Artikel erschien Januar 2019

  • Bangkok air pollution: PM demands action and threatens limiting road traffic

    Bangkok air pollution: PM demands action and threatens limiting road traffic

    PHOTOS: The Nation The Thai PM says he is determined to step up measures to fight the worsening air pollution problem plaguing Bangkok. Limiting the use of vehicles with an odd-even day schedule is on the cards, he said. Speaking at the opening ceremony of “Our Country, Our Future” exhibition yesterday, Prayut warned that if the smog in Bangkok was not effectively tackled, he will have an order issued by the NCPO prohibiting people from driving alone, ban the use of diesel cars and even implement road-space rationing to mitigate the PM2.5 crisis.

  • Pattaya air quality suffering as well

    Pattaya air quality suffering as well

    Pattaya public health authorities are advising residents at the resort to keep up-to-date with news about Pattaya’s air quality woes. Report in The Pattaya News suggest that the 2.5 PM particulate matter was at its worst in the early morning hours and in the evenings

  • Bangkok Air Quality: PM2.5 dust particle problem closes 437 schools

    Bangkok Air Quality: PM2.5 dust particle problem closes 437 schools

    PHOTO: Thai PBS At least one group of Bangkokians were happy today.

  • Rawai villagers caught up in romance scams

    Rawai villagers caught up in romance scams

    by Jessada Chantharak. PHOTOS: The  Nation Five impoverished residents from Rawai in Phuket’s south, say they have been tricked into opening bank accounts that were used in romance scams

  • His Majesty pays Phang Nga boy’s medical costs  – more operations Saturday

    His Majesty pays Phang Nga boy’s medical costs – more operations Saturday

    HM the King has helped pay for some of the medical care for the seven year old boy mauled by four stray dogs at a beach in Phang Nga last weekend. He is now recovering in Vachira Phuket Hospital. The boy was attacked in Ban Tha Noon, Takua Thung district on Sunday.

  • Bangkok Air Quality: BKK Governor calls for help as PM2.5 smog continues

    Bangkok Air Quality: BKK Governor calls for help as PM2.5 smog continues

    PHOTO: Jor Sor 100 traffic radio – Bangkok Air Quality Bangkok’s governor is calling on experts to provide advice on how best to tackle the severe air pollution that blankets the city and is causing the wrong sort of headlines for the capital. The Pollution Control Department reported 41 Greater Bangkok areas as having unsafe levels of PM2.5 – airborne particulates 2.5 microns in diameter and smaller – this morning and affirmed the PM2.5 would continue accumulating until at least February 4. Aswin called on expert assistance while presiding over a ceremony at the Khon Muang Plaza on Thursday morning to dispatch 50 drones to spray water at haze-affected locations including Kasetsart University, the Lat Phrao five-prong intersection, Lumphini Park and Rama 9 bridge areas.

  • Event Round-Up – February 2019

    Event Round-Up – February 2019

    You still have a few days left to enjoy the tail end of Bangkok Design Week which is running from 26 January to 3 February in select areas around Bangkok. Taking inspiration from the city’s rich history as a gathering point for creative minds from all over the world, Bangkok Design Week is held under the theme of “Fusing Forward”, taking a multidisciplinary approach to showcasing the city’s ethnic and cultural diversities. Activities around Bangkok’s riverside communities, including Charoenkrung and Klong San as well as Rama I and Sukhumvit Road, will take the form of showcases and exhibitions, talks and workshops, and events and markets.

  • Peter Denman from Channel 3 visits Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation

    Peter Denman from Channel 3 visits Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation

    The famous actor from Channel 3, Thai-British Peter Denman, paid a visit to Soi Dog Foundation in Phuket on January 28. He visited so he could get to know more about the work they do and spend some quality time with the animals. He has also been nominated to be one of Soi Dog’s Brand Ambassadors as well

  • 68 year old Canadian drowns off Koh Phi Phi

    68 year old Canadian drowns off Koh Phi Phi

    PHOTO: Nui Bay, only accessible by long tail boat Police on Koh Phi Phi have confirmed that a 68 year old Canadian has died after being recovered from the water at Nui Bay. The incident happed around lunchtime yesterday (Wednesday). The man has been identified as Zbigniew Sarna and Embassy officials have been alerted

  • AoT defers final decision about new BKK airport terminal until February 20

    AoT defers final decision about new BKK airport terminal until February 20

    Airports of Thailand has set a deadline of February 20 to decide whether it will go ahead with the construction of the much-needed second terminal at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the country’s largest and busiest airport. The 42 billion baht project has been embroiled in controversy amid criticism from organisations including the Council of Engineers and the Architects Council of Thailand