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Tropical storm Pa Buk has weakened into a depression and moved into the Andaman Sea at about 9 am this morning, the Meteorological Department reported. After wreaking havoc in the two southern provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Surat Thani on Friday with gusty wind, raging waves and heavy rain, the storm has weakened into
Friday January 4, 2019 11.32 am : Thai PBS team reports from Krung Chin in Nop Pitum district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, that it has been raining all night until this morning and officials have been on the watchout for flash flood and landslides. 10.06 am: The Operations Centre of the Royal Thai Police warns against
Residents of Tondo slum in metro Manila live on “pagpag” or left-overs of fried chickens collected from garbage dump. More : www.facebook.com/ThaiPBSWorld/videos/1226737860810854
Thirteen students and four teachers of the famous Dhepsirin high school in Bangkok were trapped in a burning building on the campus before being jrescued safely by firemen. The students, who are members of the school’s brass band, were lodged at the school for training to participate in the BSRU Thailand band competition to be
A US government delegation will visit China Monday and Tuesday for the first face-to-face talks since US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart agreed on a tariff truce, China’s commerce ministry said. The US team will be led by Deputy US Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish and will discuss “implementing the important consensus” reached by
The Meteorological Department issued an announcement this morning confirming that tropical storm Pa Buk packed with 75 kph wind at its epic-centre would make landfall in Nakhon Si Thammarat province tonight. The department director-general Phuwiang Prakhammin said that the major tropical storm was located at about 200 kms to the southwest of Nakhon Si Thammarat
The possibility of the scheduled February 24 election being postponed by one month is looming after the government insists that it wants no disruptions for the coronation ceremony in May. While the government is confirming nothing, it does admit that a review on the political schedules is being made. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam confirmed
The eldest son of Surin Pitsuwan is setting up a foundation named after the late former ASEAN secretary general to help promote education, diplomacy and human security. Speaking at a forum organized by the ASEAN Secretariat and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) to commemorate Surin’s legacy in Jakarta recently, Fuadi Pitsuwan
Mass evacuation has been ordered for people living in six coastal districts of Nakhon Si Thammarat where powerful tropical storm Pa Buk was predicted to make landfall tomorrow night. Governor Chamroen Thippayapongthada said the evacuation must be completed tonight as 190 temporary shelters have been hurriedly set up with a combined capacity to accommodate more
Fifty-seven years after the deadly tropical storm Harriot struck Ban Laem Taloompook in Pak Phanang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat and left behind a trail of deaths and destruction, it looks very likely that another tropical storm, known as Pa Buk, will revisit this fishing village tomorrow night. The Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute said
Southern coastal provinces from Phetchaburi downward are bracing for an onslaught of tropical storm “Pa Buk” which is expect to pack a strong wind of up to 90 kph when making a landfall between Surat Thani and Chumporn provinces, said Samroeng Saengphuwong, deputy secretary-general of National Water Resources Office after an emergency meeting to assess
What Abhisit Vejjajiva said just before the year-end and mercurial Chuwit Kamolvisit’s response to it might combine to give the former a way out of his political jam actually. Abhisit vowed to quit as Democrat leader if his party wins fewer than 100 seats in the upcoming election, whereas Chuwit mocked that as impossible unless
The Thai politics nowadays may be crawling with estranged allies. Sudarat Keyuraphan is said to have upset many in the Thaksin camp. Jatuporn Prompan is not seeing eye to eye with quite a few in the Pheu Thai Party. Abhisit Vejjajiva is torn between his abhorrence for the Shinawatras and fears that military influences in
Thai Raksa Chart, a party recently formed to capitalize on young voters, has unveiled its four economic policies that emphasize application of new technology to cut costs, to increase revenues and opportunities, to speed up bureaucratic formalities and to promote creativity and innovation. Former energy minister and currently chief economic advisor of the party Pichai
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today he is studying policy platforms of political parties before deciding which one he would join in the near future. He explained that he wanted to see whether the policies presented by each party – not just the pro-government Palang Prachachart – were practical and could be implemented or not,
