Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine faces a hunger catastrophe, aid groups say
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – After Ajib Bahar’s six-month-old son fell sick last year in Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine state, the 38-year-old Rohingya mother said she had no medicine or food to give him. The boy died in her arms. “My children cried all night from hunger. I boiled grass […]
Read MoreConcrete awning collapses, alley closed
A LARGE awning made of concrete collapsed at the entrance of an alley in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district this afternoon (Oct. 1) but fortunately there were no casualties. The district office’s Facebook page posted photos and a message that their chief, Mr. Koson Singhanat, together with teams from Phu Khao Thong fire and rescue […]
Read MoreSecond sinkhole emerges in Bangkok’s Yannawa district
ANOTHER road in Bangkok caved in this morning (Oct. 1) after a massive sinkhole opened up on Samsen road on Sep. 24 with being in front of Metropolitan Electricity Authority’s (MEA’s) Yannawa district office and two traffic lanes have been closed. This new sinkhole, which appeared at 8 a.m. is around 26 metres long, […]
Read MoreCopay cash being distributed on Oct. 29: Finance Minister
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said the public will be able to use the cash from the copay project over two months from Oct. 29 onwards with details of the scheme to be tabled to the cabinet next week, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD 36 said today (Oct. 1). After cabinet approval the public […]
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