FOOTBALL: The English Premier League unveiled its new, sponsor-free “visual identity” on Tuesday (Feb 9), which will take effect from the 2016-17 season onwards.
BANGKOK: A Spanish man accused of killing a fellow national, whose body was chopped up and discarded in the Chao Phraya River late last month, has been put in solitary confinement at the Bangkok Remand Prison after a court yesterday (Feb 10) approved his detention for 12 days.
BANGKOK: Thai police have broken up a major fake passport ring led by an Iranian known as “The Doctor” which sent thousands of passports to Middle Eastern customers trying to enter Europe, officers said yesterday (Feb 10).
PHUKET: Wichit Police are not yet satisfied with the few answers they have as to how 3-year-old boy Jessadakorn Chaiyo, or “Nong DJ”, came to be lost in the jungle behind his home, or how the toddler survived for six days in the wild.
PHUKET: Vice Governor Prajiad Aksornthamkuland yesterday (Feb 9) told a delegation of about 50 Phuket sea gypsies that he will conclude his investigation into the legitimacy of the Chanote land titles used by developer Baron World Trade Co Ltd to claim beachfront land disputed by Rawai sea gypsies as their own by this Friday (Feb 12).
PHUKET XTRA - February 10 Missing 3 year old recovering, the Doctor - master forger caught in Thailand, lucky escape for passenger van (VDO), Air Asia heading to Laos and the PM gets his Deputies to take media questions.
PHUKET: Complaints by tourists about Phuket taxi and van drivers being rude, deceiving, threatening rip-offs being sent directly to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has prompted a campaign by local police to cleanup the industry by targeting ‘bad behaviour’ in Phuket’s privately-run “public transport” industry.
FOOTBALL: Thai Premier League sides SCG Muang Thong United and Chonburi failed to reach the AFC Champions League group stage after humiliating away defeats last night (Feb 9).