Tag: Bangkok
Floods are Thais’ major concern: Dusit, ABAC polls
BANGKOK, Sep 18 - Despite a number of ongong national concerns, Thailand's ongoing floods are the peoples' main concern nationwide, with the public giving...
PM presides at ceremony sending off relief caravan
BANGKOK, Sept 18 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra on Sunday presided over a ceremony to send off relief caravan from Government House to aid...
Commerce Ministry ensures enough vegetable supply for the vegan festival
BANGKOK, 18 September 2011 -The Ministry of Commerce has allayed consumers’ worry over vegetable supply and prices in face of the ongoing floods, assuring...
Government confirms sovereignty over the 4.6 sq km area near the...
BANGKOK, 18 September 2011 –The Defense Ministry has confirmed the country’s sovereignty over the 4.6 sq km area near the Preah Vihear Temple following...
Commerce Min to distribute Blue Flag rice to flood victims
BANGKOK, 15 September 2011 – The Ministry of Commerce has prepared over 60,000 tons of Blue Flag rice for distribution to flood-affected people across...
PM satisfied with Cambodian visit
BANGKOK, 16 September 2011 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has expressed satisfaction with her official visit to Cambodia, during which bilateral cooperation in various...
Democrat lambasts Govt’s first-car tax cut policy
BANGKOK, 16 September 2011 – The Democrat Party has criticized the Government’s policy to reduce tax for first-time car buyers, saying it will increase...
BMA to offer free health checkup at Bangkok Health Fair 2011
BANGKOK, 16 September 2011 – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is prepared to organize the Bangkok Health Fair 2011 three times from this month...
FDA to burn illegal drugs worth Bt2.5 bln
BANGKOK, Sept 16 – More than 800kg of illicit drugs, seized in over 130,000 cases, will be burnt at the Bang Pa-in industrial estate...
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Afternoon alcohol ban ends in Thailand, critics warn of dangerous spillover
PATTAYA, Thailand – Academics and public health observers have raised concerns following the Royal Gazette announcement on May 28 allowing expanded alcohol sales hours...
Mystery body washes ashore at Navy Beach in Sattahip, foul play not ruled out
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police and naval authorities are investigating after the body of an unidentified man was discovered washed ashore at Toei Ngam Beach...
Pattaya firefighters contain grass fire near Thapprasit Soi 17 before it spreads
PATTAYA, Thailand – Firefighters from the Pattaya City Fire Station (Jomtien Division) responded to a grass fire late at night in the Thapprasit Soi...
Pattaya Beach seizes illegal rentals, fines operators, restores public space
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal enforcement officers, working together with special affairs officials, have carried out a continued inspection and enforcement operation along Pattaya...
Pattaya Soi 6 walkways reclaimed after obstruction removal operation
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal enforcement officers in Pattaya have carried out a clean-up operation in Soi 6 and Soi 6/1, removing carts, containers, and...