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PPAO allocates over B2.7mn to boost local agriculture economy
PPAO allocates over B2.7mn to boost local agriculture economy
Wednesday 18 June 2025 10:55 AM
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO) has allocated more than B2.7 million for three key projects aimed at strengthening the province’s agricultural and local economic sectors under its 2025 development plan.
Phuket splurges B500k on pineapple, durian promotion
Phuket splurges B500k on pineapple, durian promotion
Tuesday 17 June 2025 11:30 AM
PHUKET: A budget of B503,300 has been spent on staging a ‘Charm of Phuket Durian & Pineapple’ event, aimed at promoting local agricultural products and linking them with tourism to boost income for local farmers.
Former Thai PM Yingluck says she can’t pay B10bn compensation
Former Thai PM Yingluck says she can’t pay B10bn compensation
Friday 23 May 2025 01:07 PM
BANGKOK: Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra took to social media yesterday (May 22) to defend herself against a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court, which ordered her to pay over B10 billion in damages over her administration’s failed rice-pledging scheme, despite never being named a defendant in the case.
Phuket’s first ‘cage-free eggs’ finally recognised
Phuket’s first ‘cage-free eggs’ finally recognised
Monday 10 March 2025 02:35 PM
PHUKET: Thawee Phant Phuket Co Ltd has been officially recognised as the first “cage-free” egg farm on the island.
Govt goes bananas as rice prices plunge
Govt goes bananas as rice prices plunge
Friday 7 March 2025 08:38 AM
BANGKOK: The government will encourage rice farmers to grow bananas to supplement their income as rice prices continue to fall, said Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan on Thursday (Mar 6).  
Thailand and neighbours set up anti-haze hotline
Thailand and neighbours set up anti-haze hotline
Wednesday 26 February 2025 11:00 AM
BANGKOK: Thailand, Myanmar and Laos have agreed to set up a special hotline as part of a three-nation effort to curb transboundary haze pollution, with levels of the hazardous PM2.5 dust expected to shoot up again later this week.
Premier promises to splash out in South
Premier promises to splash out in South
Tuesday 18 February 2025 09:36 AM
BANGKOK: The government will develop the South to its fullest potential, said Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra during her visit to Phatthalung and Songkhla yesterday (Feb 17).
Officials announce ‘Andaman Trade Fair’
Officials announce ‘Andaman Trade Fair’
Monday 3 February 2025 12:02 PM
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Commerce Office has invited the public, tourists and business operators to attend the ‘Andaman Trade Fair @Phuket’ from Feb 12-16.
Tears of joy for Thai hostages freed in Gaza
Tears of joy for Thai hostages freed in Gaza
Friday 31 January 2025 01:10 PM
UDON THANI: The families of Thai farm workers held for over a year in Gaza cheered and wept with relief yesterday (Jan 30) as they were freed in a hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.
Cabinet approves B620mn fund to tackle forest fires, smog
Cabinet approves B620mn fund to tackle forest fires, smog
Wednesday 29 January 2025 07:38 AM
BANGKOK: The Cabinet has approved a central fund allocation of B620 million to tackle the forest fires and PM2.5 dust haze that regularly pollute much of the country.
Israel offers 13,000 more jobs to Thais
Israel offers 13,000 more jobs to Thais
Thursday 16 January 2025 07:32 AM
BANGKOK: An additional 13,000 jobs in Israel’s agriculture sector will be available to Thai workers this year, says Avi Dichter, the Israeli Agriculture and Rural Development Minister.
Mobile agricultural clinic to support local farmers
Mobile agricultural clinic to support local farmers
Saturday 14 December 2024 12:00 PM
PHUKET: More than 100 farmers in the Cherng Talay area of Phuket received a welcome boost to their businesses yesterday (Dec 13) as support services via a mobile agricultural clinic project were unveiled.
Go Wholesale Phuket Town dispute talks stall
Go Wholesale Phuket Town dispute talks stall
Saturday 14 September 2024 01:06 PM
PHUKET: A meeting held yesterday (Sept 13) to address concerns raised by vendors from Phuket City Municipality Fresh Market 2, on Ong Sim Pai Rd in Phuket Town, over the opening hours of the new Go Wholesale ‘Agricultural Market’ branch to open this month just down the road
Driving sustainability with Phuket’s Fusion Farm project
Driving sustainability with Phuket’s Fusion Farm project
Sunday 28 April 2024 11:00 AM
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Agricultural Office has revealed its latest project that it believes can help drive ongoing sustainability efforts at farms across the island.
Governor leads efforts to save trees at iconic viewpoint
Governor leads efforts to save trees at iconic viewpoint
Sunday 7 April 2024 10:00 AM
PHUKET: Sophon Suwannarat, the Governor of Phuket, has ordered efforts to save palm trees at the popular tourist spot of Promthep Cape be hastened after a recent attack by black-headed caterpillars.
Lung cancer, PM2.5 deaths surge in the North
Lung cancer, PM2.5 deaths surge in the North
Sunday 7 April 2024 09:59 AM
CHIANG MAI: People in northern Thailand, particularly in Chiang Mai and Lampang, face high mortality rates due to lung cancer with the Faculty of Medicine at Chiang Mai University identifying elevated levels of PM2.5 particles in the air as one of the leading causes.
Farmer of last rice field in Phuket praises fresh rice prices
Farmer of last rice field in Phuket praises fresh rice prices
Wednesday 27 March 2024 09:36 AM
PHUKET: Suphan Phathom, President of Ban Mai Khao Farmers Group, has praised the price of fresh off-season rice reaching B10,000 per ton, saying it helps to maintain the tradition of Thai farmers growing rice, and helps farmers sustain an income.
PM sees Thai buffaloes as new ‘soft power’
PM sees Thai buffaloes as new ‘soft power’
Thursday 21 March 2024 12:15 PM
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin sees the phlegmatic water buffalo as a form of Thai “soft power”, to be used in international promotions and with the potential to increase national income.
Chiang Mai tops world’s most polluted cities
Chiang Mai tops world’s most polluted cities
Sunday 17 March 2024 08:45 AM
CHIANG MAI: Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai topped air monitoring website IQAir’s table of the world’s most polluted cities early Friday (Mar 15).
Villagers demand justice over land rights revocation
Villagers demand justice over land rights revocation
Tuesday 5 March 2024 01:05 PM
PHUKET: A group of villagers gathered at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (Mar 4) to demand their rights to continue occupying their plots in the Khao Phra Thaeo Non-Hunting Area in Thalang.

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