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Bangkok governor gets his pumps; flooding widens
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/11/2011
» Relations between the BMA and the national government have improved after the governor's requests for more pumps and better drainage were granted. Meanwhile, the flood situation has worsened.
Floods block roads out of Bangkok
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/10/2011
» Floodwaters make it impossible to move goods to stores quickly. The Navy and Thai Airways being asked to help.
Story-telling with Google Street View
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/06/2012
» It is fun telling people about things you really know and with Google Street View you can actually show them what you are talking about. Follow along as I take my trip to work.
Mushrooms make their presence felt
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 16/10/2022
» The most exciting news of the week is that mushrooms were found growing on a seat of an active Bangkok bus. In addition to carrying passengers on the No 82 route from Phra Pradaeng to Phahurat, the bus featured a battered seat covered in newly sprouted mushrooms. Alas, the seat has now been replaced by spoilsport officials following complaints from passengers unimpressed by sitting next to a seat covered in fast-growing fungi.
Mobile markets
Life, Published on 01/04/2016
» Food trucks, the meals-on-wheels ventures that have become popular over the last few years among Bangkok diners, probably took their cue from the gastronomic fad that originated in the US, circa 2008.
Signed, sealed, delivered
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 29/07/2015
» Messenger services have become a valuable part of modern life, especially in a bustling city like Bangkok.
The road to e-commerce excellence
Business, Published on 11/01/2022
» Thailand is on course to have the second-largest internet economy in Southeast Asia, with an expected value of US$53 billion by 2025, according to the "e-Conomy SEA 2021" report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Co.
Added value and ethical practices underpin Project Planning Service
Business, ShareInvestor, Published on 28/08/2015
» We offer a comprehensive range of project consultancy services that includes management and construction supervision of construction work such as buildings and infrastructure, structural and architectural work, civil work, utility systems, landscape, interior decoration and others. We have executed more than 200 domestic and cross-border projects for both public and private-sector clients. The former include the Bank of Thailand and Suvarnabhumi airport (phase one), and the latter include the Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok, CentralWorld and Central Embassy, Makro and Tesco Lotus stores.
Large meth, yaba haul, 7 arrested
Online Reporters, Published on 30/10/2014
» Seven suspects have been arrested in separate raids in Bangkok and Samut Sakhon and 620,000 methamphetamine tablets and 12kg of crystal meth, known as ya ice, seized.
Put Thais before THAI
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/06/2020
» I fully agree with Chartchai Parasuk in his June 18 article that "Thai Airways will require 100 billion baht to make up for past and future losses. Without an initial cash bailout, it is almost pointless to discuss business restructuring.