Regional and local news from across Thailand's provinces — in English, from Thai PBS World, Thailand's public broadcaster.
Four people, vying to become the mayor of the resort town of Pattaya in the election in May registered their candidacy this morning (Thursday) at Pattaya City Hall and drew lots for their candidate numbers. The registrations for Pattaya city election candidates come at the same time as those in Bangkok, for the governor and
The Land Department has revoked 59 “nor sor 3 kor” land ownership certificates, covering 337.76 hectares in the Chom Bueng district of Thailand’s central province of Ratchaburi, issued to Somporn Juangroongruangkit, mother of Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn. The order to revoke the certificates was issued yesterday (Tuesday) by a deputy director-general of the Land Department
The body of a tourist who went missing while on a rafting tour in the southern province of Phang-nga after the inflatable boat, in which he was rafting with four Israeli tourists, capsized in strong currents, was found today (Wednesday), two kilometres away from the spot he was lost. The discovery of the body followed
A plan for the government to launch the online sale of lottery tickets at the end of this year is to be proposed, if the authorities remain unable to prevent the overpricing of the tickets, according to Spokesman for the Government Lottery Office (GLO) Assoc. Prof. Thanawat Pholvichai. Thanawat’s remark came after complaints of the
The state-run Transport Company is to increase bus and van services during the long Songkran holidays to about 3,700 daily trips out of Bangkok on April 11th and 12th and a similar number back to Bangkok on April 16th through 18th. The Transport Company’s Managing Director Sanyalak Panwattanalikhit said today (Tuesday) that he anticipates the
In what is believed to be the first case of its kind in Thailand, the Civil Court in Bangkok has ordered an animal hospital and a veterinarian to pay 70,000 baht compensation to the owner of a Labrador which died during surgery. The court found both the hospital and the vet guilty of negligence, causing
The chief of TV Channel 5 was today sacked, just over one week after he met the Russian ambassador to Thailand to discuss news cooperation between the army-run broadcaster and Russian news agencies. However, General Rangsi Kitiyanasap insisted that he resigned on his own accord. “I submitted my resignation,” he said citing “personal reason” for
A team of veterinarians and officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation are discussing ways to deal with the rapid increase in the monkey population in the central province of Lopburi, which is adversely affecting many locals and visitors. They are considering sterilisation of the primates, to control the population, instead
Thailand’s Livestock Development Department is expected to produce its first lot of inactivated vaccine against Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) in cattle by May, which will eventually reduce the country’s dependence on imports. In announcing the successful development of the vaccine, the department’s director-general, Sorravis Thaneto said today (Friday) that the vaccine will be available in
Officials from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in Thailand’s eastern province of Sa Kaeo have launched an investigation into the installation of fancy lamp posts in their area, following the discovery of similar lamp posts being installed in many other provinces last year. The posts, topped with the half bird half human Kinnara figurine, were
A Vietnamese man, on a solo voyage in an inflatable dinghy from Phuket across the Indian Ocean to search for his Indian wife in Mumbai, whom he has not seen for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been rescued from the sea by Thai fishermen. The marine security unit of the Third Fleet
Bangkok’s most popular public park, Suan Lumpini, will undergo a major renovation, to transform it into “more than a park”, to meet the wishes of city dwellers and to celebrate its centennial in 2025. Renovation costs are estimated to be about one billion baht, with the makeover project separated into two phases. There will be
