Artikel erschien November 2017

  • His Majesty grants flowers, energy drinks, traditional Thai sweets to ‘Toon’

    His Majesty grants flowers, energy drinks, traditional Thai sweets to ‘Toon’

    His Majesty the King on Wednesday granted flowers, energy drinks and Thai traditional sweets from His Majesty’s kitchen to provide moral support to charity running hero Artiwara “Toon” Kongmalai.

  • THAIGER TODAY Wednesday, November 15

    THAIGER TODAY Wednesday, November 15

    Another drowning off Karon Beach | Illegal migrant numbers in Phuket rising | Condos are not a ‘bubble’, sales high | Governor pushes forward on dog pound | ASEAN skirts around Suu Kyi | One dead and another seven taken to hospital following crash on By Pass road this morning. The post THAIGER TODAY Wednesday, November 15 appeared first on Phuket Gazette .

  • 60 year old Brit drowns at Karon

    60 year old Brit drowns at Karon

    A 60 year old British tourist, Collin William Dean, drowned in Karon yesterday (November 14) after swimming in a red flagged zone. He went to the beach with his wife and drowned after getting dragged under by a strong waves. His wife called for help around and the people nearby jumped into the water to help him.

  • Phuket stray dog pound make-over takes shape

    Phuket stray dog pound make-over takes shape

    During a morning meeting at the Provincial Hall (November 14), Phuket’s Governor, Noraphat Plodthong revealed the development plans for the Suan Pa Bang Kanun dog pound. He has ordered the Phuket Livestock Office to push forward the paperwork relating to the land of Suan Pa Bang Kanun so the renovation and development can progress as soon as possible

  • Close to 2,000 illegal foreigners in Phuket not deported

    Close to 2,000 illegal foreigners in Phuket not deported

    Phuket Police Commander, Pol Maj Gen Teerapon Thipcharoln has revealed that about 1,730 cases of illegal foreigners in Phuket ‘discovered’ by local police from many police stations across Phuket were not handed to Phuket Immigration Office and the cases are being investigated. The total criminal cases where foreigners were arrested from October 2016 – October 2017 is 2,415 people with only 685 of them sent to immigration for further processing and potential deportation

  • Aung San Suu Kyi – battered but not bruised over Rhakine crisis

    Aung San Suu Kyi – battered but not bruised over Rhakine crisis

    ASEAN is expressing ‘solidarity’ with the elected defacto civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her efforts to “promote humanitarian assistance to ease tensions and conflict in Rakhine state.” Leaders at APEC are officially supporting the civilian leader rather than issuing a sterner rebuke over her country’s handling of the Rohingya crisis. Meanwhile Myanmar’s army has acquitted itself after an internal enquiry into any wrongdoing against Rhakine State Muslims (Rohingya) somehow ignoring the many independent reports coming out of the west of Myanmar after August 25 – the date the Tatmadaw Army moved in to ‘control’ violence allegedly initiated by the Arakan Army

  • THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, November 14

    THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, November 14

    HRH Princess Sirindhorn opens conference in Phuket | Thailand’s annual road toll increases | Checks on Patong Beach smoking ban | APEC doesn’t sanction Myanmar over Rohingya | Removal of ‘red flags’ on Thai airlines | HM The King sends a gift to ‘Toon’. The post THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, November 14 appeared first on Phuket Gazette .

  • Authorities check the smoking ban along Patong Beach

    Authorities check the smoking ban along Patong Beach

    The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) Director General, Chatuporn Burutpat, along with his team, visited Patong Beach to follow up on the cigarette prohibition now in force on the famous tourist beach. 26 smoking spots were set up along the 3 kilometre stretch of beach by Patong Municipality last week.

  • HRH Princess Sirindhorn opens astrophysics conference in Phuket

    HRH Princess Sirindhorn opens astrophysics conference in Phuket

    HRH Princess Sirindhorn Chaired the 11th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2017 hosted at the Duangjitt Resort in Patong. The opening ceremony was arranged for yesterday morning (November 13). A number of Phuket authorities including Phuket’s Governor, the Patong Mayor, Rawai Mayor and the Dean of Prince of Songkla University welcomed HRH Princess at the ceremony

  • World road toll – could Thailand move into first place?

    World road toll – could Thailand move into first place?

    Thailand is in danger of moving from its previous number two position in the world for fatal road accidents to number one. A new report on road safety from 2016 – 2017 shows road deaths in Thailand have risen by almost 3,000