3 Eight Thai people have been arrested for illegally running a gambling website i99bet.net with over Bt200 million worth of transaction.
9 Thai authorities have arrested 136 undocumented immigrants from Myanmar and Cambodia who were found crammed in the trucks near Pattaya city in Chon Buri, one of the three provinces under the Eastern Seaboard.
6 World Bank forecasts Thailand’s economy to grow by 3.8% in 2019 and 3.9% in 2020, as the country’s economy is likely to be affected by subdued growth in exports.
19 A house lizard with abnormal red skin awes a cloths shop owner in Thai southern Krabi province.
6 Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha pays respect to his teachers on the occasion of the national Teacher’s Day which falls on January 16.
4 The agriculture minister ordered more rainmaking flights to reduce air pollution as fine particulate matters still remained at unhealthy levels in many districts.
4 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha encouraged teachers to catch up with technologies and teach students to use them properly.
17 Health, online, tourism and startup businesses have a bright prospect while rented book, handicraft, media discs and mass media businesses
3 A task force is set up to strictly enforce measures against industrial pollution emission in a bid to tackle severe smog problem in Bangkok and its vicinity.
19 Smog in Bangkok has caused damage worth about 2.6 billion baht to health and tourism sectors, according to the Kasikorn Research Center.
6 The artificial rain making operation yesterday has alleviated the level of tiny particles in the capital, said Puttipong Punnakanta, the government’s spokesman.
3 The Royal Thai Air Force’s two Basler BT-67 planes released water mist to allay the dust problem over affected areas.
