Seven people were injured following a serious road accident on the Northern outskirts of Pattaya in the early hours of Wednesday. A minivan is believed to have hit the rear of a slow-moving truck at the Highway 36 intersection with the Sukhumvit Road. Read more: Pattaya One
Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) Governor Aiyarat Thinapai yesterday promised that people using Bangkok’s expressways would be able to connect to the Internet for free via Wi-Fi within three months, prompting police to warn that using wireless devices behind the wheel was illegal and could lead to accidents. Exat was co-ordinating with TOT to set […]
BANGKOK, 19 February 2012 (NNT) – Travelers and commuters in Thailand may be able to use only one ticket to ride all public transports by 2015, as the Transport Ministry is working on the details of such a project now. Mrs. Soythip Traisuthi, Director -General of the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning, […]
BANGKOK, Jan 21 — Over 2 million methamphetamine pills, 30 kg of crystal metaphetamine or ice, and 20 kg of heroin worth billions of baht found during police search of a rented house in Pathum Thani. The search came after Highway Police tried to arrest a suspected drug dealer on Friday at Phra-in Racha sluice […]
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 […]
SURAT THANI, Jan 2 – Flooding in the southern provinces has cut off some villages, submerging portions of highways and leaving some tourists and local residents stranded or cut off from the outside world. In Surat Thani, overnight rain caused flooded roads in the municipality and surrounding areas. In Kanchanadit district, a flash flood from […]
The flood toll in Thailand now stands at 533, with two people missing, Disaster Mitigation Centre director Phanu Yaemsri said yesterday, adding that floods continue to ravage 24 provinces, affecting 2.84 million people and 11 million rai of farmland. The flooding has also made 69 highways in 10 provinces and 191 roads in 29 provinces […]
BANGKOK, 28 October 2011 (NNT) – The Flood Relief Operations Center (FROC) and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have agreed to dig a water passage across two major eastbound roads in hope of speeding up the flood diversion to the sea. Speaking of the attempt to resolve the flood crisis, Deputy Bangkok Governor Theerachon Manomaipiboon […]
