BANGKOK, 4 March 2012 (NNT) – The smoke haze covering many parts of the North of Thailand including Ampur Mae Sot of Tak province has forced low-cost airline Nok Air to adjust its local flight schedule as a result of poor visibility. Tak governor Suriya Prasartbandit has disclosed that the smoke from bushfires and wildfires […]
CHIANG RAI, March 4 – Thai Customs Department was ready to cooperate with relevant government agencies in efforts to suppress illicit drug smuggling in the northern region, according to Customs Director-General Somchai Pulsawas. Mr Somchai on Sunday said that he instructed customs officers in the northern region to work with other agencies to fight against […]
His Majesty the King of Thailand is worried about the haze in the North and has instructed the president of the Rajaprajanigroh Foundation to visit affected areas, a senior official said yesterday. The Pollution Control Department yesterday reported that atmospheric levels of fine-particle dust, or PM 10, were unsafe in all nine upper northern provinces. […]
BANGKOK, March 3 – Thai authorities have seized assets worth about Bt100 million from a suspected member of a major drug syndicate in northern Chiang Rai province. Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai police chief, Pol Col Thanomsak Yospan led police and drug suppression agency-the Office of the Narcotics Control Board on a raid of the home […]
A study has found that many herbal medication products sold in Samut Sakhon province of Thailand are laced with steroids Panuchote Tongyang, chairman of the Rural Pharmacist Society, said he conducted the study by collecting samples in the province between 2005 and 2009 and then testing them at the Department of Medical Science. Read more: […]
CHIANG RAI, March 2 – A joint drug suppression operation of policed and military personnel confiscated over 4 million methamphetamine pills smuggled into Thailand’s northern border province of Chiang Rai from neighbouring Myanmar. The seizure took place late Thursday night by a combined unit of Mae Chan police and paramilitary rangers from the Pha Muang […]
CHIANG RAI, Feb 29 – The haze problem in Thailand’s northern provinces has cut the number of tourists in Chiang Rai by more than 20 per cent and is continuing gradually on a downward trend if the problem continues to persist, according to Chiang Rai Tourism Council President Somkiat Chuentheerawong. Provincial workers were assigned to […]
CHIANG MAI, 28 February 2012 (NNT) – The smoke haze situation in Northern Thailand is critical. The Noprthern Royal Rainmaking Center has begun its operations in the upper north in order to reduce the haze problem. Chiang Mai Governor M.L. Panadda Diskul has applied zoning measures in 25 districts, assigning local authorities to control the […]
