Teacher ‘didn’t punish hostage-taker’s sister’
A TEACHER at a school in Hat Yai district of Songkhla province said a fellow teacher sought out by the gunman who stormed in yesterday (Feb. 11) did not punish his younger sister as claimed while the principal who was shot has succumbed to her wounds, Amarin TV said today. The hostage-taking crisis started […]
Read MoreTeacher ‘didn’t punish hostage-taker’s sister’
A TEACHER at a school in Hat Yai district of Songkhla province said a fellow teacher sought out by the gunman who stormed in yesterday (Feb. 11) did not punish his younger sister as claimed while the principal who was shot has succumbed to her wounds, Amarin TV said today. The hostage-taking crisis started […]
Read More‘Yellow flag’ flood alert at four Hat Yai communities
A “YELLOW FLAG” flood alert has been declared at four communities in Hat Yai after two consecutive days of heavy rain led to retention ponds and reservoirs nearing full capacity, Amarin TV said this evening (Dec. 18). Mr. Siripong Angkasakulkiat, spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said the Hat Yai Municipality Flood Prevention and […]
Read More‘Big Joke’ challenges flood death toll as ministry insists not as high as 1,000
A HEATED debate erupted between a senior Public Health Ministry official and former deputy national police chief Pol. Gen. Surachate Hakphan, nicknamed Big Joke, amid speculation that the death toll in the huge Hat Yai floods could reach 1,000 with the latter insisting this is the case, PPTVHD36 said this morning (Dec. 2). Dr. […]
Read MorePM flies to Hat Yai for fourth time to oversee flood relief work
PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul said before flying to Hat Yai city, Songkhla province, today (Nov. 28) for a fourth visit since severe flooding began last Friday that while the situation has improved District 8 remained inundated but refused to comment about concerns over Mafia in that district, Naewna newspaper said. Anutin was accompanied by […]
Read MoreOver 100 bodies found in Hat Yai floods: Police
THAI police said in a Facebook post this evening (Nov. 27) that Forensic Science Centre 9 revealed that they have found over a hundred dead bodies in Hat Yai flooding with 20 of them still to be identified, Naewna newspaper said. National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Kitrat Phanphet mobilised a forensic science team, teams […]
Read MoreIn pictures: Hat Yai after floodwaters started receding
AFTER days of critical inundation floodwaters began steadily receding in Hat Yai today (Nov. 27) with vehicles and boats now able to reach all communities and authorities urgently delivering supplies as a large number of residents have been living in cold weather, with no sunlight, no electricity and no food or water for days, […]
Read MoreSouthern floods death toll reaches 33 as evacuation continues
THE SEVERE flooding of several southern Thailand provinces have so far killed 33 victims while evacuation is underway in many areas beyond heavily-hit Songkhla province, PPTVHD36 said this afternoon (Nov. 26). Mr. Siripong Angkasakulkiat, government spokesperson for the Centre for Emergency Response (CRES), said after Minister of Prime Minister’s Office Paradorn Prisananantakul chaired a […]
Read MoreHat Yai still severely flooded as forest runoffs swamp Trang
HAT YAI remained critically flooded this morning (Nov. 25) with residents still trapped in their homes despite an urgent citywide evacuation order while a new wave of forest runoff worsened flooding in Trang with 12,000 households affected, PPTVHD36 and Naewna newspaper said. Despite Songkhla Governor Ratthasart Chidchu ordering an urgent evacuation of residents throughout […]
Read MoreExpert slams substandard water management as Hat Yai suffers worst floods in 25 years
A THAI environment and health expert lambasted substandard water management as Hat Yai city in southern Songkhla province suffers from the worst flooding in 25 and called for major revision, PPTVHD36 said today (Nov. 23). Dr. Sonthi Kotchawat attributed the drastic flooding of the southern city to three factors, firstly unstable weather conditions caused […]
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