UBON RATCHATHANI, 19 March 2011 (NNT) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has established a royal rainmaking unit in the lower northeastern region to alleviate residents’ hardship from severe drought. Deputy Governor of Ubon Ratchathani Chatree Direksri presided over the opening ceremony of a royal rainmaking unit, which was set up by the Ministry […]
More than 2,000 people from 18 districts of Kalasin rallied outside the city hall on Tuesday to protest against the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand’s (Egat) plan to build a nuclear plant in their province. They vowed to do everything the can to prevent the project from going ahead. About 1,000 people began the rally […]
Early this morning, a school bus overturned in Nakhon Ratchasima due to the driver falling asleep behind the wheel. The accident happened between kilometers 15 and 16 on the Seekiew-Chokchai bypass road in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Sungnern district. There were more than 50 students and teachers injured, five of whom in serious condition. TAN Network
UDON THANI, March 5 — Her Majesty the Queen on Saturday presided over the cremation ceremony of highly revered monk Luangta Maha Bua Yannasampanno who passed away on Jan 30 at the age of 97. Princess Chulabhorn, a regular patron of the monk, also attend the ceremony as well as her younger daughter, Princess Adityadhornkitikhun. […]
BANGKOK, 5 March 2011 (NNT)-The 2nd Thai Royal Army has sent water trucks to help farmers in the Northeastern Thailand cope with the dry season. According to Second Region commander Lt Gen Tawatchai Samutsakorn, 19 provinces in I-San have already been affected by the drought. He stressed that each declared-water crisis province would receive a […]
Thirty-one workers were injured when a bio-gas pipe of a tapioca factory exploded, causing massive fire that engulfed them. Police said the accident at the Chaiyaphum Starch Co Ltd the happened at 4:30 pm Friday. A factory engineer told police that the explosion was caused by sparks from wild grasses burning that were flown to […]
SURIN, 18 February 2011 (NNT) – Surin provincial governor Mr. Serm Chainarong said 120 more bunkers will be built along the border to protect the inhabitants from artillery raids from Cambodia. Mr. Serm said some border residents have evacuated to temporary shelters of the government while those remaining in the area have been hiding in […]
SI SA KET, Feb 18 — Construction of new bunkers and repairs of those damaged during the four days of clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops near the disputed border area will start Monday, said Somsak Suwansujarit, governor of Thailand’s Si Sa Ket province bordering Cambodia. The Thai government has allocated sufficient budget to build […]
