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Wanted Aussie to be extradited
Wanted Aussie to be extradited
BANGKOK: An Australian national, who is wanted by police from his country for drug offences, will be extradited for prosecution in Australia after the crimes he committed in Thailand are dealt with, according to a Criminal Court ruling.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket airport upgrades! Coral conundrum! Sewage leak updates! || February 12
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket airport upgrades! Coral conundrum! Sewage leak updates! || February 12
PHUKET XTRA - February 12 Phuket airport upgrades on track for June finish! Governor: Fix this wastewater leakage! Russian women face coral conundrum! Yingluck/Thaksin in Beijing? Thai golfer's shocking B1.75 Mn golf win! Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Duterte slams top Philippine tourist island as 'cesspool'
Duterte slams top Philippine tourist island as 'cesspool'
The Philippines' famous white-sand island destination Boracay is drowning in faeces and may need to be shut down to protect the health of millions of visitors, President Rodrigo Duterte has warned.
Kamala hotels threatened with temporary closure over release of untreated wastewater
Kamala hotels threatened with temporary closure over release of untreated wastewater
PHUKET: Hotels in Kamala are set to face temporary closure if they are found to have been releasing untreated wastewater into the Ketnee Canal a local official government official has confirmed today.
Phuket airport on track to serve 18mn pax per year
Phuket airport on track to serve 18mn pax per year
PHUKET: The B5.14-billion upgrades to Phuket International Airport are on track for completion by June this year, bringing the airport’s capacity to 18 million passengers per year.
Hole in One bring excitement to top of Patong Pool League
Hole in One bring excitement to top of Patong Pool League
POOL: It was a “dark” 8th round of the Patong Pool League (PPL), sponsored by Thailand Pool Tables, last Thursday (Feb 8) with the games played Caddy Shack and Hole in One bars, both played in Kathu, being disrupted by a power outage and games having to be played by candlelight.
Russian women reveal details behind illegal Phuket coral possession charges
Russian women reveal details behind illegal Phuket coral possession charges
PHUKET: Two Russian women unable to leave Thailand while waiting to face harges of illegal possession of corals in court have spoken out about how they came to be in possession of the corals that has left them stranded in Phuket on B40,000 bail.
Phuket Gov, Patong Major ordered to quickly resolve Patong Bay wastewater issue
Phuket Gov, Patong Major ordered to quickly resolve Patong Bay wastewater issue
PHUKET: The governor of Phuket and mayor of Patong have been ordered to quickly resolve the issue of untreated wastewater being pumped into the sea in Patong Bay.
Valentine Sweet Pool Romance
Valentine Sweet Pool Romance
Enjoy a special dinner in the Busakorn private pool in a super romantic setting under the starry sky. 5 course set menu, serenade included, THB 2,500 ++ per person or THB 3,400++ per person with paring. Dress code - Swimming suit or Resort dress casual dining attire. Adults only.
Drug gangs use Thailand as transit point to Malaysia
Drug gangs use Thailand as transit point to Malaysia
BANGKOK: A recent major crackdown, in which 250 kilograms of crystal meth (ya ice) were intercepted while being smuggled on a train to the South, has underlined observations that Thailand has become a transit point for transnational drug smuggling.
71 dead, no survivors in Russian passenger plane crash
71 dead, no survivors in Russian passenger plane crash
RUSSIA: A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow yesterday (Feb 11) just minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board in one of the country’s worst ever aviation disasters.
Yingluck chase switches to China
Yingluck chase switches to China
BANGKOK: The police team responsible for tracking fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s whereabouts will today seek cooperation from the Chinese authorities in locating Yingluck after she appeared in an online photo along with her fugitive brother Thaksin at a market said to be in Beijing.
Wichien gives more evidence in poaching case
Wichien gives more evidence in poaching case
KANCHANABURI: Wichien Chinnawong, chief of the Western Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, and three other park rangers met police investigators yesterday (Feb 11) in Thong Pha Phum district to give further statements about alleged poaching by Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) president Premchai Karnasuta.
Octopizzo: Nairobi’s rap king
Octopizzo: Nairobi’s rap king
KENYA: Like most youngsters in Nairobi’s largest slum, Henry Ohanga grew up believing he would never amount to anything.
Peace in the ‘widows’ camp’
Peace in the ‘widows’ camp’
BANGLADESH: It is known as “widows' camp” – a sanctuary off limits to men inside Bangladesh’s congested refugee settlements, where Rohingya women and children traumatised by violence find rare moments of peace.
Is blurring licence plates on tourist buses, vans and taxis legal in Phuket?
Is blurring licence plates on tourist buses, vans and taxis legal in Phuket?
It seems that nearly every time you wait at a set of traffic lights in Phuket, there is a tourist minivan or even bus with licence plate so blurred it looks like the damage was done intentionally. Want to know what the legal position on this is? Read on...
'World's loneliest bird' Nigel dies in New Zealand
'World's loneliest bird' Nigel dies in New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand wildlife lovers are mourning the death of Nigel the gannet, dubbed ‘the loneliest bird in the world’ due to the absence of any feathered friends on his island home.
Essence of experience: Thailand Yacht Show experiential format takes shape
Essence of experience: Thailand Yacht Show experiential format takes shape
The Thailand Yacht Show (TYS) 2018 is less than a month away. With strong promotional support from the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai Airways, and new main sponsors BMW Asia and Torqeedo, as well as a whole host of international hospitality and tourism groups, TYS will welcome visitors from all over Asia on February 22-25.
Green Thoughts: What’s in a name?
Green Thoughts: What’s in a name?
Most tongue-twisting Latin names of plants are associated with so-called “discoveries” by Western botanist or explorers: the Bougainvillea is named after Monsieur Bougainville; the golden trumpet or Allamanda after Switzerland’s Frederich Allamanda.
Phuket Opinion: In support of sane solutions
Phuket Opinion: In support of sane solutions
PHUKET: The Phuket City Development Co Ltd (PKCD) will this month be rolling out its Airport to Rawai bus service which will transport tourists and residents between Phuket’s popular west coast tourist towns and the Phuket International Airport.