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The cloth-weavers' tale
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 05/01/2019
» Traders in Phu Sang district of northern Phayao province did not know they were on the cusp of commercial ruin until their supplies of traditional fabric -- purchased from neighbouring Laos with the intention of selling to tourists -- had dried up.
Laos 'might need a push' to take full advantage of border crossing
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 02/12/2018
» Phayao: Despite the upgrading of Ban Huak crossing in Phu Sang district to a permanent border checkpoint, only local residents are currently allowed to travel across the border to Laos.
Blaze-hit hospital building in Phayao now 'off limits'
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 19/07/2018
» Phayao Hospital declared a four-storey building that caught fire on Tuesday night off-limits Wednesday.
Making a meal out of it
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 23/06/2018
» In recent weeks, lunches have turned into a political hot potato for some state-run schools where administrators are accused of cutting costs by serving up meagre meals, which critics say rob young students of the nutrition they need to perform. Parents have complained that some schools in the Northeast have skimped on ingredients and reduced the sizes of the portions served at canteens, possibly skimming off student lunch finding for use elsewhere.
Bamboo worms have panel in twist
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 06/03/2018
» National park authorities want restrictions imposed on how many bamboo worms can be taken across the border to Laos via the Ban Huak crossing in Phayao to curb the illegal felling of bamboo in the province.
NSC nod eyed for checkpoint upgrade
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 27/07/2017
» Phayao: Provincial authorities are expected to ask the National Security Council (NSC) to approve a proposed upgrade of the Ban Huak border crossing in Phu Sang district into an international border checkpoint.
Civil groups pressure govt over rapids
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 06/02/2017
» Civil society groups are ramping up campaigns to pressure the government into scrapping its plan to clear the rapids in the Mekong River for better shipping navigation, saying the project would harm the environment and the livelihoods of locals.
Popular Phayao lake succumbs to drought
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 21/05/2016
» When the tourism season peaked at Songkran last month, few visitors were seen at Kwan Phayao, the largest freshwater lake in the North and a popular holiday spot in Phayao province.
Army seizes 2.3m speed pills on Phayao border
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 03/05/2015
» PHAYAO: More than two million methamphetamine pills with an estimated street value of 500 million baht were seized along the Thai-Lao border in Phayao province on Friday.
A lot of strings to his bow
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 15/11/2014
» The northern province of Phayao is home to many well-known artisans whose knowledge and skills have been handed down for generations.