NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Aug 14 – Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport resumed service this morning after a temporary suspension on Monday afternoon due to dense smoke from nearby grassland fires. Nakhon Si Thammarat Governor Wiroj Jiwarangsan said that the grass fire near the airport runway was completely extinguished by 11pm last night and that airlines could […]
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, 14 August 2012 (NNT) – In addition to heavy smog covering the South caused by Indonesia’s forest fires, fires in a peat swamp forest in Nakhon Si Thammarat province are still blazing, sending thick smoke billowing skyward. Authorities are unable to contain the fires in the province’s Khuan Khreng peat swamp forest, […]
The Ranong provincial administration has joined forces with six other agencies to strengthen the guarding of the province’s border in an attempt to prevent the smuggling of foreign workers and Rohingyas into the kingdom, the governor said Monday. Ranong Governor Pirasak Hinmuangkao, who is also the director of the Ranong office of the Internal Security […]
Haze from forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and southern provinces has been covering all 10 districts of Trang province. Apart from the forest fire on Sumatra Island, fires in the peat swamp forests in the neighbouring provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Patthalung have also caused smog in Trang to be thicker, […]
A police major and his two wives were arrested along with one kilogram of crystal meth worth over Bt10 million, guns and ammunitions in Narathiwat’s Reu Soh district, while a former award-winning crime busting border cop was caught with 24,000 Yaba tablets at a checkpoint in Chiang Dao in the far north, it was announced […]
PATTANI, Aug 12 – Three Army Rangers were wounded by a bomb-rigged motorcycle in the southern province of Pattani Sunday. The Rangers were travelling in a pick-up truck, heading to Yala’s Raman district. Read more: MCOT
SONGKHLA, 12 August 2012 (INN) – The air over Songkhla province is still heavily smoke-filled. The thick smoke, which has increased from previous days, is a result of forest fires on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The island today sees 239 more fires, compared to 88 spots yesterday. Additionally, there is smoke from forest fires […]
PATTANI, Aug 11- Four police officers were wounded in a motorcycle bomb ambush in Khok Pho district of restive Pattani on Saturday morning as they returned from inspecting a Pattani rubber grower killing, according to local police. The casualties were identified as Pol Cpl Chusak Prajongkham, Pol Sgt Nithinon Samathi, Pol Sgt Nakhon Khon-ngarn and […]
