Artikel erschien Januar 2019

  • Blind man jumps from Bangkok apartment building

    Blind man jumps from Bangkok apartment building

    A blind man has jumped to his death from the rooftop of a seven-floor apartment building in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao district after his wife, who is also reported to be blind, had recently separated from him. Chok Chai police station was alerted at 10am today about the incident at an apartment building on Soi Lat Phrao-Wang Hin. The man has yet to be identified as police found no identification on him

  • Trailer collides with sedan on highway in Bangkok

    Trailer collides with sedan on highway in Bangkok

    PHOTOS: FM 91 BKK A trailer and truck has collided with a car on a highway in Bangkok today. Traffic Police say the incident blocked some parts of the road causing traffic to tail back for many kilometers

  • British Embassy contact Police to release the body of the 17 year old who died in a motorbike incident last week

    British Embassy contact Police to release the body of the 17 year old who died in a motorbike incident last week

    A representative of the British Embassy has contacted Kamala Police to retrieve the body of the teenager who died in a motorbike incident in Kamala last week.

  • Australia Day 2019 function at Angsana Laguna Phuket Resort

    Australia Day 2019 function at Angsana Laguna Phuket Resort

    PHOTO: Phuket’s Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana and Australian Consul General for Phuket Craig Ferguson Celebrating the 2019 Australia Day, the Australian Consul General for Phuket Craig Ferguson hosted a lovely evening with guests including Phuket’s Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana along with other local dignitaries and invited local Australians. About 300 people were in attendance as Mr Ferguson reflected on the past year and the efforts shared between Australia and Thailand, including the co-operation of Australian volunteer divers and doctors during the cave rescue at the Tham Luang Caves in Chiang Rai last July. Craig noted that two of the divers, Richard Harris and Craig Challen, were named joint Australian of the Year for 2019 last Friday.

  • Chiang Rai pick-up driver arrested with 4 million meth pills in the back

    Chiang Rai pick-up driver arrested with 4 million meth pills in the back

    A man has been arrested in Chiang Rai with 4 million methamphetamine pills stacked into the back of his pick-up. The 27 year old is alleged to have smuggled from a border spot. Acting on a tip-off, the Chiang Rai-based narcotics suppression police spotted a pick-up truck parked at a shophouse on Phaholyothin road in Moo 4 village in Wiang Pha Kham tambon, Mae Sai district at 9.20pm last night

  • Four Russian tourists fined in Phuket jet-ski accident

    Four Russian tourists fined in Phuket jet-ski accident

    Four tourists have been fined following a jet-ski accident at Kata Noi Beach. One Russian female tourist was taken to a hospital as a result of injuries sustained in the incident.

  • Body of a Korean man found on the ground outside hotel in Pattaya

    Body of a Korean man found on the ground outside hotel in Pattaya

    PHOTOS: The Pattaya News The body of a dead Korean man was found naked on the ground outside a hotel in Pattaya early today (Tuesday). The Pattaya News is reporting that the Pattaya City Police were notified of an incident at the KTK Royal Residence inside Soi Pattaya Klang 12 at 5.30am. At the scene, near a wall, police found the naked body of a Korean man later identified as 51 year old JAEKWON PARK in the bushes.

  • Twinpalms Hotels & Resorts appoint new director of sales & revenue

    Twinpalms Hotels & Resorts appoint new director of sales & revenue

    PHOTO: Paritchawan Kraiponrak (Jom), the new Director of Sales & Revenue at Twinpalms Group Mrs Paritchawan Kraiponrak (Jom) is warmly welcomed back into the Twinpalms group to take the position of Director of Sales & Revenue for the Phuket-grown hospitality brand. With well over two decades of solid work experience within Phuket’s hospitality industry and a master’s degree in ‘Hospitality & Tourism Management’, Jom says her aim with her new role is “To bring the Twinpalms and Phuket lifestyle to the forefront of travel professionals globally.” “We offer so many experiences so well, including yachting, enjoying our beach club, the residences, dining in our restaurants as well as the hotel and encouraging our guests to live life to the full.” Returning to the innovative company after 7 years away and leading the sales departments at Angsana Laguna Phuket and Centara Hotels & Resorts Phuket during that time, on her return, Jom is eager tosteer Twinpalms into its fourteenth year and beyond to retain its position as one of Thailand’s leadingluxury lifestyle resorts

  • Wat Chalong Fair kicks off on February 4

    Wat Chalong Fair kicks off on February 4

    Phuket’s biggest annual temple fair, held at Wat Chalong, will kick off on February 4 to offer one week of local fun, stalls, food and entertainment. Each year the Fair attracts thousands of visitors who come to sample the wide range of food, browse the market stalls and enjoy the variety of activities on offer. There will also be traditional  nang talung  shadow puppet performances and renditions of the Manorah play, indigenous culture from the southern region. Besides the many famous singers and local celebrities taking turns on stage, the fair also gives people the opportunity to pay respects before an image of revered monk Luangpor Chaem and pray for good fortune

  • Headless body discovered washed up on beach south of Hua Hin

    Headless body discovered washed up on beach south of Hua Hin

    FILE PHOTO A headless body has been discovered on a remote Prachuap Khiri Khan province beach early today (Tuesday). Police report that a local fisherman found the body of the man just after midnight.