The 4th Army will launch an operation to comb mountainous areas of the three southernmost border provinces of Thailand where insurgents have set up bases and training camps for terrorist activities, Maj-Gen Acra Thiproj said on Tuesday. Maj-Gen Acra, deputy director of the advance headquarters of the Region 4 Internal Security Operations Command, said the […]
BANGKOK, 26 July 2011 (NNT) – The National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) has cautioned people living in risky areas of possible flashfloods and mudslides during August to November this year due to tropical storms. NDWC Director Group Captain Somsak Khaosuwan indicated that between this August and November the southwest monsoon trough in southern China would […]
BANGKOK, 26 July 2011 (NNT) – Former Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin proclaimed his innocence in the fire vehicle purchase, citing he was ready to fight the case in court. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Monday filed a lawsuit against Mr Apirak and others involved in the illegal purchase of fire apparatus in 2004. The […]
BANGKOK, 26 July 2011 (NNT) – Thai Army Chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha has slammed some media members and academics for making groundless accusations against the army over corruption in the helicopter maintenance budget in connection with the recent helicopter crashes. General Prayut regarded the three helicopter crashes the greatest loss. He said the costs of […]
Singapore – An A380 superjumbo operated by Singapore Airlines Ltd was forced to return to Singapore airport after experiencing engine problems about 20 minutes into the flight, a spokeswoman for the airline said Tuesday. One of the plane’s four engines shut down after encountering ‘surge and high vibration’ as the plane was ascending on its […]
A Thai Airways International flight bound for Phuket was forced to return to Bangkok on Tuesday after failing to land at Phuket International Airport due to bad weather. TG flight 201, which was full, left Suvarnabhumi Airport at 8.30am and was scheduled to land at Phuket 9.20am. However, faced with heavy rains just before the […]
Prime minister-in-waiting Yingluck Shinawatra Tuesday wished her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a very happy birthday. Tuesday is Thaksin’s 62 birthday anniversary and red-shirt people in several provinces held religious rites at temples to pray for him. Read more: The Nation
A Malaysian resident has fallen to his death at a condominium in Central Pattaya. Police and rescue workers were called to the Niran Grand Condominium in Soi Arunothai on Saturday and were directed to a car parking area and to the body of Mr. Muhammad Syafiq Bin Abu Ani aged 25. The trauma suffered was […]
