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Anutin approves border fence plan
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 19/04/2026
» Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has approved in principle a border fence project in Narathiwat to curb smuggling, illegal crossings and unrest, to be funded from the central budget.
Senator wants better border centre chief
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 17/09/2025
» The next secretary-general of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC) should be someone better suited to the job, a senator says.
Malaysia to help dredge river mouth
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 06/09/2025
» Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to systematically dredge the Golok River mouth to improve water flow and protect local communities as well as the local ecosystem.
Thaksin to work on crypto plan
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/02/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been assigned to make a proposal and recommendation for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to start working towards adopting a cryptocurrency, he said on Friday.
Senator blames insurgents for Songkhla statue attack
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 22/11/2024
» A senator has blamed this week’s grenade attacks in Songkhla on the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu-Patani (BRN) insurgent group, saying it intended to discredit a policy to strengthen multiculturalism and promote economic development in the troubled southern border region.
Muno housing rebuild gets going again
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 15/10/2024
» NARATHIWAT: Construction of new homes for victims of the firework warehouse disaster near the Muno market in Sungai Kolok district last year resumed yesterday after more than one year of delays.
Activists welcome court's decision to accept lawsuit
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 27/08/2024
» Activists have welcomed the decision by Narathiwat Provincial Court to hear a lawsuit against seven officials accused of murder and kidnapping during the 2004 Tak Bai massacre.
SBPAC help centre to aid Sudan Thais
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 22/04/2023
» The Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC) has set up a help centre for 210 Thai students in Sudan amid ongoing fighting in its capital Khartoum.
Long sentences for militant leader, followers
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 07/12/2022
» YALA: The provincial court has given long prison sentences to one of the leaders and other members of a militant group held responsible for widespread violence in the southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.
Arson, bomb attacks at 17 spots in South
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 17/08/2022
» Insurgents launched coordinated bomb and arson attacks on convenience stores and petrol stations at 17 places in three southern border provinces, causing considerable damage.