BANGKOK, Dec 9 (TNA) – The Department of Special Investigation plans to investigate its official who received a land plot on Koh Nui Nok island of Krabi province. DSI deputy spokesman Woranan Srilum said that the plan responded to a complaint from conservationists in Krabi and the House committee on consumer protection that title deeds […]
SAMUI (NNT) – The first international flight to land on Samui island since the emergence of the Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. The personnel of Samui Airport and officials at the point of entry disease control unit have stringently screened the arriving passengers to prevent any spread of the new variant. Of […]
A village security guard was shot dead in front of a masjid in Muang district of the southern border province of Yala after attending Friday night prayers. The victim, Sudeng Jehnoh, was approaching his motorcycle, which was parked in front of the Nurus Salam Mosque in Ban Taloh, Lidol sub-district, to head home when two […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: All 23 districts in this southern province have been designated disaster zones following downpours and runoff that started to inundate the municipality on Thursday night. Provincial governor Kraisorn Wisitwong on Friday declared the entire province a disaster zone. The announcement would authorise rescuers and authorities to speed up rescue operations and allow […]
Land travel between Thailand’s southern provinces and Bangkok has been disrupted in Chumphon province, as the Asian highway, the main artery, is heavily flooded, rendering it impassable to all vehicles except heavy goods vehicles. About 300mm of rain fell on Sawi, Thung Tako and Lang Suan districts of the province on Tuesday, causing widespread flooding, […]
SONGKHLA: One person is missing and eight others were rescued when a speedboat carrying a team of divers capsized off Koh Noo, about one kilometre from Laem Samila beach, in Muang district on Saturday morning. Marine police and Muang Songkhla municipal officials dispatched boats to the island in the Gulf of Thailand after being alerted […]
PHANG-NGA, Nov 22 (TNA) – A community of about 300 Moken people on Koh Surin was isolated after 22 of them tested positive for COVID-19. Health officials of Khura Buri district conducted antigen tests in the community on Nov 21 and found positive results with the 22 islanders. Full story: tna.mcot.net TNA
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A man was arrested after beating an elderly man to death with a piece of firewood at Wat Khiriwong temple in Lan Saka district of this southern province on Sunday morning, acting Lan Saka police chief Pol Lt Col Vinai Kongprapan said. Pol Lt Col Vinai said the incident occurred in the […]
