14 Suicide and self-harm among teenagers and young workers are four times as much as those among general people at working age.
74 The personnel of the Second Naval Area Command arrested nine crewmembers on two Vietnamese fishing boats for illegally fishing off Songkhla province.
18 The minister of natural resources and environment has warned a YouTuber against creating a wrong mindset among viewers for catching and keeping 15 hermit crabs.
31 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Energy Absolute Public Company Ltd. signed a 160 million Thai baht ($4.7 million) loan agreement to finance an electric ferry fleet for mass rapid transport in Bangkok—the first such transport system in Southeast Asia.
41 The Department of Mineral Resources has confirmed that ammonite fossils were used to decorate sidewalks at a famous shopping arcade, Siam Square.
65 The committee of the state Fuel Oil Fund resolved to start the gradual increase in the diesel price from May 1 with the first increment of two baht per liter.
44 The Land Transport Federation of Thailand demanded the government extend its policy to cap the local diesel price at 30 baht per liter for a year; otherwise, they would have to raise their freight charges by at least 20% on May 1.
14 The Ministry of Finance revises its forecast of the economic growth rate this year to 3.5% as it expects the Russia-Ukraine conflict will fuel inflation.
27 No provinces have met criteria for the declaration of COVID-19 as an endemic disease, according to the Department of Disease Control.
160 The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives prepared the Royal Ploughing ceremonies for the blessing and morale of Thai farmers.
60 Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha is happy with Thailand being the 2nd biggest fresh mango exporter in ASEAN and the 7th largest in the world.
28 Pol Lt Gen Jiraphat Phumjit, commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 1, led subordinates to announce their concluded investigation into the death of actress Pattaratida “Tangmo” Patcharaveerapong who drowned in the Chao Phraya River on Feb 24.
