Cabinet suspends controversial Chana industrial project, protesters see move as ‘buying time’

The Thai cabinet decided today (Tuesday) to suspend the implementation of the controversial industrial estate project in Chana district of the southern province of Songkhla, pending a new Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the project to be undertaken by an ad hoc committee. Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister’s OfficeMongkolchai Somudon told the media […]

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Transport Co Halts Interprovincial Passenger Bus Services Until August 2

BANGKOK, July 21 – State-owned Transport Co completely halted its inter-provincial bus services from July 21 to Aug 2 to support COVID-19 control. Its managing director, Sanyalak Panwattanalikhit, said the service suspension complied with the government’s decision to intensify disease control measures in a bid to contain the virus. The service stoppage supported the government’s […]

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All Bangkok-Phuket buses cancelled

PHUKET: All interprovincial bus services between Phuket and Bangkok have been suspended, effective today (July 10), as all bus services between Bangkok and Southern Thailand have been cancelled. The cancellation of bus services was announced by Sanylak Panyawatthanalikit, President of the Transport Co Ltd (BorKorSor), the public company that oversees all interprovincial bus services. Full […]

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Bus services on all southern routes in Thailand suspended until July 25th

Thailand’s state-run Transport Company has suspended operations on all southern bus routes, from 11pm tonight (Saturday) until July 25th, in line with the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA) decision yesterday to restrict interprovincial travel, in a new bid to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19. Managing director of the company, Mr. Sanyalak Panwattanalikhit, said […]

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Palang Pracharath Party MP Pareena Kraikupt suspended from MP duty

Pareena Kraikupt, a Palang Pracharath Party MP for Ratchaburi, has been ordered by the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders to stop performing duty over a reserved forest encroachment case. The order came after the court accepted a petition by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) that the Ratchaburi MP had committed gross misconduct […]

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