Artikel erschien Juni 2018

  • 13 take-aways from Anthony Bourdain

    13 take-aways from Anthony Bourdain

    PHOTO: Paul Robb Anthony Bourdain rarely travelled with an itinerary.

  • Rare dugong carcass washes up on Phang Nga beach

    Rare dugong carcass washes up on Phang Nga beach

    By Anothai Ngandee The carcass of a large dugong, estimated to have been 15-20 years old at the time of its death, has been swept onto Koh Khor Khao Beach in Phang Nga’s Takua Pa today (Sunday). Phang Nga province last year reported 10 live dugongs in its seas. A fertile zone of the dugong’s favourite food, seagrass, is located three kilometres west of the beach from where the rare sea mammal was found.

  • Islamic committee chair dies from Friday shooting in Pattani

    Pattani Islamic Committee deputy chairman Aduldej Chenae, who was seriously injured from a gun attack in the southern province on Friday, was pronounced dead at 2.45am today (Sunday) in an intensive care unit of Pattani Hospital. The 55 year old Aduldej was leaving a mosque in front of Ban Lalo Witthaya School in Sai Buri district, where he also served as school manager, when he was shot and seriously injured by two gunmen. His body was collected from the hospital at 5.10am for the 10am funeral prayer at the school before his burial rite is held.

  • High speed road crash in Korat leave two dead

    From the sketchy news we’ve received it appears there was a military officer and his wife on one bike, both now dead. A 19 year old student, driving a Mazda SUV, is injured but has survived the crash.

  • Three sea turtles washed up on Phuket beaches

    A green turtle and two hawksbill sea turtles have been found on Laypang, Kata and Kamala Beaches yesterday (June 9).

  • A 50 percent cut in plastic garbage in 9 years

    Straws, beach trash and plastic bags. Thailand seems to be on a head on collision to tackle these issues, at last

  • 21 year old Australian Jaydon Sienkiewicz remains in serious condition

    Thursday’s stabbing on a young Australian man in a Pattaya night club is making headlines overseas, particularly in Australia. News.com.au is reporting that the 21 year old’s Thai stepmother was ‘horrified’ when he went to the bathroom and returned covered in blood

  • Pattaya seminar teaches students to say NO

    Human trafficking and prostitution remain to enormous elephants in the room for Thai society and past Governments. A seminar in Pattaya is hoping to do something about it

  • Municipalities clear Phuket’s beaches of monsoon trash

    Trash has been found on almost every beach along the west coast with the onset of this year’s monsoon. On Kata and Karon beaches a huge municipal beach clean has taken place over the past two days.

  • Multihull Solutions Regatta returns to Chalong Bay this July

    Entries for the 2018 Multihull Solutions Regatta are already flowing according to the Phuket Yacht Club Commodore, Scott Duncanson. “This is the ninth running of the event and on the back of a surge in multihull popularity globally, has grown to become Asia’s largest multihull-only Regatta”.