Tag: Thailand
Water situation in central provinces still critical
ANG THONG, Oct 9 - Flooding in Thailand's central provinces is still critical, as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said the flood situation can now...
UNESCO offers help for flood-hit Ayutthaya World Heritage site
BANGKOK, Oct 7 - The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Friday offered the Thai authorities emergency assistance for the ancient...
PM orders urgent raising height of riverside dykes in Ayutthaya
AYUTTHAYA, Oct 6 -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered raising the elevation of Ayutthaya flood prevention dyke to two metres out of concern that...
Flood crisis worsens in downstream central provinces
AYUTTHAYA, Oct 6 – Thailand’s old capital of Ayutthaya has been hardest hit by flooding as the mass of water from three rivers will...
Sirikit Dam confirmed strong, no cracking as rumored
UTTARADIT, 5 October 2011 – The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has confirmed the strength of Sirikit Dam in Uttaradit province and its...
People in Nakhon Sawan warned of more floods as Ping and...
BANGKOK, 5 October 2011 - The governor of Nakhon Sawan Province has warned residents along the Ping and Chao Phraya rivers to prepare for...
Culture Ministry accommodates Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
BANGKOK, 4 October 2011 -Thai Muslims pilgrims who traveled to Saudi Arabia to attend this year’s Hajj were accorded a warm welcome at Suvarnabhumi...
Historic Ayutthaya temple inundated; villagers evacuted
AYUTTHAYA, Oct 4 -- Waters of Thailand's Chao Phraya River flooded into a historic temple in the former capital of Siam at around 6am...
Floods damage 500,000 rai of sugarcane crop
BANGKOK, Oct 4 – Continued flooding has damaged some 400,000-500,000 rai of Thailand’s current sugarcane crop in a number of provinces in the upper...
Cabinet extends measures to help Thailand’s low income earners
BANGKOK, Oct 4 – Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday extended measures to reduce the cost of living for low income earners by offering free non-air...
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Neil Harvey and Nigel Irvine shine in Mabprachan Golf Society matches
PATTAYA, Thailand - On Tuesday, November 12, the Mabprachan Golf Society embarked on a scenic journey to the Valley Course at Wangjuntr, a venue...
Pattaya CC starts the new season with an emphatic victory of Bangkok CC
PATTAYA, Thailand - Welcome to the new 2024/25 Season of the Bangkok Cricket League (BCL) where the current A Division Champions started with an...
Intoxicated driver crashes car into bridge barrier on motorway in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Emergency responders from the Pattaya branch of the Sawang Boriboon Foundation, along with the motorway rescue team, were called to an...
Car makes sudden U-turn, collides with motorcycle, rider injured on Thepprasit Road, South Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Pattaya Emergency Rescue Center was notified of a traffic accident involving a car and a motorcycle on Thepprasit Road, South...
Teen burglar arrested for stealing jewelry worth nearly 4 million baht from Australian businesswoman...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya police apprehended a 14-year-old Laotian youth, alias “Chang Noi,” who broke into the luxury condo of a 40-year-old Australian real...