Tag: Songkhla
Foreigner kills two teenage girls in Songkhla crash
AN AUSTRALIAN man driving a sport utility vehicle on a Songkhla road hit a motorcycle on which three female teenage students were riding, killing two of them and seriously injuring the third girl, Amarin TV said yesterday (Sept. 2). This TV channel’s reporters went to the spot of the accident on Chalatat road in …
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Songkhla hoteliers complain border reopening has not helped
DESPITE THE Sadao immigration checkpoint in southern Songkhla province having reopened after two years on Apr.l 1 hoteliers complained today (Apr. 7) that this has not helped them because the entry barriers and cost to their province are higher than Phuket, Krabi, Phang Nga and Koh Samui, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Siwat Suwanwong, president of …
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Southern By-Election To Show Strength Of State Mechanism, Local Business Cliques: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UPCOMING BY-ELECTION IN Chumphorn and Songkhla will definitely demonstrate how effective the state mechanism and local business cliques will be in the making of a couple of southern MPs under the banners of the largest coalition partner in government, namely Palang Pracharath Party, according to a noted academic. January 16’s …
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Southern by-election to see fierce contest among 3 coalition partners
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BY-ELECTION FOR MPs in southern constituencies will likely feature unrelenting contests among three coalition partners in government, namely Palang Pracharath Party, Bhumjaithai Party and Democrat Party. The by-election in Chumphon Constituency 1 and Songkhla Constituency 6 is tentatively scheduled by the Election Commission on January 16 for an MP …
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Protesting Jana villagers occupy bridge outside Govt House
By Thai Newsroom Reporters VILLAGERS FROM JANA DISTRICT of Songkhla today (Dec. 13) occupied a bridge outside Government House to resume their year-long protest against an industrial estate project in their coastal area of the southern province. Dozens of the protesting Jana villagers, calling themselves a Network For the Protection of Jana Native Land, set …
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Songkhla police hunt for Covid escapee
POLICE in southern Songkhla province are busy chasing a Covid-infected young man who escaped from a field hospital with the help of a friend and is still at large, Sanook.com said this afternoon (August 14). The 24-year-old youth was being treated for this infection at the provincial field hospital which is located within the compound …
61 adolescents caught breaking curfew for beach party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SIXTY-ONE adolescents were rounded up on a beach in Songkhla for allegedly breaking curfew and partying with alcoholic beverages last night (August 4), police said. The 61 adolescents, 30 of whom aged under 18 years, were arrested on charges of violating the communicable disease and emergency rules with the boisterous birthday …
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Sad! Thieves steal tank covers and monkeys jump to death
Songkhla: A sad incident that would surely distress all animal lovers occurred at the scenic Tang Kuan hill of this southern city with 15 thirsty monkeys drowning in water tanks they had jumped into but could not climb out again with the covers having been stolen by thieves, PostToday reported this afternoon (June 4, 2020). …
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