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Quake-relief committee formed
Online Reporters, Published on 06/05/2014
» The cabinet on Tuesday set up a committee to oversee relief and rehabilitation in the wake of Monday's 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Chiang Rai, the strongest quake ever recorded with its epicentre in Thailand
Irrigation Dept dumped from Mae Wong
Online Reporters, Published on 25/09/2013
» The Water and Flood Management Commission decided on Wednesday to kick the Royal Irrigation Department out of a role in the controversial Mae Wong Dam project.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012
» Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.
Levee checks ordered in four provinces
News, Published on 13/09/2012
» The Water and Flood Management Commission has told authorities to inspect flood levees in four flood-risk provinces after the flood barriers in Sukhothai were breached.
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.
Another dam controversy
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/01/2012
» Some experts say Thai dams are too full. Irrigation officials say yes, but they won’t be by the end of the dry season.
PM-elect Yingluck Shinawatra (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/08/2011
» The Thai parliament has elected Yingluck Shinawatra as Thailand's first female prime minister. All that remains now is endorsement by His Majesty the King