A 40-year-old tapioca farmer took drastic measures in trying to be heard by government officials. Her name is Patcharida Keeratinoppadol and she is a tapioca farmer from Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Yesterday, the woman resorted to taking off her clothes in front of Government House in protest of Cabinet’s recent approval of a tapioca pledging program. […]
A powerful Chinese New Year fireworks display in Suphan Buri got out of control on Tuesday night, with fire authorities saying three people are dead and about 50 houses are ablaze. At least 30 people were injured when debris from the display held at the provincial City Pillar shrine fell into a dense residential community […]
After jumping from the second floor of his blazing home in Chatuchak district yesterday, a Thai Airways pilot ran right back into the inferno to rescue his wife – but was engulfed by flames and died even as she saved herself by also leaping. Police found Narong Tantijattananont, 53, burned to death with a fire […]
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 […]
BANGKOK, 8 January 2012 (NNT) – Thailand’s flood victims are not satisfied with the THB 5,000 flood recovery compensation, according to the latest survey from ABAC Poll. The poll, which was conducted among those affected locals in 9 flood-hit provinces regarding home repair and restoration costs after the floods, showed that the majority of respondents […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Dec 28 – The southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat is prepared to evacuate coastal areas after a warning from the government’s disaster response agency Wednesday morning. The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department warned seaside residents that ocean waves will intensify Dec 29-30, while strong, high waves continue to pummel shoreline in […]
BANGKOK, Dec 26 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday commented that the natural disaster warning system is “inefficient” as the eastern shoreline was pounded by high waves, forcing prompt evacuation of local residents. The premier reacted as southern provinces along the Gulf of Thailand were hit by unusually high 2-4 metre waves on […]
More incidents of the Chao Phraya River’s banks collapsing have been reported in Ayutthaya while an expert warned that more river banks in other provinces could give way too after the prolonged floods. Late Monday night, a section of the Chao Phraya River bank collapsed again in tambon Ban Kum, Bang Ban district, not far […]
