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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.
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.
Nod needed for school fairs
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 06/07/2024
» The governor of Pattani has outlined procedures "Tadika" Islamic schools should follow when hosting activities after several schools conducted events supporting Palestinians.
Malaysia to support twin-city concept in South
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 07/06/2024
» The government will partner with Malaysia to promote the twin-city concept in the deep South, aiming to stimulate the economy.
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.
Former Pulo leader unveils plan for locals
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 18/09/2020
» Five years after being released from jail, Sama-ae Thanam, a former leader of the Patani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo), is playing a crucial role to advance an investment project on biogas power plants in five southern provinces.
Prachachart elects new leader
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 02/09/2018
» Former Speaker of the House Wan Muhamad Nor Matha was elected yesterday to lead the Prachachart Party -- a new political outfit mainly comprising Muslim politicians from the Wadah, a political faction perceived as allies of the Pheu Thai Party.
Army: Schools embezzling funds to support insurgency
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/04/2018
» Up to 60% of government budget funds allocated to some schools in the southernmost border provinces has been misused to support the southern insurgency movement, according to the military.
Art attack: painting for peace
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 31/03/2018
» They say art imitates life. In Pattani, a years-long insurgency and related episodes of violence have now been caught on canvas and hung on the walls of the province's only gallery -- adding an artistic perspective to what at times looks like an intractable bout of political unrest.