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Sugar barge hits bridge pillar
News, Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 29/08/2017
» AYUTTHAYA: A barge carrying 1,200 tonnes of sugar hit a support pillar of a bridge over the Chao Phraya River in Bang Pa-in district and sprang a leak early yesterday. No one was injured.
Mercedes-Benz killer gets jail, bailed
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 19/07/2017
» AYUTTHAYA - The speeding Mercedes-Benz driver who killed two post graduate students in Bang Pa-in district last year was sentenced to 30 months in jail and banned from driving for life on Wednesday - and then released on bail pending appeal.
Thousands of nails cause havoc on Highway 347
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 25/04/2017
» AYUTTHAYA -- Thousands of nails believed to have fallen from a truck carrying construction material caused traffic havoc on outbound Highway 347 (Pathum Thani - Bang Pahan) early on Monday, puncturing many vehicles' tyres.
Guide climbing Ayutthaya park wall with tourists face charges
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 09/05/2017
» AYUTTHAYA - A guide who set a bad example for Chinese tourists visiting the historic site by climbing a wall has been urged to meet police to hear charges.
Ex-abbot Mitsuo appears with wife, quelling break-up rumours
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 16/03/2017
» AYUTTHAYA - The former abbot of a renowned forest monastery who shocked his disciples by leaving the monkhood to wed a Thai businesswoman four years ago has showed up with his wife at a temple here, dispelling rumours of a marriage break-up.
Overloaded passenger van driver, owner fined
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 10/04/2017
» AYUTTHAYA - The driver and owner of a passenger van caught carrying too many passengers were each fined on Monday, as the deadline passed for the vans to comply with new rules.
Elephant protest in Bangkok cancelled
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 11/03/2017
» AYUTTHAYA: Organisers have called off a planned rally with 100 elephants in Bangkok on Monday to protest against an elephant identity investigation by wildlife protection authorities, saying they do not want to disrupt traffic.
Trespassing vendors ordered out of old temple
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 14/03/2017
» AYUTTHAYA - Owners of 163 vending stalls encroaching on the ancient temple of Wihan Luang Phor Phramongkhon Bobhit have been given until the end of this month to dismantle them and move out.
'Earth for water' project underway in Ayutthaya
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 01/03/2017
» AYUTTHAYA - A project is being carried out in all 16 district of this central province to turn shallow swamps and unused public land into water-retention areas without using state budgets.
Elderly man dies in fire, heroic neighbour burned
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 03/03/2017
» AYUTTHAYA - An elderly man died in the flames, and a woman neighbour was seriously burned as she bravely tried to save him, when fire blackened his banana orchard in Maha Rat district on Friday.