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Shoppers to pay for plastic bags
BANGKOK: Shoppers will have to pay for plastic shopping bags when a proposed amendment to the 1992 Environment Act is passed, deputy director-general of the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion Sermyos Somman has said.
Bangkok Bombing Investigation Now Points to Human Traffickers
Latest Thai police now say the perpetrators of last month’s deadly bombing in central Bangkok are international human-traffickers linked to militant Uighurs, a Muslim minority in western China.
New Zealand Pair Free After Settling Bill For 15,000 Baht Phuket Meal
Latest A New Zealand father and son have been freed by Phuket police after they settled an outstanding bill of 15,000 baht for a meal they forgot to pay for two years ago.
Phuket, Krabi, Phang Nga Lashed by Severe Gusts: Boats Advised Not to Venture Out
Latest Wild and wet conditions prevail over the Andaman holiday provinces with severe gusts of up to 50kph forecast and small boats advised not to put to sea.
Nearly One Billion Baht Set Aside to Alleviate Phuket Flooding
Latest Patong and other parts of Phuket that suffer from flooding are to gain relief in a 970 million baht plan to control water runoff efficiently, beginning in 2016.
Two Die, Two Seriously Injured as Bikes Collide on Phuket Road to Koh Sireh
Latest Two men are dead and two are in hospital, seriously injured, after motorcycles collided in wet conditions on the road between Phuket City and Koh Sireh.
British Ambassador to Thailand Marks International Day of Democracy
Latest In a blog, British Ambassador Mark Kent notes some points that make democracy an important development for Thailand and other nations on the International Day of Democracy.
PhuketWATCH Krabi Coal 'Not a Threat'; Visa Crackdown Begins; Trafficking Linked to Bombing
Phuket Updating Digest Uighur trafficking and the Bangkok bombing are linked; Coal-fired plant in Krabi will have ‘‘small impact’’; Tuna, mackerel populations in catastrophic decline.
Asean Today: Trafficking Gang Blamed for Bomb; Haze Shrouds Region; Viet Vet Returned Home
Around the Region Schools close but the Singapore F1 is not affected by haze; Vietnam enlists Japan’s support; Is corruption a tourist attraction?; American held for murder; Burma not progressing.