CHIANG MAI, March 9 (TNA) – People in many northern provinces were suffering from thick smog as one of them, Chiang Mai, became the place of the world’s worst air pollution. Smoke haze covered Chiang Mai and its Doi Suthep mountain was virtually invisible. At 4pm on Monday, the AirVisual website ranked Chiang Mai as […]
CHIANGMAI (NNT) -Several northern provinces have announced they will be closing national forests for two months as they contend with annual forest fires, reminding the inhabitants that hunting and foraging laws will be strictly enforced. Soldiers from the Veterinary and Remount Department of the Royal Thai Army, have joined administrative officials and village leaders to […]
CHIANG MAI: Thirty-four gamblers, including four Cambodians, were arrested in a police raid on a luxury resort in San Sai district late on Saturday night. The raid, which took place at about 9pm, was led by Pol Maj Gen Pichet Jiranantasin, the provincial police chief. Full story: Bangkok Post Phanumet Tanraksa BANGKOK POST
CHIANG MAI, Jan 6 (TNA) – The governor of Chiang Mai ordered the closure of all entertainment places in the northern province for 14 days for disease control after a worker at Warmup Cafe was proved to contract COVID-19 from a 25-year-old customer. Governor Charoenrit Sa-nguansat ordered the closure from Jan 6 after a Shan […]
CHIANG MAI: Three tambons in Mae Ai district have been put in three-day lockdown, from Monday to Wednesday, under an order issued by the provincial disease control committee, governor Charoenrit Sanguansat said on Monday. Mr Charoenrit, the committee chairman, said the isolation was in response to a report that a Covid-19 patient in Ayutthaya had […]
Provincial elections across Thailand ended on Sunday with the main spotlight cast on the contest in Chiang Mai. The elections for the chairman and members of each provincial administration organisation (PAO) were the first in six years. Polling stations across the country closed at 5pm, with vote counting underway before officials send the results to […]
Chiang Mai will launch a smart CCTV system on December 15th, designed to catch motorcyclists and pillion riders who do not wear crash helmets, to reduce road casualties involving motorcycles. The system was jointly developed by the Safer Roads Foundation and the Provincial Traffic Accident Prevention Planning Office. For the initial stage, the system has […]
CHIANG MAI, Dec 2 (TNA) — Authorities in the northern province of Chiang Mai have confirmed that the novel coronavirus was under control after a Thai woman infected with the disease illegally returned from Myanmar through Chiang Rai province and visited Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai governor Charoenrit Sa-nguansat said that after the infection case of […]
