With some 100,000 homeless dogs on Bangkok’s streets, the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority could use a little help If the Bt14.5 million donated in days to feed and care for the some 2,000 dogs rescued in Nakhon Pathom just as they were to be transported to a neighbouring country to be cooked and eaten is an […]
BANGKOK, 1 September 2011 (NNT) – The 22nd Discovery Thailand and Discovery World 2011 has kicked off and will continue until 4 September 2011 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok. The four-day tourism fair will be arranged from 10.00 to 21.00 hrs. Nearly 1,200 booths of hotels and resorts, travel agencies as […]
BANGKOK, 31 August 2011 (NNT) – Bangkok will have alcohol free zones across the city with the move determined to curb violence that often stems from binge drinking. Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) MD. Peerapong Saicheua will sign the memorandum of understanding with MD. Narong Sahamethapat, the Deputy Permanent Secretary for Public […]
BANGKOK, Aug 31 – Three Iranian suspects were detained at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in two separate crystal methamphetamine smuggling cases carrying the illegal drug, worth approximate Bt13 million (over US$433,000) in total, Thai customs officers said on Wednesday. Two Iranian men, Mizbangoush Mortezai and Rahemi Toroghi Danial, were apprehended at Thailand’s main international airport with […]
Thailand’s national police office is likely to punish 10 top Bangkok police officers, including the Bangkok police chief and his deputies, over a casino controversy. A Royal Thai Police Office committee is holding at least 10 senior police officers attached to the Metropolitan Police Bureau responsible for allowing a casino to operate on Ratchadaphisek Road. […]
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to fund-raise Bt 10 million by December 5 for shelters and to provide aid for the homeless people of Sanam Luang. Phra Payom Kalayano of Nonthaburi’s Wat Suan Kaew has also proposed the homeless could stay and work at Wat Suan Kaew Foundation’s nine branches. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 29 August 2011 (NNT) – The number of patients with foot and mouth disease has climbed to 1,532 in Bangkok so far this year while children with the symptoms should be taken to the hospital immediately. Director of Public Health System Development Division Mr. Sunthorn Sunthornchart said statistics revealed that 4 people in Thailand […]
Some 400 landless farmers rallied in front of the Government House Monday morning to demand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to provide farmland. The members of the so-called People’s Council from 4 Regions rallied on the Phitsanulok Road at 7 am. They occupied one lane of the traffic on the road outside the Government House until […]
