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Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island
AFP, Published on 11/09/2025
» BULACAN, Philippines - On the Philippine island of Pugad, street food vendor Maria Tamayo wakes before her grandchildren to begin the backbreaking work of removing seawater from her home scoop by scoop with a plastic dustpan.
The world needs a new approach to water crisis
Oped, Mariana Mazzucato, Published on 21/08/2025
» As African leaders gather in Cape Town for the African Water Investment Summit, there can be no equivocation: the world faces an unprecedented water crisis that demands a paradigm shift in how we value and govern our most precious resource.
B22m win in toxic waste case
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/08/2025
» Villagers in Ratchaburi province will receive 22 million baht in compensation for health and environmental damage caused by the Wax Garbage Recycle Centre Company, marking Thailand's first environmental class action securing payment from a corporate wrongdoer.
Hong Kong sets single-day rainfall record for August
Published on 05/08/2025
» Hong Kong suffered flight delays, commuter chaos and service closures on Tuesday as violent storms produced the highest single-day rainfall in August since weather records began in 1884.
Myanmar ramps up cooperation
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 04/07/2025
» CHIANG MAI: Thailand and Myanmar have agreed to strengthen cooperation on cross-border issues, including heavy metal contamination in the Kok and Sai rivers and the suppression of transnational scam operations.
Veteran bureaucrat ready to lead Commerce Ministry
Published on 02/07/2025
» Jatuporn Buruspat, a former permanent secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, has resigned from his civil service post to assume the position of minister of commerce in the Pheu Thai-led government.
Syria's wheat war: drought fuels food crisis for 16 million
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» DAMASCUS - Rival Syrian and Kurdish producers are scrambling for shrinking wheat harvests as the worst drought in decades follows a devastating war, pushing more than 16 million people toward food insecurity.
Chiang Rai prison water safe: DoC
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/06/2025
» Water is safe to use at Chiang Rai Central Prison, the Department of Corrections said in an effort to address concerns about potential lead contamination in the nearby Kok River.
Thai PM visits new groundwater initiatives in Kanchanaburi
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/06/2025
» KANCHANABURI: Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra inspected groundwater development projects in Kanchanaburi province on Monday.
PM to inspect development projects in Kanchanaburi
News, Post Reporters, Published on 09/06/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is scheduled to visit Kanchanaburi province on Monday to inspect groundwater development projects aimed at easing drought conditions.