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Trat forecasts 4.4% economic growth this year
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 01/10/2022
» Trat: After being hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and seeing only 1.4% economic growth last year, the province's economy is picking up this year and expects to register 4.4% growth.
Pig cargo drowns when boat runs aground
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 21/05/2021
» TRAT: A small cargo ship sank in the sea off Khlong Yai district on Friday morning, drowning all but one of the cargo of 200 pigs it was taking to Vietnam.
Trat's fishing industry hit hard by shortage of migrant workers
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 25/04/2021
» TRAT: The fishing industry in this eastern province has been seriously affected by the shortage of migrant workers since the border between Thailand and Cambodia was closed to stem the Covid-19 pandemic, a fishing boat owner said on Sunday.
Contraband cigarettes seized
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 06/04/2021
» TRAT: A man was arrested with 356 cartons of smuggled foreign cigarettes in his possession at a road checkpoint in Muang district of this eastern province bordering Cambodia early on Tuesday.
Trat wants to join 3-airport rail extension
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 05/08/2020
» Trat: Residents want the government to extend the high-speed rail route that will link Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-Tapao airports through their province.
Boom along the border
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 01/07/2019
» A group of Chinese investors has poured in close to 10 billion baht to develop a new city in Thmada, a border village in Veal Veng district in Cambodia's Pursat province -- a project which, upon completion, is expected to change the dynamics of trade and tourism along the Thai-Cambodian border.
Bike smugglers caught in the act
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 22/09/2018
» Trat: A Thai and a Cambodian were nabbed yesterday while attempting to smuggle 10 stolen motorcycles out to Koh Kong province in the neighbouring country.
Smuggler of assault rifles halted near Cambodia border
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 11/04/2018
» TRAT: A pick-up truck with military stickers was found carrying illegal firearms at a checkpoint in the eastern province bordering Cambodia late Tuesday night.
Tit for Trat: fishermen blast rules
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 05/04/2018
» A fishing community in Trat province near Cambodia has blasted the government for what it sees as overly strict regulations aimed at tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, saying several could prove counterproductive and should be reviewed.
Rifles, grenades found in air force officer's pickup
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 03/06/2017
» TRAT: A routine traffic accident investigation has led to the surprising discovery of 29 rifles and four machine guns, along with dozens of grenades and thousands of rounds of ammunition, in the pickup truck of an air force officer near the Cambodian border.