RAYONG, 20 March 2016 (NNT) – A large number of tourists have started to use the U Ta Phao International Airport in Rayong as a result of the government’s policy to develop it as the country’s third international commercial airport. Arrival and departure passenger halls of the airport on Sunday were bustling with both Thai […]
RAYONG — Fishermen and activists in this eastern province want an investigation into the exact cause of mass fish deaths, which authorities insist are part of a natural phenomenon that occurs every year. However, some local people suspect waste discharged from factories at the Map Ta Phut industrial estate could be linked to the thousands […]
RAYONG, 4 March 2016 (NNT) – The Department of Fisheries warns the public of venomous blue-ringed octopus again after it was found mingling with other types of octopus at a seafood stall in Rayong province. The rare blue-ringed octopus can be found in both the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea. Fishery academic of […]
A 27-old Thai woman who appeared to be under alcohol influence slammed her sedan car against a motorcycle ridden by three Cambodia workers in Rayong early Wednesday, killing all of them, police said. Police charged Benjawan Pinakrang, a resident of Chaiyaphum, with drunk driving, leading to an accident that caused deaths and injuries and property […]
The daughter of a real estate tycoon in Rayong province was found beaten up and unconscious beside a reservoir in Pluak Daeng district today (Wednesday). The victim, 56-year old Ms Renoo Tankanchananurak, is the daughter of Mr Surachai, a real estate tycoon who owns a finance company, a hotel and several real estate projects in […]
A police officer suspected of raping a Lao woman killed two higher-ranked officers at Pluak Daeng police station in Rayong before being shot dead by a colleague Monday afternoon. The shooting happened at 3.15pm as Pol Sen Sgt Maj Shinkrit Phutthipraphas was brought to see Pol Col Somchai Soonthornwanich, chief of the Pluak Daeng station, […]
A flash flood hit two tambon in Rayong’s Mueang district late Thursday night, inundating some 4,000 houses, a senior official said. Thirawat Sudsuk, assistant Rayong governor, said officials from agencies concerned rushed out to help the 4,000 families in Tambon Tabma and Tambon Nonepha. Read more: The Nation
Two Nigerians and a Peruvian were arrested on Monday by a combined force of narcotic suppression police and naval officers yesterday after a raid at their rented house in a rubber plantation in Ban Kai district of Rayong province revealed a large number of chemicals and materials used in producing drugs. The two Nigerians were […]
