Artikel tagged “Phuket”

  • Bangkok tackles heavy rain in the lead up tonight’s peak hour

    Bangkok tackles heavy rain in the lead up tonight’s peak hour

    PHOTOS: JS100 Radio Bangkok has been hit by localised strong winds and heavy rain this afternoon, causing floods and traffic jams around the Chatuchak Weekend Market, Kasetsart, Ramkhamhaeng, Phaholyothin, Ladphrao, Prachacheun, Prachanukul and Ratchadapisek. ท่วม RT@porpoyz: หน้า MBK เป็นทะเลคลื่น~ดาวน์โหลดแอปพลิเคชั่น #JS100 ได้ที่ > > goo.gl/hoc9w8 Posted by JS100 Radio on Friday, June 7, 2019 Jor Sor 100 traffic radio was also inundated with images of flooded roads and damage caused by the downpour.

  • Trees damage cars and a house in Phuket

    Trees damage cars and a house in Phuket

    Trees have been brought down by heavy rain and local wind squalls around the Cape Phromthep, Chalong and Kata areas, where cars and a house have been damaged. At 4.15pm yesterday trees fell on a residential house in Chalong.

  • MRT extension from Hua Lamphong to Tha Phra opens Mother’s Day in Thailand

    MRT extension from Hua Lamphong to Tha Phra opens Mother’s Day in Thailand

    PHOTO: The Nation A free trial service of the MRT Blue Line extension from Bang Sue to Tha Phra in Bangkok will be launched at the beginning of next year, and commercial services will begin in March.

  • 19 year old dies after big bike accident in Kathu, Phuket

    19 year old dies after big bike accident in Kathu, Phuket

    PHOTOS: เทศกิจ 201( กะทู้) อุทิศ 5811 / อาสาของประชาชน A 19 year old was pronounced dead at Vachira Phuket Hospital after being seriously injured in a sports bike (Honda CB 650cc) accident in Kathu. Rescue workers report that they were notified of the accident at 1.45pm yesterday on the Phra Phuket Kaew Road near Bang Jak petrol station. Emergency responders arrived at the scene to find the man with serious injuries.

  • Ladyboy arrested over stealing from British tourist in Pattaya, Thailand

    Ladyboy arrested over stealing from British tourist in Pattaya, Thailand

    PHOTOS: Pattaya Message Pattaya police have arrested a ladyboy who stole money from a British tourist’s pocket. Pattaya police were hunting for the ladyboy who allegedly stole money from the pockets of the British man in Pattaya City along Walking Street this week. Read more about the story   HERE

  • Electric vehicles on the rise but the take up is slow in Thailand

    Electric vehicles on the rise but the take up is slow in Thailand

    “Two trends will develop in Southeast Asia. The first is new operators of EV taxi fleets such as cars and motorcycles, and the second is electric buses for public transport.” Justin Wu, head of Asia-Pacific for Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) says the electric vehicles (EVs) remain expensive and unaffordable for individual buyers in Thailand and ASEAN. Mr.

  • Man falls to his death inside CentralWorld, Bangkok

    Man falls to his death inside CentralWorld, Bangkok

    A 55 year old man has fallen four floors to his death at Central World shopping centre near the Ratchaprasong intersection on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok’s Pathumwan district. The incident happened today just after midday

  • Not everyone is happy with the closure of Thailand’s National Park hot spots

    Not everyone is happy with the closure of Thailand’s National Park hot spots

    PHOTO: Sunrise Divers Nature happy. Tour operators unhappy. The closure, albeit temporary, of several of Thailand’s favourite marine national parks and coastal sites, is not universally supported. As the country’s tourist growth plateaus, the baht remains strong and hungry tour operators battle for the same tourist dollar, having many of the most popular attractions struck off their tour list is causing pain for their bottomline.

  • British man loses 20K baht to an alleged ladyboy pickpocket in Pattaya – VIDEO

    British man loses 20K baht to an alleged ladyboy pickpocket in Pattaya – VIDEO

    PHOTOS/VIDEO: Pattaya Message Pattaya police are hunting for a ladyboy who allegedly stole money from the pockets of a British man in Pattaya City this week. Pattaya Message reports that 49 year old Anthony O’Malley, a British national, yesterday presented a video clip from a CCTV camera to the Pattaya Police

  • Man found hanged in Karon house, Phuket

    Man found hanged in Karon house, Phuket

    The body of a man has been found hanged inside a house in Karon this morning. Karon Police were notified of the incident at the house in Soi Patak 9. Police and emergency responders arrived to find the body of a man who was later identified as 40 year old Sunchai Naphu from Phuket, found hanged inside the house. Police believe that the man had died at least three days before the body was discovered