Bangkok Informer

Garnett has been in prison since he was arrested at Bangkok Airport in 1993,   BANGKOK – Martin Garnett  a former Australian luxury car dealer turned heroin trafficker who was once on death row has secured his transfer home after 20 years in foreign jails by using Facebook and crowdfunding site Pozible. Martin Garnett, 45, [...]

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Thailand and neighbouring countries will benefit from a high-level meeting on water management to be held in Chiang Mai from May 14-20, Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi said Sunday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews

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The Travelbug is good information for foreign travellers. It is nice to have your communication. Full News here – Bangkok Legacies blog

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Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) inches closer to its plan to bid for a terrestrial digital TV licence after winning shareholders’ approval for recapitalisation yesterday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Business

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Chai Nat – Some 61 antiques have gone missing from the Chainatmuni National Museum in Chai Nat’s Muang district. Their value is incalculable, according to the museum’s chief. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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The Thai tourism industry is booming and hot-air balloons could be used as a marketing tool to attract more visitors to certain tourist attractions. Bangkok Post Jean Christophe Brassart, CEO of Planete Balloon, a French tourism consultant specialising in ballooning and outdoor activities, said Thailand has many marvellous places and attractions for tourists to discover [...]

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At 8pm last night, police found the body of Paiboon Chongcharoenkarn, a 27-year-old stockbroker at Maybank Kim Eng Securities Plc, on the floor in front of Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Center at Central World on Rama 1 Road in the Pathumwan district. Paiboon, who rented a suite on the 44th floor, reportedly walked down [...]

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Bayer Thai has donated cash and animal health products worth Bt590,000 to the Phra Kochabaan Foundation, a non-government organisation in Ayutthaya that cares for and conserves elephants. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Business

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After turning around to profitability in 2009, US-based Singer set its sights on increasing competitiveness ahead of the Asean single market by building clear retail and leasing business models. The Nation Boonyong Tansakul, managing director of Singer Thailand, said the company succeeded in making profits in the past four years by focusing on selling house-brand [...]

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Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) is ordered to revise the term of reference on the acquisition of 3,183 buses. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Business

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Digital greeting cards and electronic stickers may have ridden the wave of mobile internet and smartphone popularity, but for a small exporter of hand-made cards and gifts to Europe, the art of traditional paper-based greeting cards remains promising. Bangkok Post “People in foreign countries, in particular our key market of Europe, still prefer to send [...]

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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Pheu Thai faction leader Yaowapa Wongsawat are siblings poised to share the spotlight, but the question is whether the political stage is big enough to accommodate both at the same time. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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Shots were fired from the direction of positions taken up by military personnel on May 19, 2010 as the red-shirt protesters were being dispersed, German journalist Michel Maas told Criminal Court judges yesterday as the last witness in the inquest into the death of Italian photo-journalist Fabio Polenghi. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Politics

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Eric, Thanks for your newsletter. I love your newsletter, comments and pictures. I have been to Thailand several times and love it. Planning to relocate Full News here – Bangkok Legacies blog

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Pheu Thai candidate opts for low-risk approach as Democrats throw heavy punches in run-up to Sunday’s poll Full News here – NationMultimedia.com –

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