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Skyrocketing pork prices spark calls for intervention
Online Reporters, Published on 04/01/2022
» High pork prices are taking their toll on both vendors and consumers, with prices having doubled in the past year, and calls are increasing for the government to step in.
Samui, Phangan residents stock up ahead of storm Pabuk
Online Reporters, Published on 03/01/2019
» SURAT THANI: Residents and tourists on Koh Samui and Phangan are stocking up on food and petrol ahead of storm Pabuk, with boat services linking the islands and mainland to be suspended.
Siriraj calls for type-O blood donation
Online Reporters, Published on 12/10/2016
» Siriraj Hospital has appealed for donations of Type-O blood as its stock is inadequate to treat a rising number of patients.
Water rationing on Koh Samui as reservoirs dry up
Online Reporters, Published on 30/09/2016
» SURAT THANI - Water zoning is being introduced on the holiday island of Koh Samui, with rationing of tap water to households and businesses.
High preservative levels found in kanom jeen noodles
Online Reporters, Published on 08/03/2016
» A survey by the Foundation for Consumers has found about 17% of the fresh kanom jeen noodles sampled at fresh markets contained excessive amounts of the preservative benzoic acid.
Phu Kradueng cable car project resurfaces
Online Reporters, Published on 01/10/2015
» LOEI — Residents of Phu Kradueng district have called on the government to build an electric cable car system for Phu Kradueng National Park.
Lao minimum wage to rise 44% in April
Online Reporters, Published on 19/02/2015
» Laos will raise the minimum wage for unskilled labourers by almost 50% in a move reflecting the government's concern about a worker shortage.
South panel OKs more guns, police
Online Reporters, Published on 03/11/2014
» The committee tasked with resolving problems in the southern border provinces approved an army request to procure at least 2,700 handguns to be given to village-defence volunteers amid intensifying violence.
Farmer: No second crop, no money
Online Reporters, Published on 16/10/2014
» CHAI NAT – A rice farmer who normally grows two crops a year has criticised the government for not releasing water for another planting this year despite the looming water shortage, saying he will have no work for seven or eight months and no income.
Cambodian migrant workers take flight
Online Reporters, Published on 14/06/2014
» As many as 37,000 Cambodian migrants left Thailand on Friday and another 6,000 tried to leave Saturday morning, bringing the total to 70,000 over seven days, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for Asia Pacific.