Thailand burns nearly 2.5 tons of illicit drugs

AYUTTHAYA, June 25 (TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health Ministry on Friday burned nearly 2.5 tonnes of narcotics worth over Bt6.1 billion (US$186 million) in the central province of Ayutthaya. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit presided over the 38th destruction of confiscated narcotics at the unity and environment management centre in the Bang Pa-In […]

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In devastated Bangkok, residents join city workers in cleanup efforts

BANGKOK — Armed with brooms, rubber gloves and a torrent of detergent, middle-class Thais took to the streets of central Bangkok on Sunday to remove the detritus of protests, reclaiming the city from their now-banished and despised “red shirt” country cousins. The cleanup crew scoured anti-government graffiti off walls and swept streets clean of reminders […]

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Heat stroke warning as country sizzles

With temperatures across the country hitting 40 degrees Celsius, the Public Health Ministry yesterday issued a warning advising people to stay indoors and avoid getting a heat stroke – a lifethreatening condition that claimed seven lives over the past two years. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said exposure to heat could result in abnormally high […]

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Protestors asked to open ways for ambulances

BANGKOK, 25 April 2010 (NNT) – Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit has asked the anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) and all other groups of demonstrators gathering near hospitals to facilitate the operation of ambulances and medical personnel. The minister sought the cooperation from all the protestors not to impede the operation of […]

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