Tag: Bangkok
Suan Dusit Poll: Most city people confident in military
BANGKOK, 30 October 2011 – Most city people find the military more efficient than the government when it comes to assisting flood victims, according...
Leftover fresh food at Chon Buri evacuation center unattended
BANGKOK, 31 October 2011 -Chon Buri Provincial Office Information Officer, Kanyarat Kiettisupa, has reported that the province’s evacuation centers at the Athlete Institute in...
5-10% flood evacuees contracted chronic diseases
BANGKOK, 30 October 2011 -The Department of Disease Control encourage flood evacuees to inform authorities in charge if they are sick as over 5-10...
Lat Phrao District Officials prepared for the worst
BANGKOK, 30 October 2011 -Lat Phrao District Director, Bopit Sangkaew, yesterday instructed the district officials to be on the lookout for the water level...
10 Flood evacuee centers in Bangkok shut down due to rising...
BANGKOK, 30 October 2011 -The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has already closed 10 flood evacuee centers which are located in 4 heavily inundated areas,...
Pattaya packed with flood evacuees
BANGKOK, 31 October 2011 - Pattaya beach resort is crowded with flood-affected citizens fleeing to the East. Floods in several areas...
Bangkok governor warns residents in Taling Chan district to be prepared...
BANGKOK, Oct 30 – Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra on Sunday warned residents of Taling Chan district to be prepared for evacuation after the water...
Nearly 3 out of 4 Bangkokians says govt help for flood...
BANGKOK, Oct 30 – As flooding continues in the capital, a poll found that 74.9% of Bangkok residents said the operations of the government...
Govt & Navy ready for mass evacuation
BANGKOK, 30 October 2011 – The Transport Ministry and the Royal Thai Navy have prepared plans for a mass evacuation in case the flooding...
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Who really owns Pattaya’s streets?
PATTAYA, Thailand – As tourists looked on near Walking Street, a late-night confrontation involving a group of transgender individuals and a woman aboard a...
Pattaya bag snatcher flees with Russian tourist’s passport, cash and phone
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian tourist was left shaken after a motorcycle-riding thief snatched her shoulder bag while she was walking along Soi Pattaya...
Pattaya takes aim at a decades-old beachfront rental problem
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya officials have launched a renewed campaign targeting what they describe as a decades-old illegal beachfront rental problem, vowing to reclaim...
June storms hover over Pattaya as beer bars fight to stay afloat
PATTAYA, Thailand – Dark clouds gathering over Pattaya this June are bringing more than just rain. For many beer bar operators already navigating another...
Thai Police ‘Operation VAR’ takes down pirate football streaming websites
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested four suspects and dismantled two major illegal football streaming networks accused of pirating international...