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Health ministry asks elderly drivers to stay alert
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/04/2026
» The Ministry of Public Health has stepped up road safety warnings for elderly drivers ahead of the long Songkran holidays, after data showed that deaths among senior motorists have doubled over the past 15 years.
Govt launches safety campaign for tourists
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/04/2025
» The Marine Department has opened 39 tourist assistance centres nationwide to ensure safety during the Songkran holiday period while promoting responsible tourism.
Pathology Institute returned wrong dead baby to parents
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/01/2025
» The Institute of Pathology has apologised for accidentally switching the bodies of two dead babies, causing one family to cremate the wrong child.
215 perish on roads over the New Year
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/01/2025
» New Year holiday traffic accidents claimed 215 lives and injured 1,354 people across Thailand from Dec 27 to 31.
Win Process ordered to pay up
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/09/2024
» A court in Rayong has ordered the waste recycling company Win Process Co to pay 1.74 billion baht in compensation after finding the hazardous waste recycling company guilty of severely polluting the environment.
FDA to allow breathalyser use on nightspot patrons
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/12/2023
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the law governing medical equipment to allow nightspots to use breathalysers to prevent patrons from driving home while drunk.
Answers promised after death of Taiwanese tourist
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/12/2023
» Public health officials have pledged to announce results this month of an investigation into allegations that a private hospital denied emergency care for a Taiwanese tourist who died as a result.
Road deaths stack up in the capital
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/04/2023
» Bangkok has racked up the highest fatality rate from road accidents during the first three days of the Songkran festival.
Lack of plan for radioactive dust worries experts
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/04/2023
» A pile of furnace dust, believed to be contaminated with caesium-137 from a radioactive rod that went missing from a power plant in Prachin Buri a few weeks ago, is still being kept at the steel smelter where it was found.
Star Petroleum to pay for clean-up
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/02/2022
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) will establish a committee to evaluate environmental damage caused by a marine oil spill some 20 kilometres off the coast of Rayong province that occurred last week.