December 14th, 2006 by admin
Chiang Mai warned more quakes could follow
CHIANG MAI: — Chiang Mai could be hit by more earthquakes following the moderate shake early yesterday, the Meteorological Department has warned.
Director of the department’s Chiang Mai office Suparerk Tansrirattanawong said 69 aftershocks had been recorded.
“It has sent a signal that more earthquakes may hit Mae Rim and San [...]
December 11th, 2006 by admin
Phuket tourism soars 87% from 2005
BANGKOK: — About 4.7 million tourists are projected to visit the southern resort of Phuket in 2006, a jump of 87 per cent from last year, according to a report issued by Kasikorn Research Center.
Tourism in Phuket plummeted after the tsunami devastated southern coastal provinces, including Phuket, on Boxing Day [...]
December 9th, 2006 by admin
Trafficking case ends for 48 Thai welders
A firm settles claims of immigrants who arrived on work visas and were forced into near-slavery.
The immigrant welder thought he was coming to America, the “fairy tale place,” to work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for wages six times higher than he could earn in his native Thailand.
Instead, [...]
December 9th, 2006 by admin
Southern provinces a hotbed for polio
BANGKOK: — The violence-plagued deep South is considered the highest risk area for a re-emergence of polio in Thailand after more than a decade, the Public Health Ministry said yesterday.
Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are of particular concern because the situation there has made it inaccessible to the nationwide “supplementary” polio [...]
December 9th, 2006 by admin
New efforts underway to rid Thaksin of passport
BANGKOK: — Senior members in the Council of National Security (CNS) have made another attempt to get the foreign ministry to revoke the “diplomatic passport” of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, possibly by the end of the year, according to an informed source.
Some senior military figures have been [...]
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