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Fare hike to tackle taxi mafia
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/03/2024
» The Professional Association of Public Taxi Motorists has asked the Transport Ministry for permission to increase the starting fare rate at Mo Chit 2 bus station to 50 baht while urging it to solve the problem of illegal taxis.
Netizens dislike pricey Phuket airfares
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/02/2024
» Social media saw many comments this week from local travellers complaining about the high price of airfares to Phuket.
Drunk doctor avoids jail time for fatal road crash
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/11/2022
» The Thon Buri district court has sentenced a police doctor, charged with drunk driving and causing two deaths and a serious injury in a crash in Bangkok last year, to three years in jail suspended for two years.
Transport problems hit reopening
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/11/2021
» Insufficient vehicles and expensive transportation costs at the airport on the first day of reopening prompted tourism operators to ask for more relaxation of transport permits.
TEST YOURSELF: Too expensive to ride
Gary Boyle, Published on 18/02/2021
» Electric train fares hurt the average city resident
Price control to begin for face masks
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/02/2020
» The government is putting face masks and alcohol-based hand sanitiser on the state price control list as part of efforts to deal with the deadly virus outbreak.
Spoiled for choice
Holiday Time, Gary Boyle, Published on 21/12/2018
» We don’t know where to begin. There are simply too many choices. We’ve entered the JW Café in the elegant JW Marriot Bangkok hotel on Sukumvit Soi 2 and realised we are hopelessly unprepared.