Cambodia cuts off power supply from Thailand, switches to Vietnam
CAMBODIA this morning (June 17) switched off electricity supply from Thailand to Poipet border town, opposite Aranyaprathet border town, Sa Kaeo province, and adjacent areas and instead connected a new transmission line for flow of power from Vietnam, Amarin TV said. At 9 a.m. when the checkpoint was opened, officials from Poipet Electricity Authority […]
Read MoreShoddy power banks seized in raid on warehouse
POLICE seized a large number of substandard and unlicensed power banks from a warehouse in Bang Bon district of Bangkok they raided today (June 5) and warned the public to not be hoodwinked by such cheap products sold online, TV Channel 7 said this evening. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) found out that some […]
Read MoreHuge power outage paralyses parts of Spain and Portugal
By Reuters and published by Msn.com Madrid/Lisbon – A huge power outage hit large parts of Spain and Portugal on Monday (Apr. 28), paralysing traffic, grounding flights, trapping people in elevators and leaving power operators scrambling to restore power to millions of homes and businesses. Some hospitals halted routine work and the two countries’ […]
Read MorePayathonzu border town cloaked in darkness after power cut
AFTER Thailand shut off electricity, Internet and fuel supplies from five points to Myanmar yesterday (Feb. 5) the neighbouring country’s Payathonzu border town, opposite Sangkhla Buri district in Kanchanaburi, plunged into darkness , Naewna newspaper said today. This action was taken by the National Security Council because call centre scammers entrenched along the Myanmar […]
Read MoreMyawaddy scammers conning victims as usual having prepared in advance
DESPITE Thailand having this morning (Feb. 5) cut electricity, Internet and fuel supply to Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, just across the border from Mae Sot district, workers at a flourishing scam hub are continuing to con their victims as usual because their criminal bosses have stocked up fuel and installed backup generators in advance, Naewna […]
Read MoreChaos in Tachileik as Myanmar people rush to buy fuel after supply cut
CHAOS erupted in Myanmar’s Tachileik border town, opposite Mae Sai town in Chiang Rai province, after Thailand cut off electricity, Internet and fuel supply from five points to Myanmar border areas at 9 a.m. this morning (Feb. 5) with two being to Tachileik, Amarin TV said. This action was taken to resolve the problem […]
Read MorePower supply to Myawaddy ordered shut: Phumtham
By Thai Newsroom Reporters POWER SUPPLY FROM a northwestern border district in Thailand to a scam-infested township in Myanmar was being completely shut off today (Feb.4), according to Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai. Phumtham confirmed today he has already ordered the Provincial Electricity of Thailand via the National Security Council to completely terminate […]
Read MoreAnutin urged to cut off power supply to scam centre in Myawaddy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was pressed today (Jan.23) to cut off Thailand’s power supply for suspected transnational criminals in Myanmar once and for all. People’s MP Rangsiman Rome, who chairs the House Committee on State Security, Border Affairs & National Strategies and Reforms, called on Anutin to take […]
Read MorePirapan might lose energy minister seat in power rates row
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ENERGY MINISTER PIRAPAN Salirathavibhaga might possibly be kicked out of his current portfolio in cabinet by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra sooner or later to end an unsolved controversy over high power rates, according to a noted academic. The billionaire power player might probably be contemplating the ouster […]
Read MorePower supply to Koh Larn island resumes after hours of cut
ELECTRICITY supply to Koh Larn island off Pattaya resumed at 4.30 p.m. today (June 14) after an outage since 10.30 a.m. in the morning led to some tourists asking hotels on the island to refund of their room rent, TV Channel 7 and Naewna newspaper said this evening. The power supply to the whole […]
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