THE SEVERE flooding of several southern Thailand provinces have so far killed 33 victims while evacuation is underway in many areas beyond heavily-hit Songkhla province, PPTVHD36 said this afternoon (Nov. 26). Mr. Siripong Angkasakulkiat, government spokesperson for the Centre for Emergency Response (CRES), said after Minister of Prime Minister’s Office Paradorn Prisananantakul chaired a
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2 southern insurgents killed in Songkhla clash
A HEAVY clash that lingered for two days in Songkhla ended today (Sep. 13) with two insurgents being killed, one of whom is suspected of being involved in a train bombing, Naewna said this afternoon (Sep. 13). The intermittent firefight between the troops and insurgents took place at a hillside in Ban Huai Tao,
Read moreFierce clash with insurgents in Songkhla
A HEAVY clash erupted between troops and southern insurgents in a Songkhla district after a search operation was launched to flush out a group of these extremists from a rubber plantation, Amarin TV said this morning (Sep. 11). Security forces targeted a large rubber plantation in Ban Huai Tao, Khuha subdistrict, Saba Yoi district,
Read moreTwo men arrested transporting bomb from Songkhla to Phuket
TWO men driving through Phang Nga province in the wee hours of this morning (June 24) were arrested at a checkpoint after police found a suspicious object in their sedan which turned out to be a bomb, Amarin TV said. At approximately 3.30 a.m. a team of policemen who had set up a checkpoint
Read moreYala city surrounded by floodwater cutting off travel
WITH TORRENTIAL rain continuing for the third day today (Nov. 28) in southernmost Yala province all 10 subdistricts surround Yala city are now heavily inundated cutting off travel beyond this province, Naewna newspaper said today (Nov. 28). Accumulated rainfall over the past two days, Nov. 26-27, reached 579.8 millimetres, triggering flash floods, forest runoffs
Read moreSongkhla heavily flooded as heavy rains lash lower South
TWO Songkhla districts were heavily flooded last evening (Nov. 27) with floodwater flowing into people’s homes in some areas amid a warning by the Meteorological Department that heavy to very heavy rain will continue in the lower South till Saturday Nov. 30, Naewna newspaper and Amarin TV said. In Khlong Hoi Khong district floodwater
Read moreWorkers evacuated, construction of Guanyin statue halted after blasts
EXPLOSIONS at a camp of workers building the world’s largest Guanyin statue in Songkhla early this morning which injured three of them and terrified the local people has led to temporary halt of the construction with all 90 workers evacuated, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Nov. 20). After the two bombs planted within the
Read moreDebts likely led to woman killing family, herself
THE shooting deaths of a family of four in Songkhla this evening (Oct. 7) likely stemmed from the wife facing debt problems, Amarin TV said. Pol. Col. Banthoeng Laocharoen, chief of Songkhla city police station, said Mr. Chaichan (surname withheld), a former Songkhla councillor, his wife Mrs. Natthaphat and two children were all found
Read moreTight security after insurgents set off bombs in Songkhla and Pattani
SECURITY was stepped up in Yala to intercept insurgents after two explosions in Pattani last night injured six policemen, but none seriously, and another blast this morning in Songkhla injured two more policemen, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (July 23). As four policemen from Songkhla’s Thepha police station were patrolling this district in a
Read more3 oil-smuggling boats have arrived at Songkhla, 2 racketeers being probed
THE three captured oil-smuggling boats reached Songkhla Marine Police pier last night (June 17) with there being eight crew members on board and only a little bit of oil left at the bottom of one of the vessels and it still being ascertained how much if any remains on the other two, Amarin TV
Read moreSoldier, civilian shot dead by insurgents in Songkhla
INSURGENTS shot dead a soldier and a civilian in southern Songkhla province at 5 p.m. today (May 31) as the two men were riding a motorcycle along a road in Thepa district, Naewna newspaper said. The unknown number of insurgent using as yet unidentified weapons attacked and killed Sgt. Sumit Chalu and Mr. Dola
Read moreSongkhla news editor among 3 nabbed for drugs
A NEWS EDITOR of a local newspaper in southern Songkhla province was among three suspects arrested on drug charges today (Jan. 6), Naewna newspaper said. A team of Border Patrol Police, 44th Ranger Forces Regiment and 5th Infantry Division led by Mr. Phongsathorn Thammachat, director of the Office of Narcotics Control Board in Songkhla,
Read moreUpdate: Deputy army commander rushes to second railway blast site
THE DEPUTY Commander of 4th Army Region rushed to the railway track in Sadao district of Sonkhla province hit by a second explosion early this morning (Dec. 6) killing three railway workers and injuring four others, Amarin TV and INN News plus Sanook.com said. Maj. Gen. Paisarn Nusangheld held urgent talks with railway staff
Read moreForeigner kills two teenage girls in Songkhla crash
AN AUSTRALIAN man driving a sport utility vehicle on a Songkhla road hit a motorcycle on which three female teenage students were riding, killing two of them and seriously injuring the third girl, Amarin TV said yesterday (Sept. 2). This TV channel’s reporters went to the spot of the accident on Chalatat road in
Read moreSongkhla hoteliers complain border reopening has not helped
DESPITE THE Sadao immigration checkpoint in southern Songkhla province having reopened after two years on Apr.l 1 hoteliers complained today (Apr. 7) that this has not helped them because the entry barriers and cost to their province are higher than Phuket, Krabi, Phang Nga and Koh Samui, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Siwat Suwanwong, president of
Read morePlant being sold for 8 million baht at Hat Yai fair
BEING sold for a whopping 8 million baht at the southern region’s World Plant and Cactus Fair that was launched today (Jan. 27) in Hat Yai city is a beautiful Philodendron Black Cardinal No.1 plant, Naewna newspaper said. With over 10,000 species of plants on show it is this 8-million-baht dazzler that is the
Read moreSouthern by-election rerun possible if ‘orange card’ handed out: Ex-election chief
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER ELECTION COMMISSIONER Somchai Srisutthiyakorn today (Jan. 17) suggested any candidates defeated in yesterday’s by-election for MP either in Chumphorn or Songkhla file a truthful, evidence-based complaint of an allegedly unfair race to parliament so that an “orange card” might probably be issued by the polling agency and the mini-race
Read moreDemocrat candidates win both southern constituencies in Sunday’s by-election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S candidates scored a victory in two southern constituencies over the Palang Pracharath Party’s contestants in today’s (Jan. 16) by-election for MP, according to unofficial reports. In Constituency 1 of Chumphon, the Democrat candidate, Issarapong Mark-ampai, gained 48,981 votes, compared to 32,229 votes cast for the Palang Pracharath
Read moreAnalysis: Southern by-election spiced up with Move Forward underdogs
By Out-Crowd THOUGH MOVE FORWARD PARTY’S men running for the first time for MP in Sunday’s by-election in Chumphorn and Songkhla are virtually viewed by southern constituents as underdog contenders with very slim chances of winning, they have been considerably spicing up the mini-races to parliament. The opposition party’s rank and file undoubtedly anticipate
Read moreSouthern by-election to show strength of state mechanism, local business cliques: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UPCOMING BY-ELECTION IN Chumphorn and Songkhla will definitely demonstrate how effective the state mechanism and local business cliques will be in the making of a couple of southern MPs under the banners of the largest coalition partner in government, namely Palang Pracharath Party, according to a noted academic. January 16’s
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