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Phuket’s beach lifeguard situation is not sustainable
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Thailand’s Election Commission has assured representatives from 11 nations and one international electoral watchdog organisation of a clean and fair election tomorrow.
The EC briefed representatives of election commissions from Australia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, South Korea, East Timor, and Vietnam at the Rama Gardens Hotel at 9.45am this morning.
Representatives of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance also attended the session.
EC secretary general Jarungwit Phumma told the representatives that the EC welcomed them to observe tomorrow’s election.
Jarungwit says the EC allowed the representative to monitor the election to show that the polls would be transparent, clean and fair so that the international community would have confidence in the next government.
EC commissioner Wiroj Kowattana assured representatives that the Thai EC was an independent organisation and it was not under anyone’s order to ‘organise’ the polls.
SOURCE: The Nation
Eight Burmese migrants drowned along with two others that are missing, presumed dead, after a van they were travelling in was hit by a 10 wheel truck and both vehicles plunged into a canal in Kanchanaburi’s Tha Muang district in western Thailand today.
Police say the accident happened at 12.10pm at the Sa Setthi Intersection in Tambon Ban Mai.
About 100 rescuers rushed to the scene to try to save the passengers who were trapped inside the van.
The rescuers were able to retrieve eight bodies, one of them a pregnant woman. Four were rescued and were sent to a nearby hospital.
Officials say two of the group are still missing.
The van was transporting the migrants back to Myanmar.
SOURCE: The Nation
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People living in the north of Thailand are being warned to brace themselves for some summer thunderstorms until Wednesday. The Meteorological Department issued an alert today saying the storms will be caused by a high-pressure system from China that will interact with the hot weather over upper Thailand.
Outbreaks of summer thunderstorms will be likely from today to March 27. Thundershowers, gusty winds and hail are possible first in the Northeast and the East then the Central, and the North region.
Are you affected?
March 23-24
North: Kamphaengphet, Phitsanulok, Phichit and Phetchabun.
Northeast: Nong Bua Lamphu, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, Udon Thani, Buri Ram, Surin, Si Sa Ket and Ubon Ratchathani.
Central: Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Lop Buri and Saraburi.East: Nakhon Nayok, Prachin Buri, Sa Kaeo and Chachoengsao.
March 25-27
North: Kamphaengphet, Phitsanulok, Phichit and Phetchabun.
Northeast: Nong Bua Lamphu, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Loei, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram, Surin, Si Sa Ket and Ubon Ratchathani.
Central: Uthai Thani, Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Lop Buri, Saraburi and Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya including Bangkok and its vicinity.
East: Nakhon Nayok, Prachin Buri, Sa Kaeo and Chachoengsoa.
SOURCE: The Nation
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harry1
July 31, 2018 at 9:32 am
wasn’t a smart move for local orborto to recruit and train lifeguards,due to lack of funding,leave it to the professional, who know what is needed to have safe beaches