FISHERMEN in southern Satun province have resorted to transporting small boats on motorcycle sidecars to fill up at petrol pumps amid a ban on selling oil in jerrycans, TV Channel 7 and Workpoint News said today (Mar. 14). Many filling stations have limited cars to a maximum of 1,000 baht worth of oil and
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Myanmar releases 4 Thai fishermen, 3 Filipinos
MYANMAR’S State Planning and Administration Council sent a letter to the border authorities of Dawei district late last night (March 27) notifying that the sentences of four Thai fishermen and three Filipinos have been reduced and waived and they are now to be deported, Thai Rath newspaper said early this morning. The four Thai
Read moreThailand hopeful four fishermen still jailed in Myanmar will soon be freed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE FOUR THAI fishermen were not yet released today (Dec. 4) from prison in Myanmar’s Kawthaung township across the shared border from Ranong, police said. The Thai crewmembers of trawlers who had been arrested on maritime infringement charges by Myanmar authorities in the southern border township on Nov. 30 and
Read moreCaptured fishermen not among 151 Thais released on Myanmar Independence Day
By Naewna and AP – published by Yahoo!News ALTHOUGH Myanmar released 151 Thais today (Jan. 4) in marking its 77th anniversary of independence from Britain the four Thai fishermen captured by Myanmar navy in an attack on Thai trawlers on Nov. 30 and now sentenced to four to six years in jail were not
Read more4 fishermen detained by Myanmar likely to be freed on Jan. 4
FOUR THAI FISHERMEN currently detained in Myanmar’s Kawthaung township would probably be freed early next month, said Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai today (Dec. 17). Phumtham said he has been unofficially informed of the probability of the Thai fishing boat crew members being released from detention from the Myanmar southern coastal township on
Read moreThai fishermen jailed in Myanmar will be pardoned: PM
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said the four Thai fishermen captured by Myanmar navy in an attack on Thai trawlers on Nov. 30 and now sentenced to four to six years in jail will be pardoned while confirming “good news” is still likely in the New Year, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Dec. 16). A
Read moreFour Thai fishermen’s freedom from Myanmar only a matter of time
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN ANTICIPATED RELEASE of four Thai trawler crew members currently detained in Myanmar’s Kawthaung township is only a matter of time, concluded Thailand’s Defence Ministry spokesperson Maj. Gen. Thanathip Sawangsang today (Dec. 7). The army general said the freedom of the Thai fishermen awaited since the last few days is
Read moreMyanmar authorities still to release four Thai fishermen
MYANMAR authorities did not release the four Thai fishermen captured in an attack by its patrol boats on Thai trawlers today (Dec. 6) as earlier confirmed leading to the Thai team having waited in vain to receive them and then withdrawing to their base, TV Channel 7 said this evening. Images had emerged showing
Read moreFour Thai fishermen to be released today: Myanmar envoy
MYANMAR Ambassador to Thailand Chit Swe said the four Thai fishermen captured in an attack by Myanmar navy patrol boats on three Thai trawlers last Saturday would be released today (Dec. 5), Thai Rath newspaper and Amarin TV said. The envoy added that they would be released at around 5 p.m. but his country’s
Read moreFour Thai fishermen captured by Myanmar are safe: PM
PRIME Minister Paetongtarn confirmed late afternoon today (Dec. 3) that the four Thai fishermen captured by Myanmar navy patrol boats which attacked Thai trawlers on Saturday are safe, TV Channel 7 said. The Foreign Ministry has submitted a letter to Myanmar government and received confirmation of their safety. Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa has negotiated
Read more5 Vietnamese fishermen rescued after floating in rough seas for days
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FIVE VIETNAMESE CREWMEMBERS of a trawler were rescued to safety after spending five days floating in stormy seas off Songkhla last night (Jan.28), said an official of the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre. The five unnamed Vietnamese crewmembers who had departed Kien Giang city in Vietnam aboard the Vietnamese fishing
Read morePhilippines condemns China’s Coast Guard over forceful maritime provocation
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHILIPPINES yesterday (Jan.22) condemned China’s Coast Guard for repeating its maritime provocation by literally forcing Philippine fishermen to keep out of a disputed reef area in the South China Sea earlier this month. A spokesperson of the Philippines’ National Security Council denounced the provocative event in which the Chinese
Read moreThree men clinging to a foam crate in the middle of the sea rescued
GOING VIRAL on Thai social media is an uplifting post shared by a Facebook member who said his boat rescued three fishermen who were floating in deep sea by clinging to a foam crate after their boat sank in the middle of the night, Sanook.com said today (Mar. 25). Mr. Yuranan Thongprem, who did
Read moreFishermen free three giant whale sharks
By Peeranut P., Sanook.com A FISHERMAN and his crew from Satun province safely released three huge whale sharks that had got entangled in their fishing nets after which they quickly swam off into the open sea, Sanook.com reported yesterday (June 30). Mr Navin Manakitsomboon or Tai Ball, 37, steersman of Por Chok Praphon 1 trawler
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