BANGKOK, 13 October 2011 (NNT)-The Spokesperson of the DRG Center for Flood Victims, Mr. Wim Rungwattanajinda, revealed at the press conference this morning that the flood water had now inundated the low-lying areas of Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi provinces. As for Bangkok, the situation in the nearby provinces is expected to increase the water levels […]
Yingluck to government agencies: Make plans now to move people to places where aid can be delivered easily Critical areas: Nakhon Sawan, Ayutthaya, Uthai Thani, Chai Nat, Sing buri, Angthong, Nonthaburi, Lop Buri, Pathum Thani and Chachoengsao; Premier orders watch over Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani water barriers Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday ordered government agencies to […]
BANGKOK, 24 September 2011 (NNT) – Thailand’s National Disaster Warning Center has issued an alert for people in several provinces for possible mudslides and flashfloods during this time. The flood alert has been issued to people in Nakhon Ratchasima, Buriram, Surin, Si Sa Ket, Ubon Ratchathani, Amnat Charoen, Nakhon Nayok and Prachin Buri. Meanwhile mudslides […]
BANGKOK, 18 September 2011 (NNT) – At the Government House, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra presided over the launch of a caravan to aid provincial flood victims. From public donations, the government had arranged for supplies which included 30 small boats, 210 raft boats and 8000 life jackets, all transported to Udon Thani, Ayutthaya, and […]
A member of the yellow-shirt movement denied legal charges against him over his group’s airport protests in 2008, after officials visited his home to inform him of the charges and interrogate him. Investigators from the Crime Suppression Division today met with a man affiliated with the People’s Alliance for Democracy, Pramote Nakhonthap, at his home […]
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to fund-raise Bt 10 million by December 5 for shelters and to provide aid for the homeless people of Sanam Luang. Phra Payom Kalayano of Nonthaburi’s Wat Suan Kaew has also proposed the homeless could stay and work at Wat Suan Kaew Foundation’s nine branches. Read more: The Nation
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) deputy governor Theerachon Manomaipibul yesterday said that seven street-roaming elephants were impounded in separate cases this month, mostly in the suburbs. Despite the authorities’ attempts to solve the street-roaming elephant issue, elephants were still being brought to beg in the Greater Bangkok area, with their mahouts taking them to rest in […]
BANGKOK, 6 August 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has instructed all hospitals under its supervision in 13 provinces along the Chao Phraya and the Pa Sak Rivers to be ready to safeguard their facilities against floodwater from the North. Permanent Secretary for Public Health MD Paichit Warachit today paid a visit to […]
