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Tourists give thumbs-up to new rules
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/05/2022
» Tourists have given positive feedback after the government's decision to scrap the Test & Go scheme, a rescinding that took effect on Sunday.
Delighted to be free of quarantine
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/02/2020
» CHON BURI: After being quarantined for 14 days at Sattahip naval base in Chon Buri, Yui -- aged 32, newly-wed and two months pregnant, was allowed to return home. Yui was among 137 "Wuhan returnees", whom the government airlifted from Wuhan in China, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.
Protected tortoises seized at airport, Taiwanese couple held
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/12/2019
» A Taiwanese couple have been arrested at Don Mueang airport on charges of trying to smuggle 95 Indian star tortoises out of the country.
DSI wildlife efforts bag big game
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/01/2018
» The arrest of wildlife trafficking kingpin Boonchai Bach in Nakhon Phanom last Friday received international media attention. Mr Boonchai was a member of a notorious Southeast Asian trafficking syndicate known as "Hydra", which was a major trader of illegal ivory, pangolin, tiger, prayoon wood, and tiger and rhino horns.
P-move opposes 99-year leases for foreign investors
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/04/2017
» Supporters of the People's Movement for a Just Society, also known as P-move, have threatened to rally in front of Government House to protest against the cabinet's resolution allowing foreign investors to lease government land in the eastern special economic development zone for up to 99 years.
Unhealthy haze worsens in Phuket
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/10/2015
» Haze generated by smoke from Indonesian forest fires eased in Thailand’s southernmost provinces Wednesday even as it worsened in Phuket, the Pollution Control Department said.
Rainmaking cleans the air in Bangkok
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/12/2023
» Rainmaking to the east of Bangkok has led to a dramatic drop in air pollution in the capital and its surrounds, with ultra-fine dust levels in all areas back within the safety threshold on Monday.
Rainmaking efforts cause PM2.5 drop
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/12/2023
» Rainmaking efforts that were carried out east of Bangkok have led to a dramatic drop in pollution across the capital and its surrounding areas, with levels of harmful, ultra-fine pollutants in the atmosphere reported to have dropped back below the safe threshold yesterday.
Children monitored for respiratory illnesses amid China scare
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/11/2023
» The Public Health Ministry has been monitoring clusters of respiratory illnesses in children in northern China as the World Health Organization (WHO) is keeping an eye on the mounting number of cases.
Airports step up Covid surveillance on arrivals from Hong Kong, Singapore
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/10/2022
» Health officials at airports are conducting random Covid-19 tests on passengers with respiratory symptoms from Hong Kong and Singapore to detect Omicron's new XBB subvariant, according to disease control authorities.