Artikel tagged “News”

  • Tourism Authority of Thailand downgrades revenue from tourism in 2019

    Tourism Authority of Thailand downgrades revenue from tourism in 2019

    The Tourism Authority of Thailand is being forced to revise down its tourism revenue growth projections for 2019, but they’ve only cut their projections .5% from 10% growth predicted earlier this year, down to 9.5% growth instead.

  • Thai PM apologises for weekend bickering from Palang Pracharat factions

    Thai PM apologises for weekend bickering from Palang Pracharat factions

    FILE PHOTO The Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has issued an apology and expressed “discomfort” over Palang Pracharat’s internal bickering that has dominated headlines over the weekend. The Prime Minister returned from the G20 meetings in Japan yesterday.

  • Phuket ramps up surveillance, detection and better education about illicit drugs

    Phuket ramps up surveillance, detection and better education about illicit drugs

    With increased scrutiny at the island’s northern checkpoint at Tha Chatchai, drug smugglers have been rolling out fresh ways of getting illicit drugs onto the island. A meeting of the provincial government has noted that the interception of drugs in Phuket and the increasing use of illicit drugs by local youths are the major challenges for law enforcement officials. The meeting, chaired by VG Supoj Rotreuang Na Nongkhai, noted that although Tha Chatchai checkpoint was still a major location for interception, the Marine Police and Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command have been stepping up measures to identify and intercept drug shipments onto the island around the coast.

  • Thai authorities moot compulsory travel insurance for travellers

    Thai authorities moot compulsory travel insurance for travellers

    PHOTO: South East Asia Backpacker Magazine The Thai Office of the Insurance Commission says they expect to introduce compulsory travel insurance for visitors to Thailand by the end of 2019. It would be charged to tourists who arrive without travel insurance and go into a ‘fund’ to be used to pay for repatriation costs in the event of misadventure

  • Deputy PM expresses ‘regret’ over the brutal attack on political activist ‘Ja New’

    Deputy PM expresses ‘regret’ over the brutal attack on political activist ‘Ja New’

    Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan has expressed regret over the brutal attack on political activist Sirawith Seritiwat, or Ja New, and ordered the national police chief, Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, to hold an urgent meeting with the metropolitan police commissioner to discuss the incident and to intensify efforts to track down the perpetrators, as well as the mastermind behind the assault, if there is one. Thai PBS reports that a Defence Ministry spokesman Lt-Gen Kongcheep Tantrawanich says security authorities have not been idle since the attack, as has been claimed. He maintained that both the military and the police do not tolerate or sanction the use of violence, especially violence directed against those who share opposing political views.

  • Burmese migrants released from Thai prison after murder convictions overturned

    Burmese migrants released from Thai prison after murder convictions overturned

    By Nyein Nyein – The Irrawaddy | PHOTO: Facebook/Htoo Chit Two Burmese migrants, serving six and eight year sentences for the alleged murder of a Thai woman in Ranong, southern Thailand in 2015, have won their appeal in a Thai court. Sein Kadone and Wai Lin, who received eight and six year sentences, respectively, have been in prison for three years and eight months.

  • Beach vendor nabbed after stealing from Pattaya tourist

    Beach vendor nabbed after stealing from Pattaya tourist

    PHOTOS: Pattya Message A Pattaya beach vendor has been caught by a local and foreign beach-goers after stealing from a tourist on Jomtien Beach in Pattaya. Pattaya City Police were notified of the incident yesterday on Jomtien Beach.

  • Surachate scores appointment to Police committee, as a civilian

    Surachate scores appointment to Police committee, as a civilian

    Promoted, sacked, possibly re-instated, ditched and now appointed – the topsy turvy career of former policeman Surachate Hakparn. Thailand’s Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwon has confirmed that the former immigration chief Surachate Hakparn was appointed to a Police Commission sub-committee responsible for laws and regulations. He will be the only civilian appointed to the panel.

  • Fire destroys restaurant on Koh Lanta, Krabi – VIDEO

    Fire destroys restaurant on Koh Lanta, Krabi – VIDEO

    VIDEO: Krabi News PHOTOS: TNEWS Fire has damaged a restaurant on Koh Lanta in Krabi province. TNews reports that fire fighters were notified of the incident yesterday on Koh Lanta in the south of Krabi. Fire fighters and a number of fire engines arrived at the scene to find the restaurant well ablaze

  • Banned. Thai airports cracking down what you can take on board

    Banned. Thai airports cracking down what you can take on board

    Thailand’s CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) is urging airports to more strictly enforce security regulations that would prohibit a longer list of things being taken aboard. The upgraded ban covers foods, liquids and cosmetics that are now limited to containers that have a capacity of no more than 100 millilitres (a tenth of a litre). These items will be restricted and you won’t be able to take them into any of the passenger areas or on an aircraft.