Chadchart orders action on leaning shophouse 

  BANGKOK GOVERNOR Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered the Public Works Department to find out why a shophouse at the entrance of Sukhumvit Soi 101/1 is leaning and also asked the Engineering Institute of Thailand to help out, Matichon newspaper said this evening (August 22). Speaking at True Digital Park Chadchart said the building had clearly …

Nonthaburi preparing for floods as northern runoff heads downstream

  HECTIC preparation for floods is underway in Nonthaburi province after an alert by the Royal Irrigation Department that the Chao Phraya Dam will be releasing more water from Tuesday to Thursday, August 23-25, Sanook.com said this evening (August 22). Mr. Somnuk Thanadechakul, mayor of Nonthaburi city, ordered the stacking of sandbags on Chao Phraya …

Prayut could continue as Defence Minister if ordered by court to halt being PM: Wissanu

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha may legally perform as defence minister, the post which he has concurrently assumed, if he is ordered by court to stop performing as head of government in the wake of a legal controversy over his eight-year rule, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (August 22). …

Prayut avoids media, waiting for court’s ruling

  PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha refused to answer reporters' questions about mounting pressure to step down as his eight-year rule is ending tomorrow, August 23,  with a spokesman later saying he is waiting for the Constitutional Court's ruling on this issue, Matichon newspaper said. When he came out of the Phakdi Bodin Building at the …