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Endangered peafowl find haven in Phayao
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 14/12/2019
» Human intervention is pushing the green peafowl towards extinction -- but it could also be key to the survival of these beautiful birds.
The cloth-weavers' tale
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 05/01/2019
» Traders in Phu Sang district of northern Phayao province did not know they were on the cusp of commercial ruin until their supplies of traditional fabric -- purchased from neighbouring Laos with the intention of selling to tourists -- had dried up.
Laos 'might need a push' to take full advantage of border crossing
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 02/12/2018
» Phayao: Despite the upgrading of Ban Huak crossing in Phu Sang district to a permanent border checkpoint, only local residents are currently allowed to travel across the border to Laos.
Going with the flow
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 25/08/2018
» Border trade is a key engine driving the economy. Now Thai officials hope that by upgrading border checkpoints to border passes they can invigorate the country by boosting exchanges.
The Governator of Phayao
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 04/08/2018
» Former Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn knows the importance of teamwork having overseen the rescue of the Wild Boars after they spent two weeks without food in a flooded cave. Now he is bringing that experience to Phayao, where he has been reassigned.
Blaze-hit hospital building in Phayao now 'off limits'
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 19/07/2018
» Phayao Hospital declared a four-storey building that caught fire on Tuesday night off-limits Wednesday.
Making a meal out of it
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 23/06/2018
» In recent weeks, lunches have turned into a political hot potato for some state-run schools where administrators are accused of cutting costs by serving up meagre meals, which critics say rob young students of the nutrition they need to perform. Parents have complained that some schools in the Northeast have skimped on ingredients and reduced the sizes of the portions served at canteens, possibly skimming off student lunch finding for use elsewhere.
Bamboo worms have panel in twist
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 06/03/2018
» National park authorities want restrictions imposed on how many bamboo worms can be taken across the border to Laos via the Ban Huak crossing in Phayao to curb the illegal felling of bamboo in the province.
Cops target 'We Walk' activists
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 07/02/2018
» Police in Phayao took 14 activists involved in the "We Walk" anti-government campaign to court yesterday.
Herbal health farm just the tonic
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 26/08/2017
» Living simply can be surprisingly empowering for those who ditch the bright lights of the big city and return to the land, where they find even the most rudimentary garden vegetables and herbs are treasure troves of phytochemicals and stacked full of healing properties.