BANGKOK, 15 December 2010 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has warned people in the North and Northeast of changing weather, possibly heavy rain and cold this week. The Department has warned that the weather could damage crops and cause road accidents as the temperature could drop as much as 5 degree […]
Pattani, Thailand – Suspected muslim separatist insurgents dressed in police uniforms shot and killed five people in Thailand’s restive, muslim-majority South, police said Wednesday. The attackers drove up to a spot where farmers were selling fruit Tuesday night and opened fire on the crowd with automatic weapons, said Colonel Amnuay Dee with the Saiburi police […]
HONOLULU – Two prominent brothers who operate the second-largest vegetable farm in Hawaii will be sentenced in federal court this week on human-trafficking charges. But two former state governors, community groups, fellow farmers and other supporters are trying to keep them out of prison. The brothers were convicted of shipping 44 labourers from Thailand and […]
BANGKOK. 25 August 2010 (NNT) – The Public Health Ministry warns of a new epidemic “Melioidosis” outbreak during the rainy season as six deaths and over a thousand people infected with the disease were reported across the country. Mr Jurin Laksanawisit, the Public Health Minister, stated that Melioidosis was a bacterial infection from soil or […]
BANGKOK, THAILAND (17 July 2010) — In the start of a carefully crafted emergency campaign to thwart a pest outbreak that is wreaking havoc on Thailand’s vital cassava production, agricultural researchers will release a quarter of a million parasitic wasps in the northeastern part of the country. Thailand’s cassava industry alone accounts for more than […]
About 20 representatives of Farmers Organisation Network of Thailand gathered at Government House on Thursday, calling for concrete measures to end farmers’ debt problems. Prayuth Veerakitti, leader of the group , said his network had earlier petitioned Khunying Supattra Masdith, an adviser to the prime minister, asking for government help to solve problems debt-stricken farmers, […]
June 29 (Bloomberg) — Rice production in Thailand, the largest exporter of the grain, may drop to the lowest in eight years as drought and the spread of plant hoppers damage crops, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. The nation’s main rice crop, which accounts for about 75 percent of total output, may be […]
BANGKOK — Armed with brooms, rubber gloves and a torrent of detergent, middle-class Thais took to the streets of central Bangkok on Sunday to remove the detritus of protests, reclaiming the city from their now-banished and despised “red shirt” country cousins. The cleanup crew scoured anti-government graffiti off walls and swept streets clean of reminders […]
