Artikel tagged “government”

  • How can Thailand curb its appalling road fatality rate?

    How can Thailand curb its appalling road fatality rate?

    It’s a question asked by an article nearly a year ago. Tim Newton ponders if much has changed in the last 12 months…. “In the worst of the incidents, 25 people died on Monday in Chonburi province after a pick-up truck and a minivan collided and burst into flames.

  • TUESDAY MORNING BRIEFING – All your news in 3 minutes

    TUESDAY MORNING BRIEFING – All your news in 3 minutes

    It’s a public holiday today. It’s Father’s Day and National Day in Thailand, both proclaimed as celebrations of the birthday of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej

  • NGO taking the government to court over food pesticides

    NGO taking the government to court over food pesticides

    More than 60 per cent of five popular vegetables sold in local markets contain excessive levels of harmful chemical residue, according to a testing by the Thailand Pesticide Alert Network (Thai-PAN), a non-governmental organisation working on food safety. About 64 per cent of khana (Chinese kale), tua fak yao (long beans), prik daeng (red chili), bai kaprao (basil leaves) and kalam pree (cabbage) samples contained chemical residue above maximum residue levels (MRL) limit, said Thai-PAN coordinator Prokchol Ousap at a press conference on Friday. The finding came from recent testing of 150 samples of nine vegetables, which also included bai bua bok (pennywort), cha-om (climbing wattle), tam lueng (ivy gourd) and sai bua (lotus stem), as well as the six fruits: grapes, papaya, banana, coconut, pineapple and dragon fruit.

  • Two officers transferred over death of 18 year old cadet

    Two officers transferred over death of 18 year old cadet

    The family blames injuries from punishment at school.

  • Thursday Morning Briefing – everything you need to know in 3 minutes

    Thursday Morning Briefing – everything you need to know in 3 minutes

    The Thai woman implicated in the deadly Erawan Shrine bomb attack is now in Thai police custody.

  • The first Thai to run for election in Queensland, Australia

    The first Thai to run for election in Queensland, Australia

    PHOTO: Courier Mail Wuttipong Sangjitphun, running for a seat in the Queensland state parliament.

  • Supreme Court says Layan beachfront is ‘public land’

    Supreme Court says Layan beachfront is ‘public land’

    PHOTO: y Travel Blog Today the Phuket Gazette visited Layan Beach following the verdict in the Thai Supreme Court that confirmed that the land, where six beach restaurants and businesses continue to operate, was public land. The land in question spans the an entire 3 kilometre frontage including stretches of Layan and Laypang beaches and covering some 178 rai of land.

  • Businesses lose billion baht land probe on Layan Beach

    Businesses lose billion baht land probe on Layan Beach

    Pol Lt Col Montree Boonyayotin, Director of Natural Resource and Environment Case Division, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) The Supreme Court on November 1 confirmed the 6 businesses who tried to sue the government have lost their battle against Phuket local government offices including Thalang Land Office officers, Phuket Land Office Chief, Thalang District Chief, Phuket Administrative Office and Land Department. The prosecutors include Orapan Ploypetch, Sodsai Ongsritrakul, Pitak Boonpotjanasunthorn and Sawat Thongpaiyuth, who had businesses on Layan Beach, were given warnings from the officials to move out as the location were public land

  • Nine killed and 300,000 more affected by flooding in 21 Provinces

    Nine killed and 300,000 more affected by flooding in 21 Provinces

    Floods in 21 provinces, mostly in the North, Northeast and Central regions of the country, have killed at least nine people and affected more than 300,000 others over the past two weeks, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation have reported.

  • Koh Phi Phi – Thailand’s most profitable national park

    Koh Phi Phi – Thailand’s most profitable national park

    Phi Phi Islands is the most profitable national park in the nation for 2 years in a row. Had Nopparat Thara – Phi Phi Island National Park has officially reached the highest income among the national parks across the country this year with 669 million Baht