Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
The board of the Government Lottery Office (GLO) will consider increasing the number of digital tickets available for sale online, after tickets for the June 16th and July 1st draws sold out in four days and just over two days respectively. Lawaron Saengsanit, director-General of Revenue Department and chairman of the GLO board, said today
More than 2.8 million digital lottery tickets, for the July 1st draw, were sold in six hours, on their first day on sale, following the successful launch of online lottery ticket sales by the Government Lottery Office on June 2nd. Chairman of the GLO’s lottery board Lawaron Saengsanit said today (Friday) that 5,173,500 digital lottery
The murder suspect, wanted in Taiwan for killing a Thai couple last week, surrendered to police in the northern province of Chiang Mai this morning (Friday). Accompanied by his father, the suspect, Santi Supa-apiradeepailin, turned himself in to Crime Suppression Division police at a border patrol camp in Muang Na sub-district in Chiang Dao. He
Digital lottery ticket sales for the June 16th draw, by the Government Lottery Office, apparently adversely affected many lottery vendors, who found they had many unsold tickets yesterday, forcing some to sell them at a discount to clear their stocks before the draw. A set of two tickets, which are usually sold at 200 baht,
The mandate requiring the wearing of face masks in public will not be lifted outright when the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) meets tomorrow (Friday), but guidance will be provided as to where masks can be removed. Today, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dismissed speculation that the CCSA will lift the face mask mandate,
Deputy Bangkok Governor Chakkaphan Phewngam has warned municipal police to refrain from demanding or accepting bribes or other ill-gotten benefits during his first meeting with municipal police chiefs and the head of the City Law Enforcement Department yesterday (Monday). He said that, from now on, allegations of bribery made against officials of the City Law
Police across Thailand have been told to look for Sunthorn Vilawan, mayor of the Prachin Buri provincial administrative organisation and father of Deputy Education Minister Kanokwan, who is wanted by the police and park officials for alleged land encroachment in Khao Yai National Park. National Police Chief, Pol Gen Suwat Jangyodsuk, said today (Monday) that
Thailand’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has expressed concern over the potential short and long term effects of cannabis on Thai youth, now that controlled use of the plant in various forms has been legalised. 670,065 people have registered with the Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) to grow cannabis or hemp and
The new online “Traffy Fondue” platform, launched by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) under its new governor Chadchart Sittipunt, received 17,811 complaints from Bangkok residents in its first 11 days, revealing many everyday problems in the capital. During the Traffy Fondue seminar and training on Friday, deputy governor Sanon Wangsangboon said that all the district
Locally famous Thai cyclist, Nirantra Phramthong, who had travelled to numerous countries with his bicycle, was struck by a ten-wheel truck and killed yesterday (Thursday), while riding along a road in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima. He was a 53-year-old native of Pran Buri district in Prachuap Khiri Khan. The accident occurred at the
Public Health Minister and Leader of Bhumjaithai Party Anutin Charnvirakul officiated at the opening of a cannabis exhibition today (Friday), at the Buriram International Circuit in the north-eastern province, to celebrate the success of the party’s policy to liberalise medical cannabis. About 30,000 people, including senior ministers from the Bhumjaithai party, senior public health officials,
More than 3,000 people serving prison terms for offences related to cannabis or hemp are to be released tomorrow (Thursday) when the announcement of the Public Health Ministry, removing the two plants from the country’s Category 5 narcotics list, becomes effective. Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said today that there are currently 4,075 people serving terms
