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Phattalung villages hit hard
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 31/12/2012
» More than 3,500 families in Phatthalung’s five districts have been affected by flooding caused by rainstorms and mountain run-off triggered by last week’s monsoon over the Gulf of Thailand.
Songkhla hospital faces staff shortage
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/01/2013
» SONGKHLA: Employees of Songklanagarind Hospital in Hat Yai district urged the government to place them in civil servants' positions after resignations by hundreds over the past several years have cause a staff shortage.
Fire destroys shops in Phatthalung
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 24/10/2013
» PHATTHALUNG – A fire in a shop in a market set off a fireworks explosion which also wrecked two other buildings in Pa Phayom’s tambon Ban Phrao of Pa Phayom district early Thursday.
Four killed in pickup-train crash
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 27/10/2013
» Four people were killed, two of them children, after a pickup truck was hit by a Yala-bound train in Muang district of Phatthalung on Sunday afternoon.
Golden treasure hoard found in Phatthalung
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 29/05/2014
» The Fine Arts Department will take control of the field where an ancient hoard of buried gold was found in Phatthalung’s Khao Chaison district last weekend, sparking a local, frenzied rush to dig up the treasure.
Police move in to halt ‘gold rush’ frenzy
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 30/05/2014
» The Fine Arts Department is seeking help from authorities to stop a "gold rush" at an open field in Phatthalung’s Khao Chaison district where ancient gold ornaments dating back 800 years were discovered last week.
Two South provinces ravaged by floods
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 14/12/2014
» Flash floods and forest runoff ravaged several districts in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Phatthalung provinces on Sunday.
Mystery fires terrify Phatthalung family
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 22/04/2015
» Local officials are hunting for the cause of a string of unexplained fires that have broken out at a house in Phatthalung’s Tamot district, with 150 incidents reported since last month.
Governor bids to protect Sakai tribe
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 16/06/2015
» The governor of Phattalung has mounted a campaign to protect the indigenous Sakai tribe which faces threats from urbanisation and exploitation in the province.
Police seize B54m from major drug ring
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 09/02/2017
» SONGKHLA - A man and a woman suspected of involvement in drug trafficking have been arrested in Chana district after police found 1-million-baht cash in their car and another 54 million baht in Thai and Malaysian currencies in the woman’s condominium.