A LIGHT earthquake measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale with one kilometre depth shook Phichit province at 2.13 a.m. today (Feb. 28) with the epicenter being at Nong Phra subdistrict, Wang Sai Phun district, following two that rocked Myanmar yesterday, Amarin TV said. Myanmar was first hit by a 2.9 earthquake at 8.33 a.m.
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Pichit dismisses hearsay on resigning to head off impeachment bid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE Minister Pichit Chuenban today (May 20) categorically dismissed hearsay he has just called it quits in the face of an impeachment bid recently lodged against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and himself. The Pheu Thai-attached Pichit told reporters at Government House he is not going to resign as
Read morePhitsanulok quake shows buildings should be strengthened: Expert
AFTER a 4.5 magnitude earthquake rocked Phisanulok and was felt in Phichit and Kamphaeng Phet provinces at 12.17 a.m. today (June 29) an academic pointed out that buildings in this zone should be strengthened as a ministerial regulation governing seismic resistance of structures was only enforces in 2021, Naewna newspaper said. Amorn Pimanmat of
Read morePomelo for home delivery by farmers themselves
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TRUCKLOADS OF POMELO are delivered daily from Pichit to Bangkok by the farmers themselves in sheer competition with a relatively reputed citrus fruit from an outlying area of the capital city. Farmer Yuttana Pinonganand says the delivery of his Tha Khoi pomelo in a 350-kilometre distance between his orchard and
Read moreSkinny croc at Phichit swamp fell sick after eating plastic bottles
Phichit – Fishermen at this lower northern province spotted an emaciated crocodile in the well-known Bung Sifai swamp that had fallen sick after eating plastic bottles and other trash tourists threw in there, PostToday reported this afternoon (June 20, 2020). Mr Wattana Riewthong, director of Freshwater Aquaculture Research and Development Centre Region 3 (Phichit), Fisheries
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