Health

Cash crunch forces Korat foundation to scale down ambulance service

  A CHARITY FOUNDATION in Nakhon Ratchasima province (Korat) said today (July 3) it has stopped ambulance service at four to five stations because the National Institute for Emergency Medicine has not given any compensation for eight months, Amarin TV said. Mr. Phisit Pongsirisuphakul, vice-president of Putthamhook Foundation 31, said not only his organisation but

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Business

Skytrain staff threaten to stop running trains if 50 billion baht debt not repaid

  EMPLOYEES of Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC), operator of BTS skytrain, submitted a letter to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House this morning (Mar. 14) calling for repayment of debts mounted in the Green Line extension that have now almost reached 50 billion baht setting a seven-day deadline to do so if

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Local news

Canal boat service halted to channel excess water

THE Phadung Krung Kasem canal’s electric boat service is being halted from September 3 till October to channel excess water flowing down from the north while a few more tropical storms are also moving into the country, Matichon newspaper said. Krungthep Thanakom Co.,  which is the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s holding company for investment projects, said

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