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washingtonpost.com It was a year ago that the bodies were discovered on the beach: nearly naked, their blood mixing with the morning surf. Hannah Witheridge was a beautiful blonde from eastern England. David Miller was her handsome friend from the Channel Islands.
Rape, murder and a deepening mystery on a tiny tropical island
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bangkokpost.com Shoppers will have to pay for plastic shopping bags when a proposed amendment to the 1992 Environment Act is passed, said deputy director-general of the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion Sermyos Somman.
PhuketWATCH Daily Media Wrap
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Today's Top Stories
nationmultimedia.com The coal-fired power plant and coal transport pier planned for Krabi province will have only a small environmental impact on the area, according to some researchers.
bangkokpost.com Officials are preparing for ''several days'' of heavy rain from storm Vamco, particularly on the Northeast and Central regions, including Bangkok.
nationmultimedia.com The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) released from detention The Nation's senior reporter and two Pheu Thai politicians after getting them to sign an undertaking to desist from any move or expression of opinions opposing the junta's road map.
The Bombing in Bangkok, Human Trafficking in Thailand
bangkokpost.com Police now believe at least five Thais and 17 foreigners planned the August 17 bombing to retaliate for interfering with their human trafficking rings.
bangkokpost.com Hong Kong superstars Michelle Yim, also known as Mai Suet, and Simon Yam Tak-Wah will visit the Erawan shrine in Bangkok on September 22 to help restore the confidence of Chinese tourists in the wake of the deadly bombing.
Phuket World of People
bangkokpost.com Immigration police at land border crossings have now stopped giving entry stamps to foreigners who exit and immediately return to Thailand to extend their stay for 15-30 days on visa runs. "The order is not new. Originally, officers were authorised to consider giving permits. But in this current situation of heightened security, all officers have to step up restrictions," said an official at the Immigration Bureau.
bangkokpost.com The Tourism Department will investigate tour companies representing Chinese operators to prevent the employment of illegal tour guides and reduce the annual number of tourist fraud complaints by two-thirds to 100 in the next two years.
IANS French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has been criticised for publishing a cartoon depicting the death of three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi as its own controversial take on the refugee and migration crisis, the media reported. The cartoon attributed to the publication and circulating on social media features Aylan lying face down on a beach with the words ''So close to his goal . . . '' written above him, The Huffington Post reported. In the background a McDonald's-style Happy Meal Board states, ''Two children's menus for the price of one.''
theguardian.com Tuna and mackerel populations have suffered a ''catastrophic'' decline of nearly three quarters in the last 40 years, according to new research. WWF and the Zoological Society of London found that numbers of the scombridae family of fish, which also includes bonito, fell by 74 percent between 1970 and 2012, outstripping a decline of 49pc for 1234 ocean species over the same period.
nationmultimedia.com Don Muang International is the world's busiest low-cost-carrier (LCC) airport in terms of passenger traffic, ahead of Las Vegas and Kuala Lumpur, according to the Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation (CAPA).
reuters Zimbabwe's 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read out the wrong speech at the opening of parliament, an error which the main opposition quickly used to question whether Africa's oldest leader was still of a sound mind.
news.sky.com A 25-year-old woman has been convicted of three counts of sexual assault after impersonating a man to dupe her friend into having sex. Over two years Gayle Newland disguised her appearance and voice and requested the woman wear a blindfold to trick her into having sex. The pair had sex about 10 times until the complainant, also aged 25, took off her blindfold and in disbelief saw Newland wearing a prosthetic penis.
Around the Region
afp The United States, Japan and other major powers raised fears that rising religious tensions in Myanmar could spark ''division and conflict'' as campaigning begins for historic elections. Religious tensions are spiking in the Buddhist-majority country.
Phuket World of Sport
skysports.com Manchester United suffered a 2-1 defeat to PSV Eindhoven and lost Luke Shaw to a double leg fracture on their return to Champions League action. In what was United's first match in the competition proper since April 2014,play was stopped for almost 10 minutes as Shaw received treatment following Hector Moreno's heavy tackle.
bbc.com Manchester City face an anxious wait on the fitness of captain Vincent Kompany after he limped out of the Champions League home defeat by Juventus. He sustained a calf injury as the Italians fought back to win 2-1.
Coming Events on Phuket 2015
PHUKET hosts the southern region's Prison Fair until September 23 with all kinds of useful, well-made goods available at Saphan Hin park in Phuket City. Furniture is a specialty. Food and trees and plants are also on sale.
September Quicksilver surf carnival at Patong beach
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
Phuket taxi mafia disease well spread to Khao Lak: some fantastic report form a restaurant in Khao Lak on a road on the way to Laem Pakarang:
"Dear all guests
Due to an incident yesrerday where I was stopped by 1 of the taxi drivers in front of the Apsara beach front hotel and informed that they do not any more accept that we make this free transfer between the hotel and our restaurant we have been forced to order a minivan from the hotel to do the transfer for us.
This new procedure will have a minor cost for our guests of 10 Baht per each way per person in order not to have any more problems with the private taxis in front of the hotel.
The transfer from Apsara is now 18:00 and 19:00
Hope for your understanding and continued support of our restaurant"
"Dear all guests
Just like to add some updates to our yesterdays post.
As we inserted a taxi registered minivan the taxi drivers at the front of the Apsara hotel warned our driver and scared him so that he will not be driving anymore and also we do not like that our drivers run into problems with this type of mafia system.
In the future we will ask our guests to take a taxi from inside the Apsara hotel and not to support the drivers at the outside of the hotel
Hope for your understanding and Sorry for any inconvenience caused"
Posted by Sue on September 17, 2015 01:08