Artikel tagged “Phuket”

  • Making ends meet – washing cars for 5,000 baht a day

    A 70 year old Aussie expat has rolled up his sleeves and ended up with a prosperous little local business in Rayong. An Australian pensioner is washing cars in Rayong to make ends meet. And he’s reported to Ban Muang reported that he and his wife are earning a decent income.

  • Two survive after a six wheeler overturns near the Sarasin Bridge

    Two people have survived after a six wheeler truck, carrying goods on the way to Patong, has overturned in the far north of the island. Police and rescue workers arrived at the scene on Thepkrasattri Road, southbound, near the Phuket Gateway at 1am this morning, to find a six wheeler truck overturned on the side of the road

  • 20 year old sea turtle found in the mangroves near Saphan Hin

    A headless green sea turtle, aged more 20 years, has been found dead under a rock at the mangrove forest area behind the Phuket incinerator near Saphan Hin. Officials at the Phuket Marine Biology Centre (PMBC) were notified from locals last night that the sea turtle was found dead amongst the mangroves at the back of Phuket incinerator. Kusoldharm rescue workers arrived to find the rotting body of the sea turtle stuck under a rock in amongst the mangrove reserve

  • Answers demanded over nuclear waste found in Laem Chabang Port

    by Pratch Rujivanrom After Friday’s alert about radio active material being discovered at Thailand’s main sea port at Laem Chabang, authorities have passed on very little news Now academics are urging authorities to come clean with information about the radioactive waste found at the port and investigate the shipment’s entire route. The Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) and the Port Authority of Thailand have said the radioactive waste was safely retrieved from the seaport in Chonburi yesterday (Sunday), but there has been no detailed information about the radioactive material detected inside the export container holding scrap aluminium. Somnuck Jongmeewasin, a lecturer at Silpakorn University’s International College, noted that the radioactive waste was found last week, but all that’s been revealed is that it has the form of five-centimetre-long, needle-shaped pieces with an unsafe radiation level of 85.83 microsieverts per hour.

  • Phew! Police report there is no prostitution or drugs in Walking Street

    Phew! Police report there is no prostitution or drugs in Walking Street

    Netizens of Thailand are breathing a collective sigh of relief after it was revealed that there is no prostitution in Pattaya’s infamous Walking Street. Police proudly declared that, following checks on the famous red light district, they found absolutely no evidence of prostitution.

  • Man arrested with 52,000 methamphetamine pills and 785 grams of crystal meth

    Police have arrested a Phuket man with 52,000 methamphetamine pills and 784.82 grams of crystal methamphetamine. Details were passed on to the media at the Phuket Provincial Police Station yesterday

  • Narcotics Control Committee seek advise over legalisation of medical cannabis

    The rather drawn out and tortuous trek of the process to legalise medical marijuana through the Thai parliamentary system has hit a bit of a hurdle.

  • Thailand’s creative entrepreneurs funding passions through Airbnb

    2,000 Airbnb Homes and Experiences hosts in Thailand are members of the Creative Community 25% of all creative Thai hosts are based in Bangkok.  One in every five Thai Experience hosts are from the arts, music, fashion or entertainment industries. Like tourism, which now accounts for more than 10 percent of the world’s global GDP, the creative economy is thriving worldwide. In Thailand, new Airbnb data shows that there are 2,000 passionate Airbnb hosts in Thailand who work in the creative industry

  • Couple arrested with drugs and a grenade

    Thalang Police have raided a house where they have arrested two suspects with drugs and a hand grenade. Thalang Police Chief Col Teerawat Liamsuwan says, “on Wednesday night we raided a rented house in Thalang.

  • Cable TV company raided and taken off air in Phuket

    National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) officials, together with the Phuket City Police and soldiers, today raided a cable TV company in Phuket Town over illegal operating services. At 10am officers raided KPP Enterprise on Phang Nga Road in Phuket Town after it was found that the company had been illegally operating the cable services. The license was revoked on September 7 this year as the company hadn’t paid licensing fees for the 2016 account year