Residents at Wong Wian Yai evacuated after road subsides
SEVERAL residents living along Prachathipok road leading to Wong Wian Yai roundabout were evacuated today (July 9) after some sections developed cracks and subsided following last night’s flooding of the under-construction Southern Purple Line subway tunnel, PPTVHD36 and TV Channel 7 said this evening. Mr. Theerapat Khachamat, director-general of the Department of Disaster Prevention […]
Read MoreBangkok city council election results show ‘Big House’ politics continue to hold sway: Somchai
THE RESULTS of yesterday’s (June 28) elections in Bangkok with former Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt having scored a landslide victory show that “Big House” style of politics is still entrenched in the capital when it come comes to the city council, former Election Commission member Mr. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn said on Facebook today as reported […]
Read MoreChadchart scores big victory to return as Bangkok governor
FORMER Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt is returning to the chair he vacated to contest for a second term in the gubernatorial and city council elections today (June 28) as unofficial results show that with 94.99% of the votes counted at 9.29 p.m. he has obtained 1,444,914 votes, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said. Chadchart, […]
Read MoreUnofficial Bangkok gubernatorial election results expected at 10 p.m.
WITH 6,628 polling stations across Bangkok having closed at 5 p.m. and vote counting underway amidst heavy rain, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said unofficial results are expected at around 10 p.m., PPTVHD36 said this evening (June 28). As of 7.20 p.m. former Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt (independent) was way ahead with 292,917 votes […]
Read MoreChadchart urges Bangkokians to overwhelmingly vote in gubernatorial elections tomorrow
FORMER Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt urged Bangkokians to flock to vote in the gubernatorial and city council elections tomorrow (June 28) and ensure there is the biggest turnout ever while speaking to supporters in Siam Square late afternoon today as part of his “24-hour final push campaign across Bangkok” during which he visited all […]
Read MoreStorm knocks down power poles across 2km in Lat Krabang district
TORRENTIAL rain and strong winds toppled several electricity poles across a two-kilometre stretch of Chalong Krung road, Lat Krabang district, this evening (June 26) leading to several people being injured and over 30 vehicles and houses damaged, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 said. Bangkok Metropolitan Administration said this long line of poles fell like dominos from […]
Read MoreBMA orders citywide inspection of old buildings after concrete awning collapsed
THE Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) today (June 22) ordered citywide inspection of old buildings after the concrete awning of four shophouses near Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan on Rama IV Road collapsed over the weekend seriously injuring one man who later died at the hospital, TV Channel 7 said this evening. Mr. Narong Ruangsri, BMA’s […]
Read MoreCracked concrete led to awning at row of shophouses collapsing
THE Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) said the awning at three to four shophouses near Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan temple on Rama IV road had collapsed yesterday (June 20) because the concrete had cracked and the steel deteriorated leaving the structure unable to withstand the pressure, PPTVHD36 said this evening (June 21). Mr. Itthipol […]
Read MoreTwo-storey building on Charoen Krung road collapses
ONE person died when a two-storey building near Wat Traimit Witthayaram Worawihan on Charoen Krung road, Talat Noi subdistrict, Samphanthawong district, collapsed at around 4.52 p.m. this afternoon (June 20), Amarin TV and PPTVHD36 said. Debris from the collapsed building fell on the road and damaged several vehicles. When Suan Mali fire and rescue station […]
Read MoreUpdate – Myanmar man wanted for brutally murdering girlfriend nabbed in Yangon
MYANMAR police have apprehended one of their citizens who brutally murdered and dismembered his girlfriend at a flat in Bangkok and then fled across the border at Yangon (Rangoon) today (June 13), Amarin TV said this evening. After an arrest warrant was issued for Mr. Aung Pyae, 36, Thai police had contacted their Myanmar […]
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