More than 1,000 people whose lives have been disrupted by the floods are at risk of committing suicide, Thailand’s Disaster Mitigation Centre director Phanu Yaemsri said Friday. Of more than 1.3 million Thais affected by floods, 1,154 had been found to be suicide risks, he said. Read more: The Nation
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday denied as baseless the reports in some media that she would step down in a show of responsibility for failing to resolve the flood crisis. Ms Yingluck insisted that she has no thought of resigning but would continue to put her utmost effort into doing her job as […]
The prime minister of Thailand insists she has not been weak or indecisive in handling the current flood crisis but states that new factors emerge everyday, making her job difficult. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra affirmed that the Sam Wa sluice gate is being repaired by officials from the Royal Irrigation Department, the Agriculture and Cooperatives […]
BANGKOK, 21 October 2011 (NNT) – The Government of Thailand has issued a warning of disaster crisis, in accordance with the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Act, Section 31, to ensure that efforts to solve the flood problem will be done in unison. After Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra convened a meeting with agencies related to water […]
Thai officials say they can no longer hold back the floodwaters that are bearing down on the capital. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is facing her first crisis since taking office in August, said Thursday she has ordered officials to open the city’s floodgates and let the water pour through Bangkok’s canals to the sea. […]
United Nations’ humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has arrived in North Korea on a mission to assess the communist country’s chronic food shortages. Amos arrived Monday in Pyongyang, where she said she plans to hold talks with officials on long-range plans for meeting the country’s food needs.
BANGKOK, Oct 13 – Thailand’s National Flood Relief Centre on Thursday is to expedite water drainage through canals to the main rivers in the east and to the west of the central plain into the Gulf of Thailand to resolve the flood crisis in Thailand’s central provinces, according to centre spokesman Wim Rungwattanachinda. Prime Minister […]
Flood water continues to cause havoc in some parts of Pattaya where residents are urging the local government to step-up their efforts and help them overcome this continuing crisis. Parts of the North Pattaya and Naklua area are still under water and the fear now is that the dirty water could cause health problems. Read […]
