Yuck! German ballet chief allegedly wipes dog faeces on critic’s face
By Reuters and published by CNA :Berlin – Arts critics are used to trashing sub-par performances with negative reviews, but they are rarely on the receiving end of an all-too-literal smear campaign. This weekend though, the chief choreographer of Hanover State Opera smeared the face of a dance critic with dog excrement after she […]
Read MorePhuket van driver’s licence suspended after being filmed playing slot games
THE PHUKET Land Transport Office today (Feb. 13) suspended a van driver’s driving licence for 90 days after he was filmed by a passenger playing online slot games on his mobile phone while taking them from Patong beach to the downtown and posted it on social media, Thai Rath newspaper said. The 17-second video […]
Read MoreElectoral contestants not allowed to hand out roses on Valentine’s Day
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ELECTORAL CONTESTANTS HAVE BEEN cautioned to not hand out roses on Valentine’s Day because such giveaways might probably otherwise be considered a breach to the law. The Election Commission’s Bangkok branch director Samran Tanpanit today (Feb.13) advised against the handout of roses by those who are contesting the upcoming general […]
Read More3.7-magnitude earthquake hits Phang Nga province
THE Meteorological Department announced that a 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Thana subdistrict, Kapong district, Phang Nga province at 2.43 p.m. today (Feb. 13), Matichon newspaper said. The quake was felt by the people in this southern province with further details to be announced later. The Earthquake Observation Division said the earthquake, at a depth of […]
Read More‘Big Joke’: Foreigner in girlfriend’s death on watchlist
DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, whose nickname is Big Joke, said after meeting the brother of a Thai woman found hanged in Phuket last week that her Canadian boyfriend has been placed on watchlist, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Feb. 13). Mr. Ekapop Leangprasert, one of the operators of Sai […]
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