Tag: DirectorGeneral
DDPM issues flash flood alerts in 16 provinces
BANGKOK, 3 July 2012 -The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has issued a warning for residents in 16 provinces nationwide to brace...
Commerce Ministry pushes for agricultural produce price intervention
BANGKOK, 2 July 2012 – The Ministry of Commerce has vowed to continue with its price intervention measures on agricultural produce in the hope...
Auto parts import tax under JTEPA to be slashed to 0%
BANGKOK, 24 June 2012 – Thailand will decrease the import duty for more than 140 more items of Japanese auto parts to 0% with...
Disaster warning agencies issue more warnings for North and South
BANGKOK, 8 June 2012 - Two of the nation’s disaster-related agencies are issuing further flash flood warnings for the northern and the southern...
PRD-VOV achieved closer ties during recent exchange visit
BANGKOK, 23 May 2012 – Thai journalists have completed an official visit to Vietnam, initiated under an MOU between the Thai Public Relations...
Fine Arts Department confirms Ayutthaya under great care
BANGKOK, 5 May 2012 – The Fine Arts Department is preparing to protest the Global Heritage Fund of UNESCO for listing the Ayutthaya...
Energy import increased by 10% in February
BANGKOK, 28 March 2012 – The Energy Business Department has revealed that the energy import amount in February has increased by 10 percent from...
Thai economy bottoms out: Fiscal Policy Office
BANGKOK, Jan 30 – The Thai economy bottomed out in November last year when the country was hit by the cumulative impact of...
Franchise organizations in Thailand expected to merge for their advantage
BANGKOK, 19 September 2011 -Director-General Banyong Limprayoonwong of the Business Development Department said franchise groups in Thailand would have a better chance in negotiating...
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British woman reunited with son after Pattaya Tourist Police help
PATTAYA, Thailand – A British woman who was too intoxicated to return to her accommodation on her own was safely escorted back by Pattaya...
Police check on Russian tourist sleeping drunk in Pattaya hotel for safety
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya Tourist Police were called to a hotel on August 13 after staff found a heavily intoxicated foreign tourist sleeping on...
Rescue volunteers suspended after taxi driver assaulted near Bangkok MRT Station
BANGKOK, Thailand – A group of rescue volunteers has been suspended from duty after a video showing several volunteers allegedly assaulting a taxi driver...
Kating Lai Park off North Pattaya faces erosion threat, safety barriers installed
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have inspected damage at Kating Lai Beach Park after waves eroded more than 20 metres of the shoreline,...
Pattaya motorcycle taxi driver arrives at police station with bat seeking help
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police officers and members of the public at Pattaya City Police Station were left puzzled when a motorcycle taxi driver arrived...