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Bull elephant, 50, poisoned for its tusks
News, Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 12/07/2014
» A 50-year-old bull elephant was poisoned to death and its tusks cut off yesterday morning in Ayutthaya, police say.
Hunt for killers of famous elephant
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 11/07/2014
» AYUTTHAYA - Police, soldiers and local officials combed nearby communities Friday after a 50-year-old bull elephant, a star of movies and royal ceremony, was slain overnight and his tusks crudely sawn off.
Red shirts gather in Ayutthaya
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 15/03/2014
» AYUTTHAYA - Members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) in the central provinces descended on the old capital on Saturday for a major rally to counter anti-government rivals in Bangkok.
Ayutthaya dam to release more water
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 02/10/2013
» AYUTTHAYA – The Royal Irrigation Department has warned that more water will be discharged from the Phra Ram VI dam and floods levels downstream will rise as a consequence.
Six Ayutthaya districts flooded
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 21/09/2013
» Floodwaters from the Chao Phraya and Noi rivers have hit six districts of Ayutthaya province.
Fisherman nets mortar shell from river
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 28/05/2013
» AYUTTHAYA - A fisherman working a stretch of the Lop Buri river in Ayutthaya province found a scary catch in his net on Tuesday - an old, rusted up mortar round.
Second inquiry into collapsed bridge
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 01/05/2013
» Ayutthaya governor Witthaya Piewpong on Wednesday said he had set up a fact-finding committee into Sunday's deadly collapse of the suspension Rattanakosin Bridge in Tha Rua district, which killed four people and left 23 others injured.
Corruption probe into bridge collapse
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 30/04/2013
» Officials from the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) on Tuesday began to investigate Sunday's fatal suspension bridge collapse in Ayutthaya, to see whether corruption had affected recent work on the span.
EIT blames collapse on poor repairs
News, Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 30/04/2013
» Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) secretary-general Thanes Weerasiri is blaming Sunday's deadly suspension bridge collapse in Ayutthaya on an "unprofessional" repair job last year.
Govt to tackle riverbank erosion
News, Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 18/11/2012
» The government has ordered a survey on erosion in river basins across the country, particularly along the Chao Phraya and Pasak riverbanks where several houses have collapsed into the water.