In light of recent stories regarding the coral bleaching at Similan Islands and other areas of southern Thailand, I want to bring to the world media’s attention a problem that may have even more severe consequences for the future of Similan National Park. The problem is illegal fishing within the marine park and the plight […]
BANGKOK, 28 Janaury 2011 (NNT)-Marine experts have recently congregated at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre to brainstorm for coral reef bleaching solutions, expecting to propose them to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for consideration as soon as next month. A biology lecturer from the Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkhla University, Sakanand Plathong, said the meeting […]
PATTANI, Jan 28 – A bomb blast wounded one monk and three soldiers escorting the monk during his morning alms receiving circuit on Friday in Pattani’s provincial seat. The remote-controlled explosive device, weighing about seven kilogrammes, was hidden in an iron box and placed at a base of an electricity power pole. It was triggered […]
NARATHIWAT, Jan 26 — A Thai local government defence volunteer was seriously wounded in a shooting attack in the southernmost province of Narathiwat’s Rangae district while riding a motorcycle to work. The victim, identified as Mudtorpa Jeteh, 31, a defence volunteer at the Rangae district office, was shot three times in the stomach by unidentified […]
A bomb blast in southern Thailand has killed nine villagers and wounded two others, police say. The villagers were driving in Yala, one of three restive provinces, when a bomb exploded next to their truck. The blast occurred less than a week after separatist rebels killed four soldiers in an attack on an army base […]
PATTANI, Jan 25 – Thai police here have detained 18 suspects for suspected involvement in an attack at an army outpost in Rangae district last week. Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) spokesman Col Banpot Poolpian said a joint operation of 300 military and police searched for insurgents who attacked the military outpost in Narathiwat’s Rangae […]
Samui District Chief Sakchai Jor Phalit met with the island’s public health officials to map out strategies towards making Samui a no-smoking city. The meeting, held at the Koh Samui Municipality, was also attended by other government officials and representatives from business and civicsectors. The island’s public health department officer, Cherd Thongsook, said the move […]
A villager was shot dead in an ambush in Narathiwat’s Muang district early Sunday morning, said Pol Lt-Col Dulyaman Yaena, chief of Khok Kian police station. Chuay Promsorn, 69, a resident of Ban Khok Baka in tambon Khok Kian of Muang district, was attacked on the intra-village road in Ban Hutae Tuwaw of Muang district […]
