A late-night act of unsolicited street art at a Chiang Mai pizza shop ended on a surprisingly heartwarming note this week, after the French man responsible returned to the scene of the crime — this time wielding a paintbrush instead of a spray can. At around 11pm on 30th March, French National Daniel, 28, was caught on camera spraying the word “IMMA” — meaning “mother” in Hebrew — onto the front d … Continued
With the cost of living biting hard, Regional Police Region 5 has launched a simple and apparently popular initiative: officers and their families can collect clear plastic bottles from their offices and homes and exchange them for ready-to-eat food products. Five bottles gets you one item — snacks and grain-based foods donated by private sponsors — and the programme has already drawn a steady str … Continued
The Region 3 Forward Operations Centre for Wildfire, Haze and Particulate Prevention recorded 722 hotspots across 17 northern provinces this morning, with Chiang Mai leading at 163 points, followed by Mae Hong Son at 162 and Tak at 79. The majority — 465 points — fell within conservation forest areas, with a further 224 in reserved forests and 16 in agricultural reform zones. PM2.5 readings exceed … Continued
Amid ongoing PM2.5 air pollution affecting Northern Thailand, Maxim Thailand extended its support and encouragement to personnel and volunteers carrying out wildfire control and suppression efforts by donating essential supplies to Chiang Mai University at the SD One Stop Service Donation Center, also known as “Tee Diao Hoo Rueang.” The donated items included gloves, face masks, and over 400 bottl … Continued
Chiang Mai’s air quality remains at health-hazardous levels, prompting a surge of coordinated responses across agencies. This morning (1st April), Governor Ratthapon Naradit led municipal officials and relevant teams on a visit to the Urban Renaissance Center (URC) in Sri Phum to distribute N95 masks to residents and tourists, and to inspect a newly converted “dust-free room” — a clean air refuge … Continued
A village forest fire patrol officer who went missing during operations in Ban Saluang in Mae Rim district, has been found dead. At around 8pm on 31st March, Mae Rim district officials were notified by the village headman that one member of a fire patrol team had failed to return after completing firebreak work in the area. The missing man was identified as Boonma Phadaeng, 56, who had joined his … Continued
Chiang Dao district is coordinating a concerted ‘moisture-enhancement drive’ across all local administrative organisations in the area. Operations began at 9am on 1st April under the direction of Panitan Kaeohtip, acting Chiang Dao district chief, with security personnel and local authorities deploying road-washing vehicles and water-misting equipment to reduce and trap PM2.5 particles. The measur … Continued
Five aircraft from the Northern Royal Rainmaking Operations Centre took to the skies over Chiang Mai this afternoon (1st April) in an effort to disperse the city’s toxic smog. The fleet comprised two Casa aircraft, two L410s and one CN aircraft. Flying at over 4,000 feet above the city, the planes seeded the atmosphere with dry ice to penetrate the thermal inversion layer trapping pollutants below … Continued
Acting Governor Siwakorn Buapong issued a formal public disaster declaration covering four sub-districts in Samoeng — Samoeng Tai, Mae Sap, Samoeng Nuea and Yang Moen — due to ongoing wildfires. A further six districts have been designated emergency disaster relief zones: Hod, Samoeng, Chiang Dao, Mae Wang, Mae Taeng and Doi Saket. Government agencies, local authorities and relevant bodies have be … Continued
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