The Public Health Ministry is investigating the death of a 66-year-old British man at a hotel in the northeastern province of Udon Thani after developing severe diarrhoea for two days. The health agency has taken samples from his body and sent them to Udon Thani Medical Science Centre for laboratory testing for the European strain […]
BANGKOK, 21 June 2011 (NNT) –The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has warned people residing in the central region, the East, and the western coast of the South about possible torrential rain and strong gusts from 21 to 25 June 2011. DDPM Director-General Viboon Sanguanpong said villagers living in risky spots, such as […]
BANGKOK, June 21 – Activists on Tuesday asked the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to take legal action against Yingluck Shinawatra, youngest sister of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, top listed candidate of the Pheu Thai Party, accusing her of perjury and falsified stock trading in connection with the assets concealment case involving her brother […]
The Democrat leader has expressed his disappointment with the top Pheu Thai MP candidate’s denial of her party’s involvement in the red-shirt group’s disruption of the Democrat poll campaigning. Democrat Party leader Abhist Vejjajiva expressed his disappointment with Pheu Thai Number One party-list MP candidate Yingluck Shinawatra’s denial of any involvement with the red-shirt group’s […]
BANGKOK, 20 June (NNT)-Democrat Secretary-General Mr. Suthep Thuagsuban has assured voters that the election will take place as scheduled while predicting that minor disruptions could be expected during the polls but they will not be extreme. Meanwhile, Mr. Suthep spoke of the Democrat campaign, scheduled to be held at Rachaprasong Intersection on Thursday, that it […]
Conservation group TRAFFIC uncovered nearly 600 Madagascar reptiles and amphibians on sale in Thai markets, including endangered species and those banned for sale by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The animals, representing 24 reptiles species and 9 amphibians, are being sold for the international pet trade. […]
BANGKOK, 20 June 2011 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has presented an award to Mr Marco Stueri (Fribu) from Switzerland, the winner of Microsite ‘The Most Amazing Show on Earth’ photo and article contest aimed at promoting Thai tourism. According to TAT Governor Suraphon Svetasreni, the contest was organised to stimulate and […]
LOPBURI, June 19 – An M 26 hand grenade was found near the house of a former subdistrict head in the province Sunday and he believed that it may be politically motivated. Police said 61-year-old Surin Krobthong, an ex-subdistrict chief who had received a prize for being an outstanding village chief, informed police that he […]
