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Ministry rolls out festival travel safety plan nationwide
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/03/2026
» The Ministry of Transport has unveiled its comprehensive plan to manage traffic and ensure safety during the upcoming Songkran festival, with an estimated 26.54 million vehicles travelling across the country between April 10–19.
BMA sets up Songkran safety hub
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 12/04/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) opened a command centre on Friday to oversee the safety of Songkran revellers in Bangkok and 17 celebration spots across the city.
Near 10,000 extinguishers in sorry state
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/07/2023
» An inspection carried out by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has found that almost 10,000 emergency fire extinguisher units across the capital's 50 districts need to be urgently replaced.
Chadchart receives EC's endorsement
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/06/2022
» The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday officially endorsed Chadchart Sittipunt as the winner of the May 22 Bangkok governor election, with the new governor reiterating his message of unity.
Capital boosts effort to curb virus
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/08/2021
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is intensifying measures to cope with a surge in Covid-19 infections.
Pandemic hotlines ringing off hook
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/04/2021
» The phones at the 1669 hotline call centre in Klang Hospital have been ringing off the hook since the third -- and by far, the deadliest -- wave of Covid-19 infections began earlier this month.
BMA: B20,000 fine for failure to report Rayong visit
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 17/07/2020
» Anyone failing to inform city officials they were at the hotel or mall in Rayong where a virus-infected Egyptian soldier went could be fined 20,000 baht, Bangkok deputy governor Sopon Pisutthiwong warned on Friday.
Protecting society's most vulnerable
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/04/2020
» Aside from medical personnel and other state officials at the forefront of the country's fight against the new coronavirus outbreak, there still are small groups of non-governmental organisations working behind the scenes reaching out to groups with the least access to state welfare and assistance during the outbreak.
Four districts 'high risk' for dengue fever
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 18/09/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced four districts as dengue fever-epidemic areas after five deaths among the nearly 6,000 Bangkokians who contracted the mosquito-carried virus this year.