BANGKOK (NNT) – The government plans to expand internet coverage to 24,654 communities throughout the nation, focusing on local communities, schools and hospitals within a three-year timeframe. Most Thais use internet to find medical advice, medical services Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan chaired a meeting of the National Digital Economy and Society Commission (ONDE) […]
BANGKOK, June 21 (TNA) – Forty houses were damaged when fire erupted in the Bon Kai community on Rama IV Road. Firefighters already put the blazes under control. Dwellers carrying belongings were rushing out while firefighters were dashing into the packed community on Soi Pluk Jit off Rama IV Road. The narrow alleys of the […]
More than 20 houses in a community next to a pond, in Bang Pla sub-district of Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan, were damaged after the land on which the houses are located subsided last night. One of the residents in Soi Srisamphan said that land beside the Bang Krabue Canal, which lies between the […]
PHANG-NGA, Nov 22 (TNA) – A community of about 300 Moken people on Koh Surin was isolated after 22 of them tested positive for COVID-19. Health officials of Khura Buri district conducted antigen tests in the community on Nov 21 and found positive results with the 22 islanders. Full story: tna.mcot.net TNA
BANGKOK, Feb 6 (TNA) – Fire destroyed about 10 houses in the Wat Makok Community in central Bangkok. Initially, one person, escaping from a building was reportedly injured in the incident. Firefighters took about one hour to put the blaze under control after the fire broke out at about 10 am. on Thursday. Full story: […]
Six wooden houses in a community in Bangkok’s Wang Thong Lang district burned down early Thursday, police said. No one was injured in the blaze that started in the community on Soi Ramkhamhaeng 39 at 4.43am. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
More than 6,650 drivers are being forced to do community service for dangerous driving, mostly while intoxicated, over the New Year festival. Drink driving accounted for 90.3% of total cases, while other traffic violations included careless driving and driving under the influence of drugs, Probation Department chief Prasarn Mahaleetrakul said Monday. Full story: Bangkok Post […]
BANGKOK, 10 October 2013 (NNT) – The National Disaster Warning Center has urged Bangkok riverside communities to brace for possible floods next week. According to NDWC chief Somsak Kaosuwan, high tide and runoffs from the central provinces will flood communities on the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok and Nonthaburi. The areas located […]
