RESIDENTS of northern Chiang Mai city flocked to fill up their vehicles this evening as fuel prices are rising at 5 a.m. tomorrow (Mar. 18) with some petrol pumps imposing refueling limit while the a taxi cooperative head warned the current situation is impacting both transportation and tourism, TV Channel 7 said. There were
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Public urged to not hoard fuel with diesel price fixed for 15 days
By Amarin TV and Reuters – published by CNA THAI Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (March 4) urged the public to not stockpile fuel with the price of diesel fixed at 29.94 baht per litre for 15 days, effective immediately, while internationally oil prices rose 1 percent as the US-Israeli war on Iran
Read moreWar jitters lead to rush to fill up and stockpile fuel in Chiang Rai, Nakhon Sawan
THE intensifying US-Israel war on Iran led to residents of Mai Sai district in Chiang Rai province and Myanmar citizens rushing to fill up their vehicles and stockpile fuel with there being long queues at petrol pumps, Amarin TV said today (March 3). Vehicles with both Thai and Myanmar licence plates were seen in
Read moreRobber douses bank manager with petrol but is subdued
A DRAMATIC bank robbery took place in Samut Prakan this afternoon (Feb. 16) with a lone robber walking into a bank at a popular shopping mall and doused the manager with petrol then demanded 5 million baht in cash or else he would set her alight but she managed to free herself while a
Read moreISOC issues warning after 11 petrol pumps bombed at 3 Far South provinces
THE Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) Region 4 Forward Command issued a warning for the public to avoid driving through or near petrol pumps unless absolutely necessary after 11 of them in the three Far South provinces were bombed and set ablaze late last night (Jan. 10), PPTVHD36 said today. Security forces are currently
Read moreChaos as Betong residents rush to fill petrol amid torrential rain
RESIDENT of Betong city in southernmost Yala province and near the Malaysian border queued up to fill petrol at pumps amid ongoing torrential rain fearing a shortage as the key road to Yala city has been cut off with some pumps running out of supply, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Nov. 29). At Ratana
Read moreRed onions galore heading for petrol pumps
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OPERATORS OF PETROL PUMPS in all parts of the country are being encouraged by the government to literally put red onions on sale to help alleviate the pungent vegetable’s oversupply situation. Internal Trade Department director-general Watanasak Sua-iam said over the weekend excessive amounts of red onions from Srisaket, which produces
Read moreBetong customs officials strictly curbing petrol smuggling
AFTER A wave of criticism on Malaysian social media blasting Thais for crossing the border to buy subsidised petrol in their country, the customs checkpoint at Betong in Yala is now strictly inspecting all vehicles to stop this flow of cheaper oil across the border, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Jan. 5). This issue
Read morePeeraphan stunned by plan to hike petrol tax to incentivise train travel
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Energy Minister Peeraphan Saleerathaviphak said today (Dec. 21) he does not know where Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit got the idea to hike excise tax on petrol only in Bangkok and surrounding provinces to incentivise people to travel by train and it probably won’t materialise, Naewna newspaper said. While Suriya said he will
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