Mountain run-off raced through several communities in Rayong’s Muang district early yesterday, disrupting the lives of more than 3,000 people. “The damage is huge as the locals didn’t expect the flashfloods,” Chawalit Nitornrat, the provincial disaster chief said. Floodwater was still 20-40 centimetres high on local roads, making them impassable for small cars. Read more: […]
RAYONG, 4 July 2014 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Police have arrested two suspected drug dealers and seized over 82,000 methamphetamine pills. The suspects include 47 year-old Somrak Muijaiboon old and 42 year-old Weerawat Bumrung or “Joe”. Both men are residents of Rayong province and were arrested in front of the Krung Thai Bank, Wang […]
As the football World Cup is kicking off in Brazil, Rayong Police have announced the arrest of four people suspected of betting on the beautiful game in contravention of Thailand’s strict gambling laws. The four suspects, aged between 31 and 45, were found with 25 football betting notebooks, three calculators, 85 football records, a cell […]
BANGKOK, June 10 – Hazardous substances did not breach safety standard levels in the vicinity of the IRPC petrochemical plant in Thailand’s eastern province of Rayong, the site of an explosion Sunday night, said Wichien Jungrungruang, director-general of the Pollution Control Department. Department staff have already checked levels of several air pollutants, especially volatile organic […]
BANGKOK, 7 June 2014 (NNT) – The Government Public Relations Department has organized the 5th Family PRD Rally on the Bangkok-Rayong route to promote family relations and the enjoyment of nature. The Director General of the Government Public Relations Department, Apinan Juntarungsri presided over the opening ceremony of the 5th Family PRD Rally event, which […]
Sixteen people were injured in the early hours of Wednesday morning when their minivan hit a truck parked on the highway near Pattaya. The 18-wheeler had stopped across all lanes of the road, with the driver nowhere to be seen. The minivan, travelling from Bangkok to Rayong, did not see the obstruction until it was […]
RAYONG – A lightning strike in Rayong province killed three fishermen and another one was severely injured, according to reports from local media. Four men who were sheltering from a thunderstorm inside a cottage next to a paddy field were stuck by lightning as they played on their phones whilst waiting for the storm to […]
A beautiful young teenage girl was found brutally murdered in a forest. She had been sexually assaulted with a branch which was left inserted inside her. Read more: pattayadailynews.com
