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Mussel farmers told to stop using old bike tyres
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 17/07/2018
» PHETCHABURI: Local authorities are requesting mussel farmers to stop using old motorcycle tyres on collector lines along the seashore and remove all those currently in use, for the sake of the environment.
Tiny solution to jumbo problem
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 26/02/2018
» Farmers across Thailand have borne the brunt of crop damage due to invasions by wild elephants for decades. Several measures to thwart such intrusions have been rolled out, including building electric fences around farmland, but none of them have deterred these determined jumbos.
Rubber farmers to join Dem rally
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 14/11/2013
» Rubber and palm oil farmer protesters have ended their road blocks in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Bang Saphan Noi district and left to join the anti-government movements in Bangkok.
Police reject Phetkasem reopening
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 02/11/2013
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN – Protesting rubber farmers who have closed a section of Phetkasem Highway since Oct 26 have agreed to partially reopen part of the road but police still want to keep it closed for safety reasons.
Rubber protesters' homes attacked
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 01/11/2013
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - Four homes belonging to farmers connected with the rubber price protest blockading Phetkasem Road were fired at multiple times by unknown assailants on Friday.
Bang Saphan Noi locals defy protesters
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 31/10/2013
» About 100 local people in Bang Saphan Noi district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province are protesting against southern rubber and oil palm growers blocking Phetkasem Road.
1,500 police sent to rubber protests
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 28/10/2013
» Ten companies of around 1,500 police officers have been mobilised to contain rubber protests over fears that rallies by farmers may spread beyond Bang Saphan district in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, provincial police chief Pol Maj Gen Thanet Sunthornsuk said on Monday.
Protesters paralyse South traffic
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 28/10/2013
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN – Large numbers of motorists are being forced into a traffic bottlneck on the two-lane Bang Saphan–Nong Hat Thai road used as a detour around the main highway, Phetkasem Road, which has been closed by rubber protestors since Sunday.
South traffic crippled as protesters dig in
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 28/10/2013
» The government last night failed to convince rubber protesters to open the main road to and from the South which they blockaded earlier the same afternoon with trailer trucks.
Farmers to stage fresh roadblock
News, Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 04/10/2013
» Farmers have threatened to block the main highway in Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Saturday to demand higher prices for rubber and oil palm nuts.