Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Thailand’s Finance Ministry is to roll out an incentive scheme to encourage Thai people to travel and spend domestically, in order to revive the local tourism industry, hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. CCSA assistant spokesperson Dr. Pannapha Yongtrakul said today that the incentives could be in the form of a coupon, worth about 3,000
Operators of more than 80 privately owned children’s nurseries today lodged an appeal with the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration, through the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the PM’s Office, to allow them to reopen by June 15th. They claim that the prolonged closure of nurseries, as part of the COVID-19 lockdown, has severely
The debate over when Thailand’s schools should reopen has become highly politicized, but it has also led to an intriguing question of whether Thai students are prepared for an increase in “distance learning”. The debate was triggered by the Government’s decision to start the new semester on July 1st, giving almost ten million students an
The Pantry of Sharing initiative has spurred Thais’ willingness to help out those in need. It remains to be seen, though, whether this new spirit of giving will last amid reports that some people are exploiting the generosity of those who stock the pantries with food donations. The idea behind the Pantry of Sharing is
After falling silent for more than a month under lockdown, Lek’s hairdressing salon in Bangkok is suddenly echoing to the sound of appointment calls after Thailand began relaxing restrictions on Sunday (May 3). Lek said she is delighted that she can finally open her business again following the stress of more than a month with
BANGKOK (AP) — The millions of unemployed in Thailand due to the coronavirus include elephants dependent on tourists to feed their voracious appetites. With scant numbers of foreign visitors, commercial elephant camps and sanctuaries lack funds for their upkeep and have sent more than 100 of the animals trudging as far as 150 kilometers (95
The wide education gap dividing the haves and the have nots threatens to become a chasm now that schools have been closed as part of measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. When the virus first hit Thailand, schools were quickly shut down. But as the Covid-19 situation has been under control to an extent, the
The cabinet today rejected the CCSA’s proposal to postpone the four public holidays in May. The official holidays are May 1st Labour Day, May 4th Coronation Day, May 6th Visakha Bucha Day and May 11th the Royal Ploughing Ceremony, or Framers’ Day. The cabinet decided not to postpone the holidays, but advised the public to
Thailand’s Meteorological Department has warned people in most parts of the country to brace for summer storms, bringing with them strong winds, lightning and isolated hail, today and tomorrow. The summer storms are caused by the convergence of a strong cold front from China and the hot weather over northern Thailand. Meanwhile, the easterly wind
The lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world have come to a standstill as lockdowns, quarantines, social distancing and bans on public gatherings are enforced to curb the spread of Covid-19. So far, more than 165,000 people have been killed by the deadly virus and over 2.4 million people across the globe
Eighteen foreign tourists were today detained by Thai police for partying at a rented house on Pha-ngan Island, home to the popular full-moon parties, in violation of state of emergency restrictions. Police, from Koh Pha-ngan police station in Thailand’s Surat Thani province, raided the house after a tip-off from the village head, saying that many
A group of unemployed migrant workers were allowed to leave the resort island of Phuket to return home yesterday (Tuesday), as the provincial administration agreed to temporarily lift the travel ban so they can rejoin their families. One of the workers, from the neighboring province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, told Thai PBS that he has
