Rescue workers were notified of the body this morning (December 24th) at a canal in Soi Vanich 1. They arrived at the scene to find the male body face down in the canal. The Thai man was known by locals as Mr. Kluay but they did not know his full name. Full story: thephuketexpress.com By […]
A 16 year-old teenager has presented himself to police after he attacked four teenagers with a pair of scissors near a school in Phuket Town. The Phuket City Police Chief Colonel Sarawut Chooprasit told The Phuket Express that four male teenagers have been injured after a fight on Monday (December 19th) near a school in […]
Deputy prime minister General Prawit Wongsuwan and his team visited flood victims in Phuket and laid a plan to tackle the coastal erosion problem. General Prawit arrived in Phuket on the evening of December 19th and greeted citizens at the Mueang Komaphat temple in the Talang district. He was welcomed by Phuket’s deputy governor Anupaprodkwan […]
A Chinese woman who is on a 1,316 day visa overstay was arrested after social media shared her story of asking for money from mostly foreigners many times at a gas station in Phuket. A story of a foreign woman asking for money from mostly foreigners inside a gas station four times over several days […]
A fire has damaged a small part at a popular nightclub in Kamala. Kamala firefighters were notified of the fire yesterday (December 15th) at about noon at the Café Del Mar on Kamala. Full story: thephuketexpress.com By Goongnang Suksawat The Phuket Express
Phuket Immigration recently launched what they called the ‘White Accommodation for Foreigners’ project targeting for ‘Phuket to be Crime Free’. The project mainly focuses on foreigners being properly registered at their accommodation and not on overstay. The Phuket Immigration Chief Colonel Tanet Sukchai told the Phuket Express. “We are aiming to control foreigners who are […]
BANGKOK, Dec 15 (TNA) – Phuket generated the highest tourism-related revenue among all provinces, at 127.93 billion baht, according to deputy government spokeswoman Tipanan Sirichana. Ms Tipanan said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha initiated the Phuket Sandbox scheme to start country reopening to welcome visitors to the island province. The scheme was successful and expanded to […]
A fire has damaged a ferry parked at a pier on Sirey Island, Mueang Phuket. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Phuket (DDPM Phuket) was notified of the fire at 6:00 A.M. this morning (December 11th) at a pier on Sirey Island in the Rassada sub-district. Firefighters and the Phuket Express arrived at the […]
