Health package prepared for foreigners seeking health care in Thailand

Health package prepared for foreigners seeking health care in Thailand

BANGKOK, 2 August 2016 (NNT) – The Department of Health Service Support has prepared a special health package to accommodate foreigners seeking health care in Thailand. Health Service Support Department Director General Boonreung Traireungworarat said that the agency has collaborated with the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and private hospitals […]

All pump prices down Saturday

All pump prices down Saturday

PTT Plc and Bangchak announced to decrease the retail price of all types of petrol and diesel, effective 5am on Saturday. The price of diesel will be cut by 50 satang per litre. While the prices of pretrol, gasohol 95, gashol 91, and E20 will be down by 40 satang per litre, and of E85 by […]

Provinces across nation step up measures against Zika

Provinces across nation step up measures against Zika

ANG THONG, 31 August 2016 (NNT) – Local administrative offices across the country have enacted measures against the spread of Zika virus after a slew of infections were reported. Ang Thong Municipality has begun spraying against mosquitoes following news 94 people in the province of Bueng Kan contracted the disease with one still recovering. According […]

Bangkok drivers wasting 97 million baht daily on gas burned while stuck in traffic

Bangkok drivers wasting 97 million baht daily on gas burned while stuck in traffic

Traffic in Bangkok is a total nightmare, but it was still surprising to find out that traffic jams in Bangkok waste about THB97 million worth of fuel a day on average. That’s THB35 billion a year, according to the chairman of a National Reform Steering Assembly sub-panel. The traffic problem is one that should be […]

GSB’s ATMs are to resume normal services in early September

GSB’s ATMs are to resume normal services in early September

  The Government Savings Bank’s ATM services are expected to resume normal operations to serve customers in early September, the bank’s managing director Mr Chartchai Payuhanavichai said on Saturday. He disclosed that the Scottish company, NCR, which manufactured the ATMs used by the bank, had updated the programme to prevent attacks by Malware virus used […]