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Floods hit provinces bordering Burma
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/10/2010
» It's the flood season, so you are likely to see many more stories like this one in the coming weeks.
Heady times
Life, Oraya Sutabutr, Published on 12/01/2012
» It seems years ago that Bo Nok made headlines when residents of this village in Prachuap Khiri Khan stood up to powers that be and kept out a coal-fired power plant planned for their neighbourhood.
Passenger van-truck crash, 14 hurt
Online Reporters, Published on 13/01/2012
» A passenger van ran into a 10-wheel truck on Rama II road, injuring 14 people, with one in a critical condition, police said Friday.
Transport Co is taking the wrong route
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 16/01/2012
» The Transport Co chief apparently has many problems to sort out. The state enterprise firm is trying to crack down on illegal vans running inter-provincial services. According to its own estimation, about 6,000 vehicles provide such services despite having no licence or approval from Transport Co, the agency responsible for inter-city routes. Thus far, it has successfully forced many of them to operate under its control, but more are still on the roads. Transport Co and the Land Transport Department stand to lose money from those illegal passenger vans as they do not have to pay route concessions and fees to the agency. It is unacceptable to allow these illegal vans to compete for passengers with the ones legally approved by the agency.
A muddy lifestyle
Life, Published on 28/05/2012
» There are usually not too many varieties of shore-birds along the coastlines of Thailand during most of the year. But come winter, and we will see visitors in the tens and hundreds of thousands, adding life and colour to the shores, lakes, marshes and fields of the country.
Warning: Heavy rains in provinces
Online Reporters, Published on 06/10/2012
» The Meteorological Department on Saturday night issued a warning for people in all regions but the North to prepare for widespread scattered rain with heavy falls in some areas over the next few days.
Gaemi to bring heavy rain
Online Reporters, Published on 07/10/2012
» Tropical storm "Gaemi" is expected to unleash heavy rains in some areas of the lower Northeast, Central and upper South from today until Tuesday, the Meteorological Department said in a warning issued at 4.30am on Sunday.
Monsoon blows waste onto Hua Hin beach
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 20/10/2012
» Tourists planning to swim at Hua Hin beach are thinking twice after the entire 10-kilometre stretch of sand was littered with garbage blown ashore by monsoon winds.
Monsoon rains lash hundreds in South
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/12/2012
» Hundreds of residents are struggling with rainstorms, mountain run-off and storm surges in the South, triggered by a monsoon over the Gulf of Thailand.
Koh Lan tops Thailand's internet searches
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 27/12/2012
» Koh Lan is Thailand's most searched destination on the web this year, according to Google's year-end Zeitgeist report.