Yingluck optimistic; opposition: it underestimates the crisis
Five of the seven flooded industrial sites are now dry. Flooded areas in Bangkok and neighboring provinces will follow by the end of the year.
Thaksin gets passport back 'very soon'
Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin will 'very soon' get his passport back, which was revoked by the previous government.
Short flood news
The employee and employer contribution to the Social Security Fund will temporarily be reduced from 5 to 3 percent to ease the financial burden of employers and employees affected by the floods. The discount is valid from January to June.
NACC (still cautious): Supoj unusually rich and corrupt
There are indications that Supoj Saplom is unusually wealthy, corrupt and has provided false information about his wealth, according to the National Anti-Corruption Commission's initial tentative conclusions.
Short news from Thailand
Yingluck Prime Minister Yingluck was admitted to Rama IX hospital on Monday night with suspected food poisoning. She suffered from diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea and fatigue. She had to let go of the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday and other activities scheduled for yesterday.
Short news from Thailand
From December 1 to 5, Bangkok will be doing a big cleaning. The accumulating waste is collected, rotting water is disinfected and mosquitoes are sprayed.
Chuvit reveals, but not in parliament
Because he was not allowed to participate in the censure debate in parliament on Sunday, the colorful MP Chuvit Kamolvisit, leader of Rak Thailand (4 seats) and ex-owner of a number of massage parlors, only gave a press conference.
Short news from Thailand
Souvenirs and other valuables worth half a million baht stolen from the Ayutthaya Elephant Kraal during the floods have been recovered by police. They were found in a home in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. The owner of the home denied stealing them; they had come driving up according to him.
Short news from Thailand
A hole of 2,5 meters has been made in the big bag barrier (a flood wall with sandbags of 30 tons) along the Vibhavadi-Rangsit road. The Flood Relief Operations Command, the crisis center of the government, decided to take this action under pressure from residents living north of the embankment. Earlier they had blocked Vibhavadi-Rangsit road and removed sandbags.
Heavy rainfall in the South of Thailand
Heavy rain, high waves and strong winds hit several areas in the South on Friday. Numerous districts were flooded in Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Pattani, Phattalung, Yala and Narathiwat. Two people were killed in Yala.
News from Thailand
The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, the municipal public transport company, is resuming bus services on Phahon Yothin Road and Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road, using both regular and air-conditioned buses 29, 26, 555, 510 and 26.
Short news from Thailand
The Chaeng Watthana Road has reopened now that the water on the road has almost disappeared. The water is also lowering on other roads in Bangkok.
Thailand dredges wrong
'It is a common misconception among the population that canals are rarely dredged. The fact is that the Royal Irrigation Department spends 7 billion baht a year and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment another 2,5 billion baht on canal cleaning. The only problem is they're doing it wrong.'
Short news from Thailand
Former Prime Minister Thaksin will only return to Thailand when 'reconciliation really happens'. At a press conference in Korea yesterday, he said: 'I don't want to be part of the problem, but I want to be part of the solution.'
Scammers take advantage of misery
Uthai Phuwanan (55) has lost all her savings. She received a call from someone posing as an official of the Ministry of the Interior. Whether she wanted to register as a victim via an ATM in order to qualify for compensation from the government. As a result, she is now 150.000 baht poorer.
Senior Thai official possibly suspiciously rich
A sentence transfer for being suspiciously wealthy or a transfer to help manage a recovery budget? What is certain is that Supoj Saplom, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Transport, has been transferred to an inactive post in the Prime Minister's office. It is also certain that the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is investigating him.
Thaksin: "I don't want to be on that list"
Thaksin Sinawatra probably realizes that the direct and violent reactions against his possible amnesty, as envisaged by his sister's government, could boomerang against him.