Tag: flood
PM chairs water management committee meeting
BANGKOK, April 16 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday chaired a meeting of the National Water Resources and Flood Policy Committee to...
ADB sees Thai economy growing 5.5% this year
BANGKOK, April 11 – Reconstruction of flood-damaged areas and substantial policy stimulus will drive a rebound in Thailand’s economic growth in 2012, said...
Siam Hotels matriarch raises funds for Red Cross at charity concert
Considered by some Thailand’s “grand dame of jazz,” the matriarch of the family that owns Pattaya’s Siam Bayshore and Siam Bay View hotels...
Model factories for flood prevention to be established in Navanakorn
BANGKOK, 24 February 2012 - The Department of Industrial Promotion has prepared a 20 million baht budget to transform 1,000 factories in Navanakorn into...
Central Beach event raises over 6500 baht for Uttaradit landslide victims
A pair of celebrities gathered at Central Festival Pattaya Beach to help raise funds for flood landslide in Uttaradit province. ...
Gov’t makes agreements with City Hall on flood prevention
BANGKOK, Jan 26 – Thailand’s central government on Thursday concluded agreements with the capital’s authorities, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), on future flood...
PM announces 2012 flood management master plan
BANGKOK, Jan 20 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday announced her government’s water management 2012 master plan to increase the efficiency of the...
Opposition leader advises country plan to reduce flood-related conflicts
BANGKOK, Dec 23 - Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva proposed a crisis-oriented map of Thailand’s regions in the wake of the recent flood to...
Chonburi groups join to create bacteria balls
May not sanitize Bangkok waters, but hopes persist The Royal Thai Navy and three Chonburi groups have joined forces to produce a...
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Pattaya railway road nears completion waiting for final traffic lines after asphalt sets
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Pattaya city administration reported that the second layer of asphalt on the railway-parallel road, stretching from Nong Ket Yai intersection...
German tourist revived after sea collapse at Bang Saray Beach near Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 71-year-old German tourist narrowly survived after losing consciousness while swimming at Bang Saray Beach near Pattaya on March 23, triggering...
Israeli tourists seriously injured as motorcycle crosses lane and slams into car in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Two Israeli tourists were injured, one seriously, after their motorcycle lost control, crossed into an oncoming lane, and crashed into a...
Pattaya City Hall and Remand Prison discuss closer cooperation
PATTAYA, Thailand – Mayor Poramet Ngampichet welcomed Pasapong Jaiklongklaew, the newly appointed commander of Pattaya Remand Prison, during a courtesy visit at Pattaya City...
Thailand says medicine supplies stable, retirees in Pattaya advised to monitor prescriptions
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health says the country currently has medicine and medical supplies stockpiled for about three to four months,...