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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Teen shooter seen loading gun before killing teachers and wounding classmates
NONTHABURI, Thailand – A Grade 11 student has described the terrifying moments during the shooting at a school in Nonthaburi, saying she heard gunshots...
Police probe gun access after six teachers killed in Nonthaburi school attack
NONTHABURI, Thailand – Police have confirmed that the school shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School has ended, with seven people dead, including six teachers and...
Gun, games and grievances at center of police probe after Nonthaburi school shooting
NONTHABURI, Thailand – Police investigating the deadly shooting at a school in Nonthaburi are examining several possible factors behind the attack, including personal stress,...
School shooting suspect’s grandparents found dead in home search
NONTHABURI, Thailand – Police searched the residence of a 14-year-old school shooting suspect in Nonthaburi province on Wednesday after finding his grandparents dead inside,...
Students recall horror inside Nonthaburi school during deadly shooting
NONTHABURI, Thailand – Thai police are investigating a mass shooting at a high school in Nonthaburi province on Friday, which left seven people dead,...