Read the original: Opinion: Tracking tourists for ’national security‘
PHUKET: A 51 year-old man died after he and a 15 year-old girl jumped off the Sarasin Bridge at about 7pm yesterday. The Thai pair, who police believe to have been father and daughter, were rescued by fishermen passing by on a boat.
See original article: Banyan Tree launches new luxury villas
PHUKET: There will be no flooding in Patong this year, Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup told the Phuket Gazette last week following approval of a 420-million-baht budget for flood prevention in densely developed Patong. Ms Chalermluck said she was confident that the implementation of several short-and-long-term flood prevention measures currently underway will ensure that Patong is not inundated with runoff during the monsoon rains, as it has been over the past 20 years.
PHUKET: Phuket City Police on Saturday night captured robbers who stole a bag from a Slovakian tourist at Phuket Downtown Fresh Market on Friday. Riding a motorbike, the robbers snatched a bag from Domonkoso Vaniko, 28, after pulling up beside her.
Follow this link: Thai weightlifter wins first gold at Rio Olympics
Follow this link: Finance: Hedging your way through Brexit
Read More: Ministry of Farang Affairs: Careful in the crapper
Excerpt from: Opinion: Turning the tide on flooding
Continue reading here: Keep It Green: Slow suffocation by plastic