Artikel erschien Mai 2018

  • Krabi drug dealer tries to bury over 10,000 methamphetamine pills

    On Saturday (May 12) Krabi Police arrested a woman, 43 year old Surat ‘Rat’ Sansatan. Police seized 10,700 methamphetamine pills ( ya bah ). She was charged with possession of Category 1 drug with intent to sell

  • Vanranyu cruises to victory at Singha Laguna Phuket Open

    Vanranyu cruises to victory at Singha Laguna Phuket Open

    Thailand’s Varanyu Rattanaphiboonkij savoured his first professional victory in front of his family after closing with an even-par 70 to win by six shots in the final round of the Singha Laguna Phuket Open yesterday (Sunday).

  • Drug dealer arrested in sting operation

    Border Patrol Police this week arrested Saksuriya ‘Ta’ Kajornduang at the parking area of the Yeeteng Market on Chao Fa Road in Phuket Town. Police seized 11.93 grams of crystal methamphetamine ( ya ice ) and a licensed handgun with 15 bullets

  • Worries arise over full dams, even before start of rainy season

    Despite the Royal Ploughing Day, all the water-throwing at Songkran and the annual rocket festival – all trying to encourage water from the skies for the forthcoming wet season – we still have to hope mother nature plays along and delivers the rain needed for the nation’s agricultural areas. But, rolling into wet season this year, most of the main dams are full, or nearly full

  • Bangkok property trends continue to point upward

    Bangkok’s property market continues to show price growth with an eight-point increase in the DDproperty Property Index from 205 to 213 in the first quarter of 2018. A strong opening for 2018, this growth is on the back of an improving economic outlook and an expected increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this year to 4.2 percent (up 0.3 percent year on year), and in part due to the rising cost of developing projects in the popular but densely built-up areas in Bangkok. The Index increased by 213 percent over the last three years, fuelled by escalating land prices, which are in turn dictating the type of projects being built

  • Top Ten things to do when it’s wet in Phuket

    Top Ten things to do when it’s wet in Phuket

    There’s a bit of rain around. No worries.

  • Top Ten things to do this “green season” in Phuket

    There’s a bit of rain around. No worries. It’s rainy season and the island looks a lot better when it’s all green and we have to fill up the dams.

  • Royal Ploughing Day – Annual ceremony at Sanam Luang

    Thailand will have ample water and food this year and citizens will enjoy convenience in transportation according to the types of food preferred by the oxen involved in the annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony held on Monday morning. His Majesty the King presided at the traditional rite that began at 8.29am at Sanam Luang

  • Reboot and maximise your energy

    ADVERTISEMENT Award winning Phuket beach resort, JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa, is hosting the 6th ‘Reboot and Maximise Your Energy’ event which will be taking place from May 24-27, 2018. Participants will learn new fitness & lifestyle skills and information and how they can ‘re-program’ their body with the practitioners including Hayden Rhodes, Kim White, Andrew Stannard and Susanna Eduini. The wellness workshop has a vast array of specialists to maximise a healthy weekend in Phuket.

  • Man killed, murderer arrested in Rassada

    The Phuket City Police have been notified of an incident in front of a house in Soi Malipan, Rassada on Saturday (May 12). Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene to find the body of a man who was identified as 30 year old Peerasit Saelim surrounded by a pool of blood on the ground.