CHIANG RAI, Sept 25 – Thai Police arrested a suspected member of a major drug network in the North, two suspected drug traffickers in the capital and a suspected drug smuggler in Phuket. Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung and Acting national police chief Pol Gen Priewpan Damapong informed a news conference on Sunday of the […]
BANGKOK, Sept 20 – THAI Smile Air, Thai Airways International (THAI)’s new sub-brand carrier, will begin operations in July next year, according to THAI President Piyasvasti Amranand. Mr Piyasvasti said the business and investment plan of THAI Smile Air is concluded and that the airline will operate with domestic routes to provinces such as Chiang […]
Police are beefing up measures to tackle drug problems in Thailand. Acting national police chief Pol General Priewpan Damapong said yesterday he would target stopping smuggling via the country’s borders within three to four months. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Pol Lt-General Jakthip Chaijinda said he had also instructed 1,500 officers to inspect 59 places, including night […]
Soldiers in Chiang Rai, Thailand have confiscated more than one billion baht worth of narcotics. Commander of the Phamuang Task Force Major General Prakarn Cholayuth, Deputy Chiang Rai Governor Pinit Harnpanit and Deputy Secretary-General of the Narcotics Control Board Sukhum Opasnipan jointly held a press conference, announcing the seizure of a major drug shipment, consisting […]
Thai Airways International’s THAI Smile Air is scheduled to begin its first flights in July 2012, first to replace the main brand on the routes to Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Chiang Rai, and Surat Thani. The “light premium” sub-brand will service both domestic and international destinations. “Think of it as a competitive hybrid […]
BANGKOK, 2 September 2011 (NNT) – Deputy National Police Chief Police General Prewpan Dhamapong has pledged to continue a fight on narcotic drug suppression while expressing his appreciation for the trust that his superiors have given him and made him one of the candidates for the post of national police chief. Police General Prewpan told […]
Landslide warnings were issued in ten Thailand’s Northern Provinces on Tuesday. Somboon Kositanon, director of Lampang’s mineral resources office Region 1, said Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Phrae, Nan, Phayao, Uttaradit, Tak, Mae Hong Son and Lamphun – especially areas near mountains or rivers were at risk of landslides following abnormally-large accumulated rainfall this year. […]
PHICHIT, July 30 – Thailand’s northern provinces on Saturday are in preparation for possible floods from the upcoming tropical storm ‘Nock-Ten’ which is forecast to move into Thailand after making landfall in Vietnam tonight. In the lower northern province of Phichit, Governor Suwit Watcharotayangkul visited riverside areas and monitored water level in two major waterways: […]
