PM inspects scene of devastating weekend Hat Yai car bomb
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday inspected the scene of the weekend’s devastating car bombing at the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel in Songkhla’s Hat Yai commercial district and ordered deployment of the Arintarat police commando unit to the area.
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PM instructs agencies to tighten security in the South
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit and Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Nattawut Saikua today made an unscheduled visit to Hat Yai district in Songkla province after a series of car bombings rocked the Southern region yesterday.
PM confident flood would recede after Monday
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinnawat expressed her beliefs that after tomorrow the flooding situation will start to ease, provided that there are no major downpours or rising sea water level.
PM: Flood will recede early November
The flood water inundating outer areas of Bangkok is expected to start receding in the first week of November, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Saturday morning.
PM: Floodwater coming to Bangkok
The massive volume of water is flowing down to Bangkok andpeople should prepare for possible flooding, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatrasaid on Saturday morning.
PM takes charge of flood crisis
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invoked the disasterprevention law to take full control of flood operations as run-off from theNorth has started surging into Bangkok.
PM invokes natural disaster law
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday invoked the natural
disaster law, giving her full authority to execute a natural disaster
relief plan nationwide.
PM: Bangkok floods inevitable
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Thursday that it was impossible to protect all of Bangkok from the country’s worst floods in decades, describing the situation as a “national crisis”.
“We cannot block the water forever,” Ms Yingluck said, adding that the government would choose which parts of the city to allow the water through to minimise the impact.
PM asks Bangkokians to brace for flood
"The government's Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC) initially designated Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi airports as temporary shelters for possible evacuation. More shelters will be designated once the government assesses the water level. …
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PM enforces natural disaster law
The premier said she has ordered the Defence Ministry and the army to protect key places including the Grand Palace, palaces, Siriraj Hospital, flood barrier lines, utilities units, Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports. The government has struggled to …
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