Pattaya Mail
52,000 Thai workers lose jobs from minimum wage hike
BANGKOK, Feb 12 – More than 52,000 employees under Thailand's social security scheme have applied for unemployment benefits due to losing their jobs...
Special Report: Purple Line set to improve traffic in BKK and...
In a bid to alleviate critical traffic congestion in Bangkok and neighboring provinces, the government is speeding up construction work on the much-anticipated...
Patients with dengue fever increased five times this year
BANGKOK, 11 February 2013 Public Health Ministry permanent secretary Dr Narong Sahamethapat revealed that the number of people with dengue fever exceeded 5,700...
Education Minister’s advisor backs pay raise for university lecturers
BANGKOK, 11 February 2013 Adviser to the Minister of Education Dr.Phawit Thongrote has voiced his support for a salary increase for university lecturers,...
Haze situation in North troubling
LAMPANG, 11 February 2013 The air pollution problem in Northern provinces of Phrae and Lampang is still troubling, as the level of dust...
30,000 Seized Wildlife: Burden of Care
As the number of seized animals in wildlife smuggling cases has increased, Thailand’s National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department now has at...
Salesman killed, 4 rangers wounded in two far South incidents
NARATHIWAT, Feb 11 – A computer salesman was killed in his car in Pattani, and four Thai army rangers were wounded in a...
Gasohol consumption on the rise
BANGKOK, 11 February 2013 The Department of Energy Business reported a continued rise in gasohol demand as benzene 91 is expected to become...
Commerce Min: Goods price control measures to continue all year round
BANGKOK, 11 February 2013 The Commerce Ministry has revealed this year’s strategic plan, in which a number of activities under the Blue Flag...
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Thailand marks autumn equinox on September 23, but rainy season continues
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand will experience the autumnal equinox, known in Thai as Sarat Wisuwat, on September 23, when the Sun is directly above...
12 workers injured after truck overturns on Route 36 in East Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A six-wheel truck carrying workers overturned on Route 36 in Nong Pla Lai, East Pattaya, on the morning of September 22,...
Thailand moves cannabis firmly back into medical use
BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s Cabinet has approved a draft Cannabis Control Act that would tighten regulation from cultivation to retail sales, with Public Health...
Fishing boat sinks off Sattahip, five missing after 16 rescued
SATTAHIP, Thailand – One more crew member was rescued from the sea on September 22 after the fishing boat Sor Kanchanawari 888 sank off...