Artikel tagged “phuket gazette”

  • Thanathorn’s “unfinished 1932 mission” questioned

    Thanathorn’s “unfinished 1932 mission” questioned

    PHOTO: Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit appears on Channel 3  “May I ask what is the 1932 unfinished mission that Thanathorn, the party leader, announced he will complete?” The Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit’s controversial remarks, that one of the party’s policies is to complete the ‘unfinished mission of the 1932 coup makers’, has provoked a strong reaction among Thai royalists. The incident to which he refers is historically known as the Siamese Revolution .

  • 250,000 northerners seek help for smog-related conditions

    250,000 northerners seek help for smog-related conditions

    Up to 250,000 northerners are seeking medical treatment for four different illnesses that have flared up amid the intense air pollution between February 17 and 23. The Office of Disease Prevention and Control 1 in Chiang Mai has put the figure of affected residents at 248,618, including a high numbers of respiratory complaints among children under four and cardiovascular concerns among adults over 60

  • Future Forward deputy leader admits sharing fake news

    Future Forward deputy leader admits sharing fake news

    The Future Forward party deputy leader Lt-Gen Pongsakorn Rodchompoo has told the Technology Crime Suppression Division police that he shared a fake news story about Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan. But he claims he had no way of knowing that it was fake. Thai PBS reports that Pol Lt-Gen Surachet Hakparn, commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, posted in Facebook today saying that Lt-Gen Pongsakorn, the former secretary-general of the National Security Council, reported to police last night but claimed that he had no intention to discredit General Prawit.

  • 44 baby leatherback sea turtles headed to sea in Phang Nga – VIDEO

    44 baby leatherback sea turtles headed to sea in Phang Nga – VIDEO

    PHOTO: DMCR A third group of baby leatherback sea turtles have now hatched on Kuekkak Beach and headed out to sea for their new life off the Takua Pa district in Phang Nga. A first batch of 48 baby leatherback sea turtles survived and headed straight for the Andaman Sea once they got their bearings on Kuek Kak Beach in Takua Pa last month.

  • Two week+ wait for visa appointments at Thai Embassy in Vientiane, Laos

    Two week+ wait for visa appointments at Thai Embassy in Vientiane, Laos

    PHOTO: Waiting to get into the Thai Embassy in Vientiane Expect to wait up to two weeks if you want to visit the Royal Thai Embassy in Vientiane, Laos to apply for a tourist or non-immigrant visa.

  • Distraught 17 year old mother finds dead child by her side

    Distraught 17 year old mother finds dead child by her side

    PHOTO: Daily News Daily News report on the tragedy of a 17 year old mother who inadvertently suffocated her four month old child. The mother put her four month old son to sleep by her side in their room in Bo Win, Sri Racha, Chon Buri yesterday afternoon.

  • Anti-vaxers blamed for astonishing rise of Measles in 2018 – UNICEF

    Anti-vaxers blamed for astonishing rise of Measles in 2018 – UNICEF

    “Measles is more contagious than tuberculosis or Ebola, yet it is eminently preventable with a vaccine that costs pennies.” Thailand figures in the Top 10 countries in the world where measles cases rose alarmingly in 2018.

  • Weather for March 1

    Weather for March 1

    Bangkok Generally clear. High 34ºC.

  • Weather for February 27

    Weather for February 27

    Bangkok Partly cloudy. High 33ºC. Winds S at 10 to 15 km/h.

  • Saying no to ‘Say No’ campaigns – Tackling Thailand’s plastic bag problem

    Saying no to ‘Say No’ campaigns – Tackling Thailand’s plastic bag problem

    Some timid but long overdue steps are now being taken towards reducing Thailand’s plastic waste. Baby steps to start with but there is no doubt that the issue has now entered the Thai national psyche. In reaction, so far, Thai businesses have, for the most part, made only cursory PR efforts at tackling the bigger problem but, again, it’s a start.