Bangkok residents living by the Chao Phraya river are advised to brace today for possible swelling and ensuing flash floods, as water reaches a critical level as it travels southward to the capital. Agriculture Minister Theera Wongsamut, citing the latest flood level update from irrigation resources, said the influx of water would reach 3,900 cubic […]
BANGKOK, Sept 20 – Thailand’s Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced the owner of the former Santika Club to three years in jail for recklessness causing multiple deaths and injuries following the New Year’s celebration fire which killed 66 party-goers two years ago. The court read the verdict as prosecutors earlier indicted Santika Club executive Wisuth […]
BANGKOK, 20 September 2011 (NNT) – BAngkok BMA Deputy Governor Mr. Theerachon Manomaipiboon revealed that the area around Khlong Lot was being re-landscaped to pave the way for a night market project which had been proposed by the BMA. According to Mr. Threerachon, there was the need to improve the area around Sanam Luang which […]
BANGKOK, 18 September 2011 (NNT)- About 1,300 police force have been dispatched to the Democracy Monument in Bangkok to ensure security as the gathering of Red Shirt people is scheduled today. Over 10,000 Red Shirt members are expected to join the 5th anniversary of the coup and to commemorate those who lost their lives in […]
Despite a massive amount of runoff water from the upper part of the country, Bangkok remains relatively safe from flooding. “The situation should be manageable if no rain’s coming,” Sanya Sheenimit said yesterday in his capacity as the head of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Drainage and Sewerage Department. The runoff water is expected to […]
A foreign woman artist, Elizabeth Briel, reported on Twitter on Friday that she and her husband had acid sprayed at their faces at the Bangkok Asoke skytrain station last night. She said the acid was directed at them from the stairway leading to the station near Robinson shopping mall. We were attacked in #Bangkok tonight […]
Thai Immigration Police arrested the woman who aborted and threw away her unborn baby at Suvarnabhumi airport recently. The suspect was found walking on Rin beach, Koh Phangan at the Full Moon Party and she confessed that she used a G-string swimming suit to abort her unborn baby and threw away the fetus in the […]
BANGKOK, 15 September 2011 (NNT) – The United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) is prepared to demonstrate at Bangkok Democracy Monument on 18 September to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 2006 coup d’état. Acting UDD Chairperson Thida Thawornset announced that the group would stage a gathering on 18 September at the Democracy Monument […]
