More than 1,000 houses in ten northern, northern and central provinces sustained complete or partial damages from gusty winds during thunderstorms on Wednesday and Thursday, said the Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation on Friday. Hardest hit among the ten provinces were Si Sa Ket, Roi Et and Nakhon Sawan provinces on Thursday where […]
The government will earmark almost 100 billion baht to build more than 100,000 low-priced housing units for low-income families in the next three years. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said Monday the government wants low-income earners to be able to afford their own homes, and the project would give them the chance to do so. […]
Bangkok:- An Irish man and his daughter and son staged a sit-in protest in front of the Royal Thai Police headquarters at 12:30 pm Tuesday, claiming he had been cheated out of his house and land plots in Phuket worth Bt65 million. The man, Colin Vard, 61, wanted to meet the national police chief, Pol […]
Two people, including the owner of a luxury house under construction, were injured when its facade collapsed in Muang district of Samut Sakhon on Saturday afternoon. The front portion of the three-storey building in Soi Wat Sri Muang in tambon Tha Sai collapsed at about 2pm. Read more: Bangkok Post
A mother and her two children were killed early Wednesday morning in a fire that razed their home in Kalasin’s Kuchinarai district. Police were alerted at shortly after midnight to the fire and fire fighters wrestled with the flames for more than an hour before bringing the blaze under control. The house, which doubled as […]
NAKHON RATCHASIMA – A business owner in Nakhon Ratchasima province has clarified his company’s “Buy House, Get Free Wife” promotion following protests from women’s rights groups. The controversy concerns advertisements for The Icon housing estate in Mueang district that promised customers a “free wife” if they purchase one of the properties. Images of the banners […]
Following days of protests, tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators led by two populist politicians, Imran Khan and Dr. Tahirul Qadri, peacefully breached the capital of Pakistan’s no-go ‘red zone’ manned by thousands of police and paramilitary troops. Protesters were seen handing flowers to police and military security, who have orders to show restraint while […]
Chainat police have arrested 4 male students of Matthayomsuksa 3 who had raped a female student of Matthayomsuksa 1 in a teacher’s house at a well-known school in Chainat province. CHAINAT – July 26, 2014 [Pattaya Daily News]; the police of Han Kha police station, Chainat province, were notified by the parents of Miss Ploy […]
