Artikel tagged “phuket gazette”

  • Fears that plantation fire could add to Bangkok pollution woes

    Fears that plantation fire could add to Bangkok pollution woes

    A huge plantation fire has destroyed a 400 rai rubber farm in Chacheongsao province with concerns that it could also add to Bangkok’s air pollution and smog woes. Chachongseo is the province immediately east of the city limits. The prevailing winds come from the north-east

  • Thai Immigration clamps down on requirements for Retirement visas

    Thai Immigration clamps down on requirements for Retirement visas

    A story in ThaiVisa is providing a lot of concern for people making applications for ‘Retirement’ and ‘Marriage’ visas so they can remain in the Kingdom. The announcement follows several of the embassies last year explaining that they will no longer be issuing a ‘proof of income’ for the purpose of visa applications in Thailand

  • Chinese tourist couple found after getting lost in Thalang jungle

    Chinese tourist couple found after getting lost in Thalang jungle

    PHOTOS:  The Thalang Police  and  The Phuket Tourist Police Officers were searching for about four hours for a Chinese tourist couple who were lost in the Khao Phra Thaew Non – Hunting area forest in Thalang district last night. The local Tourist Police and the Thalang Police were notified of the pair getting lost early in the evening after they called the Phuket Tourist Police

  • Monk defrocked and charged with child abuse

    Monk defrocked and charged with child abuse

    by Suriya Patathayo Another Buddhist monk has been arrested and defrocked. The allegations involve sexual violations against boys and posting pornographic content online.

  • Air quality for Thailand – February 1

    Air quality for Thailand – February 1

    Central Thailand Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.

  • Bangkok Air Quality: BKK Governor calls for help as PM2.5 smog continues

    Bangkok Air Quality: BKK Governor calls for help as PM2.5 smog continues

    PHOTO: Jor Sor 100 traffic radio – Bangkok Air Quality Bangkok’s governor is calling on experts to provide advice on how best to tackle the severe air pollution that blankets the city and is causing the wrong sort of headlines for the capital. The Pollution Control Department reported 41 Greater Bangkok areas as having unsafe levels of PM2.5 – airborne particulates 2.5 microns in diameter and smaller – this morning and affirmed the PM2.5 would continue accumulating until at least February 4. Aswin called on expert assistance while presiding over a ceremony at the Khon Muang Plaza on Thursday morning to dispatch 50 drones to spray water at haze-affected locations including Kasetsart University, the Lat Phrao five-prong intersection, Lumphini Park and Rama 9 bridge areas.

  • Peter Denman from Channel 3 visits Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation

    Peter Denman from Channel 3 visits Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation

    The famous actor from Channel 3, Thai-British Peter Denman, paid a visit to Soi Dog Foundation in Phuket on January 28. He visited so he could get to know more about the work they do and spend some quality time with the animals. He has also been nominated to be one of Soi Dog’s Brand Ambassadors as well

  • King Maha Vajiralongkorn supports boy attacked by dogs at Sarasin Bridge

    King Maha Vajiralongkorn supports boy attacked by dogs at Sarasin Bridge

    PHOTO: The Phuket PR Office His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn has ordered that the boy, bitten by soi dogs at a Phang Nga beach this week, to be under special medical care by royal command. The seven year old boy was seriously injured after being attacked and mauled by a group of dogs near Sarasin Bridge last weekend.

  • Burmese migrants, heading for Malaysia, stopped in Chumphon

    Burmese migrants, heading for Malaysia, stopped in Chumphon

    Police and soldiers in Chumphon have arrested 37 Burmese people who were heading to Malaysia. Security forces, including troops from the 44th Army Circle, checked a wooded location where residents had seen a group of strangers in a makeshift camp

  • Bangkok air deteriorates today

    Bangkok air deteriorates today

    PHOTO: Bangkok skyline this morning – FM91 Traffic Pro Greater Bangkok’s air pollution was bad this morning, with 36 locations reporting the amount of PM2.5 micron pollutants rising beyond the safety limit of 50 micrograms of PM2.5 per cubic metre of air, with one area reaching as high as 113 micrograms. The Pollution Control Department say the breeze is too low to blow the dust away today, but just enough to stir up the dust and make things worse this afternoon. The PCD is urging people to refrain from using vehicles emitting dark exhaust, avoid outdoor burning, and reduce their use of personal cars and take public transport.