BANGKOK: City Hall has instructed street vendors in Khao San Rd to move their stalls from pavements onto the road for a seven-day trial period starting next Tuesday (Sept 12).
BANGKOK: No police officers helped former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra escape as has been claimed by the media, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon insisted yesterday (Sept 4).
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FOOTBALL: It is highly likely that Phuket FC will have to wait until the very last game of the season to see whether they will hold on to 2nd place in the Euro Cake Thai League 4 Southern Zone.
PHUKET: A broken-down tour bus became the focal point of local teamwork when police and villagers joined together to push the large vehicle out of the way so traffic flow could resume during peak hour this morning (Sept 4).
TRAIL RUN: With 800 runners taking part, Thanyapura Health and Sports Resort’s annual King of the Mountain Trail Run, the third instalment of which was held at 7am yesterday (Sept 3), remains one of the country’s most popular trail runs.
PHANG NGA: Police in Phang Nga, the province immediately north of Phuket, are being urged to investigate and press charges against several more men accused of involvement in the gang-rape of 14-year-old girl, for which three men have been indicted.
PHUKET: The rightful owner of the pregnant buffalo that was involved in a fatal motorbike collision which left a 25-year-old motorcyclist dead on August 20 has still yet to come forward, as the animal continue to struggle to heal from its broken legs and multiple wounds, a caretaker said on social media yesterday (Sept 3).
PHUKET: A 33-year-old French tourist is safe after the Phuket taxi he was travelling to Patong in slammed into a parked pickup truck in Kamala this morning (Sept 4).