TORRENTIAL rain lasting days led to parts of southern coastal Phang Nga province being heavily flooded with both houses and palm plantations inundated, Naewna newspaper said today (July 3). Photos taken by a camera drone flown by Phatthalung province reporter shows the extent of damage at Khok Khian subdistrict, Takua Pa district, which isa
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6 rescued as tour boat capsizes in Phang Nga Bay
A LONG-TAIL BOAT taking five tourists on a tour today (May 22) suddenly capsized in Phang Nga Bay after being hit by strong winds and high waves but all the holidaymakers together with the helmsman were rescued by a nearby boat, Naewna newspaper said. This boat had picked up the tourists at Ban Sam
Read moreUpdate: Killer cop’s accomplice caught in Phang Nga
THE accomplice of a policeman who killed his father-in-law and two other relatives at their house in Surat Thani on Saturday evening (Apr. 8) with his wife, son and brother also now dead has been arrested in Phang Nga, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 10). National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat
Read morePhang Nga’s anti-graft chief checks yellow elder trees costing over 6,000 baht each
PHANG NGA’S National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) chief and other officials visited a canal improvement project in front of the City Hall yesterday (Mar. 8) after a tip-off by Corruption Deterrence Centre that 37 yellow elder trees were purchased for 6,090.50 baht each and grown there, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Mar. 9). Ms.
Read moreWeb page alleges yellow elder trees bought for over 6,000 baht each in Phang Nga
A WEB PAGE entitled “Watchdog Operation” in Thai today (Mar. 6) alleged that the Phang Nga provincial administration had purchased 37 yellow elder trees for 6,090.50 baht each, totalling 225,348.50 baht, as part of a canal improvement project in front of the City Hall last year, Naewna newspaper said. A reporter from this newspaper
Read more3.7-magnitude earthquake hits Phang Nga province
THE Meteorological Department announced that a 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Thana subdistrict, Kapong district, Phang Nga province at 2.43 p.m. today (Feb. 13), Matichon newspaper said. The quake was felt by the people in this southern province with further details to be announced later. The Earthquake Observation Division said the earthquake, at a depth of
Read moreTorrential rain lashes Phang Nga with highway flooded
PHANG NGA continued to suffer from torrential rain and floods today (Oct. 19) with the provincial authorities warning people heavy downpour will continue until Monday Oct. 24, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Ekarat Lisen, the governor of Phang Nga which is just north of Phuket, visited the almost a kilometre-long stretch of badly flooded Petchkasem Highway
Read morePhuket and Phang Nga badly flooded after torrential rain
BOTH Phuket and Phang Nga were hit by flash floods upon being lashed by torrential rain today (Oct. 16) as a result of a monsoon trough moving across the central southern region, Amarin TV said. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said this monsoon trough has triggered continuous rain in the South. So far
Read morePhuket calls up volunteers after over 40 quakes in the Andaman Sea over 2 days
WITH over 40 earthquakes of 4.0 – 4.9 magnitude having occurred in the Andaman Sea off Andaman and Nicobar Islands since Monday (July 4) Phuket Earthquake Monitoring and Surveillance Centre today (July 6) called all volunteers to report to alarm towers along the Andaman coast to prepare for possible emergency and educate people about
Read moreBody of tourist who drowned while rafting in Phang Nga found
A BIG search for the body of an Iranian tourist who drowned while white water rafting on Song Preak River in Phang Nga province at around 3 p.m. yesterday (Mar. 29) was finally found today, Amarin TV said. Mr. Javad Behzadifar, 42, drowned and disappeared after his rubber dinghy sank at a concrete bridge
Read moreTV presenter wife of German footballer to return despite being mugged
THE TV presenter wife of German World Cup winner Mats Hummels confirmed in a letter to the Thai police that she will return to this country despite having been mugged recently, praising Thailand for being a tourist-friendly nation, Naewna newspaper said today (Feb. 12). Cathy Hummels, 34, was attacked while going for a walk
Read moreBig Covid cluster at Phang Nga prison as cases soar in Bangkok
TWO field hospitals have been set up at Phang Nga prison to treat a large Covid cluster of 428 inmates who are all asymptomatic while the number of cases in Bangkok climbed to 1,630 today (Jan. 21), Amarin TV said. The prison cluster spread from one inmate in Zone 2 testing positive on Jan.
Read moreMoken Sea Gypsy village locked down after more Covid cases emerge
SOUTHERN PHANG NGA province authorities today (Nov. 23) issued an order locking down a Moken Sea Gypsy village on one of the Surin islands after 15 more coronavirus cases were found there, Siam Rath newspaper said. As 22 out of a community of 328 Moken Sea gypsy folk living at Bon Bay tested positive
Read moreCovid tally rises in Phang Nga with first case emerging on Koh Panyee
SOUTHERN coastal Phang Nga province logged 94 coronavirus cases today (Oct. 13) while the small Koh Panyee island, which is 20 minutes by longtail boat from Surakul pier on the mainland, got its first confirmed case, Siam Rath newspaper said this evening (Oct. 13). Of the province’s 94 cases today 89 were Thais and
Read morePM cancels Thailand SHA SHA SHA tourism event amid local opposition
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Sept. 28) ordered the cancellation of the “Thailand SHA SHA SHA” tourism event in Krabi, Phuket and Phang Nga provinces that started on Friday Sept. 24 and was to continue till Sunday Oct. 3 amid strong local objection over coronavirus risk, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, spokesman
Read moreKrabi residents slam holding 10-day tourism event amid Covid crisis
NETIZENS of southern coastal Krabi province today (Sept. 25) criticised the Tourism and Sports Ministry which together with the Public Health Ministry is now holding the 10-day Thailand SHA SHA SHA tourism event here as well as in Phuket and Phang-nga despite the severity of the Covid outbreak, Thai Rath newspaper said. This event is
Read morePhang Nga locks down villages after new cases emerge
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) in Phang Nga province said 37 new coronavirus cases were found today (July 30) raising total infection to 640 with four villages now locked down, TV Channel 7 said. Most worrying is the cluster that started at Ban Bang Khli, Village No. 8, Na Toei subdistrict, Thai
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