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Air quality in capital on the mend, pollution dept says
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/02/2026
» Air quality in Bangkok is improving, with average PM2.5 levels at the end of the year falling over the past two years, according to the Pollution Control Department (PCD).
Labour Dept says Italian-Thai Development safety awards were project-based
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/01/2026
» The Department of Labour Protection and Welfare on Monday clarified confusion surrounding safety awards given to Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), the main contractor involved in last week's crane collapse incidents.
Thousands of fake health certificates to be annulled
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/08/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health has ordered that thousands of fake medical certificates issued for migrant workers be annulled and legal action taken against the hospitals and doctors involved.
Slaying the healthcare zombie
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/05/2025
» When a photo of a dental unit at Tanao Sri Hospital -- a remote community hospital in Ratchaburi province -- using a frog-hunting head torch in place of a proper dental lamp went viral last month, it highlighted a grim reality: Thailand's public healthcare system is struggling.
Health ministry to push work from home nationwide
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/01/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health will propose encouraging people across the country to work from home next week, after levels of PM2.5 ultrafine dust pollution exceeded safe levels in almost every province on Tuesday, with the worst recorded in Greater Bangkok.
Invasive blackchin tilapia spreading again in Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/01/2025
» SAMUT SAKHON - Blackchin tilapia fish are once more spreading in the waters of this Central Plains province after local fishermen stopped catching the non-native invasive species.
Top environmental issues of 2024: Kingdom's ecology under attack
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/12/2024
» Environmental issues damaged Thai society and the economy in a number of ways in 2024.
Contraband seized from stores in Samut Sakhon
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/10/2024
» SAMUT SAKHON - Officials raided two shops in Muang district and seized more than 16,000 smuggled, unregistered Myanmar-made products, the Food and Drug Administration announced.
Shutdown begins in Gulf
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/02/2024
» The Department of Fisheries has announced the beginning of the annual rotational closing of the Gulf of Thailand to fishing until September.
Capital’s PM2.5 levels soar
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/01/2024
» Levels of PM2.5 pollution surpassed the safe threshold throughout Bangkok on Tuesday morning.