muslim insurgents detonated a roadside bomb in Narathiwat on Tuesday in an ambush of a bus carrying rangers, injuring eight of them and six civilians, police said. The attack occurred at 11.40am at a bridge in Nambaeng village in Tambon Praiwan of Takbai district. Read more: The Nation
TRAT, 25 June 2012 (NNT) – According to Trat’s provincial public health office, over 140 confirmed cases of the potentially deadly dengue fever virus have so far been reported in the eastern province. Since the beginning of this year, 146 cases of dengue fever have been recorded in Trat province, with the toll ranked as […]
SURAT THANI, June 24- Police will seek arrest warrants for two suspects involved in Saturday’s bombing at Surat Thani Central Prison, according to Pol Col Pornsak Nuannu, deputy commander of Surat Thani provincial police. The police will ask the court for approval to issue arrest warrants for two men, aged between 20-25, after the surveillance […]
Thai investigators are looking for two Portuguese men, who were seen on closed-circuit cameras escorting Noemi and Audrey Belanger back to their hotel room, according to the Bangkok Post. They may have been the last people to see the Quebec sisters alive. Read more: huffingtonpost.ca
NARATHIWAT, June 21 – One soldier, a member of a military patrol providing security for teachers traveling to school, and one woman passerby were wounded in a roadside bombing in Narathiwat Thursday morning. The incident took place in Sukhirin sub-district and the explosion left a two-metre wide and 50 cm deep crater on the road. […]
SONGKHLA, June 19 – Seasonal haze and smog from forest fires in Indonesia on Tuesday have blanketed Thailand’s lower southern provinces, including Songkhla. The ongoing haze and thick smog caused poor visibility in Songkhla, particularly in the provincial seat, Hat Yai and Khlong Hoi Khon districts. The haze was seen from the high-rise building in […]
CHON BURI, June 19 – The Cabinet on Tuesday approved further extension of the emergency decree in Thailand’s three southernmost border provinces for another three months, said Anusorn Eiamsa-ard, deputy government spokesman. The emergency decree will be extended from June 20 to Sept 19 as proposed by the National Security Council (NSC) to facilitate the […]
The two Canadians Miss Noemi Balenger, 26, and her sister, Miss Audrey, 20, were found dead in their room at Phi Phi Palm Residence in Phi Phi island on June 15. The case is under investigation. KRABI – June 17, 2012 [PDN]; Pol.Maj.Gen.Jamroon Ruenrom- commissioner of Krabi police conducted a forensic investigation of room #103. […]
