BMA and BTS Group launch ‘Fight against Dust’ campaign
IN AN EFFORT to decrease PM2.5 dust pollution the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the BTS Group have kicked off “Fight against Dust” campaign, encouraging Bangkok residents to change the engine oil and filters of their vehicles with receipts exchangeable for vouchers at participating stations, TV Channel 7 said today (Feb. 6). Mr. Chatchart Sittipunt, […]
Read MoreBMA and BTS Group launch ‘Fight against Dust’ campaign
IN AN EFFORT to decrease PM2.5 dust pollution the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the BTS Group have kicked off “Fight against Dust” campaign, encouraging Bangkok residents to change the engine oil and filters of their vehicles with receipts exchangeable for vouchers at participating stations, TV Channel 7 said today (Feb. 6). Mr. Chatchart Sittipunt, […]
Read More4 bar girls stabbed in Japanese bar-restaurant fight
A FIGHT between bar girls of one Japanese bar-restaurant in Sukhumvit Soi 23 and the owners of another similar establishment nearby led to four of them being stabbed and hospitalised, TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (June 20). The fight broke out at 1.40 a.m. last night with Thonglor police […]
Read MoreMan nabbed after bullet nearly hits tourist on Koh Phangan
A THAI MAN was arrested on Koh Phangan after picking a fight and threatening a tourist with a shotgun which went off and the bullet narrowly missed his head after another man interceded and pushed it away during New Year countdown celebration, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Jan. 2). A surveillance camera video clip […]
Read MoreSenator faces possible suspension of legislative duties
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SENATOR SOMCHAI Lenglak could possibly be suspended from doing his legislative duties in the wake of the Supreme Court’s verdict delivered against him today (Sep. 23). The Supreme Court ruled the senator guilty of involvement in vote-buying activity in last year’s election for MP of Songkhla which he had unsuccessfully […]
Read MoreThai, Chinese gangs in scary road chase
TWO GANGS, one Thai and the other Chinese, tried to smash each other’s vehicles on Chonburi roads last night (Mar. 26) after a big row broke out over a Thai woman, Amarin TV and TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. Eyewitnesses at the scene said the road rage chase stemmed from jealousy over a […]
Read MoreStudent stabbed to death, three others wounded in school fight
A FIGHT between seventh and eighth graders of a well-known school in Sisaket province led to one of them stabbing the other to death while three other students also got wounded with two in serious condition, MNG Online said today (May 30). The stabbings occurred yesterday afternoon with the other students crying in intense […]
Read MoreForeign restaurant employees bash up tourists at Patong
DOING the rounds on Thai social media is a 40-second video clip showing a group of tourists being attacked by three foreign employees of a restaurant at Phuket’s Patong beach who aside from punching them also hit them with a aluminium rod and a chair, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. 27). The brawl […]
Read MoreScoot flight takes off hours early, leaving 29 passengers behind
By The Straits Times and India.com Singapore – A Singapore-bound Scoot flight from Amritsar, India, on Wednesday took off four hours earlier than initially scheduled, leaving 29 passengers stranded. According to the airline, it is aware that some passengers missed the flight. In response to The Straits Times’ queries, Scoot said that flight TR509 […]
Read MoreTrang SWAT policeman kills one, injures two in pub fight
OVER 50 Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) policemen in southern Trang province are hunting for one of their men after he shot dead a customer and injured two others during a pub fight in the wee hours of this morning (Oct. 25), Matichon newspaper said. At 1.13 a.m. Pol. Sgt. Maj. Chutiphon Nakkaew, or Sergeant […]
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