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New coronavirus infections prompt Bang Khae Market closure in Bangkok
News, Anchalee Kongrut and Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 14/03/2021
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Saturday ordered the immediate closure of Bang Khae Market after 80 people there tested positive for Covid-19.
Hail the warriors in white gowns
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 29/12/2020
» In every crisis, there is a hero. And for the annus horibilis 2020, no one deserves the "Person of The Year" title more than the "Warriors in White Gowns" -- a term which the public use to praise medical workers and over a million health volunteers on the frontlines of looking after the ill.
Barrage projects divide opinion
News, Apinya Wipatayotin & Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 08/09/2020
» The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) is going to submit the environmental impact assessment (EIA) on two controversial barrages to be built on the Songkhram River, known as one of few pristine rivers in the country, and home to wetland recently registered by Unesco.
Lao dam project sparks environmental concerns
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 05/07/2020
» The latest dam project set for the Mekong River this year, spearheaded by the Lao government in Luang Prabang province, has renewed fears among other countries through which the river passes of the effect such structures have on the surrounding environment.
Lay of the land 'murky'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 21/06/2020
» Sor Por Kor land -- the degraded forest tracts that the government gives to poor farmers -- has always courted controversy.
Klity Creek rehab 'done by August'
News, APINYA WIPATAYOTIN and ANCHALEE KONGRUT, Published on 17/06/2020
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) said on Tuesday that its clean-up of Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi -- which has been slammed by locals and conservationist as inadequate -- will be completed by August.
Hospital staff told to enter self-quarantine
News, Waedao Harai and Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 07/05/2020
» Twenty-six medical staff at the Su-ngai Kolok hospital in the southern province of Narathiwat will be placed under 14-day self-quarantine after coming into contact with Covid-19 patients, despite wearing personal protective gear.
Covid-19 claims unlikely victims
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/03/2020
» Humans aren't the only victims of Covid-19. Animals living in shelters and rescue foundations are also suffering because of the disease.
As govt flounders, locals band together to fight smog
News, Anchalee Kongkrut, Apinya Wipatayotin and Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 26/01/2020
» As more and more people feel the adverse impact of PM2.5 dust particles, many complain the government has not done enough to solve the problem and are taking action to protect themselves and society.
School's out: Will haze order help?
News, Chairit Yonpiam, Supoj Wancharoen & Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/01/2020
» Somruethai Thammaporn, a 10-year-old Pathom 6 student at Wat Ratchanatda School in Phra Nakhon district -- where the PM2.5 level is the highest -- was relieved to hear that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has ordered 437 schools under its jurisdiction to be closed today as air pollution has hit dangerous levels.