More stingrays were found dead in Mae Klong river yesterday, raising total death of this reserved freshwater giant fish species to 16 so far this month. The new discovery of the three stingrays were reported to authorities as they were meeting yesterday in Samut Songkram to discuss the mass fish death in cage farming along […]
Eleven passengers of a bus shuttling between Koh Samui and Su-ngai Kolok slammed into a tree on a road island and flipped one-side up on a road in Narathiwat’s Muang district on Monday morning. Most of the injured suffered bruises after they were helped out of the air-conditioned bus and taken to Narathiwat Ratnakharin hospital […]
SURAT THANI, 2 September 2016 (NNT) – Vendors on the Lamai beach in Ko Samui district have reported lower sales after poisonous jellyfish were found in the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea. Some of the vendors said their sales dropped by many thousands baht a day. Jet ski and boat rental businesses on the […]
A 42-year-old woman is facing human trafficking charges after she allegedly forced her underage daughter to sleep with an elderly man for money and eventually became pregnant. Police believe the girl was 13 at the time of the original incident in Trang’s Kan Tang district. Full story: The Nation KHANITTHA SITONG
CHANTABURI, 30 September 2016 (NNT) – Three migrants were found working illegally at Talat Bowling market in Chanthaburi province following an anti-human trafficking inspection by provincial authorities. Government officials and soldiers from the 3rd Naval Area Command, Chanthaburi Provincial Police, Damrong Tham Center, the 19th Military Circle and the Provincial Department of Employment visited Talat […]
SURAT THANI – Water zoning is being introduced on the holiday island of Koh Samui, with rationing of tap water to households and businesses. Pru Namuang reservoir, the major water source in Koh Samui district, is nearly dry, with only muddy pools of water left. Full story: BAngkok Post
NARATHIWAT/PATTANI – Two people were killed and nine others wounded – civilians, police and ranger volunteers – in attacks by gunmen and bombers in two provinces on Thursday as the unrest in the far South showed no signs of abating. In Narathiwat, 10 men travelling on five motorcycles and wearing women’s head scarves opened fire […]
SAMUT SONGKHRAM, 29 September 2016 (NNT) – Two seafood factories in Samut Songkhram province have been shut down for violating hygiene and factory laws. A task force comprised of authorities from administrative, industry, employment and public health offices raided two rented houses which were illegally converted into seafood processing factories in Muang District. More than […]
