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'Cooling centres' rolled out
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/03/2026
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has set up a network of 304 "cooling centres" to help residents cope with high temperatures during the summer season.
BMA prohibits the use of 'T-steel' in high-rise projects
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/04/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has prohibited the use of heat-treated steel or "T-steel" in its high-rise construction projects pending a thorough quality inspection, a source said.
Yellow Line to resume full operations on June 10
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/05/2024
» The Yellow Line monorail system is expected to resume normal operations from June 10 after repairs are completed on a broken conductor rail, a transport official said on Wednesday.
Mishap sparks blacklist threat
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/01/2024
» The Transport Ministry on Wednesday warned it would punish concessionaires by putting them on a blacklist if more dangerous incidents happen after a wheel fell off a Yellow Line monorail train on Tuesday and hit a taxi.
All Yellow Line train wheels being checked for defects
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/01/2024
» Some wheels on the Yellow Line monorail trains were defective and their use has been suspended pending thorough inspections, Deputy Transport Minister Surapong Piyachote said on Wednesday.
Covid vaccine shots for ill Bangkok students
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/09/2021
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will vaccinate obese and chronically ill teenage students against Covid-19.
Osaka inspires 'maverick' Utain
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/05/2020
» Veteran politician Utain Shartpinyo is using the issue of mounting rubbish and traffic congestion in the capital as a political platform to garner votes for the Bangkok election next year.
Fire-hit mall gets all-clear to reopen
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/04/2019
» The CentralWorld shopping complex will resume operations today after officials and engineering experts confirmed its safety after a fatal fire on Wednesday.
Green groups urge city to come clean on trees' fate
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 14/03/2018
» Urban tree conservation groups are pressuring city authorities and construction firms to explain what they will do with trees along mass transit construction sites.
BMA officials feel market heat
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/03/2018
» The panel looking into markets at Seri Villa housing estate in Prawet district has recommended disciplinary action be taken against senior City Hall officials for allowing the markets to operate illegally, officials said yesterday.