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  • Crime NewsThai police impersonator arrested in Bangkok
    ThaigerPublished: 10:52, 25 July 2019
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    Thai police impersonator arrested in Bangkok

    PHOTOS: Daily News A 41 year old man has been arrested in Bangkok for impersonating a policeman, claiming to know the Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police and extorting people. Sayan Pimpatan has been arrested, and a police uniform (with the rank of senior sergeant major), a 9mm gun, ammunition and a car, seized. The arrest follows complaints about a man impersonating…

  • Northern Thailand NewsMore rain on the way for the north and north-east
    ThaigerPublished: 10:32, 25 July 2019
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    More rain on the way for the north and north-east

    The Thai Meteorological Department has issued a weather warning that on July 29 and 30 a monsoonal trough will lie across Myanmar, Laos and upper Vietnam, while the moderate southwest monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the Gulf. In other words, more rain on the way. They forecast that this will lead to more rain in the North and…

  • Northern Thailand NewsResort used by Palang Pracharat over weekend may be on encroached land
    ThaigerPublished: 09:01, 25 July 2019
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    Resort used by Palang Pracharat over weekend may be on encroached land

    PHOTO: 88 Garmonte Resort, Nakhon Ratchasima – Foursquare Thailand’s Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is mulling the demolition of a venue where Palang Pracharat held a seminar at the weekend. The party has come under fire from opposition MPs about using the forest resort which has allegedly encroached on forest land. Located in Wang Nam Khieo district in…

  • Northern Thailand NewsNo rain in sight, eight Thai provinces on verge of water crisis
    ThaigerPublished: 16:07, 24 July 2019
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    No rain in sight, eight Thai provinces on verge of water crisis

    Thailand’s water situation is becoming critical with eight provinces now listed as critical. Officials are now describing the situation as the worst drought in 50 years. PM General Prayut Chan-o-cha has allocated 1 billion baht to finance the expansion of local water bodies in drought-hit provinces. The lack of rain has left as many as 17 major dams in the…

  • World NewsWorries over drug-resistant Malaria strains spreading from Cambodia
    ThaigerPublished: 08:17, 24 July 2019
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    Worries over drug-resistant Malaria strains spreading from Cambodia

    Drug-resistant forms of malaria-causing parasites are spreading across south east Asia leading to “alarmingly high” treatment failure rates of frontline medication. Scientists say that a strain of Malaria, known as KEL1/PLA1, has evolved and picked up new genetic mutations which may make it more resistant to drugs. They are warning that strains of malaria, resistant to two key anti-malarial medicines, are…

  • Koh Samui NewsSpanish tourist found after missing on Sunday night in Koh Samui mountains
    ThaigerPublished: 13:51, 23 July 2019
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    Spanish tourist found after missing on Sunday night in Koh Samui mountains

    Missing Spanish tourist, 57 year old Luis Cabello Ortega, has been found on Koh Samui. Island deputy police spokesman Pol. Col. Kritsana Pattanacharoen says Luis, who was lost in the forest of Na Muang Mountain on Koh Samui, has been found safe and well by villagers who returned him to his hotel in Tambon Borput. Luis says he enjoyed the…

  • Business NewsInternational credit rating agency gives Thailand a BBB+ economic report card
    ThaigerPublished: 13:25, 23 July 2019
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    International credit rating agency gives Thailand a BBB+ economic report card

    Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on Thailand’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating to “positive” from “stable” and upgraded the rating to BBB+. The revision reflects increasing international economic confidence that lingering political risks are unlikely to derail “sound macroeconomic management”, according to the international credit rating agency, Fitch. “This is demonstrated by the sustained strength of external and…

  • Transport NewsA proposal for Greater Bangkok’s fourth airport
    ThaigerPublished: 09:38, 23 July 2019
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    A proposal for Greater Bangkok’s fourth airport

    PHOTO: Thailand Construction A new airport in Bangkok’s Nakhon Pathom province, just to the west of the capital, will be greater-Bangkok’s fourth air travel hub. The announcement was made on Saturday. Jarun Meesomboon, deputy director-general of the Airport Department, says the new 3,500 rai airport was a priority for the new Transport Ministry. He optimistically claimed it would cost only…

  • Tourism NewsAirbnb welcomes new Thai Tourism Minister support of ‘short term’ accommodation
    ThaigerPublished: 15:47, 22 July 2019
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    Airbnb welcomes new Thai Tourism Minister support of ‘short term’ accommodation

    Airbnb welcomes the new Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan’s and his commitment to grow tourism and support short-term accommodation in Thailand. Speaking to local media on his first day in office, Minister Ratchakitprakan identified short-term accommodation reform and growing tourism in secondary cities as a priority area for the Tourism and Sports Ministry. Airbnb’s Head of Public Policy for…

  • Business NewsCo-working spaces in Bangkok are re-shaping small to medium business office options
    ThaigerPublished: 16:12, 21 July 2019
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    Co-working spaces in Bangkok are re-shaping small to medium business office options

    PHOTO: The Great Room Co-working spaces are opening up around Bangkok and providing a more flexible framework for businesses to grow. Advances in technology, a more mobile workforce, and unpredictable economic growth are reshaping the business environment. In the Bangkok office market, a traditional three-year lease with options to renew and the tenant fitting out the space remains the typical way…

  • World NewsMekong River drops to lowest level in a century around Thai, Lao, Myanmar border
    ThaigerPublished: 16:08, 21 July 2019
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    Mekong River drops to lowest level in a century around Thai, Lao, Myanmar border

    Water levels in the Mekong River are now at the lowest point in a century as of July 19, lower than a record set in April 1973. South East Asia’s Stimson Centre claims that, based on recent satellite images, the drastic lowering of the water level in the river has exposed many islets and sandbars adding. The Centre’s report refers…

  • World NewsThai PM has “grave concerns”, orders army to be on standby over drought in north
    ThaigerPublished: 09:41, 21 July 2019
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    Thai PM has “grave concerns”, orders army to be on standby over drought in north

    PHOTO: Thai army water trucks are on standby to help northern farmers Acknowledging the severity of the potential crisis looking over northern and north-eastern provinces, PM Prayut Chan-o-cha is instructing the armed forces to provide help to areas affected by drought, a situation which may be made worse by the test run of the new Xayaburi dam on the Laos…

  • Phuket NewsPhuket’s water shortage solution – pump it from the mainland
    ThaigerPublished: 12:01, 20 July 2019
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    Phuket’s water shortage solution – pump it from the mainland

    For the Thai island surrounded by water, Phuket now faces acute water shortage problems and local officials are scurrying for solutions. This week a 3.5 billion baht plan was announced to pipe potable water across the channel from Phang Nga to Phuket as a remedy for the looming water crisis on the island. At this stage there’s no approval for…

  • Crime NewsEgyptian tourist stabbed in the neck at a roti street store in Phuket
    ThaigerPublished: 11:31, 20 July 2019
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    Egyptian tourist stabbed in the neck at a roti street store in Phuket

    PHOTO: Daily News A roti roadside vendor has been arrested after attacking a tourist by stabbing a man in the neck outside a Family Mart store. 30 year old Mahmoud Abbas is now recovering in hospital following surgery. He was admitted with a 7 centimetre gash on his neck. According to reports in Daily News, the roti seller stabbed the…

  • Politics NewsConstitutional Court accepts petition over Prayut’s fitness to be PM
    ThaigerPublished: 11:08, 20 July 2019
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    Constitutional Court accepts petition over Prayut’s fitness to be PM

    The Constitutional Court yesterday accepted a petition from opposition MPs questioning PM Prayut’s “qualifications” to hold the post of Thai prime minister. The Court announced its decision on its website, commenting that the petition had been signed by a total of 110 MPs from various opposition parties but declaring that Prayut was free to continue carrying out his duties as…

  • Crime NewsZambian arrested on overstay and animal cruelty charges in Samut Prakhan
    ThaigerPublished: 16:25, 19 July 2019
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    Zambian arrested on overstay and animal cruelty charges in Samut Prakhan

    PHOTO: khaosod.co.th Thai immigration police have arrested a Zambian man for an alleged overstay and committing acts of cruelty following a Facebook post that sought help for the dog. The Nation reports that 27 year old Wachisa Sikwese has been arrested by Immigration police. They reported that Sikwese was arrested shortly after Watchdog Thailand spotted a Facebook post that sought help…

  • Tourism NewsTweet forces Suvarnabhumi immigration to explain long lines
    ThaigerPublished: 15:06, 19 July 2019
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    Tweet forces Suvarnabhumi immigration to explain long lines

    PHOTO: Travel Daily Media “Suvarnabhumi hell for tourists. Look at queues today. Never seen this long.” In response to English-language teacher Andrew Biggs complaining about the long queues at Suvarnabhumi Airport, the Immigration Bureau says it had already mobilised more personnel to facilitate immigration clearance. Biggs, the owner of Andrew Biggs Academy and co-director of andrewbiggs.com, an English language-learning website…

  • Environment NewsNational agenda will be prepared for dugong conservation in Thailand
    ThaigerPublished: 12:05, 19 July 2019
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    National agenda will be prepared for dugong conservation in Thailand

    PHOTO: Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa in Koh Libong, Trang, yesterday/Facebook Speaking to reporters during a trip to Koh Libong in Trang yesterday, the new Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said that Thailand should draft a national agenda for dugong conservation. He was visiting the ‘nursery’ of the the young dugong ‘Mariam’ saying that Thailand could become…

  • Environment NewsControversial “Law of the Jungle” episode in Thailand pulled by South Korea’s SBS
    ThaigerPublished: 10:55, 19 July 2019
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    Controversial “Law of the Jungle” episode in Thailand pulled by South Korea’s SBS

    In an official statement, South Korean TV network SBS says it has pulled an episode of the massively popular “Law of the Jungle, the Lost Island” from its streaming platform and suspended the producer. The statements says that the network’s executives were responding to negative viewer reaction caused by a scene, filmed in Krabi, Thailand, which featured show host Lee…

  • Crime NewsBritish expat arrested over dog attack in Phuket. 15 year old dog ‘ok’.
    ThaigerPublished: 07:30, 19 July 2019
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    British expat arrested over dog attack in Phuket. 15 year old dog ‘ok’.

    PHOTO: Shop surveillance footage of the attack A British expat, Mervyn “Merv” Harding, has now been charged over his attack on a 15 year old dog outside a massage shop in southern Phuket on Tuesday. CCTV footage caught the man parking his motorbike, pulling a metal rod from under the bike seat and then repeatedly beating the animal as it…

  • Transport NewsVan, baht bus and taxi drivers fight for passengers at Pattaya pier
    ThaigerPublished: 10:07, 18 July 2019
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    Van, baht bus and taxi drivers fight for passengers at Pattaya pier

    PHOTO & VIDEO: Ruk Siam News Pattaya taxi, van and baht bus drivers, authorised and unauthorised, are fighting over tourists at the Bali Hai pier. Ruk Siam News says that efforts by the Pattaya City Council to sort out the issue at the south Pattaya port have been ineffectual and that there are often more drivers than passengers vying for…

  • South Thailand NewsRoadside bomb in Narathiwat critically injures three rangers
    ThaigerPublished: 15:37, 17 July 2019
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    Roadside bomb in Narathiwat critically injures three rangers

    PHOTO: Waedao Harai Three paramilitary rangers have been injured in Narathiwat following the explosion of a bomb in a roadside stall this morning just after 8am. Security officials say the bomb had been detonated remotely as the three rangers were patrolling past the stall. The stall was under construction at the time. The bomb was encased in a cooking gas…

  • Bangkok NewsOne body recovered, search continues for another after collapse of pavilion in Samut Songkhram
    ThaigerPublished: 14:31, 17 July 2019
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    One body recovered, search continues for another after collapse of pavilion in Samut Songkhram

    PHOTOS: Thai PBS After more than 17 hours of searching, rescue workers have now recovered a female body from the collapsed pavilion that slid into the Mae Klong River in Thailand’s central province of Samut Songkram, west of Bangkok. The search continues for one other missing person believed to still be trapped under the submerged wreckage of the building. The…

  • Opinion“Thailand shouldn’t have water problems” – a personal view
    ThaigerPublished: 14:04, 17 July 2019
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    “Thailand shouldn’t have water problems” – a personal view

    OPINION Post from a concerned Phuket resident who is worried about the future of the island’s most precious resource, fresh water. Despite being surrounded by water, potable water supplies are in peril for the forthcoming high season with lower-than-usual rainfall and the dams still at historically-low levels at the time of publishing this story. The person has asked to be anonymous……

  • EventsPhantom V wins Multihull Solutions Regatta in Phuket
    ThaigerPublished: 09:17, 16 July 2019
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    Phantom V wins Multihull Solutions Regatta in Phuket

    PHOTOS: Phuket Yacht Club The 2019 Multihull Solutions Regatta has been run and won after the final day of excellent racing conditions off southern Phuket. The Stealth catamaran Phantom V with its boat builders Alan Carwardine and Roger Diggleman on board, as well as owner Andrew Hurford, won the Racing Multihull Division of the 2019 Multihull Solutions Regatta. Its four…

  • Northern Thailand News‘Irishman’ nabbed after 11 year overstay in north-east Thailand
    ThaigerPublished: 08:35, 16 July 2019
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    ‘Irishman’ nabbed after 11 year overstay in north-east Thailand

    PHOTO: Naew Na Nakhon Ratchasima Immigration, along with local tourist police, have arrested an Irishman,Samuel Caleb Birch, who has been on an overstay of 4,192 days. That’s nearly 11 years and six months! According to Naew Na, the man was arrested at a restaurant in Soi Moo Ban Yamo 5, Ban Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima, north-east Thailand. According to his visa, he arrived…

  • Environment NewsAnother sea turtle saved from a random trawling net in Phuket
    ThaigerPublished: 15:44, 15 July 2019
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    Another sea turtle saved from a random trawling net in Phuket

    PHOTOS: Andaman Flying Tiger Today (July 15), local seniors have discovered a sea turtle trapped inside an old fishing net (trawl) at Mai Khao beach along the northern west coast of Phuket. The turtle was luckily uninjured and was rescued, then released back to the ocean. Excellent photos from Andaman Flying Tiger.

  • Phuket NewsDigging into the Phuket hotel data
    Bill BarnettPublished: 14:54, 15 July 2019
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    Digging into the Phuket hotel data

    by Bill Barnett, c9hotelworks As Phuket’s hotel operators and owners face a disruptive 2019, we thought it was time to do a deep dig into the island’s accommodation performance metrics. Global hospitality data and analytics group STR was the logical resource, so we spoke to their Area Director Asia Pacific, Jesper Palmqvist. The following are key takeaways from the highly focused…

  • Politics NewsNew Thai cabinet to be sworn in Tuesday in Bangkok
    ThaigerPublished: 12:09, 15 July 2019
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    New Thai cabinet to be sworn in Tuesday in Bangkok

    PHOTO: Amphorn Satharn Throne Hall The new Thai cabinet will be sworn in tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Amphorn Satharn Throne Hall in Bangkok near the Dusit Palace, 3 kilometres north of the Grand Palace. The announcement was made by the the Secretariat of the Cabinet over the weekend. All 36 Cabinet appointees will travel by shuttle leaving the Phakdee Bordin…

  • World NewsHeading south at speed: The China–Laos railway
    ThaigerPublished: 11:16, 15 July 2019
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    Heading south at speed: The China–Laos railway

    by Selina Ho, NUS Laos is dependent on China to bankroll the US$7 billion project, raising concerns of being caught in a debt trap The Kunming-Vientiane link will eventually connect with a railway line to Bangkok, and southward down the Malay peninsula to Singapore The Laos section of the project is now half complete Construction on the China–Laos railway began in…