Artikel erschien November 2017

  • Deputy abbot facing arrest over sex with underage boys

    Deputy abbot facing arrest over sex with underage boys

    Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a deputy abbot in the northern Nan province who was implicated in a leaked chat log allegedly recording him arranging to buy sex from underage boys. Pol Colonel Prayoon Chamnarn, Muang Nan police chief, said he had received a warrant for the arrest of Phra Samu-udon Chinwangso, deputy abbot of Phayaswat Temple.

  • Phuket’s Soi Dog launches its education program

    Phuket’s Soi Dog launches its education program

    Phuket’s Soi Dog Foundation arranged its 1st education workshop at Banbangneaw Municipal School on November 10 – 11, chaired by the Phuket Mayor, Somjai Suwansuppana. The workshop aims to share knowledge about dogs and cats to teacher representatives and executives to create activities for their students in order to nurture love and understanding about animals. The workshop, under the title “Humans Protecting Animals, Animal Protecting Environment”, was attended by teachers and executives from the four leading schools under Phuket Municipality including Banbangneaw Municipal School, Wat Kajorn Rangsan Municipal School, Plookpanya Municipal School and Piboonsawasdee Municipal School.

  • Olympic legend sends goodwill message to ‘Toon’

    Olympic legend sends goodwill message to ‘Toon’

    One of the world’s great long-distance athletes has added his praise for rockstar Artiwara “Toon” Kongmalai’s epic 2,191-kilometre run for charity. Britain’s Mo Farah, who has twice won Olympic gold medals at both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres, has posted a photo of himself holding a running shoe on his Facebook page “Mo Farah” and Instagram “gomofarah”, saying: “Keep running @artiwara. Leave all your records behind

  • THAIGER TODAY Monday, November 13

    THAIGER TODAY Monday, November 13

    Some retailers ‘not playing fair’ | HRH Princess Sirindhorn in Phuket | APEC kicks off in Vietnam | 200 year old Siamese cannons found | Another fatal bus crash in Bangkok | Rubber planters call off BKK protest.

  • Two killed in eight hours on Phuket’s roads

    Two killed in eight hours on Phuket’s roads

    Accident on Patong Hill killing one this morning At about 2 am this morning (November 13), Kathu police got a report of a pick-up truck that had an accident hitting an electric pole killing the 35 year old driver, Wittaya Chanadet, while the passenger suffered from injuries and was taken to Hospital. The passenger was not named. Police revealed that the incident happened in front of Dao Duan Restaurant on Wichitsongkram Road in Kathu.

  • Government crackdown uncovers 100,000 illegal immigrants

    Government crackdown uncovers 100,000 illegal immigrants

    The 95 arrested in Phuket last week for overstaying their visas could be just the tip of a 100,000 person iceberg, according to the country’s Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan. 62 Indians, 11 Pakistanis, 6 Egyptians and 16 foreigners from other nationalities were rounded up last Friday by immigration police whilst 15 Phuket-based police are being being asked to ‘please explain’ why many of the 142 other potentially illegal immigrants caught between October 2016 and October 2017 weren’t handed over to Immigration for processing

  • The first Thai to run for election in Queensland, Australia

    The first Thai to run for election in Queensland, Australia

    PHOTO: Courier Mail Wuttipong Sangjitphun, running for a seat in the Queensland state parliament.

  • Dreams for sale – Dream Hotel & Spa in Layan up for sale

    Dreams for sale – Dream Hotel & Spa in Layan up for sale

    The Dream Hotel and Beach Club in Layan, Phuket is up for sale. On offer is BOI (Board of Investment) operating properties (hotel and club) which opened in 2016.

  • Vachira wants to be paid before Stacey can leave hospital

    Vachira wants to be paid before Stacey can leave hospital

    PHOTO: 9news.com.au “Last night she told 9NEWS that animals walked freely through the hospital wards and said the family was worried about the risk of infection so soon after Ms Liddle’s surgery”. An Australian woman who could lose her leg after a horrible scooter accident in Thailand (Chalong, Phuket) fears being held hostage over her hospital bill (at Vachira Hospital). She was riding a scooter on October 26 when she plowed into the back of a bus, injuring her left leg

  • Phuket’s gay scene gets another chance with Chinese GLBTI

    Phuket’s gay scene gets another chance with Chinese GLBTI

    PHOTO: ZAG Nightclub performers, TheGayPassport.com This article first appeared in The Nation courtesy of AFP. It’s an insight into the rebirth of one of the more ‘tatty’ ends of Patong – Soi Paradise, the ‘gay zone’ – where gay bars have opened and closed over the years struggling to attract a consistent flow of customers. For one of south east Asia’s most infamous party towns, Patong had a curiously down-beat gay scene.