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Cops to get mental health screenings
Published on 17/03/2023
» Police officers nationwide will undergo psychological assessments after a 27-hour siege in Bangkok this week involving a disturbed cop.
Battling the odds
News, Published on 06/02/2023
» The Facebook page Sai Mai Tong Rod (Sai Mai District Must Survive) has gained fame locally for helping arrange emergency responses, bridging the gap between people in need and state authorities, especially the police.
PM orders probe of teacher’s Prem claims
Published on 26/12/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the education minister would investigate claims that a public school teacher told students that the former Privy Council president and prime minister Prem Tinsulanonda was a dictator.
City Hall builds rafts to trap canal rubbish
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/08/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is incorporating local wisdom in its effort to deal with rubbish in the capital's canals, by building bamboo rafts to snare trash initially along Khlong Prem Prachakorn.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/08/2012
» Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwannatat appears to have resolved his conflict in his ministry with his abrupt transfer of three generals. But Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi is caught in a three-way war of words with the City Hall and a group of water experts on the flood prevent plan. In the deep South, militants went on bomb-planting spree to mark their national day.
Sluice gate harmony
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/12/2011
» Fisherman have replaced angry residents at the Phraya Suren sluice gate where, according to Froc director Pracha Promnok, the conflict has been settled.
Thon Buri is next
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 29/10/2011
» The entire Thon Buri area is expected to be submerged within three days as water levels in canals and the Chao Phyara river appear to be too high for defences to cope.
New idea for ridding city of floodwater
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/10/2011
» Froc explores a new idea for draining flood water as evacuation centres are prepared in nearby provinces. (Note: Most of Bangkok remains dry)
Government asserts control
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/10/2011
» Local residents have been ordered not to interfere with flood management efforts like the building of the dyke pictured below to block floodwater from flowing into Khlong Prem Prachakorn.
Anxious city
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/10/2011
» Bangkok residents were briefly thrown into panic yesterday by what turned out to be a false flood alarm.