The Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) has begun pumping out the large amount of foul and unsightly, untreated sewage that has been accumulating in a canal near Surin Beach, and transferring it to temporary holding tanks near Bang Tao Beach.
“Stay home, lock your doors – in fact, avoid Phuket and Thailand altogether if you don’t want to become the victim of the next mugging, rape, suicide or murder.”
In the first article of this three part-series case study on down-to-earth social marketing, the team at Thanyapura explained how they doubled their web traffic and engagement with their audience in six months, and that was in the so-called “low season”.
VOLLEYBALL: The Thai women’s team have been handed an uphill-but-doable task of finishing among the top four in a group of eight countries loaded with some volleyball powerhouses to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games.
PERU: Otto, the skateboard-riding bulldog who set a world record last month coasting down a sidewalk in Lima, has his sights set on a new prize: most talented extreme-sports dog.
SURAT THANI: A local mayor is facing attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting incident that appeared to have been triggered by a noise complaint on the full-moon party island of Koh Phangan.
PHUKET: A Phuket man who was recently released from prison after serving time for theft was arrested once again yesterday (Jan 15) for stealing valuables worth more than B23,500 from schools.
PHUKET: A man from Nakorn Sri Thammarat was arrested at a room in Phuthara Mansion Apartments when he was found to be in possession of drugs, a gun and ammunition when police set him up in a sting operation on Thursday (Jan 14).
Offshore Financial Centres (OFCs) are jurisdictions, usually self-governing, which because of their low tax regimes, have specialized in providing commercial services to corporations and individuals, whether or not they are normally resident in that jurisdiction.