BANGKOK, 25 September 2011 (NNT) – The Thai Ministry of Public Health revealed that almost 400,000 people had fallen ill from water borne diseases as floods continue to wreak havoc across the nation. Permanent Secretary for Thailand’s Public Health MD Paijit Warachit said so far there were 367,656 reported to have contracted diseases that came […]
BANGKOK, Aug 28 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday has visited flood-stricken areas in Phitsanulok in the North before leaving for the northeastern province of Udon Thani later in the day. Ms Yingluck led her team to Bang Rakam and Phrom Phiram districts in Phisanulok on Sunday. She was received by Public Health […]
An American resident was found dead inside his central Pattaya apartment on Wednesday. Thai Police and rescue services were called to the SY Mansions off Pattaya Third Road after residents reported a foul odor coming from the apartment, known to be occupied by Mr. George P. Stanco aged 48 from New York, USA. It is […]
BANGKOK, 22 April 2011 (NNT) – Fresh clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin province have forced an evacuation of over 6,000 locals to safe places while Thai troops have sustained 3 fatalities and 13 injuries so far. After a new round of border shooting erupted between Thai and Cambodian soldiers near Surin’s Ta Kwai […]
More than 2,000 people in Thailand were infected with malaria in the past three months, the Public Health Ministry said Thursday. Malaria remains a threat in the deep South, especially Yala province, where the number of malaria cases has increased from 30 a year to 3,000 annually over the past several years because of the […]
BANGKOK, April 1 – Thailand’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department on Friday reported a cumulative total of 21 flood-related deaths while flood continues in the South despite less rainfalls and mudslide occurred in hard-hit Nakhon Si Thammarat. The 21 deaths include nine in Nakhon Si Thammarat, six in Krabi, four in Surat Thani and two […]
Unseasonal cold weather in the North has killed more than 2,000 heads of cattle in Chiang Mai’s Om Koi district, with a sharp temperature drop to 7 Celcius degrees in affected areas in the past few days. Livestocks officials are paying inspection visits to farmland and cattle farms to advise handlers to prepare the animals […]
