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Group warns about music marketing
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/04/2024
» The Stop-Drink Network Thailand has warned against liquor companies using music marketing strategies to promote their products.
Songkran splash sites to be strictly booze-free
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/03/2024
» Rules will be strictly enforced to make water-splashing venues nationwide completely free of alcohol during the Songkran festival next month, officials said on Tuesday.
Road deaths stack up in the capital
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/04/2023
» Bangkok has racked up the highest fatality rate from road accidents during the first three days of the Songkran festival.
18 river sources unfit for Songkran
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/04/2023
» The Department of Pollution Control (PCD) has warned people not to use water from 18 sources during the Songkran holidays because of unsafe bacterial contamination. The unsafe water sources include river sections that pass through Bangkok and Nonthaburi's Bang Kruai district.
Water wish running dry
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/03/2022
» Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has urged business operators on Khao San Road to forget plans to hold water-splashing activities during this year's Songkran holiday period, saying their patience and cooperation are needed to avoid the risk of another disruptive coronavirus outbreak.
Phangnga tourism still suffering
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/11/2021
» The majority of souvenir shops, restaurants and massage shops in the Khao Lak coastal area of Phangnga province have seen no signs of recovery despite the country having reopened to foreign tourists for over three weeks.
Songkran 'Save Parents' campaign aims to douse Covid-19
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/04/2020
» The Department of Health has asked children to avoid visiting their parents and elderly family members during the Songkran Festival -- known as Thai New Year -- to protect the highly vulnerable from Covid-19.
Water safe to use in festival, insists PCD
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/04/2019
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) on Friday insisted the quality of natural water sources across the country, including in heavily polluted Chiang Mai city, is safe enough to use for water splashing during the upcoming Songkran festival.
Pollution Control Department pledges desalination standards
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/04/2018
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has announced the country's first quality standards for water discharged during the desalination process.
Drought 'worst in eight years'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/04/2014
» Chiang Mai: Thailand is facing its worst drought in eight years as the dry spell continues in the country's upper regions, a senior Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives officer has warned.