KUIBURI DISTRICT, PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: At 9:00 AM on June 1, 2024, Police Captain Prasong Jaturat (พ.ต.ต.ประสงค์ จาตุรัตน์), an investigator from Kui Buri Police Station (สภ.กุยบุรี), received a report of a monk’s death at a temple in Moo 1, Kui Buri Subdistrict, Kui Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province (จ.ประจวบคีรีขันธ์). He immediately went to investigate…
Category: health
Thai foreign minister ‘revisits’ Singkhon border upgrade plans
Prachuap Khiri Khan, May 13, 2024: Thailand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs during a recent visit to the Tri Cove area engaged local officials on readiness to re-open and upgrade the province’s official border crossing with Myanmar. H.E. Mr. Maris Sangiampongsa specifically sought out insights from local authorities and businesses regarding security and economic matters along…
Prachuap Khiri Khan population ‘stable’ as Thailand deaths surpass births
Shrinking Thai population in post-pandemic era offset by influx of non-Thai residents in western Thai province January 28, 2022: As the Thai population shrank during the past two years, the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan has logged a ‘stabilizing’ influx of Thai females and non-Thai residents, official figures show. According to vital statistics published by…
Suspected suicide of hanged man on Chong Krachok hill
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: The 62-year-old man whose corpse was found hanged on Chong Krachok hill on Friday had a history of depression and failed suicides, family told police. The corpse was initially spotted by a jogger on their descent from the popular tourist attraction early Friday morning. The “tourist” jogger informed a street sweeper…
Prachuap pickup wreck leaves infant dead, two adults injured
BANG SAPHAN: September 29, 2022: An infant is deceased and two adults are injured in hospital after the pickup truck they were in spun out of control and crashed at a curve on the highway. At 1:53pm Bang Saphan highway rescue workers responded to the scene of the accident at kilometer marker 389/900 ofPhet Kasem…
‘Smart city’ agreement brings Prachuap Khiri Khan closer to ‘4.0 security’ state
THAP SAKAE: Representatives from the Prachuap Khiri Khan provincial telecom office, Thap Sakae sub-district municipality and district police have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) to develop the municipality into a ‘Smart City’ zone. Signed on September 21 at the Thap Sakae Sub-district Municipality office, the agreement will serve as the basis to carry out…
No Covid vaccine or test required for Thailand entry
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: From October 1, 2022 passengers are no longer required to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test to enter Thailand, a meeting has confirmed. The meeting, convened by the National Communicable Disease Committee on September 21, also agreed to cease random sample testing of arriving passengers as well as mandatory…
Covid-19 officially not ‘dangerous’ from October 1
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has announced their intention to downgrade the official status of Covid-19 as “a “dangerous communicable disease” to “communicable disease under surveillance” starting October 1. The announcement, as reported by Bangkok Post and confirmed by the Royal Thai Government, has bolstered expectations for the coming “high season” for tourism, which traditionally…
Sustained Covid measures urged for food delivery service
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: September 14: Don’t expect to have any googly-eyed, intimate moments with your beloved Thai food delivery person any time soon. The Prachuap Khiri Khan Public Relations Department (PRD) on its Facebook page asked for sustained cooperation in adhering to the Public Health Department’s strict sanitation measures concerning food businesses, and specifically food…