BANGKOK, 19 August 2010 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation warns people living in the northern, upper north-eastern, eastern, and southern region of possible flash flood during 18-21 August. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has alerted people in the risk-prone areas especially in those living on the hill and along […]
BANGKOK, Aug 18 – Almost 1.5 million foreign workers currently live in Thailand, most of whom are not legally registered with the authorities. Speaking at a national seminar on developing public health services for foreign workers, Deputy Permanent-Secretary of Public Health, Dr Siriwat Tiptaradol, said that according to statistics from the Ministry of Labour as […]
Thailand’s Public Health Ministry on Tuesday described 10 more citizenry passed away last week of the A or H1N1 virus, adding the country’s bell from the swine influenza virus to 245. Bangkok Post’s site reported that the ministry’s agency from Epidemiology of the Disease Control Department stated the overall dying toll was chronic for the […]
Thailand’s health minister recently announced that more than 50,000 citizens have been infected with dengue fever so far this year, resulting in 63 deaths. Deputy Public Health Minister Pansiri Kulanartsiri told Health.AsiaOne.Com that the dengue fever epidemic hitting the country has raised infection rates 83 percent from this same period last year. According to Health.AsiaOne.Com, […]
Vietnam is consulting other ASEAN member countries about a proposal that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) mediate in disputes over Preah Vihear Temple between Thailand and Cambodia. Nguyen Phuong Nga, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was speaking in Hanoi on August 17 in response to reporters’ questions regarding the proposal. […]
“Pook Look” garners criticisms for the way she has been posing in pictures more then a beauty queen who has been chosen to represent Thailand for the Miss Universe 2010 pageant. A post on her personal Facebook had garnered more attention when “Pook Look” put, “Feeling annoyed. This is the real me.” After having packed […]
August 15, 2010 – Joran van der Sloot has had run-ins with the law in four countries: Peru where he was charged with the brutal murder of young Peruvian woman last May; Aruba where he is suspected of kidnapping a U.S. teen from Aruba; U.S. where he was charged with extortion in the missing U.S. […]
The Ayutthaya Provincial Police Bureau is speeding up the investigation into the gold heist in which more than 500 baht-weight in gold ornaments have been stolen. The Ayutthaya Provincial Police Bureau is conducting investigation into the heist committed at a gold shop in Nakhon Luang district in Ayutthaya province. An unknown number of burglars used […]
