BANGKOK, 9 June 2011 (NNT) – A total of 23 provinces are experiencing drought while another 30 provinces in the North, Northeast, East and central region are warned of torrential rain from 8 to 12 June 2011, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM). DDPM Director-General Viboon Sanguanpong reported that 23 provinces […]
PHETCHABUN, June 2 – One villager drowned Thursday as heavy rains throughout the night triggered forest runoff in this lower northern Thai province, while portions of the southern province of Phangnga were under water as the rains continued. Forest runoff from heavy rain hit Phetchabun’s Wichian Buri and Nong Phai districts Thursday. Torrential waterflows swept […]
Chiang Mai’s fledgling music scene has suffered a setback of late due to the crackdown on foreign musicians playing live music in the city. A number of arrests were made during the months of March and April at Guitarman and Northgate, nightspots that have gained cult status within the foreign community, among local Thais as […]
BANGKOK, 1 June 2011 (NNT) – Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and his team are scheduled to visit northern provinces, starting on Wednesday in Phayao, for their political campaigns. Prime Minister’s Office Minister and Democrat key member Satit Wonghnongtaey stated that Mr Abhisit will this evening fly to Chiang Rai, and then travel by car […]
Two students and six other civilians were injured by the explosion of an M67 grenade thrown by a militant in the old market area of Yala’s Muang district about 7.35am on Wednesday, police said. Witnesses told police that a man wearing a university student’s uniform and riding a motorcycle threw the grenade at a pickup […]
BANGKOK, 7 May 2011 (NNT) – A total of 27 provinces have been devastated by thunderstorms since 1 April 2011, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM). DDPM Director-General Viboon Sanguanpong reported that the current climate variability has caused frequent summer thunderstorms, torrential rain and strong gust. A large number of houses […]
Chiang Mai Zoo is forging ahead with the construction of its newest attraction exhibiting live polar bears. However, animal activists have denounced the project, saying polar bears are vulnerable in captivity and the new facility is also substandard. President of the Lanna Bird and Nature Conservation Club MD Rungsrit Kanjanavanit, accompanied by over 20 members […]
A Thai tour guide surrendered himself to the police confessing that he had shot dead one Japanese tourist and wounded another, after a heated argument during the trekking in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand. On 26th April, 2011 the tour guide, Apichart Inphisak, 41, turned himself in to the police and admitted to the crime that […]
