Love across the canal ends in tragedy
A WOMAN very much in love with her boyfriend decided to swim across the canal to meet him but got tired and tragically drowned, Amarin TV said today (Feb. 16). This morning police at Klong Dan station, Bang Bo district, Samut Prakan, were alerted of a woman’s body seen floating in Klong Dan canal, […]
Read MoreCambodia gears up to begin work on controversial canal
By AFP and published by CNA Phnom Penh – Cambodia will start work on a controversial US$1.7 billion canal linking the capital Phnom Penh to the sea in August, Prime Minister Hun Manet said today (May 30). The Chinese-backed Funan Techo Canal has sparked fears in neighbouring Vietnam that it could be used by […]
Read MoreLively digital Loy Krathong festival at Ong Ang canal
FOR THE first time ever a digital Loy Krathong event took place at Bangkok’s Ong Ang canal last night (Nov. 27) in an effort to preserve waterways and solve the problem of residual garbage and in doing so save our planet by reducing global warming, Thai Rath and TV Channel 7 said. Thai Rath […]
Read MorePhang Nga’s anti-graft chief checks yellow elder trees costing over 6,000 baht each
PHANG NGA’S National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) chief and other officials visited a canal improvement project in front of the City Hall yesterday (Mar. 8) after a tip-off by Corruption Deterrence Centre that 37 yellow elder trees were purchased for 6,090.50 baht each and grown there, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Mar. 9). Ms. […]
Read MoreCanal boat service halted to channel excess water
THE Phadung Krung Kasem canal’s electric boat service is being halted from September 3 till October to channel excess water flowing down from the north while a few more tropical storms are also moving into the country, Matichon newspaper said. Krungthep Thanakom Co., which is the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s holding company for investment projects, said […]
Read MoreTugs work to free giant container ship stranded in Suez Canal
By Reuters Staff, published by Swissinfo.ch Cairo – The shortest shipping route from Europe to Asia remained blocked today (March 24) as eight tug boats struggled to free one of the world’s largest container ships after it ran aground in the Suez Canal. GAC, a Dubai-based marine services company, said authorities were still working to […]
Read MoreFish dying in badly polluted Central Plain canal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PART OF A MAJOR canal in a Central Plain area is being critically polluted with blackish, odorous water, killing fish raised in submerged cages. Authorities are yet to find out about the polluted water which has been allegedly released into a drainage waterway which is connected with Raphiphat canal in Nong […]
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