BANGKOK, 29 May 2013 (NNT)-The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is launching a campaign against the dengue fever outbreak as 3,000 people in Bangkok reportedly contracted the disease during the first 3 months of this year. According to BMA Deputy Permanent Secretary Sanya Cheenimit, the campaign is encouraging Bangkok residents to get rid of abandoned car […]
BANGKOK, May 28 – Bangkok and its outskirts are at risk of sinking by 40 centimetres in the next 30 years, according to Thai and European academics. The team of academics has for the last two years studied the vertical movements of the earth’s surface as a result of earthquakes, land subsidence and sea level […]
BANGKOK, 27 May 2013 (NNT) – The Metropolitan Police Bureau has been on high alert around the clock after an explosion in Bangkok injured seven people on Sunday night. Metropolitan Police Chief Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit Thoopkrachang said on Monday that bomb squads and local police from all precincts have been ordered to stay alert […]
BANGKOK – Bangkok police are investigating an apparently bomb explosion on Sunday night that left seven people injured. Col Narongrit Promsawat, chief of Hua Mark police station said forensic police were inspecting the scene at Ramkhamhaeng. He denied earlier media reports that a man had been arrested in connection with the suspected bombing, Bangkok Post […]
BANGKOK, 24 May 2013 (NNT) – Airports of Thailand Plc (AOT) is set to renovate Don Mueang Airport’s Terminal 2 to accommodate the growing number of passengers while accelerating the expansion of Suvarnabhumi Airport. AOT executives made known that up to 3 billion baht will be spent on the renovation project at Don Mueang Airport […]
BANGKOK, May 18 – Methamphetamine pills and crystal meth pills (ice) worth Bt450 million were seized in the crowded centre of Chatuchak Weekend Market today. There were 1.45 million meth pills, while eight kilos of crystal meth were confiscated. According to Immigration Police, a network of ethnic Hmong people smuggled the drugs from Thailand’s north, […]
BANGKOK – May 17, 2013 [PDN]; Various police chiefs and commanders held a press conference regarding the arrest of Iranian Mr. Oodi Rishak. A warrant of arrest was issued on May 12, 2012 for stealing from tourists in Bangkok, he then escaped from the Thai police. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
Bangkok Police announced in a press conference that a photographer and model were arrested after opening a website for amateur photographers to take photos of nude models. BANGKOK – May 13,2013 [PDN]; At the police headquarters Police Maj. Gen. Kumronwit Toopgrajang announced that a 30 year-old photographer was arrested along with a 19 year-old freelance […]
