PHUKET: World-famous Maya Bay may be reopened to limited numbers of tourists in the coming months as a way to help boost tourism to the Andaman region. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Warawut Silpa-Archa on Tuesday said the bay may be reopened within six months. His announcement came during an inspection visit of the area. […]
SURAT THANI, Nov 2 (TNA) – Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha is visiting Samui Island before going to Phuket Island for a Cabinet retreat tomorrow. The prime minister inspected screening processes for tourists on Samui Island, management of alternative local state quarantine facilities at the Sheraton Samui Resort and traveller tracking system […]
A large group of foreigners from different countries filed police reports with the Koh Phangan Police station and spoke with the director-general of the Surat Thani Immigration Division, Lt. Col. Jirachat Rom Saiyud, after claiming to have been ripped off of 20,000 baht per person by a language school on the island. The school, who […]
PHETCHABURI: A man and his son were arrested in Muang district on Saturday after one million speed pills were found hidden in their 10-wheel truck loaded with goods. A team of officers from the Muang police station stopped the pink and white truck with Phetchaburi licence plates for a search at a checkpoint on southbound […]
SAMUI (NNT) – Following the confirmation of a French national being tested positive for COVID-19 in Samui Island, even after clearing 14-days in quarantine, the Minister of Public Health has flown to the island to deliver Favipiravir antiviral drugs to local hospitals. The Minister of Public Health, Anutin Charnvirakul, has travelled to Koh Samui to […]
PHUKET: A 57-year-old woman from France has been confirmed as having contracted COVID-19 on Koh Samui, Dr Sophon Iamsirithaworn, Director of the Bureau of General Communicable Diseases, told the public at a press conference today (Oct 23). Dr Sophon pointed to the fact that the woman, who came with her husband and her child, tested […]
NARATHIWAT: An armoured pick-up of the Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre (SBPAC) was slightly damaged after running over a bomb in Si Sakhon district on Monday. Police said the incident occurred at about 12.30pm while the pick-up with SBPAC officials on board was running past Tue Ngo village on a road in tambon Si Banphot. […]
PHETCHABURI: A woman was killed and two others hurt when a passenger train hit their car at an unguarded crossing in Khao Yoi district on Thursday night. The fatal crash occurred at a railway crossing near a bridge being built over a double-track at Huay Rong village, Pol Lt Col Narong Phraibua, investigation chief at […]
