Confident in the power of young people, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) continues the PTTEP Teenergy program for its 10th year under the concept "Ocean for Life," aiming to raise awareness among Thai youth about natural resource and environmental conservation through an innovation competition focused on marine resource protection.

Over two days and one night, 15 teams comprising more than 50 young people selected from 190 teams nationwide participated in comprehensive learning and skill development activities covering technology, the environment, climate change adaptation, public speaking, idea presentation, and business model design.

The participants also gained hands-on experience visiting PTTEP's Research and Technology Innovation Center in Rayong province, where PTTEP staff shared insights into research development, technology, and innovation from initial conceptualization to real-world application. They also visited the Royal Thai Navy's Sea Turtle Conservation Center in Chachoengsao to learn firsthand about sea turtle care and conservation.

Ice (Nattanun Sayvisedh), a fourth-year student at Prince of Songkla University's Surat Thani campus, expressed great enthusiasm for the program, particularly the project presentation training that enhanced public speaking skills. She noted that the turtle pond cleaning activity was a meaningful experience that developed both life skills and environmental awareness simultaneously.

Charoen (Thanchothi Thesakun), a first-year student at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, shared that he gained valuable knowledge about climate change adaptation and business perspectives, developing comprehensive skills in applying environmental and technology knowledge to project development, communicating results, and envisioning future business creation.

Angie (Nichada Aphaipun), a fourth-year student at Chulalongkorn University, highlighted her visit to PTTEP's PTIC center as the most impressive activity, noting that seeing real technology and innovation developed in Thailand gave her renewed confidence in the country's progress and opened her eyes to career opportunities in technology and innovation. She also emphasized the value of learning about marine resource conservation at the Navy's Sea Turtle Center, where volunteering alongside peers deepened her understanding of environmental importance.

The 15 youth teams' marine resource conservation innovation projects will be presented in the finals on June 3 at IconSiam. Follow updates on Facebook at PTTEPCSR.

Pat Napa shared a disturbing discovery during a live stream: someone had taken her full name and date of birth to a monk for a ritual. Online viewers suspected it was a relative, and Pat confirmed this was likely the case, as she had heard this person mention wanting to know when Pat would 'fall' and what day would be best to harm her. The person had apparently done this before, using Pat's birth certificate information with a monk in Phetchabun Province.

When directly asked what they could possibly be jealous of, Pat reflected: 'That's a question I ask myself every day. They have a house, cars—three of them actually—a building, a restaurant, everything. Yet they're never satisfied.' CCTV footage provided crucial evidence. Pat's husband witnessed the person walking around the house, chanting or reciting incantations, holding something white in their hand, and then tossing it toward Pat's parked Alphard vehicle. When confronted, the person became defensive and evasive, refusing to explain their actions clearly. The security camera captured the entire incident, showing exactly what the person did. Pat emphasized how frightening this behavior is, especially considering she has never visited their house or engaged in any conflict with them.

On May 3, 2025, Associate Professor Dr. Suratana Tanpravet, a neurology and brain specialist from Chiang Mai University's Faculty of Medicine, posted a case study about an elderly dementia patient. A daughter brought her 85-year-old mother for examination, whose dementia had progressed significantly. Each morning, the mother would wake up saying, "Father is waiting for breakfast," even though her husband had passed away five years prior.

Dr. Suratana explained that she frequently encounters such cases. In Alzheimer's disease, short-term memory deteriorates first, gradually erasing memories chronologically backward from the present. However, long-term memories and significant emotional events often remain intact.

When the daughter asked what her mother experiences when looking at the world, Dr. Suratana noted that patients experience what's called "temporal disorientation"—like a ship without an anchor, drifting through time with no fixed coordinates on life's map. Beyond memory loss, patients lose their ability to orient themselves in time and space. They become confused about what day it is, what time, and where they are—like being trapped in a dark room.

When the mother arrived at the clinic, startled by the bright lights and unfamiliar surroundings, her daughter gently asked: "Mom, what day is it today? Where are we? Tell the doctor." The mother's eyes searched, trying desperately to grasp something in this strange world she'd never encountered.

"A good day, a..." the mother said, then stopped.

"Yes, Mom, a good day," Dr. Suratana responded reassuringly.

There's no need to insist it's Monday morning—just knowing it's a day to see a familiar, kind doctor is enough. When the mother pointed and said, "Doctor is kind," Dr. Suratana replied, "You remember the doctor is kind, and that makes the doctor happy." She emphasized repeatedly that this isn't the time to correct or demand perfect memory.

At Chivacare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, staff recognize that dementia patients may forget dates and places, but they retain memories associated with happiness. By designing activities and environments to be pleasant and joyful, caregivers prioritize what matters most: happiness.

The hippocampus, a brain structure resembling a seahorse's tail, functions like a filing system that marks when events occurred and their relationship to our life timeline. When this system deteriorates, memories don't just disappear—they become unmoored from the patient's internal calendar. Patients may ask, "Haven't I eaten?" even after finishing a meal, or "What time is it?" moments after being told, or "My husband is waiting" though he passed long ago—not from inattention, but because their brains can no longer anchor themselves to time.

Caregivers often become stressed, repeating information endlessly. It's important to understand that confusion and memory loss stem from neurological damage, not stubbornness. For patients, however, what matters most is feeling secure and not abandoned.

SA KAEO — On May 3, 2026, Thai authorities repatriated 55 Cambodian migrant workers through the Khlong Luek border checkpoint after their legal cases were resolved, according to officials.

The Burapha Task Force, led by the Aranyaprathet special unit, coordinated with Border Patrol Company 1201 and multiple agencies, including the Region 1 Operations Centre, Sa Kaeo Immigration, Aranyaprathet Customs and international disease control officers, to oversee the operation.

The group returned included 34 men, 19 women and two boys. Police confirmed all individuals had been arrested and processed under Thai law before being deported in accordance with legal procedures.

The handover occurred at the Thai-Cambodian Friendship Bridge at the permanent border crossing in Ban Khlong Luek, Aranyaprathet district, under strict supervision and inter-agency coordination.

Authorities reported the operation proceeded without incident.

Acclaimed musician Natee Getsunova is beaming with happiness following his wife Ingfah Damrong Chaidharm's delivery of their second daughter on May 1st. The adorable newborn has been named Lalyn, and proud father Natee shared a family photo with a warm caption welcoming his daughter to the world, noting that she was born just days before her mother's birthday. The special moment became even more heartwarming when their older daughter Layla joined in to care for her baby sister, creating an endearing family scene that melted hearts across social media. Congratulations to the growing family!

A tragic accident claimed the life of a tractor operator when the vehicle overturned and crushed him as he attempted to control it after a dirt road collapsed beneath him.

At 11:00 AM on May 3, investigators from Inthon Police Station in Sing Buri province responded to a report of a tractor accident in a rice field in Village 9, Inthon Subdistrict. Emergency personnel including staff from the Baan Pot Thek Tung Foundation and hospital medics quickly arrived at the scene.

Upon arrival, authorities found the tractor flipped over on top of the driver. They used a backhoe to lift the tractor in order to recover the victim's body, which took approximately 10 minutes. The deceased was a 35-year-old resident of Ngiw Rai Subdistrict, Inthon District, Sing Buri province.

Investigators determined that the victim, a professional tractor operator, had been hired to level a rice paddy. After completing the work, he was attempting to drive the tractor back up the dirt road to leave when the road suddenly gave way and the tractor overturned, crushing him fatally. Authorities transported the body to the hospital and launched a legal investigation before releasing the remains to his family for religious rites.