Drop in New Year weekend traffic accidents: Police chief
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS during the New Year weekend dropped compared to the previous year with police this evening (Jan. 1) focusing on the exodus back to Bangkok from the provinces, INN News said. National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas thanked policemen for having taken good care of road safety during the New Year festival […]
Read MoreManila airport disruption: Nearly 270 flights cancelled
By Agencies and published by CNA Singapore – Nearly 270 flights into or out of Manila were cancelled today (Jan. 1) following technical issues and a reported power outage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Travellers began experiencing disruptions in the early hours of New Year’s Day, with the airport authority saying in […]
Read MoreNavy continues searching for last 5 missing sailors
THE NAVY continued searching for the last five sailors missing in the sinking of HTMS 442 Sukhothai corvette in the Gulf of Thailand on Dec. 18 even though today is New Year’s Day with the SEALs special operation force too deployed, Sanook.com said. Vice Adm. Pichai Lorchusakul, commander of First Naval Area, said the […]
Read MoreFalling bullet hits man during New Year celebration
A THAI MAN celebrating the New Year by drinking with friends outdoors in a Samut Prakan alley was suddenly hit in the knee by a falling bullet and had to be rushed to the hospital, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 1) Just five minutes past midnight Pol. Lt. Witthaya Namthong, deputy inspector at […]
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