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Drunk driver kills policeman at checkpoint
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/05/2024
» A drunk driver killed a police officer after smashing into him while trying to drive through a checkpoint in Chon Buri on Friday night.
Three dead in gas pipe explosion
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/10/2020
» SAMUT PRAKAN: Energy company PTT is investigating the cause of a gas pipe explosion in Bang Bo district yesterday afternoon, which killed three women and injured more than 50 people.
Fake goods worth B550m to be destroyed
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/09/2019
» More than 10 million counterfeit items worth about 550 million baht that were seized by authorities in recent months will be destroyed in Samut Prakan, the Commerce Ministry has announced.
Celebrities to hear charges over 'Magic Skin' product reviews
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/05/2019
» Police will next week summon celebrities to acknowledge charges over their endorsement of substandard cosmetic and weight-loss products linked to Magic Skin Co, 120 million tonnes of which will be burned on Wednesday.
Self-taught gunmakers allegedly sold firearms online
Gary Boyle, Published on 12/03/2019
» AYUTTHAYA: Two factory workers who allegedly made and sold guns online for six years have been arrested and four guns and about 100 cartridges seized in Wang Noi district.
Billion-baht fire in Samut Prakan
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 27/06/2014
» A fire has destroyed a large warehouse for storing plastic pellets at the Bangpoo Industrial Estate, causing no casualties but damage is estimated at one billion baht.
Nari watch (Wednesday update)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/10/2013
» Nari entered Thailand as a much-weakened low pressure system, but significant rainfall has been reported in the northeast and eastern regions of the country. Bangkok, too, has seen rain.
Rain, not run-off, finally breaks Lat Krabang’s defences
Published on 01/10/2012
» Lat Krabang industrial estate remained dry during the great flood of 2011, but water from this year’s rainfall finally found a weakness in its defences. The breached earthen dyke has been repaired but a new one is clearly needed.
BMA’s flood planning blasted again (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/09/2012
» Democrat Party-led City Hall's flood preparations have received plenty of criticism from the Pheu Thai party, but yesterday's criticism from a prominent academic may have been more damaging and accurate.
Health hazard
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/05/2012
» The work of police officers is hazardous enough without having to worry about the effects of an old garbage dump next to their police station