Blood-test test results awaited; Official says bed-bug spray ‘not behind deaths’ The governor of Chiang Mai yesterday confirmed that public health authorities and the police were continuing to investigate the mysterious deaths of seven tourists at the northern city’s Downtown Inn and planned a press conference for the international media today on the probe. Governor […]
Chiang Mai Zoo is forging ahead with the construction of its newest attraction exhibiting live polar bears. However, animal activists have denounced the project, saying polar bears are vulnerable in captivity and the new facility is also substandard. President of the Lanna Bird and Nature Conservation Club MD Rungsrit Kanjanavanit, accompanied by over 20 members […]
CHIANGMAI, 18 April 2011 (NNT)-IBM has chosen Chiangmai province among 22 other cities around the world to become “Smarter City” with the information technology system to promote agriculture, industries and public health. Chiangmai Governor Momluang Panadda Dissakul said after meeting with U.S. Consul General in Chiang Mai Susan Stevenson and IBM representatives that the province […]
Unseasonal cold weather in the North has killed more than 2,000 heads of cattle in Chiang Mai’s Om Koi district, with a sharp temperature drop to 7 Celcius degrees in affected areas in the past few days. Livestocks officials are paying inspection visits to farmland and cattle farms to advise handlers to prepare the animals […]
The grass minimum temperature on top of the Doi Inthanon Mount fell to 5 Celsius degree Tuesday morning, the Doi Inthanon National Park chief said. Kriengsak said the temperature during the day rose to 13 degree. He said there were a lot of clouds over the mountain but there were no rainfalls. Read more: The […]
CHIANG MAI, 23 March 2011 (NNT) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Chiang Mai Office expects the Chiang Mai Fest 2011 to help boost local tourism and generate 1 billion THB of income before the Songkran Festival. Speaking of the tourism atmosphere in Chiang Mai, Mr Chalermsak Suranan, Director of the TAT Chiang Mai […]
A fugitive leader of a red shirt-affiliated group in Chiang Mai has surrendered to police after fleeing the arrest warrant for terrorism and other charges related to the violent protests last year. Petchawat Wattanapongsirikul, a leader of a red shirt-affiliated group in Chiang Mai province called Love Chiang Mai 51 Group, has turned himself in […]
A Canadian man from Edmonton has become the seventh mystery death in a month in a controversy which has rocked the northern Thai capital of Chiang Mai. Canadian Bill Mah, 59, died after using the facilities of the Downtown Inn in Chiang Mai, where a British couple and a Thai tourist guide were found dead […]
