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Fuel prices go up amid Mideast war
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/03/2026
» Petrol stations in several provinces have begun rationing fuel sales as supplies tighten, while some operators have raised prices, amid the war in the Middle East.
'Big Joke' files defamation suit against police chief
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 03/10/2025
» Former deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, also known as "Big Joke", has filed a criminal defamation lawsuit against national police chief Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch over allegations of links to a Chulalongkorn University law exam scandal.
Gulf of Thailand canal project push gains new momentum
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/03/2025
» The Thai Canal Association for Study and Development wants a national committee to study the feasibility of connecting the Gulf of Thailand with the Andaman Sea via the proposed 9A Canal Route. The project, if approved, could create up to a million new jobs, its advocates say.
Phatthalung to push airport plan
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/11/2024
» Authorities and the local tourism sector plan to build an airport in Phatthalung to promote the province as a new logistics hub for the southern region.
Panel hears feedback on lithium push
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 11/03/2024
» PHANGNGA: The House Committee on Industry on Sunday visited lithium deposits in Takua Tung district with a view to promoting them as a global lithium source under the government's electronic vehicle (EV) manufacturing hub policy.
10,000 Buddhist monks in Hat Yai for mass alms offerings
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 20/08/2023
» SONGKHLA: About 10,000 monks from four countries gathered in the middle of Hat Yai city on Sunday morning to receive offerings of alms from Thai and foreign Buddhists in a traditional event which is held annually.
Complaint filed against Thamanat over by-election campaign speech
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 12/01/2022
» SONGKHLA: The Move Forward Party candidate in the approaching by-election in constituency 6 of this southern province, Thiwach Damkaew, on Wednesday filed a complaint against Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) secretary-general Thamanat Prompow, accusing him of violating the Election Act.
29 caught partying in Hat Yai
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/01/2022
» SONGKHLA: Twenty-nine young men and women were arrested in a raid by a team of police and administrative officials on a pub-cum-restaurant in Hat Yai district in the small hours on Sunday.
No Loy Krathong in Phatthalung
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 10/11/2021
» PHATTHALUNG: The provincial communicable disease committee has cancelled next week's Loy Krathong festival for fear the large crowds it draws would lead to a rise in Covid-19 infections.
Songkhla adopts stricter Covid screening
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/10/2021
» SONGKHLA: Authorities in Songkhla have toughened screening measures in areas adjacent to the three southernmost border provinces in hopes of bringing down stubbornly high rates of Covid-19 infections.