Sergeant Kills 2 at Army Training Command
Two people were killed in a sergeant major’s shooting spree before he surrendered at Army Training Command this morning.
Two people were killed in a sergeant major’s shooting spree before he surrendered at Army Training Command this morning.
The cabinet approved an increase in minimum wages from Oct 1 onwards.
BANGKOK, Sept 13 (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration warned rains would strike the whole capital this evening while the Royal Irrigation Department will dredge the Prawet Burirom canal to improve flood drainage in the city.
Severe flooding continued in many northeastern provinces and officials installed pumps to speed up flood drainage.
A wild elephant trampled to death a ranger of the Thap Lan National Park who was trying to scare it away after it had damaged houses and kitchens for food.
Water remains at manageable levels in Ayutthaya and this year the central plain province will not suffer such severe flooding as that in 2011, according to the chair of the Ayutthaya Chapter of the Federation of Thai Industries.
Although Taiwan ends free visas for Thais, there will not be any impact on Thai travelers because most of them go to Japan, according to the tourism sector.
Director-general of the Royal Irrigation Department, ordered the full-scale operation of nine coastal pump stations to drain floodwater from Bangkok and Samut Prakan province into the Gulf of Thailand.
Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt on Sunday inspected a flooded parking lot of a condominium building and apologized for being unable to protect everyone from flooding.
Officials, rescue workers and villagers joined forces to scare away about 100 wild elephants from the farmland of the Khao Pradu community in Khon Buri district.
The government expressed condolences on the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, said a government spokesman.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues statement on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.