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Top cop, officers charge down Bangla

Phuket Gazette

 

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The 150-strong group was led down Bangla Road by Phuket Provincial Police Commander Teerapol Thipjaroen. Photo: Phuket PR

 

PHUKET: -- A posse of police officers paraded down the island’s party soi Wednesday night in an effort to boost tourist confidence.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950885-top-cop-officers-charge-down-bangla/ 

 

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Phuket readies free transport to Bangkok for mourners

Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

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A traveller dressed in mourning black boards a bus bound for Bangkok at the Phuket Bus Terminal in Rassada. Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

PHUKET: -- Governor Chockchai Dejamornthan has confirmed that his office has been able to ramp up the number of people to travel from Phuket to Bangkok on government-funded packages to pay their respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Grand Palace.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950889-phuket-readies-free-transport-to-bangkok-for-mourners/

 

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Fading funeral flowers to turn into organic fertilizers

 

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BANGKOK: -- Heaps of fading funeral flowers people brought in to mourn the passing of the late King around the Grand Palace will be recycled as organic fertilizers, Mr Passakorn Pojjiraporn, director of Saranrom Park, disclosed yesterday.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950891-fading-funeral-flowers-to-turn-into-organic-fertilizers/

 

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Highways Department eyes 11 commercial-cum rest areas on two new motorways

 

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BANGKOK: -- The Highways Department is to lease out 11 land plots along both sides of the Bang Pa-in-Korat and Bang Yai-Kanchanaburi motorways to the private sector to be developed into commercial-cum rest areas.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950900-highways-department-eyes-11-commercial-cum-rest-areas-on-two-new-motorways/

 

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Rising star: YouTube playing key role in Google’s success

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

 

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — YouTube has emerged as a break-out star in Google’s cast of services as the online video site upstages cable television for a younger generation of viewers looking for amusement, news and music on their smartphones.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/rising-star-youtube-playing-key-role-in-googles-success/18263/

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Disabled man sets off from Phuket to Bangkok on makeshift wheelchair

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

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Mr Sompong will make the 842-kilometre journey by pushing himself with one leg on a makeshift wheelchair. Photo: Facebook

 

PHUKET:-- A disabled man set off from Phuket today (Oct 28) on a journey to Bangkok to honour the late HM King Bhumibol. The man will make the full 842-kilometre journey pushing himself along with one leg on a makeshift wheelchair.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950921-disabled-man-sets-off-from-phuket-to-bangkok-on-makeshift-wheelchair/

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Suspected militants shot dead a female school teacher and injured another in Pattani

 

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A female school teacher was shot dead and a school employee was wounded by a suspected militant riding on the pillion of a motorcycle in Mayo district of Pattani Friday morning.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950930-suspected-militants-shot-dead-a-female-school-teacher-and-injured-another-in-pattani/

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Gourmet Grasshoppers: Thailand to start sending bugs to Europe as high-protein food source

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

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Photo: Blue Delliquanti/Flickr

 

Thais have been snacking on silkworms, and other bugs for generations. Now, due to new European Union (EU) legislation, the creepy crawlers can be exported to Europe as a food source.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950934-gourmet-grasshoppers-thailand-to-start-sending-bugs-to-europe-as-high-protein-food-source/

 

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Police nab Laota’s son who dodged arrest for 13 years in major operation in Chiang Mai

 

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A son of alleged northern drug kingpin Laota Sanlee who had dodged police manhunt for 13 years was arrested by police in a major coordinated operation in Mae Ai, Fang and Muang districts of Chiang Mai on Friday.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950935-police-nab-laota’s-son-who-dodged-arrest-for-13-years-in-major-operation-in-chiang-mai/

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Officials silent on Phuket Airport immigration mess

The Phuket News

 

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PHUKET:-- Officials at Phuket International Airport have fallen silent on why long immigration queues persist at the island’s key tourism portal, frustrating tourists by taking hours for them to clear entry to the country.

 

Full Story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/950943-officials-silent-on-phuket-airport-immigration-mess/

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