Tag: Bangkok
Gen. Anupong: New Bangkok governor to decide train concession issue
IN ANSWERING an interpellation on the extension of the Bangkok Mass Transit System’s Green Line train concession in Parliament today (May 26) Interior Minister Gen. Anupong Paochinda said the decision on this issue rests with the new Bangkok governor and city council, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Prademchai Boonchuayluea, Pheu Thai Party …
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Chadchart denies cabbie turned him away
INCOMING Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittiphan today (May 24) clarified that a video clip going viral on Thai social media showing him getting into a taxi and a moment later getting out was not due the driver having refused him a ride as has been misconstrued, Sanook.com said today (May 24). Cyber critics angrily pointed out …
Chadchart’s recyclable campaign posters quickly disappear
SOON after Bangkok governor election ended last evening (May 22) the campaign posters of the winner Chadchart Sittipunt quickly disappeared from all corners of Bangkok with people taking them to stitch into bags or use as aprons, Sanook.com and TV Channel 7 said. Chadchart had posted a message about his campaign posters, made of …
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Chadchart’s landslide win deals crushing blow to Prayut regime: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHADCHART SITTIPUNT’S landslide victory as Bangkok governor has dealt a crushing blow to the Prayut regime as a whole, according to a noted university academic. The results of Sunday’s gubernatorial and Bangkok Metropolitan council elections have significantly underscored the current situation in which most Bangkokians have no longer relied on …
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Pareena slams Chadchart for comparing with Prayut
FORMER Palang Pracharat MP Pareena Kraikupt, who was recently deprived by court of her MP status and banned for life from politics due to deliberate encroachment upon a forest reserve in Ratchaburi, blasted Bangkok governor election winner Chadchart Sittipunt for a comparison he made with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Naewna newspaper said today (May 23). …
Chadchart wins landslide victory as Bangkok governor
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHADCHART SITTIPUNT has today (May 22) struck a landslide victory in Bangkok’s gubernatorial election with a record 1.37 million-plus votes, according to unofficial reports. Chadchart who has run as a non-partisan candidate was believed to have won in all 50 districts of Bangkok with the 1.37 million-plus votes recorded as the …
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Chadchart vows to continue Aswin’s good projects
WITH unofficial result of Bangkok governor election after 73.82% of the votes had been counted by 9.10 p.m. showing former transport minister Chadchart Sittipunt in the lead with 1,000,387 votes, he later said that he would continue the good projects launched by former governor Aswin Kwanmuang, Matichon said. Chadchart also thanked Asawin for taking …
Chadchart topped three pre-election surveys
WITH Bangkok’s gubernatorial election having now ended and results expected at 9 p.m. today (May 22), pre-election surveys by three institutions showed former transport minister Chadchart Sittipunt leading all of them, Amarin TV said. The Election Commission had banned the publication of these surveys seven days before the election. These are the results of …
Heavy traffic on Bangkok governor election day
ALL ROADS in Bangkok led to polling stations today (May 22) with residents flocking to cast their ballot in the gubernatorial election with heavy traffic congestion on several key roads across the metropolis making Sunday no different than the rush hour on weekdays. A total of about 4.5 million Bangkokians have the right to vote …
Russell Crowe wants Bangkok governor candidates to answer 3 questions
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HOLLYWOOD megastar Russell Crowe who late last year warmed the hearts of Thai fans by sharing beautiful photos of Bangkok and Phuket on Twitter but also highlighting a key problem in the capital by publishing a photo of a mass of overhead cables with the caption “Bangkok dreaming…” has three questions …
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Loud complaints about Bangkok floods with garbage being blamed
THERE were complaints across Bangkok about flooding that started last evening and lingered till today (May 18) with the Bureau of Drainage explaining that this was due to garbage being stuck on drain grates, Sanook.com said this evening (May 18). Heavy rain lashed many areas of Bangkok for hours with some neighbourhoods hit with continuous …
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Heavy rush-hour rain triggers traffic snarl-ups in Bangkok
TRAFFIC came to a standstill in parts of Bangkok and its surrounding provinces this evening (May 17) after heavy rain lashed this zone during the rush hour leading to flooding in many areas, Thai Rath newspaper said. The situation is particularly bad today because it is the first day of the new school year with …
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Bangkok’s daily Covid tally drops below 1,000, Phasi Charoen worst hit
WITH the national Covid tally dropping to 3,893 cases and 38 deaths today (May 17), Bangkok likewise saw its count plunge to 865 with Phasi Charoen topping the 10 worst-hit districts, Amarin TV said. The additional 3,893 cases took the nationwide cumulative confirmed total since Jan. 1 to 2,159,542. Another 7,323 patients were cured …
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Analysis: Chadchart, Wiroj remain top favourites for Bangkok governor
By Out-Crowd FORMER TRANSPORT MINISTER Chadchart Sittipunt and former Move Forward MP Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn have so far appeared as top favourites with relatively good chances of grabbing a victory among all candidates vying in Bangkok’s gubernatorial election scheduled for the upcoming Sunday. The other contestants who will merely come out as also-rans will likely …
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Traffic misery at Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection after bad accident
THERE were terrible traffic jams at Asoke-Phetchaburi intersection early this morning (May 11) after some steel beams fell off a truck and hit a sedan following behind but fortunately no one was injured, Thai Rath and Sanook.com said. Pol. Lt. Col. Thanawat Wiphatothai, a deputy inspector at Makkasan police station, was alerted of this …
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THAI resumes flights to Bali, to fly daily from mid-June
THAI Airways International (THAI) started flying to Bali again from May 1 and with the good feedback it has received will be flying to the Indonesian holiday island everyday from June 18 onwards, Matichon newspaper said today (May 4). Passengers flying by THAI to Bali are both those departing from Bangkok and those flying …
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French chef kills foreigner, Asian woman in fight at sausage shop
A FRENCH chef got injured while shooting to death a foreign man, believed to be his business partner, and an Asian woman at his sausage and ham production shop in Sukhumvit soi 49 this afternoon (May 4), INN News said. Thonglor police rushed to the shop in sub-soi six and saw the two persons …
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Ministry: Bangkok close to reaching Endemic Sandbox phase
THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said Bangkok is among the provinces where Covid-19 outbreak has improved with the number of new infections, critically-ill patients and fatalities continuing to decline and this is helping the capital move closer to the Endemic Sandbox phase, Matichon newspaper said today (May 2). Dr. Kiatpoom Wongrachit, the ministry’s permanent secretary, …
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‘Ladyboy’ and friend steal gold necklace from Indian tourist
JUST three weeks after a transgender stole a gold necklace from a Belgian tourist downtown Bankok an Indian tourist was similarly robbed in Pattaya by another transgender who had paired up with a woman in stealing his gold chain worth 33,000 baht after hugging him, Amarin TV said this morning (Apr. 22). Mr. Satish …
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Man held for slashing 2 women at downtown shopping mall
A MAN who appeared to be in a state of frenzy was arrested this afternoon (Apr. 19) soon after slashing two women at a shopping mall in Ratchaprasong area of the city, Sanook.com said. The slashings with a cutter occurred outside a boutique on the second floor of the store with the two women …
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BMA now chasing 608 group to their homes to vaccinate them
THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration said the capital is getting an average 5,000 Covid cases a day and to boost prevention all 50 districts have been told to make a list of those in the 608 group, that is the elderly over sixty years age, those suffering from chronic diseases and pregnant women, and go to …
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Fierce storm knocks down part of airport’s new building, many roads floods
THE FIERCE summer storm that raged across Bangkok from late afternoon to evening today (Apr. 18) caused the roof and a wall of a new building at Don Muang Airport to collapse while commuters are struggling to get through heavy traffic jams on many flooded roads, Sanook.com and Naewna newspaper said. The violent storm that …
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