Chinese nominee hotel owner in Bangkok offers cash during raid
A RAID on illegal nominee businesses in Bangkok’s Huay Kwang district by Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee: and his team today (Aug. 9) surprisingly led to a Chinese nominee hotel owner calling his team and offering to reach a settlement claiming he was already paying cash to government officials, Naewna newspaper said late this […]
Read MoreWhat expat families should know about living near Shrewsbury International School Bangkok
Sponsored article by Anucha Kasun MOST expat families pick their school first and worry about the apartment later. But if you’re enrolling at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok, where you live will shape everyday life in ways that go well beyond the morning commute. Shrewsbury sits on the river in Sathorn, and the district around it […]
Read MoreMore Airport Rail Link trains will likely run this evening after technical glitch
AFTER a technical malfunction today (July 22) reduced Airport Rail Link service to just one train an hour from usual four or five an hour Deputy Transport Minister Siripong Angkasakulkiat later said additional trains are expected to be added this evening but could not confirm return to normal service as yet, PPTVHD36 said. Those […]
Read MoreKasetsart varsity warns scammers are prowling around to snare students for ransom
STUDENT Facebook pages and chat groups of Kasetsart University circulated an urgent message that scammers have infiltrated the compound, posing as summer course sellers, to lure and abduct students for ransom, Naewna newspaper said today (July 21). Chats by faculty members and students indicated that a business administration student had been abducted with the […]
Read More3 nightspots temporarily shut as BMA mounts sweep
IN the aftermath of the big blaze at a beer hall in Soi Ladprao 1, Chatuchak district, close to midnight last Sunday (July 12) Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (July 16) temporarily closed three nightspots that did not meet safety standards with rigorous inspections being mounted across the city’s 50 districts, PPTVHD36 and Amarin […]
Read MoreWong Wian Yai road stops subsiding while subway tunnel repairs continue
CAREFUL repairs of the under-construction Southern Purple Line subway tunnel at Wong Wian Yai roundabout that got flooded last Thursday (July 9) has helped stop subsidence of Prachathipok road, TV Channel 7 said today (July 15). As this road has been closed during the repairs and traffic rerouted to Lad Ya road there is […]
Read MoreTourists evacuate in panic as fire breaks out at Chiang Mai hotel
A PREDAWN fire on the fourth floor of a hotel in Chiang Mai caused chaos as tourists were woken up and evacuated from the building with one person being injured, Amarin TV said this morning (July 14). At 4.16 a.m. the rescue command centre was alerted of a fire breaking out at this hotel […]
Read MoreNegligence suspected in beer hall fire that killed 27
POLICE said initial assessment of the cause of the big blaze at a beer hall close to midnight last night (July 12) that killed 27 people and injured 63 others could be negligence with evidence still being gathered to pinpoint what sparked the deadly fire, MNG Online and Naewna newspaper said today. Pol. Gen. […]
Read MoreBangkok pub fire kills at least 27 people, officials say
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News AN EXPLOSIVE fire at a popular pub in Bangkok has killed 27 people, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and other officials said this morning (July 13), in one of the deadliest such incidents in the tourism hub in recent years. “We have recovered 27 bodies, others are being sent […]
Read MoreWong Wian Yai subway tunnel repairs due to be completed in 12 days’ time
REPAIRS of the under-construction Southern Purple Line subway tunnel at Wong Wian Yai roundabout which got flooded on Thursday (July 9), and also led to some sections of Prachathipok road subsiding, are expected to be completed in 12 days’ time with this road remaining closed for the duration, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said […]
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