Rubber farmers in Betong District of Yala Province haven’t been able to collect rubber for seven consecutive days because a Bengal tiger has been detected in the area. They have pleaded that officials deal with the situation before physical harm comes to themselves or their livestock. More than 50 local officials, including the Border Police, […]
SI SA KET, 15 January 2012 (NNT) – Tapioca farmers gather to protest the downfall of tapioca prices and plead with the government to resolve the crisis. More than 50 trucks loaded with tapioca have been brought in to block Highway No. 24 in Kantharalak district, Si Sa Ket province, while tapioca farmers spread the […]
Villagers in the Chinese town of Wukan are now in open revolt as, in the fourth month of their land dispute with the government, they expelled all Communist Party officials. Last Sunday they also repelled an attempt by around a thousand police to retake the town using tear gas and water cannons. Negotiations were previously […]
Flooding in Thailand cause havoc, leaves hundreds dead, thousands lost their homes and jobs. The flooding has inundated about six million hectares of land, of which over 300000 hectares is farmland, in fifty-eight provinces leaving farmers with no way of earning an income. Children, elderly, Thai people need your help. Thailand need your help. The […]
SING BURI, 11 October 2011 (NNT) – People on both sides of a river in Thailand’s Phrom Buri District, Sing Buri province, have been surrounded by flood for nearly a month with floodwater reaching 3 meters high above the ground. Residents have been forced to live on roadsides as their homes are now under the […]
As extensive flooding continues to wreak havoc in 28 provinces throughout Thailand, the confirmed death toll on Thursday had risen to 244 with three people missing, and the forecast isa for worse to come. Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director Wibul Sanguanpong said the flooding has hit 1,486 tambons of 201 districts of 28 provinces, […]
BANGKOK, Sept 27 – The Cabinet on Tuesday endorsed additional farmer-assistance measures in a Bt7.2 million budget in the wake of floods which have left 166 persons dead and uncounted damage to farmland and infrastructure, according to Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Theera Wongsamut. Farmers whose paddy crops were destroyed will receive added compensation of 1,437 […]
Mental-health checks among victims of the current flood disasters in Thailand have revealed that more than 2 per cent of them are suicidal, Deputy Public Health Minister Torpong Chaiyasarn disclosed yesterday. “Up to 590 people are suicidal,” he said. “That is a very high figure”. Torpong was speaking as severe flooding that has swept through […]
