Artikel erschien März 2018

  • UPDATE: Tak bus disaster – 20 Burmese workers burned to death

    UPDATE: Tak bus disaster – 20 Burmese workers burned to death

    PHOTO: Thai PBS The badly-burned bodies of 20 Burmese workers killed in a bus fire in Tak’s Muang district early on Friday will be sent about 150 kilometres to two hospitals in Phitsanulok for identification. The bodies were initially sent to the Tak provincial hospital

  • Your Say – Closure of Maya Bay during the monsoon 2018

    A decision to temporarily close Maya Bay to all tourists during the wet season from this June to September has been approved by the marine national parks chiefs. The move follows proposals from prominent academics and concerned locals to restore the coral reefs and ecosystem to allow nature to recover from the impacts of uncontrolled tourism during the rest of the year. Of course four months, following years of abuse and a staggering rise in tourist numbers visiting the Bay, is completely inadequate and will likely do little for the fragile eco-system

  • Toons Tunes – Foster the People “Sit Next To Me”

    Toons Tunes – Foster the People “Sit Next To Me”

    Checking new and amazing music for The Thaiger everyday with Donna Toon American rock band Foster the People was formed in 2009 by lead vocalist Mark Foster, lead guitarist Sean Cimino, drummer Mark Pontius and keyboardist Isom Innis, they played in small clubs across LA and didn’t find any commercial success until the release of “Pumped Up Kicks” in 2010. The song quickly became a viral success which lead to a record deal with Star Time International. The band’s debut album followed in 2011 Torches featuring the track “Pumped Up Kicks” which topped charts around the world, including number 3 on Billboards Hot Hits

  • 20 Burmese migrants die in Tak bus blaze

    20 Burmese migrants die in Tak bus blaze

    A chartered double-decker bus taking 47 registered Myanmar workers to Pathum Thani caught fire in Tak early today (Friday), killing 20 of them trapped inside. Tak shares a border with Myanmar, north west of Bangkok

  • Songkran back-flip

    Songkran revellers are welcoming news the government will relax its ban to allow them to splash water from the beds of pickups this year – just one of a number of back-flips on previously announced prohibitions for the 2018 Thai New Year celebrations. The water festival in mid-April, the hottest month of the year, is known worldwide.

  • Closed for maintenance – Maya Bay closes for wet season

    Maya Bay,on Koh Phi Phi, will be closed to all visitors for four months during this monsoon season in an effort to restore its natural ecosystem that has been damaged by excessive tourism. The decision to temporarily close Maya Bay to all tourists during the wet season from this June to September was approved at a meeting of marine national parks chiefs on Wednesday. The move follows proposals from local people, officials and academics to restore the coral reefs and allow nature to recover from the impacts of uncontrolled tourism during the rest of the year.

  • New ferry service to link Phuket Airport to nearby provinces

    New ferry service to link Phuket Airport to nearby provinces

    File Photo The Harbour Department will build a new pier near Phuket Airport and open five ferry routes linking Phuket, Krabi and Phang Nga according to the department chief today (Thursday).

  • An addiction to the music beats

    The 19 year old Thai-French girl who was born on the island of Phuket, Sophie Marguerite Indracusin, is widely known as an actress working with Channel 7 and has been shining in through television shows and dramas as the main role for years. Now it’s time for her to introduce another perspective of herself, through her first single ‘Mary Jane’. How did you start singing?

  • Police junior officers revolting over AC contributions

    A junior policeman is crying foul over his supervisors’ demand that he contribute money for the purchase of a new air-conditioner at their police station.

  • THAIGER TODAY Thursday, March 29

    THAIGER TODAY Thursday, March 29

    NACC hands down decision on Prawit case today | Patong and Kamala are #1 in international affordable 5 star hotel survey | Snake under a taxi | French tourist dies after visit to Emerald Cave | Woman push back on calls for females to ‘dress appropriately’ during Songkran | Police juniors complain about their wages being docked for boss’s air con. The post THAIGER TODAY Thursday, March 29 appeared first on The Thaiger .