Kasikorn Research Centre sets flood-induced economic damage at 7–17 billion baht
KASIKORN Research Centre’s analysis estimates that the economic impact of floods arising from continuous rainfall from Friday to Sunday (Sep. 25-27) is approximately 7–17 billion baht while risks associated with natural disasters and extreme weather, which are becoming increasingly frequent and severe, pose a significant structural challenge to the Thai economy, Naewna newspaper said […]
Read MoreMPs election declared not null and void by Constitutional Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court today (Sep.28) ruled the general election for MPs held earlier this year was deemed constitutional and legitimate as opposed to being otherwise declared null and void as many people may have more or less anticipated. The Constitutional Court judges resolved to declare as constitutional and legitimate the […]
Read MoreFloodwaters jet-skier gets suspended jail term
A YOUNG Thai man who has just returned from studying abroad and was caught jet-skiing at heavily flooded New Petchaburi road was given 15 days in jail and fined 5,000 baht with the sentence suspended for one year accompanied by a one-year probationary period, 12 hours of community service, and the confiscation of his […]
Read MoreFlooding in New Petchaburi road-Ekamai area may persist for weeks while PM jeered at Klong Chan flats
WHILE visiting New Petchaburi road-Ekamai area last evening (Sep. 27) Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt acknowledged that it may take weeks for floodwaters in this stretch to recede while Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was jeered by an angry resident while visiting badly-inundated Klong Chan flats who asked “Why did you come here?”, Amarin TV and […]
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