Thailand, despite suffering through a severe flood crisis and other difficulties, still has great potential for business and growth in the face of a fast-changing global environment, former British prime minister Tony Blair said. Speaking to hundreds of Thai and foreign executives yesterday at the CEO Forum organised by the Board of Investment, Blair said […]
BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand’s war against minority Islamist guerrillas in the south, which killed more than 5,000 people during the past eight years, could escalate into an international security crisis similar to Yemen or Afghanistan, Britain’s ambassador said. “We know from other conflicts that these conflicts cannot always be contained,” the British Ambassador to Thailand, […]
SI SA KET, 15 January 2012 (NNT) – Tapioca farmers gather to protest the downfall of tapioca prices and plead with the government to resolve the crisis. More than 50 trucks loaded with tapioca have been brought in to block Highway No. 24 in Kantharalak district, Si Sa Ket province, while tapioca farmers spread the […]
BANGKOK, Dec 10 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reiterated that the overall flood situation has eased and all areas will be free of floods before the New Year. Addressing the public on her weekly TV and radio programme on Saturday, Ms Yingluck said the flood crisis has eased tremendously but flooding remained in some communities […]
No major disease outbreaks related to the Thai flood crisis have been found, though risks still remain for residents returning to their homes, say health authorities. Months of flooding had not caused harmful waterborne outbreaks and the incidence of post-flood diseases was not as high as anticipated, said a joint statement released by the Ministry […]
BANGKOK, Nov 29 – In the aftermath of Thailand’s months-long flood crisis, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) said Tuesday it would issue two statements to assure foreign countries that there is no epidemic outbreak in the country. Permanent Secretary for Public Health Paijit Warachit said the ministry on Tuesday met with representatives from agencies […]
A group of activists calling themselves the Green Group lodged a petition with the National Anti-Corruption Commission of Thailand yesterday accusing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Justice Minister Pracha Promnok of criminally mishandling the flood crisis. The petition said that Yingluck and Pracha, as chief of the Flood Relief Operations Centre, had committed malfeasance and […]
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday issued a statement insisting that he will not accept any benefit from the proposed royal pardon decree for bringing about national reconciliation, reports said. The hand-written statement was issued in Dubai and distributed to reporters this morning by Noppadon Pattama, a legal advisor to Thaksin. Read more: […]
