An illegal shelter in Surat Thani has been successfully shut down and 17 street dogs rescued by Soi Dog Foundation after reports were received of dire conditions and severe neglect. The shelter was reportedly constructed by a local land owner to contain the dogs who had been living on an area of his land where […]
Koh Chang, a popular destination for both Thai and foreign tourists, was closed today (Sunday) until further notice by Mu Koh Chang national park, citing rising COVID-19 infections on the island. The park’s chief, Niphon Pinyo, issued the order yesterday, also closing several other islands in the park. Full story: thaipbsworld.com By Thai PBS World
SURAT THANI: An old vessel of unknown origin found drifting near an oil platform in the Gulf of Thailand sank while being towed ashore for examination on Saturday night, according to Rear Admiral Surasak Pratanworapanya, deputy director of the Area 2 Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC). The ship, believed to be an abandoned cargo […]
A complaint was lodged yesterday (Friday) with police on Koh Chang, in Thailand’s eastern province of Trat, by the district communicable disease committee, seeking six Europeans tourists after they tested positive for COVID-19. The tourists include two French men, two Polish men, one Swiss and a Norwegian. Full story: thaipbsworld.com By Thai PBS World
Due to the unexpected paralysis of the tourism sector by the COVID pandemic, the authorities extended the closure on Maya Bay for up to four years, the iconic coast of the island of Phi Phi Leh (in the Andaman Sea), which had been popularized by the movie ‘The Beach’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio. But since January […]
TRAT, Jan 5 (TNA) – The body of a six-year-old boy who died suspiciously in a vehicle was buried but an angry crowd blocked his mother and grandmother from attending the ceremony because the mother and her new husband were suspected of fatally attacking the boy. Local rescue workers moved the boy’s body to Ban […]
NARATHIWAT: A ranger was killed and two others wounded when Muslim insurgents attacked their operations base in Rangae district on Monday, police said. Militants attacked the checkpoint in front of the Ranger Company 4513 base at Ban Lapae in tambon Bo Ngo around noon, Pol Capt Cholthis Khieo-on, an investigator at Rangae, said. Full story: […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The first Omicron case in Nakhon Si Thammarat is a Bangkok accountant who had already received three coronavirus vaccine shots, authorities said on Saturday. The 26-year-old employee of Kasemrad Hospital in Bangkok had travelled from the capital with a niece to attend the funeral of her grandfather in tambon Chalong of Sichon […]
