of a hotel in Chiang Mai caused chaos as tourists were woken up and evacuated from the building with one person being injured, Amarin TV said this morning (July 14). At 4.16 a.m. the rescue command centre was alerted of a fire breaking out at this hotel
Read moreNegligence suspected in beer hall fire that killed 27
POLICE said initial assessment of the cause of the big blaze at a beer hall close to midnight last night (July 12) that killed 27 people and injured 63 others could be negligence with evidence still being gathered to pinpoint what sparked the deadly fire, MNG Online and Naewna newspaper said today. Pol. Gen.
Read moreBangkok pub fire kills at least 27 people, officials say
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News AN EXPLOSIVE fire at a popular pub in Bangkok has killed 27 people, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and other officials said this morning (July 13), in one of the deadliest such incidents in the tourism hub in recent years. “We have recovered 27 bodies, others are being sent
Read moreWong Wian Yai subway tunnel repairs due to be completed in 12 days’ time
REPAIRS of the under-construction Southern Purple Line subway tunnel at Wong Wian Yai roundabout which got flooded on Thursday (July 9), and also led to some sections of Prachathipok road subsiding, are expected to be completed in 12 days’ time with this road remaining closed for the duration, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said
Read moreResidents at Wong Wian Yai evacuated after road subsides
SEVERAL residents living along Prachathipok road leading to Wong Wian Yai roundabout were evacuated today (July 9) after some sections developed cracks and subsided following last night’s flooding of the under-construction Southern Purple Line subway tunnel, PPTVHD36 and TV Channel 7 said this evening. Mr. Theerapat Khachamat, director-general of the Department of Disaster Prevention
Read moreBangkok city council election results show ‘Big House’ politics continue to hold sway: Somchai
THE RESULTS of yesterday’s (June 28) elections in Bangkok with former Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt having scored a landslide victory show that “Big House” style of politics is still entrenched in the capital when it come comes to the city council, former Election Commission member Mr. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn said on Facebook today as reported
Read moreChadchart scores big victory to return as Bangkok governor
FORMER Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is returning to the chair he vacated to contest for a second term in the gubernatorial and city council elections today (June 28) as unofficial results show that with 94.99% of the votes counted at 9.29 p.m. he has obtained 1,444,914 votes, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said. Chadchart,
Read moreUnofficial Bangkok gubernatorial election results expected at 10 p.m.
WITH 6,628 polling stations across Bangkok having closed at 5 p.m. and vote counting underway amidst heavy rain, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said unofficial results are expected at around 10 p.m., PPTVHD36 said this evening (June 28). As of 7.20 p.m. former Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt (independent) was way ahead with 292,917 votes
Read moreChadchart urges Bangkokians to overwhelmingly vote in gubernatorial elections tomorrow
FORMER Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt urged Bangkokians to flock to vote in the gubernatorial and city council elections tomorrow (June 28) and ensure there is the biggest turnout ever while speaking to supporters in Siam Square late afternoon today as part of his “24-hour final push campaign across Bangkok” during which he visited all
Read moreStorm knocks down power poles across 2km in Lat Krabang district
TORRENTIAL rain and strong winds toppled several electricity poles across a two-kilometre stretch of Chalong Krung road, Lat Krabang district, this evening (June 26) leading to several people being injured and over 30 vehicles and houses damaged, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 said. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said this long line of poles fell like dominos from
Read moreBMA orders citywide inspection of old buildings after concrete awning collapsed
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (June 22) ordered citywide inspection of old buildings after the concrete awning of four shophouses near Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan on Rama IV Road collapsed over the weekend seriously injuring one man who later died at the hospital, TV Channel 7 said this evening. Mr. Narong Ruangsri, BMA’s
Read moreCracked concrete led to awning at row of shophouses collapsing
THE Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) said the awning at three to four shophouses near Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan temple on Rama IV road had collapsed yesterday (June 20) because the concrete had cracked and the steel deteriorated leaving the structure unable to withstand the pressure, PPTVHD36 said this evening (June 21). Mr. Itthipol
Read moreTwo-storey building on Charoen Krung road collapses
ONE person died when a two-storey building near Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan on Charoen Krung road, Talat Noi subdistrict, Samphanthawong district, collapsed at around 4.52 p.m. this afternoon (June 20), Amarin TV and PPTVHD36 said. Debris from the collapsed building fell on the road and damaged several vehicles. When Suan Mali fire and rescue station
Read moreUpdate – Myanmar man wanted for brutally murdering girlfriend nabbed in Yangon
MYANMAR police have apprehended one of their citizens who brutally murdered and dismembered his girlfriend at a flat in Bangkok and then fled across the border at Yangon (Rangoon) today (June 13), Amarin TV said this evening. After an arrest warrant was issued for Mr. Aung Pyae, 36, Thai police had contacted their Myanmar
Read moreArrest warrant issued for Myanmar man who brutally killed girlfriend and fled
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for a Myanmar man charged with brutally murdering and dismembering his girlfriend, whose body parts were found stuffed in a plastic box at an apartment in Bangkok and has now fled to his home country, Amarin TV said today (June 13). Pol. Col. Sakya Saengwan, deputy commander of
Read moreChadchart shrugs off complaint over transfer of civil servants
FORMER Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is unfazed by an MP and a former MP submitting evidence to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on alleged corruption and illegality in the appointment and transfer of 17 high-ranking Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials, PPTVHD36 said today (June 12). Economic Party MP, Mr. Chris Potranandana, and Pheu Thai
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