CHIANG RAI, 25 July 2011 (NNT) – The Seismological Bureau of the Meteorological Department has reported that an earth quake measured at 3.1 Richter occurred at 17.56 hrs in Muang district, Chiang Rai province. No injuries or damages have been reported. Read more: NNT
BANGKOK, July 25 – Narcotics Suppression Bereau police on Monday arrested four foreigners smuggling drugs worth over Bt9 million. Two Iranian men, Reza Mirzaei, 24, and Ghodrat Jabbari, 46, were apprehended at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport with 1,800 grammes of crystal meth or ‘ice’, worth an estimated Bt5.4 million in value, hidden in spray bottles […]
A lobby group has voiced opposition to construction of the Skywalk – the walkways below the Skytrain – by Bangkok officials, claiming it is a waste of money. Anti-Global Warming Association head Srisuwan Chanya said yesterday a public forum on the project wouldn’t be well rounded, as in the past the city had only surveyed […]
YALA, July 25 – Seven persons were wounded in an early morning bombing at the entrance of a Yala school on Monday, according to provincial authorities. Five educators were wounded — four teachers, Kanlaya Boonrod, Jintana Boonsanong, Watcharee Puchaphan, and Suwanun Auwannarat, as well as administrator Phirisa Nawapattarawong — all of Ban Limud School. Read […]
Total Access Communication PLC (dtac), announced the readiness to launch 3G High Speed Data Packet Access (HSPA) service on 850 MHz band in August 2011. With 3G technology, dtac can provide greater benefits with a full portfolio of broadband mobile internet services for consumers in Thailand, marking a major step in reaching the goal to […]
BANGKOK, 25 July 2011 (NNT) – Foreign investors are still interested in making investment in Thailand as seen from an increase in land usage request at the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (I-EA-T) despite the incoming Government’s policy to increase daily minimum wage to 300 baht. I-EA-T Governor Monta Pranootnorapal elaborated that foreign investors are […]
BANGKOK, 25 July 2011 (NNT) – The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has filed a lawsuit against former Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin and others involved in the illegal purchase of fire apparatus in 2004. Appointed by the NACC, lawyer Sitthichoke Sricharoen traveled to the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions to submit a […]
Bangkok – An army helicopter crashed early Sunday in a national park in western Thailand, news reports said, the third chopper to go down in the area this month in a series of ill-fated evacuation missions. The Bell 212 helicopter crashed in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchabhuri province, 165 kilometres south-west of Bangkok, killing two […]
