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AoT to install body scanners at six airports
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 04/07/2016
» The Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) will upgrade screening systems at six airports nationwide to enhance airport security standards.
Department wants VAT kept at 7% for another year
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 04/07/2016
» The Revenue Department plans to propose that the Finance Ministry maintains value-added tax (VAT) at 7% for another year.
Letting go of unhealthy foods
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 04/07/2016
» Every day, Phra Pisit Siriwathatano would leave his temple at dawn to conduct a daily alms round in his neighbourhood of Nonthaburi. Taking about two hours, the monk later returned to the monastery with a full alms bowl and a large sack filled with food offerings from Buddhist laymen and laywomen. Sometimes, people would also visit the temple to offer lunch to him and other monks.
Wooden walkway in old market collapses, injures tourists
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 04/07/2016
» SAMUT PRAKAN -- About 20 tourists fell into a canal, and two were injured, when a rickety wooden walkway inside a century-old marketplace in Bang Phli district collapsed on Sunday afternoon.
Safety worries delay repair of bombed southern rail track
Waedao Harai, Published on 04/07/2016
» NARATHIWAT -- The repair of the railway track damaged by a bomb explosion on Sunday has been delayed until the safety of the work gang can be assured by the military.
Pacific Ocean radiation 'near normal' 5 yrs after Fukushima
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» SYDNEY - Radiation levels across the Pacific Ocean are rapidly returning to normal five years after a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant spewed gases and liquids into the sea, according to a study released on Monday.
City Hall gets tough on flower vendors
Online Reporters, Published on 04/07/2016
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has stood firm on its demand that flower vendors move away from pavements around Pak Khlong Talat.
Five killed in Surat Thani drug, teen violence
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 04/07/2016
» SURAT THANI -- Five people were slain in two separate incidents - a knife fight over drugs and a teenage gang shooting - early on Monday, police in this southern province said.
City Hall firm on Mahakan fort eviction
Published on 04/07/2016
» There is no reprieve for families who face eviction from the old Mahakan Fort Community, with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) planning to start demolishing their houses next month.
Red-shirt TV slapped with 30-day closure order
Online Reporters, Published on 04/07/2016
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has ordered the closure of the red shirt-affiliated Peace TV for 30 days, effective on July 10 for airing content in breach of the broadcasting law and the junta's orders, an NBTC source says.