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| Friday, November 18, 2005 |
| News: Bangkok |
Teachers Win First Round of Talks.
 The Thai Teacher’s Union has announced that they have resolved many of the problems that have been plaguing the nation’s teaching system. As a result, they have called off the planned November 29th rally.
One of the key concessions the teachers were able to secure was that any lateral transfers of teachers made within the system will be voluntary as opposed to compulsory. |
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| News: Bangkok |
PM Thaksin Sues Again.
Democratic Opposition leader, Abhisit Jejjajiva and his Democratic Party vist Sondhi Limthongkul at the Manager’s office. The visit was spurred by another law-suit filed against him on behalf of Prime Minister Thaksin. |
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| Weather: Bangkok |
Bangkok Weather Mild.
Today's weather over Bangkok will be mild and partly cloudy. There is a 10% chance of rain in the afternoon. The evening, expect dry and cooler temperatures.
The northeast has a chance of rain in the evening as well. The rain continues to pour in the south, and will continue throughout the day.
The north will be cooler and mild in the evening. |
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| News: Bangkok |
Selling Alcohol after 12:00am illegal.
Effective yesterday, all venues across the nation can no longer sell any form of alcohol after 12am according to the Excise Department.
There are currently two daily periods when alcohol may be sold: 11am - 2pm and 5pm - 12am. Selling alcohol at mini marts and gas stations, as well as several other venues will be banned commencing next year.
It is unclear if the new regulation is extended to bars, night clubs, and other places of entertainment. |
| posted by Bangkokian @ 7:22 AM |
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| Thursday, November 17, 2005 |
| News: Bangkok |
Pets are Banned at Bangkok Public Parks.
The Bangkok Metropolitian Administration (BMA) announced today that pets are banned from the city's public parks. The BMA issued a new regulation effective immediately banning all pets from pubic parks under the Administrations control.
The ban is a result of an increase in the number of complaints from park users about the level of animal "waste" in public areas of the parks. The new regulation is speficially aimed at reducing the number of pet owners bringing their dogs into the parks. |
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| Weather: Bangkok |
Bangkok is partly cloudy.
The greater metro Bangkok area will be partly cloudy today with a slight chance of rain in the afternoon. The evening should be clear with cooling temperatures. The north will be cool and dry.
The south will experience heavy rains throughout the day. In the evening, showers should decrease to light drizzle lasting the night. |
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| Wednesday, November 16, 2005 |
| News: International |
China Confirms Human Case of Bird Flu.
China’s first human case of bird flu is now confirmed when a sick 9 year-old boy tested positive for the virus earlier today. His sister has already died, but it was not positive if bird flu was the cause of her death because not enough blood was taken before her death.
A third person, a 36 year-old teacher, is also suspected of having the virus. All three had close contact with infected chickens in the Hunan province. |
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| News: Regional |
Teachers Upset.
Thai teachers in the northern part of Thailand, are vowing they will stage a second mass rally this weekend. The rally will occur if Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin doesn’t agree to stop the transferring of schools to local administrative departments. |
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| News: Regional |
Insurgents storm houses.
A small group of insurgents storm two houses and kill and injure villagers in the remote town of Narathiwat, a district of Rang Ngae, Thailand.
Gunfire was heard for several minutes emitting from the small city when several insurgents stormed two houses and killed nine people. Several others where injured when they tried to stop the insurgents from killing more people.
Authorities and news media are being blocked from entering the town by the local villagers who are protesting the slayings and are vowing to issue their own retribution for the killings.
There are no immediate claims of responsibility. |
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| Weather: Bangkok |
Mild Weather for Loy Krathong Holiday.
Weather for the holiday will be variable throughout the city. There is a slight chance of continued thundershowers in the city's center, as well as in the northern parts. The evening should be clear skies with slight clouds - cool and mild.
The south will continue to experience rain today with lighter downfall than in the past week. |
| posted by Bangkokian @ 9:20 AM |
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| News: Bangkok |
Bangkok Steps Up Security.
Bangkok security services are making preparations for the Loy Krathong and New Years holidays to deter any possible terrorist attacks or unrest. The police and army are coordinating together to set-up check points coming into the city to prevent large influxes of coordinated movement from separatists from the south of Thailand coming into the city to cause disturbances. |
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| Tuesday, November 15, 2005 |
| News: International |
China Reports Another Bird Flu Outbreak.
China is currently experiencing unprecedented levels of Avian Flu (H5N1) outbreaks. Over the course of the last month, China has had 9 outbreaks in just as many provinces. China’s Agricultural Ministry states “we are waging a war right now against Bird Flu.”
The Eastern province of Anhui, is the latest province to report an outbreak. In response, Thailand strengthens it’s agricultural inspections and considers temporary poultry and livestock bans originating from China. |
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Head to Head: East vs. West.
The Sports New European Golf tour is pitting the best golfers from Europe against the best of Asia. The event will be held at Amata Spring Country Club in Bangkok from January 7th – 8th.
The event promises to bring most of the biggest names from the two regions together to battle it out for the title. |
| posted by Bangkokian @ 9:46 AM |
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| Weather: Bangkok |
Cooler Nights.
A front coming in from China will bring cooler nights and days for the immediate Bangkok area for the next couple of days. However, there is a slight chance of continued thundershowers over some parts of the city in the afternoons.
Rain continues in the South of Thailand. |
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| News: International |
Earthquake hits Japan.
Early this morning, an earthquake struck the northern part of Japan registering a 6.9 magnitude. The shock lasted less than 45 seconds and was centered at Ofunato, Japan which is some 500km from Tokyo.
Several small tsunamis ensued but there have been no causalities reported. Japan has long built their infrastructure to withstand earthquakes, and requires all building to be structurally designed specifically to do so.
Predictive analysis coming out of Thailand, indicates that if an earthquake of similar magnitude were to strike Bangkok, there would be millions of Baht in damage and potentially thousands injured or killed. |
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| Monday, November 14, 2005 |
| News: Bangkok |
Employees Clash with Police.
A large rally being held by anti-privatization Egat employees clashed with police in a heated exchange of words. Six protesters are reported as being injured as well as one police officer. The rally transpired at the Egat HQ in Bangkok.
Order has been restored and the rally continues. |
| posted by Bangkokian @ 3:22 PM |
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| News: Bangkok |
Diesel Prices Drop.
Popular gas station operator PTT announced that all of their locations will reduce the price of diesel by 0.4 Baht per litre effective tomorrow.
Other retail operators are not expected to follow unless current wholesale conditions change.
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Shell and Esso follow suit and drop their diesel prices by 0.4 Baht as well.
The price of regular unleaded remain unchanged. |
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| News: Bangkok |
Stunt kills Thai star
 Thai pop star Vaikoon Boontanom dead at 22. Thai police began their investigation into the circumstances behind the death of an emerging Thai singer signed with the Grammy recording label.
Boontanom was killed when a 20kg barrel hit him on his head while he was performing a “Fear Factor” type of stunt at the BITEC convention center on Sunday. The barrel was being hoisted by a crane but unexpectedly fell and impacted with Boontanom.
It is believed that crane operator error was the cause of the fatal accident. The operator failed to report to police for questioning today. |
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| News: Regional |
AIDS/HIV Responsible for Laos Rising Death Toll.
Neighboring Laos is requesting assistance from Thailand to supplement its supply of AIDS and HIV medicine. The country is placing blame of the rising death tool on the direct shortage of the amount of available medicine in the country to fight the deadly virus |
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| Weather: Bangkok |
Today weather will be returning back to normal. The northern part of Bangkok will be cool with scattered clouds. Loy Krathong (Nov. 16) promises to be clear and mild. Bangkok will have some showers later in the afternoon in localized areas.
The South of Thailand will continue to have heavy showers and thunderstorms. |
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