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Rayong residents seek B5bn for spill damage

Hundreds of residents and small business owners in Rayong have filed lawsuits for damages worth 5 billion baht against Star Petroleum Refining (SPRC), PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) and government agencies over an oil spill last year.

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State helps fund upgrade of Pluak Daeng hospital 2

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Policy Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, yesterday greenlighted a 2-billion-baht investment to upgrade Pluak Daeng hospital 2 in Rayong.

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Recycling a risk in itself

Rayong provincial court yesterday ordered Win Process Co -- a hazardous waste recycling company -- to clean up toxic waste contamination and pay 20.82-million-baht compensation to villagers who had been forced to suffer the effects of the contamination for a decade.

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IEAT plans to build 2 BCG estates

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) plans to build two new so-called "BCG industrial estates" in Rayong and Lamphun under a 3-billion-baht investment.

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Homeless boy sent to juvenile centre after found smoking ganja

PATTAYA: A 10-year-old runaway has been sent to a detention centre in Rayong province after he and another boy were photographed smoking marijuana from a hookah at a pier in south Pattaya last week.

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Mercure debuts in Rayong

Mercure debuts the initial phase of its new resort in Rayong. Located on the eastern seaboard, Mercure Rayong Lomtalay Villas and Resort is set to become one of the region's trendiest beach resorts. Guests can now experience the resort's beachside offerings, including 51 rooms, suites and villas, as well as…

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Plankton infests Rayong beach waters

A large area of algal bloom was sighted at Leam Mae Phim Beach, Klaeng, Rayong.

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Rayong housing sales double in H1

Residential sales in Rayong picked up significantly in the first half with a doubling in growth driven by low-rise houses, following an improvement in employment in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

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Murdered woman found in public pond

A murdered woman was found floating in a large public pond in Klaeng district of Rayong province on Tuesday morning, with marks on her neck indicating she had been strangled.

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BOI hands Investment Promotion Certificate to BYD

Mr. Narucha Ruchuphan, Senior Executive Investment Advisor, Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), handed to Mr. Prawit Vijittanakul, Commercial Manager of BYD Auto (Thailand) Co., Ltd., as the company’s representative, the Investment Promotion Certificate for BYD’s 17.9 billion baht (ca. US$490 million) investment in a ‘new energy’ passenger vehicle plant in…

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WHA Group eyes automakers

WHA Group is targeting Chinese automaker BYD for industrial land sales as the company aims to operate a battery electric vehicle (BEV) assembly plant here in 2024, while hoping to establish an EV production base in Rayong.

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German targeted by royalist over protest against Prawit, Prayut

A key member of a royalist group is asking police to take action against a German man on a solo, public crusade against Acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon and Prayut Chan-o-cha.

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Woman left with four huge eyebrows after botched tattoo job in Thailand

Nipapron Meeking, 32, paid £35 for the cosmetic procedure at a hole-in-the-wall clinic in Rayong province, in eastern Thailand

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Two arrested for murder of lawyer in Rayong

The alleged gunman and an accomplice have been arrested and charged over the murder of a prominent lawyer in Rayong on Aug 15.

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Irrawaddy dolphin calf nursed back to health after almost drowning in Thailand

The male calf has been kept alive after being hand-fed milk around the clock in a seawater pool at Thailand's Marine and Coastal Resources Research and Development Center at Rayong on the Gulf of Thailand.

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Get great deals at Cape & Kantary Hotels

Cape & Kantary Hotels with its 23 properties across Thailand announced participation in the "We Travel Together Phase 4" campaign where guests can make their reservation and stay at one of many hotels in popular locations such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Phangnga, Nakhon Ratchasima, Ayutthaya, Rayong, Surat Thani and…

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SPRC details oil spill payouts in Rayong

Star Petroleum Refining Plc (SPRC) has reportedly paid about 90% of due compensation, worth 299 million baht, for two crude oil leaks in Rayong at the start of the year.

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SPRC faces B39m suit over oil spill

RAYONG: Restaurant and hotel entrepreneurs at Mae Ramphueng beach and Koh Samet yesterday filed a lawsuit against Star Petroleum Refining Public Co Ltd (SPRC) to demand 38.8 million baht in compensation for recent oil spills that have harmed the area.

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Rayong villa project targets Europeans

SET-listed Grande Asset Hotels and Property Plc has launched the luxury villa project Amatara Residences Rayong with 61 units priced from 33 million baht to lure Europeans looking for a resort home and executives working in eastern provinces.

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Ford's Everest PPV set for delivery

Ford is ready to deliver the first units of the new Everest PPV (Pickup Passenger Vehicle) to Thai customers as well as over 100 markets around the world from the AutoAlliance Thailand assembly facility in Rayong.

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Bullish Standard targets 2nd-tier cities

Standard International, a hospitality subsidiary of SET-listed developer Sansiri Plc, plans to tap second-tier cities like Ayutthaya and Rayong with Bunkhouse, its boutique brand.

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Cabinet signs off on B3.22bn port deal

The cabinet has approved a public-private partnership deal worth 3.22 billion baht to manage the Map Ta Phut Industrial Port in Rayong province.

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Thai retailer, watchmaker celebrate poignant Earth Day

To commemorate Earth Day, C Thong Panich and Mondaine recently launched the Luminox Bear Grylls Survival Master #TIDE Chronograph 3740 crafted from upcycled plastic waste, and organised a trip to Koh Mun Nai in Rayong.

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Biorefinery slated for operation in 2024

Bio Base Asia Pilot Plant (BBAPP), which manages the multi-purpose biorefinery pilot plant in the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation in Rayong, is scheduled to start operation in 2024.

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Bomb explodes, 8 others scattered on road in Rayong

A small bomb exploded and eight others were found scattered on a road in Ban Khai district of Rayong province early on Wednesday.

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