PhuketWatch Daily Media Wrap
PHUKET: A daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media.
bangkokpost.com Security is being beefed up at Phuket and Thailand's five other international airports which could become possible new targets for acts of sabotage following a terror warning by Israel, national police chief Priewpan Damapong says. Israel had advised police directly to boost security at airports, based on intelligence reports it had received.
Associated Press Three Iranians detained after accidentally setting off explosives in Bangkok were planning to attack Israeli diplomats, Thailand's top policeman said in the first confirmation by local officials that the group was plotting attacks in Thailand.
nationmultimedia.com Fourteen countries, including Israel and the US, have issued travel advisories urging their nationals against entering or travelling in Thailand. Foreign Minister Surapong Towijakchaikul said that the warnings should not be in effect for long, because ''most suspects'' had been arrested.
bangkokpost.com Officials at the Immigration Department's Chon Buri office identified a Thai woman in Pattaya who had escorted the Iranian bomb suspects during their stay in the resort town.
jpost.com Thai security authorities say they have discovered a "direct connection" between the attacks in New Delhi, Tbilisi, Bangkok.
mtv.co.uk Whitney Houston's funeral will be streamed live on the internet so fans can pay their final respects to the legendary singer. The pop song hitmaker, who was found dead in her hotel room last weekend, is to be laid to rest at her childhood church in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday.
southtampa.patch.com An American interior designer was stabbed to death Sunday during a business trip to Bangkok, according to media reports. Wendy Albano, 51, was found slain in her hotel room, TBO.com writes, citing Thai news reports. Authorities are said to be looking for an Indian man who they suspect stabbed Albano to death.
nationmultimedia.com A number of investors are interested in bidding for the Courtyard by Marriott Hotels in Patong and Cha-am, according to a CBRE Thailand announcement. Kulwadee Sawangsri, head of investment and land services at CBRE Thailand, added that the the Patong 390-room hotel with its Hard Rock Cafe has attracted strong local, regional and international interest.
cnn.com Inhuman prison standards have become the human rights violation of our time, neglected by those who make a lot of noise about freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Scores of countries are routinely violating international agreements on the treatment of prisoners without facing any consequences. It's time for that to stop.
reuters Retailers in more Chinese cities have been told by authorities to take the popular iPad tablet PCs off their shelves this week, media reports said, due to a legal battle between a Chinese technology firm and Apple Inc over trademark issues.
gayapolis.com The Phuket Pride 2012 festivities celebrating Phuket's diversity are to be appropriately spread across all of Phuket this year from April 23-April 28. Expats are being invited to join, say the organisers in the first announcement of the schedule.
Phuket World Sports Wrap
skysports.com Sir Alex Ferguson admitted he was happy enough with Manchester United's 2-0 win against Ajax, despite failing to hit top gear in Amsterdam.
nationmultimedia.com Chonburi FC coach Withaya Laohakul believes his side can overcome the freezing temperatures in South Korea when they take on K-League outfit Pohang Steelers in the AFC Champions League qualifying playoff tomorrow.
Phuket Coming Events 2012
February 23-26 10th Thai International Travel Fair, Bangkok
February 24-25 Phuket Blues Festival, Laguna Phuket
March 29-April 1 Phuket International Boat Show, Royal Phuket Marina
April 23-28 Phuket Pride Festival
April Opening of Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, three waterfront gardens that will dwarf Kew in London and provide ''green lungs'' for the city.
May 5 Krabi celebrates the province's 140th anniversary
May 26-June 5 National Youth Games, Phuket
Phuket Coming Events 2014
November 14-21 Fourth Asia Beach Games, Phuket
