PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
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Today's Top Stories
bangkokpost.com A civic group is urging police to scrap their controversial road checkpoints and stop giving traffic cops part of the money from the tickets they write. Officers mostly targeted people who lived hand-to-mouth while never stopping wealthier drivers of luxury cars, the group charged.
bbc.com US President Barack Obama has said the Russian bombing campaign in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad is driving moderate opposition underground and ''only strengthening'' Islamic State. Mr Obama said he rejected the Russian assertion that all armed opponents of the ''brutal'' Mr Assad were terrorists.
bangkokpost.com Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says Thailand is well-qualified to contest for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Human Trafficking in Thailand
courthousenews.com Myanmar committed genocide and human rights abuses against more than a million Rohingya Muslims, activists claim in a US class action lawsuit brought in Manhattan. The Rohingya people, a minority community residing primarily in western Myanmar's Rakhine State, have been the victim of ''hate crimes and discrimination amounting to genocide'' perpetrated by ''the Burman Buddhist supremacist government.''
Phuket Update Suppression of human trafficking is among the priorities set by the new Region 8 commander, Lt General Tesa Siriwato, who arrived to take charge with the location of the headquarters to Mai Khao in northern Phuket.
Phuket World of People
straitstimes.com The transboundary haze crisis, which has sent air pollution levels soaring, is on course to set a new precedent with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) the latest to say it could become one of the worst on record.
Phuket Update Officials at Phuket International Airport turned out to welcome the first of a vast number of Chinese holidaymakers expected to arrive on the holiday island to celebrate China's national week-long holidays.
nationmultimedia.com New German Ambassador to Thailand Peter Wittig hailed the 150-year ties between Germany and the Kingdom, expressing his satisfaction that the friendship and relations are constantly growing. Today, more than 30,000 Germans are working and residing permanently in Thailand.
skynews.com Two people have been killed in a shooting outside a police building in Sydney, Australia. The 15-year-old shooter killed a police office worker before being shot dead by officers.
bangkokpost.com Heavy rain flooded a dozen streets in nine Bangkok districts on Friday while the Meteorological Department predicted heavier downpours from Sunday due to tropical storm Mujigae.
nationmultimedia.com Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said after his return from the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 70) in New York that he would make a trip to the United States again in February or March next year. The premier did not reveal what would be the main propose for the trip.
ttrweekly.com Thai Lion Air will operate two daily flights from Bangkok (Don Muang Airport) to Nakhon Si Thammarat in southern Thailand starting October 16. Lion Air aleady operates to Phuket and on other domestic flights.
nationmultimedia.com The government's idea of using a single gateway to regulate the Internet has sparked plenty of discussion. On Wednesday, netizens expressed their anger over the proposal by bringing down several government agency websites.
reuters Pope Francis met with a gay couple at the Vatican Embassy in Washington during the pontiff's visit to the United States last week in a quiet gesture to the gay and lesbian community.
scmp.com Located on a wooded hillside on Phuket, Keemala is themed around the legends of four mythical tribes: the Pa-Ta-Pea (Earth); the Khon-Jorn (Wanderer); the We-Ha (Sky); and the Rung-Nok (Nest). Accommodation comes in the form of Clay Pool Cottages, Tent Pool Villas, Tree Pool Houses and Bird's Nest Pool Villas.
Phuket World of Sport
smh.com.au New Zealand moved into the World Cup quarter-finals by predictably beating Georgia in bonus-point fashion - but it was a performance laced with errors.
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
October 15-23 Phuket Vegetarian Festival
November Patong Festival
November 20 Laguna Phuket Triathlon
November 25 Loy Kratong festival
November 29 Challenge Laguna Phuket 2015
November 29 Phuket King's Cup Regatta
December 5 HM The King's Birthday
December 26 Tsunami memorial ceremonies
Coming Events on Phuket 2016
January 7-10 Phuket International Boat Show
Best example for the untouchable riches are these idiots racing their Ferraris and Lambos through Karon Beach every once in a while. It cannot be that difficult to identify the owner(s), there are not that many of these cars around on the island.
Posted by Beer Chang on October 4, 2015 09:49