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 […]
BUT TRUCE NOW DECLARED!Blog Only(UPDATED July 2010)Pattaya Times accused Pattaya People boss of involvement in ‘gold share scam’ – then ‘withdraws’ allegation.Pattaya Daily News publishes link to ‘criminal record’ of Pattaya People boss – then withdraws link. The first shots have been be fired in a Pattaya newspaper war. A new-comer on the scene, ‘The Pattaya Times’ engineered by an […]
Blog onlyToday a pink and red faced son William Matthew Drummond, younger brother to Annie 2 years 4 months, made his debut shortly after 7 am, to the delight of his mother Pat and father journalist Andrew Drummond, at a hospital in Thailand, near a 7/11, a canal, a motorcycle queue, and a lot of […]
‘His adopted son was by his side’From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok – January 26 2010A flamboyant Scots businessman Martin Frutin, who left Scotland after being convicted of possessing child pornography in his Edinburgh mansion died in the Thai resort of Pattaya early today. Martin Frutin with Scots musician Frankie Miller – May 2005 Martin Frutin, one time […]
From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok Action by the British Government to ban the bogus ADE651 explosives detectors which have been sold to Iraq will put the spotlight on the Thai government over the GT- 200, also sold by a British company. The GT-200 has been credited with little more than attributing to the deaths of people in the […]
‘These British machines are falsely finding explosives in coconut trees. But people die when they give false negative reports ‘. From Andrew Drummond, Bangkok, Monday January 4th 2010 Pictures: Andrew Chant/WGPP The Prime Minister of Thailand will this week be asked to order the withdrawal of British explosives detection equipment known as ‘magic wands’ for testing amid […]
I have been following the Thai ‘non spy’ in Cambodia affair with interest. In fact I am as usual having a problem reading the newspapers with a straight face. Seems nobody in Thailand has done any real reporting on this case at all, or perhaps I have missed it. Certainly there is so much missing […]
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.