BANGKOK, 3 August 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has ordered all provincial public health offices in flood-hit zones to monitor six waterborne diseases while people are asked to help prevent spreading the diseases. According to Permanent Secretary for Public Health Medical Doctor Paijit Warachit, provincial public health offices are monitoring six waterborne […]
BANGKOK, 3 August 2011 (NNT) – Outgoing Prime Minister and acting Democrat Party Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has made merits at his residence with his family members upon his 47th birthday anniversary amid tight security. Mr Abhisit and his family members on Wednesday morning invited nine Buddhist monks from Wat Daowadueng to his residence inside Soi […]
BANGKOK, 3 August 2011 (NNT) – The Royal Institute is producing a dictionary of local literature in order to help conserve Thai dialects while it is encouraging children not to be shy when they speak their own dialects. Thailand Royal Institute Secretary-General Kanokwalee Chuchaiya stated that the institute is aware of the declining use of […]
Thailand’s parliament is meeting this week for the first time since the July 3 general elections that resulted in a clear majority for the Pheu Thai Party and its leader, Yingluck Shinawatra. But Ms. Yingluck faces considerable challenges ranging from selection of her Cabinet to implementing the party’s populist election promises. Thailand’s first female PM […]
Thailand’s security authorities and police searched the grounds of Parliament after a hoax call was received, threatening that a bomb was planted there. However, after an extensive search, the parliament building was cleared of any bomb threat. A telephone operator at Parliament told police that she received a call from a man claiming that there […]
Thai government will pay a 20-million-euro bond to secure the release of a royal jet that was impounded at a German airport last month, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Tuesday. Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn had announced plans on Monday to use his personal funds to pay the bond for his personal Boeing 737 that was impounded […]
BANGKOK, Aug 2 – Key Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan, detained on terrorism charges, has been released on bail after the the elections agency officially endorsed his status as a member of parliament. Fellow red leader Nisit Sinthuprai, detained on the same charges, was granted a temporary release after his wife Em-orn Sinthuprai was endorsed […]
The State Railway of Thailand has announced that it will temporarily suspend all north-bound train services after tracks were submerged under floodwaters triggered by the tropical storm Nock-ten, which has since weakened to a low pressure area. Four express and special express trains scheduled to leave Bangkok for Chiang Mai between 6pm and 10pm had […]
