PHUKET: Police arrested an 18-year-old woman and charged her with possession of crystal methamphetamine (‘ya ice’) in Phuket Town yesterday evening (Mar 22). Acting on information from undercover sources, Chief Col Theerawat Liamsuwan led a Phuket City police team and apprehended Ancharee ‘Bew’ Wareesri at a house in Soi Anuphas Phuket Karn 5, on Anuphas […]
PHUKET: Police are searching for a man who assaulted and hospitalised a 53-year-old man in Tambon Talad Yai, Phuket Town yesterday evening (Mar 19). The incident occurred at the entrance of a small street off Takua Pa Rd nearby the home of 53-year-old Mr Anan Chuenkaew who was beaten with a piece of wood by […]
PHUKET: The hunt for a crocodile sighted in the sea at Ao Chalong on Saturday continued on Monday. The Marine Office issued an alert on Sunday, advising caution for boat operators and passengers, as well as swimmers in the bay and nearby areas. Full story: Bangkok Post Achadtaya Chuenniran BANGKOK POST
PHUKET: The Department of Medical Sciences has revised the test results of an American man who visited Phuket before returning to Bangkok and flying home back to the US, and have now recorded his test results for COVID-19 as positive. The news follows the Bangkok office of the Public Relations Department (PR Bangkok) posting a […]
Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn is scheduled to meet with representatives of hotels and other tourism-related businesses on Thailand’s famous resort island of Phuket on Wednesday, to discuss the proposed “area quarantine” concept for foreign travelers and tourists. The concept will allow travellers arriving from abroad more freedom of movement and is expected […]
The plan to open Phuket to international travellers on Oct 1 must win public consensus to avoid the snags of the previous Phuket model. Tourism operators in the Andaman province have started a reopening plan called “Phuket First October” to prepare for a fast recovery within this year. Full story: Bangkok Post Narumon Kasemsuk BANGKOK […]
PHUKET: All drivers and passengers in four cars and a pickup truck luckily escaped any serious injuries in a pile-up involving a 22-wheeled truck and trailer while exiting the Darasamut Underpass last yesterday afternoon (Mar 3). Wichit Police were called to the scene, in the southbound exit lane just north of the intersection to Naka […]
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration is urging all expats staying on retirement visas whose applications to renew their one-year permit to stay have been refused due to financial reasons to apply for a 60-day “COVID visa” so they can continue to stay in the country. The issue came to the fore after a retired expat who has […]
