News from The Phuket Gazette
- Phuket Opinion: Proactive CCTV use necessary to protect resorts May 25, 2013Phuket Tourism Association (PTA) Vice President Bhuritt Maswongssa, 51, is also the Vice Chairman of the Patong Resort hotel. He received law degrees from both Ngee Ann College in Singapore and Ramkhamhaeng University in Thailand. In the wake of a recent spate of hotel robberies across the island, he discusses how to boost hotel and resort security. […]
- Nine dead in Phuket wedding guest truck crash May 25, 2013PHUKET: Nine died and seven were injured after two pickup trucks – one carrying wedding guests returning to Trang from Phuket and one ferrying road construction workers – collided in Krabi last night.Police were called to the scene at the dangerous curve known as harm tai (“forbidden to die”) in Sai Khao district at 8pm. There they found two wrecked pickups, […]
- Phuket Tourist Police murder case on hold May 25, 2013PHUKET: The investigation into a Phuket Tourist Officer involved in a gunfight with neighbors that left two men dead and two, including the officer, injured on March 20 (story […]
- Gold shop thefts on the rise, police practice response May 24, 2013PHUKET: With millions of baht worth of gold being snatched from Phuket gold shops over the last year, Phuket police and gold shop owners joined together for a gold shop crime drill earlier this week.“The recent increase in the number of gold shops and supermarket robberies has made it necessary for shop owners and police to know exactly what to do in these s […]
- Phuket Python excites early morning Patong crowd May 24, 2013PHUKET: An excited crowd was drawn to Soi Nanai at the unusual time of 7:40am this morning as Phuket rescue workers attempted to dislodge a three-meter long Python from a drain.A startled shopkeeper had called rescue workers after spotting the moderately sized snake in the drain below her.Rescue workers were able to lift the grate and safely extract the pyth […]
- Visakha Bucha Day underway in Phuket, alcohol sales halted May 24, 2013PHUKET: People gathered across Phuket and Thailand today to offer alms to Buddhist monks at merit-making ceremonies to mark Visakha Bucha Day.The public holiday commemorates three important events in the life of the Buddha: his birth, enlightenment and passing away. These events occur on the same day of the year in the Buddhist calendar: always on the full m […]
News from The Phuket News
- Thai aunt denies pimping girl in South Korea May 25, 2013BANGKOK: The aunt accused of luring her teenage niece into prostitution in South Korea has turned herself in, police investigating the case said yesterday. […]
- Bomb kills five rangers in Thailands restive south May 25, 2013BANGKOK: Five paramilitary rangers were killed and one other wounded in an ambush when suspected rebels detonated a bomb buried in a road in Thailands insurgency-plagued south, local police said Friday. […]
- NEWS TODAY May 24 May 24, 2013Taxi blockade at airport. Another protest - outside Governors mansion. Dredging at Bang Tao Klong nearly complete. […]
- The Big List: Ghost Towns May 24, 2013THE BIG LIST: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.” Shelley’s poem Ozymandias, a vision of lost ruins in the desert, mocks the ultimate fate of even greatest human cities, and the greatest vanities. Here are a few of the more unusual ghost towns you’ll find dotted around the world. […]
- ‘Ugly’ fish face up to extinction May 24, 2013WEIRD WORLD: They may be last of their species – and scientists joke they may be too ugly to breed. London Zoo has appealed to fish keepers to find a mate for their two tropical Mangarahara cichlids, which come originally from Madagascar. […]
- Stray dogs sniff out human remains May 24, 2013WEIRD WORLD: A Polish businessman who stashed human body parts in a city warehouse instead of incinerating them was exposed by local stray dogs, who started gathering hungrily outside. […]
News from Phuket Wan
- Phuket's Patong Hill Cracked and Set to Slip Slide Away May 24, 2013Latest The main route between Phuket City and Patong is expected to be damaged by weather this monsoon season with flooding likely again, a senior Phuket official warns. […]
- Phuket, Krabi, Phang Nga Lashed: Severe Weather Warning as Boats Are Flipped May 24, 2013Weather Alert Do not venture out to sea and stay off the roads if you can avoid it, warned forecasters as a severed storm with strong winds began lashing the Phuket region. […]
- Phuket Power Failure? Never if You're a Phuket Taxi or Tuk-Tuk Driver May 24, 2013News Analysis While Phuket experienced a massive power failure this week, a power failure would be something quite novel for Phuket's taxi and tuk-tuk drivers. […]
- PhuketWATCH Holiday Slaughter in South; Phuket FC Cruncher; $Aussie Slips; Pattaya is Rubbish May 24, 2013Phuket News UPDATE Five soldiers killed in southern holiday bomb; Bangladesh replacing Rohingya; Currency crunch for Australia, Phuket; Heathrow holdups; Pattaya is rubbish; Phuket events. […]
- Phuket Police Arrest Four Bar Managers Over Alcohol Sales Breaches May 24, 2013Latest Police on Phuket's west holiday coast arrest four bar managers for breaching a ban on sales of alcohol on one of the most special days in the Buddhist calendar. […]
- Phuket Pollution: Mayor Told to Start Again on Bang Tao Canal Cleanup May 23, 2013PHOTO ALBUM Pollution was an issue for all of Phuket and no longer a matter just for local councils, a Phuket Vice Governor said as he told a mayor to start all over again. […]
