FROM ANDREW DRUMMOND, BANGKOK, FEBRUARY 27 2010A SCOTS engineer said to have weeks to live has stunned doctors by making a recovery – helped by his Thai partner.Allan Hyne , 64, is to be discharged from a hospital in Thailand having got over a brain bug, which left him in a coma.Last week his family, […]
First the Royal Marines: – Now retired ‘Para’ is struck down in Thailand’s jet ski warFrom ANDREW DRUMMOND , BANGKOK, February 20 2010A 61-yr-old retired paratrooper from Walsall has become the latest victim in a ‘jet ski war’ which has claimed hundreds of tourist victims in Thailand.Last night David Marshall, a former Sergeant in (2 […]
NB: Parahawking continues in Nepal despite the threat. For up to date information contact Scott Mason through his website – www.parahawking.comLink to Daily MailLink to Evening StandardPictures: Scott MasonFrom Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, February 17 2010Londoner Scott Mason, the ‘Birdman of Dagenham’, who runs a vulture rescue centre in the Himalayas, today faced being shut down […]
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Monday February 15 2010The British Foreign Office has issued a diplomatic note to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs covering a letter expressing fears that an attempt made be made to abduct an 11-yr-old pupil at an international school in Bangkok. The move followed a complaint by John Goodman, 50, the Bangkok based […]
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Feb 7 2009 GANGLAND IN HUA HIN (CNTD) Pictures by Andrew Chant and Hua Hin News A wealthy Briton who skipped bail during his high profile trial for drugs dealing has been able to live the ‘high life’ in Thailand due to incompetence and bungling by police and the Crown Prosecution Service. Darren Oxley, who […]
A retired British banker told yesterday how he raced against death after two gunmen ambushed him and his family on an isolated road in the Philippines. But the former RBS-Natwest executive denied reports that he was responsible for the deaths of the two teenagers, aged 17, and 19, who were later found dead at the […]
UPDATE: Peter Storrow was discharged of his bankruptcy on May 24 2010 So there I was singing ‘The wheels of the buss go round round, round, round’ to daughter Annie when my computer whirrs, coughs, spits, rings a bell and up comes that name again, flashing on screen…Peter Storrow. Readers of this blog will remember […]
THOUSANDS OF IDIOTS DETECTED Blog only Knock! Knock! Anybody there?They don’t get it do they. The total combined intellect of the Bangkok Post has not yet cottoned on to the fact that the GT-200 is a total hoax, as are the Sniffex, ADE651, and Alpha 6 bomb/drugs/ insurgent detectors which Thailand has bought by the cart-load. I […]
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Feb 2 2009 An elderly Briton, who described himself as a retired banker, said he ran down two teenagers killing them both when they ambushed him with a gun on the island of Cebu in the Philippines, police said today. In a bid to protect his 28-yr-old Filipina wife Juriza, and […]
Andrew Drummond is a British independent journalist and occasional television documentary maker. He is a former Fleet Street, London, journalist having worked at the Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, News of the World, Observer and The Times.