BANGKOK, 26 July 2011 (NNT) – The National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) has cautioned people living in risky areas of possible flashfloods and mudslides during August to November this year due to tropical storms. NDWC Director Group Captain Somsak Khaosuwan indicated that between this August and November the southwest monsoon trough in southern China would […]
BANGKOK, 26 July 2011 (NNT) – Former Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin proclaimed his innocence in the fire vehicle purchase, citing he was ready to fight the case in court. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Monday filed a lawsuit against Mr Apirak and others involved in the illegal purchase of fire apparatus in 2004. The […]
BANGKOK, 26 July 2011 (NNT) – Thai Army Chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha has slammed some media members and academics for making groundless accusations against the army over corruption in the helicopter maintenance budget in connection with the recent helicopter crashes. General Prayut regarded the three helicopter crashes the greatest loss. He said the costs of […]
Prime minister-in-waiting Yingluck Shinawatra Tuesday wished her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a very happy birthday. Tuesday is Thaksin’s 62 birthday anniversary and red-shirt people in several provinces held religious rites at temples to pray for him. Read more: The Nation
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 […]
BANGKOK, July 24 – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday sent a letter of condolence to his Norwegian counterpart over July 22’s twin shooting and bomb attacks in Oslo and a nearby island which killed at least 92 people and wounded several more. The outgoing Thai premier’s condolence letter was sent to Norwegian Prime […]
