Artikel erschien Oktober 2018

  • The Great Bridge of China – the world’s longest sea-bridge opens

    The Great Bridge of China – the world’s longest sea-bridge opens

    The world’s longest sea-crossing bridge, linking Hong Kong to mainland China, has opened today.

  • Water shut off in parts of Karon and Patong

    Water shut off in parts of Karon and Patong

    The Phuket Water Authority (PWA) has announced that water supply in some areas of Patong and Karon will be shut off from 9am to 5pm this Thursday, October 25. Water will be shut off while work is being carried out on the Reverse Osmosis (RO) water pumping station in Karon.

  • New Thai Army Commander visits Pattani

    New Thai Army Commander visits Pattani

    The new Royal Thai Army Commander has paid a visit to the troubled southern region. He’s met with local security agencies who met with him at Sirindhorn Camp in Pattani province, as well as meeting with religious leaders in an effort to continue the peace initiatives undertaken by his predecessor. Royal Thai Army Commander Gen Apirat Kongsompong has led a delegation to review the work of agencies operating in the southern region, starting the visit with a meeting at the Internal Security Operations Commander Center Region 4 Forward Command headquarters in Sirindhorn Camp of Pattani province

  • Power outage to hit parts of Patong tomorrow

    Power outage to hit parts of Patong tomorrow

    The Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) says they’re going to have scheduled blackouts in Patong tomorrow (Wednesday).

  • Alcohol sales banned October 24

    Alcohol sales banned October 24

    Alcohol sales will be strictly prohibited tomorrow, Wednesday, October 24.

  • Ode to the Honda Click

    Ode to the Honda Click

    No helmets, but a lot of effort, some cameos by local dogs and a drone, brings together a heart-felt ode to the ubiquitous Hand Click, the favourite scooter rental for Thai tourists for a decade. This unlikely, hastily organised boyband duo deserves 10 out of 10 for effort but a lower score for their singing and fashion sense. Filmed on Koh Phangan.

  • Panama’s VP backs the Thailand Kra Canal project

    PHOTO: Panama’s Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado – The Nation The long-running discussions about a canal, linking the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, aka The Kra Canal, has come up again with a visit from Panama’s Vice President. The Panama Canal changed world shipping when it linked the Pacific and Atlantic oceans when it was completed in 1914. Panama’s Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, said the Krabi Canal would boost Thailand’s role in global connectivity

  • Ninth measles victim in Yala, 3 remain critically ill

    Ninth measles victim in Yala, 3 remain critically ill

    PHOTO: A mother holds her child as nurses at the Tambon Yala Health Promotion Hospital in Yala’s Muang district vaccinate him against measles yesterday. – Nakharin Chinnawornkomol Another child has died as a result of complications from measles in Yala province yesterday morning. This latest preventable fatality brings the number of deaths from the disease in the southernmost province to nine since June.

  • King Chulalongkorn Day

    October 23 is a national holiday in Thailand as it marks “King Chulalongkorn Day”, known in Thai as “Wan Piyamaharaj Day”. He remains highly revered in Thailand and his portrait can often be seen, alongside the current King Rama X, in homes, shops and halls around the Kingdom.

  • Fire destroys plastic water pipes in Rassada

    PHOTOS & VIDEO: Kritsada Mueanhawong & Newshawk Phuket Last evening (Monday) a fire swept through a storage area for huge pipes in Rassada which were to be used for the Phuket City Municipality flood problem-solving project.