A Thai Lion Air’s flight from Hat Yai to Don Mueang airport in Bangkok was delayed for two and a half hours yesterday following a bomb joke that forced the evacuation of all passengers and re-checking of all the luggage’s on board. The incident happened as Lion Air’s Flight SL703 was about to leave Hat […]
BANGKOK, 5 December 2016 (NNT) – The Meteorological Department has issued its 24th weather warning indicating heavy rains in the south and strong winds in the Gulf of Thailand. A strong low pressure front persisting over Sumatra Island is poised to move northwest to generate monsoons and strong winds in the Gulf of Thailand. The […]
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy was swept away and killed by flooding in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Chulabhorn district yesterday morning. Peerasak Homdech was walking near his home when he was overcome by the floodwaters. He was found dead about an hour later. Full story: The Nation
One woman died and many more were injured when a bus carrying local officials flipped in the rain on a bend in Songkhla. The driver lost control, hit a tree, then completely demolished a “sala” style bus shelter by the side of the road. Read more: Thaivisa News Thaivisa / dailynews.co.th
Thai authorities this morning conducted an aerial search of a Myanmar family of three who went missing last night when a barge loaded with para wood sank off Koh Tao in Surat Thani. The sunken barge was among a four cargo barges and two tug boats which left Surat Thani to deliver para wood chips […]
One soldier was killed and three others injured in a predawn roadside bomb attack in Yala today. Yala police said four soldiers were on a routine motorcycle patrol along the road parallel to the Pattani river in Yala town. Read more: thaipbs.or.th Thai PBS
Thai PBS, in cooperation with Koh Samui municipal, Tourism Authority of Thailand, hotels, schools and other stakeholders held a round-table discussion on the resort island to mobilize opinions on how to tackle garbage disposal problem. About 200 people representing a host of stakeholders took part in the brain-storming session. Read more: thaipbs.or.th Thai PBS
SECURITY was tightened yesterday in Yala’s Betong district following the discovery of a note apparently referring to planned bomb attacks in deep South cities on the evening of December 28 and assaults on military bases and power poles on New Year’s Eve. The note, written in Malay, was found on one of two suspected insurgents […]
