Buriram Expats

Political climate in Buriram province during 24th-29th May 2011.

28/5/2011

‘Buriram PEA’ win ‘Sriracha F.C.’ with the score 1-0.

Football match between ‘Buriram PEA’ (The thunder castles) with ‘Sriracha F.C.’ (The Blue Marlins) was held at ‘I-Mobile Stadium’ which is located near Khao Kradong mountain, Samet sub-district, Muang district, Buriram province.

The score of first half was 1-0 and the match final result is ‘Buriram PEA’ win ‘Sriracha F.C.’ with the score 1-0.

27/5/2011

Eight districts declared are disaster emergency area from the pandemic of the cassava pests.

Mr.Pornchet Saengthong from the Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of Buriram province has revealed that now Buriram province has declared 8 districts are disaster emergency area from cassava aphid outbreak.

Currently the area of cassava cultivation and over 50,000 rais has been damaged from aphid outbreak from all the cultivated area in ​​Buriram province of 300,000 rai.

The districts with the most outbreaks are :

- Pa Kham district.

- Non Suwan district.

- Nong Ki district.

Currenty there is a damage survey in progress and make list of farmers who are suffering from damages in their cassava farms in order to provide urgent assistance under the guidelines rules of the government.

The farmers requested the government to pay compensation to the farmers who has damaged from cassava aphid outbreak same as the rice farmers.

Cassava farmers has been experiencing with aphid outbreak problem continued for several years but have not recieved the compensation. The officials only provided them cassava varieties and chemicals to be distributed which it was unable to relieve their suffering.

26/5/2011

Murder because of 50 baht debt.

At Lahan Sai district, Buriram province. Police has arrested Mr.Nom Nootas, 53 year old, resident address 2/2 Moo.12 Nong Trakrong subdistrict, Lahan Sai district, Buriram province as he is the suspect for the case of murder Mr.Usop Toh Arkam.

In the investigation he has confessed that two year ago, the deceased has borrowed the money 50 baht from him and throughout the two years period the deceased always refused to pay the debt which has made him very angry. Therefore he has borrowed a gun from his friend and murdered Mr.Usop as aforesaid.

In the preliminary, he was charged with cases as below :

- Kill other person intentionally by contemplated before.

- Possesion of firearms and ammunition without permission.

- Carry weapons in public without permission.

24/5/2011

Political climate in Buriram province during 23rd-24th May 2011.

Villagers lack of water supply over 2 weeks.

Villagers at Ban Tako, Moo 5, Huai Racha subdistrict, Huai Rat district, Buriram province has complaint to the Waterworks Authority office (MWA) of Buriram province that there is no water supply in the village more than 2 weeks now.

Which the villagers have been using a trolley with big water jar (big earthen jar for water) to drew water at the pond to be used for consumption to relieve suffering temporarily for usage such as for bathing, make laundry and to wash dishes. Therefore the villagers urged the Waterworks Authority to accelerate and solve the problem urgently because people are suffering greatly.

‘Buriram F.C.’ win ‘Suphanburi F.C.’ with the score 2-1.

Football match between “Buriram F.C.” (The Volcanoes) with “Suphanburi F.C.” (The Warriors) was held at “I-Mobile Stadium” located near Khao Kradong mountain,Samet sub-district,Muang district,Buriram province.

The score of first half was 0-1 and the match result is “Buriram F.C. ” win “Suphanburi F.C. ” with the score 2-1.

20/5/2011

People in risk areas started selling rubber yield.

The villagers in the villages which are located in the risk areas of Ban Kruat district, Buriram province has taken their rubber yield out for sale at the rubber plantation cooperatives of Ban Kruat district after the farmers has been affected by armed conflict along the border Thai-Cambodia last month.

The amount of yield of rubber that farmers brought to sell is 10 tons per day and the prices as below :

The price of the rubber scrap is 60-70 baht per kilogram.

The price of the rubber sheet is 140 baht per kilogram.

In the past, usually the villagers bring the rubber products to be sold out not less than 50 tons per day which has created an income for the farmers average of 2,000-3,000 baht per day.

In addition, the information from the Office of the Rubber Replanting Aid Fund of Buriram province has found that the Buriram province has more than 180,000 rais of rubber plantation areas.

The district that has the most rubber plantation is Ban Kruat district which have 50,000 rais of rubber plantation areas which in the past year have rubber yield for distribution over 2,400 tons and has created revenue to the farmers who grow rubber averaged more than 2,000 millions per year.

19/5/2011

Paddy Market.

The Internal Trade office of Buriram province has organized the Paddy market at Chalermprakiat district during 19th – 21st May 2011.

For the purposes as follow:

- In order to stimulate the market and to elevate the paddy prices to be higher.

- In order to add options to the farmers to sell their products in a fair sales price.

- To prevent the operators from taking advantage on the farmers from the scales.

Many people joined in this program but the prices also depend on the paddy quality.

Therefore the average price in this program was 13,500 Baht per ton. Which is higher than the market price 200 to 400 baht per ton.

18/5/2011

Teachers and students are still frightened on the border clashes.

The atmosphere of first day of school opened at Ban Khok Kra Chai, Sai Ta Gu subdistrict, Ban Kruat district, Buriram province.

The school is located along the Thai border – Cambodia which is only 3.50 kilometers and it’s one of schools that have been affected from the clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops which is still creating fear among the parents, teachers and students because it is still not ensure to be safety. While the school has evacuation rehearsal the students ran into air raid shelters as part of preparation in case there will be any clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops again.

However, there are 6 air raid shelters in school which are not in standard level and insufficient number of students.

Therefore urged the government accelerate and allocate budget to repair and re-construct the air raid shelters to standard level and be sufficient number of students.

16/5/2011

Alien workers Cambodian arrested.

Police of Non Din Daeng district in conjunction with Territorial officials volunteered has set up a checkpoint at Nong Samet border, Lam Nang Rong subdistrict, Buriram province which is the district boundaries to Ta Praya district, Sakaew province but found no suspicious cars. Therefore the officials were driving to monitor in vicinity and have found illegal Cambodian immigrants both children and adults, 24 people. They were 11 males and 13 females and they had concealed in the forest in the west of Ban Khok Pet, Lam Nang Rong subdistrict. Therefore they were detained to Non Din Daeng police station for further investigation.

The preliminary investigation know that they came from Gam Phong Pong district, Combodia country.

They came to Thailand because they wanted to work in Non Din Daeng district on cutting sugar cane and transplant paddy sprouts in the field (transplant rice seedlings) because this period is the beginning of farming season.

The reason they come to work illegaly in Thailand is because of the wages are higher than in Cambodia.

12/5/2011

Printery business downturn.

After the announcement to dissolve the parliament, the printing businesses in Buriram town still slowdown because still have no orders of political campaign banners from any political party which unlike every time the election of Parliament members in the past.

Mr.Rewat Prayatwat , the owner of Rewat Printting said that the situation as described above is making the printing business owners to believe that it may be the range of each political party that are in the process of selection and placement of candidates in each constituencies or the political party may be printing the political campaign banners by themselves to save on the budget.

Therefore many printery business are afraid to order paper, printing ink and printing equipment to stock up.

12/5/2011

Villages along border worried of the school opening.

The villages in the risk areas along Thai-Combodia border at Sai Ta Gu subdistrict, Ban Kruat district, Buriram province.

The parents are worried about the school opening because they are still frightened on the clashes events happen last month between Cambodian and Thai troops.

Next week is the opening day of school and the parents are afraid their children will be in danger if there will be any clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops again after governments in both countries can not be negotiated and agreed, which this situation in tense, also heard that the Cambodian military have replenish adjacent to the border which it’s risk to have clashes again.

Therefore the villagers urged the government agencies to accelerating on building the standard air raid shelters in every village and every school.

In the meantime, there are many villages and schools that have no air raid shelter in a standard level.

- Bring a police dog sniffing the luggage on the train to search for a habit-forming substance.

- Checking ID cards of passengers.

- Checking an urine of a man in military age for an addictive substance search.

The resulted of this search has found many people who did not have ID card to show the officers. Therefore they were taken for further inspection.

Politics concentration in Buriram.

The politics situation in Buriram begin concentration.

The political campaign banners (campaign posters) of Democrat Party and Pheu Thai Party on the roads in various districts has been destroyed by using a color spraying on the banners and also lancing by knife.

The politicians of Pheu Thai Party has informed the police about this but the case has not progress yet.

Buriram expedited pumping water to back up water supply.

Buriram province: The drought conditions reach crisis levels, the water in Huai Jor Ra Khe Mak reservoir is left only 5.2 million cubic meters from the reservoir storage capacity over 26 million cubic meters which is the lowest in the past ten years and it is feared that if not pumping the water then the water will not be enough for producing water supply to the public during the dry season which will create an affliction to the public over 20,000 households in Mueang district and Huai Rat district.

Therefore the province has expedited pumping the water from Huai Talad reservoir to be stored in Huai Jor Ra Khe Mak reservoir for 20 hours per day of over 40,000 cubic meters of water in the distance of over 2 kilometers to be a backup of water to producing water supply.

The target of pumping water into Huai Jor Ra Khe Mak reservoir is 1,500,000 cubic meters.

Therefore the Provincial military of Buriram province has mobilized troops and water trucks in order to distribute water to assist the people that experiencing water shortage for consumption at Ban Khok Yai, Samet subdistrict, Muang district, Buriram province to help alleviated the suffering of people about 200 households from lack of water for consumption.

The province has distributed the water over 125,000 liters to the people in over 10 villages in Muang district and Ban Kruat district already since has received the requests for assistance.

Distributing water is the policy of the Army region 2 and Buriram Military is expected to provide assistance to people suffering drought to have water for consumption throughout the year.

9/5/2011

Villages along border back to the normal life.

Villages along the border at Panom Dong Rak district, Surin province which are about 10,000 people from 3,000 households that has been living in the evacuation centers for temporarily at Ban Kruat district and Prakhon Chai district, Buriram province has returned to live in the village after the situation back to normal life which is more than one week.

In the meantime the villagers are able to make their rice farms and rubber farms as normal as well.

The district has also organized the measure of security to the people by volunteers and police border jointly patrol maintain peace and order 24 hours a day.

Transport the stuff donated to assist the troops.

Buriram municipality in conjunction with the club of retailers and wholesalers of Buriram municipal market has gather the stuff donated types of consumer goods such as rice, fresh food, drinking water, eggs, vegetables, fruits and other necessary items for daily life. Which all items were donated from Buriram people and will be delivered to assist the troops that performing duty to protect sovereignty at the border in the area of Prasat Ta Kwai, Panom Dong Rak district, Surin province.

Another part will be donated to help relieve their suffering of the people along the border that has been affected by armed conflict between Thai and Cambodia.

8/5/2011

Thailand Rocket Festival (Prapheni Bun Bang Fai). 8/5/2011-9/5/2011.

Municipality of Khaen Dong district in conjunction with Subdistrict Administration Organization of Khaen Dong district, Buriram province has organized Bun Bang Fai festival in the courtyard of Khaen Dong municipality to promote conservation of the beautiful traditions of the local and to worship “Paya Thaen” which is based on the belief of ancient Isaan people and to celebrate and encourage the coming of the rains.

Rocket = Jaruat (Thai language)

Pra Phe Nee = Festival

Background:

Thailand Rocket Festival: Party, Parade & Rockets.

It rocks and rattles you like no other and they are all hand made.

It may look strange in text but there is no way of describing what you will experience at the Thailand Rocket Festival without being there in person.

Every year in the sixth lunar month (usually May), Thai people of northeastern Thailand (Isaan) hold a party and parade for their festival called Bun Bang Fai. We call it the “Thailand Rocket Festival”.

It is an unusual blend of pleasing the gods and the celebration of the year.

Originally the rockets were made out of natural materials but these days, they are slightly more sophisticated and they are built specifically for the Thailand rocket festival and are packed with several kilos of gunpowder.

Some weigh as much as 350 pounds now, though most Bun Bang Fai rockets fit into the 100 kilo (220 pound) range.

To make the Thailand rocket festival more fun, various competitions for the longest flight time or the best flight/landing combo are held. They are all conducted with the undying spirit of ‘Sanook’.

If your rocket does not make a perfect flight you may get muddy(!) but most just jump in the mud themselves!!

Legend has it that once the rain god named Vassakan loved to be worshipped with fire and the Thailand rocket festival rockets produce FIRE.

The townspeople created the ‘Bun Bang Fai’ to send to into space, where the gods reside as they believed that the gods would hear their launches and bless them with plentiful rain for rice cultivation.

6/5/2011

Husband took his wife as a hostage.

20 police from Khu Muang police station has blockaded house number 35, Moo6, Ban Nong Na Dum, Ban Phae subdistrict, Khu Muang district, Buriram province after being informed that Mr.Surasak Sawameechai, 35 years old has mania symptoms and attacked his wife by punching and shot in her arm 9 shots and another 1 shot on her right temporal by a cap gun. Then took her as a hostage, which the police have spent more than 4 hours on negotiation but it was not effective.

Thereafter he has light a fire and burned his own house which caused the second floor all damaged.

Therefore the police has decided using a gun with rubber bullets and shot in his legs both sides until fall down then arrested him.

Both of them has been sent to Khu Muang hospital and thereafter his wife has been sent to Buriram hospital because she was seriously injured.

The investigation, his parents said that he and his wife were controvert often because of jealousy and the home inspection has found more than 20 cans of glue were used.

Police susspect that he might have inhaled glue in conjunction with alcohol, Therefore causing mania.

6/5/2011

Price of stationery items, textbooks, increased.

During the nearly time of the school opening is resulting many stores in Buriram town to be lively with parents taking their children to buy the school uniforms and school supplies, stationery items, textbooks.

While this year the prices of school uniforms, stationery and textbooks has increased from last year about 2 to 3 percent and the subvention from the project 15 years of free education the government is not enough.

In addition, higher cost of living from the prices of consumer goods of various kinds are rising continuously. Therefore some parents must be careful in spending money by buying only necessary items.

4/5/2011

23 districts declared drought disaster.

Mr.Thanee Samarnkit ( Buriram province governor ) have recently indicated that the province has declared a drought disaster area in 23 districts after receiving a reported that there are population has been affected by a drought over 833,000 people from 200,000 household in 2,500 villages, 198 subdistricts experiencing water shortages consumer and agriculture.

In primarily, the province governor has instructed the district and local government organizations in the area to accelerate the exploration and provide the assistance.