Two rival gangs were involved in a shootout at a South Pattaya Petrol Station in the early hours of Saturday. Two gang members were injured and one member of the public who was caught in the…
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After an 18 percent tourist drop in November owing to the national floods emergency, passenger traffic through Suvarnabhumi airport boomed in the recent holiday period. Anirut Thanomkulbutra, president of the Airports Authority of Thailand, said that January 2 2012 was the busiest day on record with a 24.2 percent increase on last year.
“The extra traffic during the holiday season pushed Suvarnabhumi beyond its 45 million passenger capacity. Some provisional figures suggest that the country might have achieved its tourist arrival target of 19.5 million for the whole year 2011,” Anirut added. He...
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In central Pattaya two violently drunken Irish hooligans get furious over bargirls not refunding paid barfines. The Irish duo Delaney & Plunkett go berserk, borderline insane and stab two Thais, a motorbike taxi-man and a security guard inflicting serious wounds. Two foreign beer-bar patrons sustain minor injuries. The drunken Irish citizens are under arrest.
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Among major policies issued yesterday after yestesday’s meeting of a central government committee is that water is drained from all major dams as earlier as late May – to prevent the dams’ over-capacity during the peak of rainwater volume which resulted in panic releases of water and subsequently massive flooding in the plains south of the dams, said PM’s Office Minister Nivatthamrong Boonsongpaisal, a panel member.
As part of the government’s preparation for water and flood management this year, a tour to survey...
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Prison commanders will face drastic action if they cannot cope with the government’s strict policy on drug dealing in prison, which is now a national priority that will be completely tackled within one year, Justice Minister Pracha Promnok said yesterday.
He did not offer details of the action such commanders would face, but said they would need to “consider their future under the ministry”, and that efficiency in implementing the policy would be the main criteria for evaluating their performance.
Five hundred highprofile drug convicts from all prisons will be sent to Khao Bin Prison in Ratchaburi and a few other maximumsecurity facilities next week.
