A bomb injured five policemen in Songkhla and a janitor was shot dead in an ambush in Pattani on Tuesday morning. Five policemen were injured when a bomb hidden inside the petrol tank of a motorcycle parked in front of a fresh market in Songkhla’s Sabayoi district exploded about 9am today, police said. One of […]
PHUKET, Nov 29 – Coral reefs around Thailand’s famous Phi Phi Islands, situated off the coast of the southern province of Krabi, have been found heavily damaged, following a diving exploration survey on coral reefs in the area, according to Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC). The Phi Phi Islands, known as the ‘Jewels of the […]
CHANTABUREE, 25 November 2010 (NNT)-Local residents of Koh-Perd , Chantaburi Province, found a whale stranded at Klong-long (คลองลง) beach. Volunteers finally rescued it, dragging it back into deep water. Local residents who found the whale mistook it for a boat before noticing some movements. He immediately called for help from a group of volunteers and […]
Three people have been killed in the southern province of Narathiwat. More than 50 bullets were found at the crime scene. Police officers say three people have been slain in Narathiwat province. The victims’ sedan was attacked with a hail of bullets. The victims have been identified as 45 year old Yamaruding Lomo, an sub-district […]
Swedish national Mr. C. F.k L., 41, has been arrested in Thailand for tax fraud valued at over 400 million baht. According to the Thai police, Mr. L. used the company Gold Digger Co., Ltd on Koh Phangan near Koh Samui to commit the serious economic crimes involving more than 100 cases of fraud valued […]
A team of police administrative officers and Forest Department officials torched a cannabis field in Ratchaburi province after receiving a tip off from residents nearby. A joint force made up of the police-administrative officers and officials from the Department of Forest, trekked for more than 3 hours to reach a 10 rai cannabis field located […]
The director of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Monday said that residents in southern eight provinces on the east coast are at risk for flash floods during Nov. 15-17. Residents in southern provinces of Chumphon, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Phatthalung, Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani are experiencing heavy rains caused by northeast monsoon that […]
The yellow cylinders, bearing the skull and crossbones sign, contain “toxic liquid chlorine”. “It’s extremely dangerous. Don’t open the valve,” the office’s manager Thirapol Kongpanya warned, adding that strong currents of floodwaters had swept away 56 such cylinders on November 2. The office issued a public warning about them the very next day. “So far, […]
