HUNDREDS of illegal road racers, including more than 100 minors, were arrested in a major operation in Bangkok early yesterday. Of 431 suspects arrested, 251 were road-racers, while 180 were classed as |”supportive” passengers. The passengers were fined Bt500 each for inappropriate behaviour and causing a public nuisance, before being released. Read more: The Nation […]
Karen Koulakian and Ludwig Merz, double degree students at the College of Management of Mahidol University (Double degree with IAE Toulouse, France), have decided to take up an insane yet audacious and thoughtful challenge: driving back to France with an electric Tuk Tuk! Rémy Fernandes-Dandré, their friend currently working in Paris, will join this unique […]
A Bangkok suburban bus driver has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs after his vehicle with passengers on board broke down in Thon Buri. Traffic police from Bukkhalo station on Thursday were sent to clear the traffic congestion caused by the broken down air-conditioned bus at the foot of Krungthep Bridge. Read […]
Bangkok: Metropolitan police have arrested a Colombian man who allegedly joined a gang of five burglars that has broken into at least seven Bangkok houses, including one of an immigration officer. The arrest of Miguel Antonio Caro Garcia, 51, was announced at the Metropolitan Police head office by Pol Maj Gen Chanthawit Ramasutra, deputy commissioner […]
The owner of a medical-supply company was shot dead and his wife and manager injured when a disgruntled customer sprayed their store with bullets after being refused a refund. Worapong Opascharoenkit, owner of Circlife Co, was killed around 3pm at the company headquarters on Kanchanaphisek Road in Bang Kae district. Read more: Bangkok Post
A mobile phone application from the Department of Land Transport has revealed that Bangkok’s Sukhumvit, Silom, Sathon and Phaya Thai are the streets where taxi drivers routinely reject commuters in need. Chirute Visalachitra, deputy director-general of the department, said on Monday that taxi passengers who used its DLT Check-in application reported that rejection problems happened […]
POLICE are viewing footage from security cameras installed at the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek Road to identify people responsible for graffiti painted on signposts outside the court. In a crime that may constitute contempt of court, graffiti artists sprayed black paint on the wall outside the court and at a bus-stop near the entrance to […]
BANGKOK, 25 May 2015 (NNT) – Transport Minister Prajin Juntong revealed that 50 NGV buses are expected to be handed over to the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) by July this year as the purchasing contract with a selected supplier is expected soon. The buses form part of the BMTA project to buy a total […]
