Artikel tagged “phuket gazette”

  • Ministry looks at tourist levy to fund infrastructure

    Ministry looks at tourist levy to fund infrastructure

    A tourist levy is being considered amongst a raft of changes to improve the amenity of local tourist attractions. The Tourism and Sports Ministry is floating the initiative after the National Tourism Policy Act was enacted and published in the Royal Gazette this week, according to the Bangkok Post. The Ministry is now in talks with universities and insurance companies to research solutions that would provide additional funds but have minimal impact on the flow of tourists into Thailand. This year the Ministry is predicting that 41 million travellers will visit Thailand.

  • Thanathorn forced to sit out Parliament opening today amid media share controversy

    Thanathorn forced to sit out Parliament opening today amid media share controversy

    “This is not the time to lose hope. It’s the time to stand against injustice.” – Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit The Constitutional Court has agreed to hear the Election Commission’s plea to disqualify Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit from the House of Representatives over his alleged shareholding in media company V-Luck.

  • The magic disappearing murky and muddy waters of Pattaya’s Jomtien Beach

    The magic disappearing murky and muddy waters of Pattaya’s Jomtien Beach

    PHOTOS: Pattaya Message Officials from Chon Buri Municipality says there is no source of wastewater found after inspections along the canals. The video of the untreated sewage and wastewater gushing into the Gulf of Thailand has accumulated 1.5 million views already

  • What to do in Phuket – A Unique Guide

    What to do in Phuket – A Unique Guide

    A modern Holiday Membership Club with its flagship office at the luxurious Patong Bay Hill Resort on Hasibpee Hill, Club Unique offers members an endless choice of possibilities as well as an almost limitless array of luxuries across a global platform. While a stay with Club Unique is exceptional in itself, the staff are eager to offer members & guests insight into local experiences in order to take full advantage of all that Phuket truly offers.

  • OrBorTor president shot dead in Yala

    OrBorTor president shot dead in Yala

    PHOTOS: Work Point News An OrBorTor president in Yala’s Raman district has been fatally shot while riding his motorcycle home last night.

  • Chiang Mai Song Thaew drivers see red over Grab

    Chiang Mai Song Thaew drivers see red over Grab

    Chiang Mai’s Grab vs traditional public transport continues. The issue has simmered for two years with occasional outbreaks of violence and an ongoing war of words on social media

  • Male doctor and his friend arrested after 18 year old falls from condo in gay-sex tryst

    Male doctor and his friend arrested after 18 year old falls from condo in gay-sex tryst

    A male doctor working in the “beauty field” and his male friend have been giving confusing testimonies to police today. The pair were apprehended by police on Saturday after their 18 year old guest fell to his death from a balcony at the doctor’s 20th floor condo in Bangkok

  • Compromise could save expressway authority from paying exorbitant compensation

    Compromise could save expressway authority from paying exorbitant compensation

    PHOTO: YouTube Thailand’s Expressway Authority (EXAT) board has agreed to extend the concession period of NECL, a subsidiary of Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company (BEM), to operate two expressways for an additional thirty years. The hope is they can avert a legal battle which could eventually result in the government authority being ordered to pay as much as 130 billion baht compensation to NECL

  • Co-ordinated pipe bomb attacks in Yala injure five

    Co-ordinated pipe bomb attacks in Yala injure five

    FILE PHOTO Five Army troops and rangers have been injured after southern insurgents threw pipe bombs. Security officials say the incidents happened at three locations in Yala in what appears to be a co-ordinated incident. The commander of Muang Yala police station, Pol Col Narawee Binwaearong, says two insurgents on a motorcycle rode to a security checkpoint on the Siroros Road in Muang district and the rider threw a pipe bomb at the checkpoint at about 8.15pm. The bomb lended next to the booth and causing minor damage to the road only.

  • Mother blames rescuers for damage to her car after trying to get her daughter out of the locked SUV

    Mother blames rescuers for damage to her car after trying to get her daughter out of the locked SUV

    PHOTOS: Gimyong News Locals who tried to help a one year old baby who has was locked inside an SUV are being blamed as the mother claims they have caused scratches and damage to her car.