Artikel erschien Dezember 2017

  • Positive drug test – awaiting confirmation of epilepsy claim

    Positive drug test – awaiting confirmation of epilepsy claim

    A man who claims he suffered an epileptic seizure that caused him to lose control of his car and kill two people and injure 15 others in Pattaya on Monday, was under the influence of drugs at the time, police said yesterday.

  • WEDNESDAY MORNING BRIEFING – All your news in 3 minutes

    WEDNESDAY MORNING BRIEFING – All your news in 3 minutes

    Day three of the Phuket King’s Cup today and fresh winds are waiting for the 83-strong fleet off Kata. Our Deputy PM has got into hot water over a flashy watch, a mother is being asked to explain why she chained up her daughter and a truck has fallen on a passenger van killing two in Chiang Mai

  • Phuket King’s Cup Regatta – Day Two. Perfect sailing weather.

    Phuket King’s Cup Regatta – Day Two. Perfect sailing weather.

    Day Two kicked off as strongly as yesterday had ended with consistent, shifting and challenging winds. Race Director Simon James set the two courses around the southern end of the island.

  • Four-year absence of leatherback turtles at Phuket nesting beaches

    Four-year absence of leatherback turtles at Phuket nesting beaches

    With the leatherback turtle already listed internationally as a critically endangered species, the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department yesterday expressed serious concern that none of the animals had returned to beaches in Phuket and Phang-nga to lay eggs since 2013. Director-general Thanya Netithammakun raised the alarm over the survival of the leatherbacks, as there have no reports of females of the species returning to lay their eggs at the beaches in Khao Lampi–Hat Thai Mueang National Park in Phang-nga province and Sirinat National Park in Phuket for four years. Thanya said he suspected that increased development on the beaches was the main reason for the disappearance of the giant turtles, as the greater presence of human activities on the beaches disrupted their nesting grounds.

  • 7 year old girl chained up by her mother

    7 year old girl chained up by her mother

    After pictures of a 7 year old Myanmar girl chained went viral in social media, Phuket Social Development and Human Security officers visited the scene today (December 5), which is a room in an apartment in Phuket Town. The girl and her 9 year old brother are safe at Phuket Children and Family Shelter.

  • Official opening of Wang Kee On Waterfall in Patong

    Official opening of Wang Kee On Waterfall in Patong

    At 9 am today (December 5), Patong Mayor, Chalermluck Kebsup, hosted the official opening of Wang Kee On Waterfall as the new attraction in Patong, even though it’s been there all the time.

  • THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, December 5

    THAIGER TODAY Tuesday, December 5

    THAIGER TODAY.

  • Pattaya driver that killed two claims epileptic fit – call for ban on epileptic drivers

    Pattaya driver that killed two claims epileptic fit – call for ban on epileptic drivers

    A tragic accident yesterday morning in Pattaya is again focussing the public’s attention on a call for the Land Transport Department to ban people with epilepsy from driving. The crash occurred when a 44 year old self-described epileptic patient lost control of his pickup truck in Chon Buri’s Pattaya City, causing it to plough into 10 motorcycles, killing two people and injuring 15 others

  • Don says he knows nothing about Yingluck British passport

    Don says he knows nothing about Yingluck British passport

    Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has denied a report of unknown origin that Britain had granted fugitive ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra a passport. Don said before Monday’s Cabinet meeting that his ministry had no such information and that the British Embassy had not informed the Thai government of any such action

  • TUESDAY MORNING BRIEFING – All your news in 3 minutes

    TUESDAY MORNING BRIEFING – All your news in 3 minutes

    It’s a public holiday today. It’s Father’s Day and National Day in Thailand, both proclaimed as celebrations of the birthday of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej