PHUKET: Police at Phuket International Airport arrested a female former Air Force officer yesterday (Jan 4) when she was found to have 40 grams of crystal meth (ya ice) hidden inside sanitary towels in her luggage.
PHUKET: According to police, a 25-year-old Russian tourist has been charged for reckless driving causing death after the big bike he was riding slammed into and killed a Chinese tourist crossing a road in Chalong.
SURAT THANI: A nurse who saved a German cyclist who suffered near-fatal heart attack received recognition for her good deed yesterday (Jam 4) and went on to praised her colleagues for being part of the life-saving incident.
Thailand has still failed to curb high traffic fatalities as authorities admitted the New Year death toll would surpass last year’s total despite a new measure to tackle drink-driving by temporarily seizing vehicles.
UNITED STATES: More people died of drug overdoses last year in the United States than ever before, largely due to disturbing increases in prescription painkillers and heroin use, health authorities said last week.
Hello and welcome to January 2016! Happy new year lovely people. I was recently fortunate enough to meet some very inspiring and interesting people at a music, art and health festival just outside of Pattaya.
Last week, I told the first part of my journey through one of Malaysia’s 13 states, Negeri Sembilan, and how I had arrived and began my exploration of Dusun resort and the natural wonders that abound there.
MMA: Full Metal Dojo (FMD), Thailand’s leading Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion, is returning to Phuket with their 8th event – FMD8: Return of the Mack – at Seduction Nightclub on January 10.
With power demand in Phuket slated to rise steadily by 10 per cent annually for the foreseeable future, pressure is on for the government to import more fossil-fuel-combustion- derived energy – from power plants in Krabi, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Songkhla and Surat Thani.