PHUKET: More than 400 houses suffered damage in the flash floods that struck Phuket yesterday (Oct 31), officials have confirmed. The tally was confirmed at a meeting today led by Phuket Vice Governors Supoj Rotreuang Na Nongkhai and Wongsakorn Nunchukan to oversee official support for victims affected by the flash floods. Full story: thephuketnews.com By […]
PHUKET: The search continues today for a 31-year-old man from Belarus who disappeared in the sea at Nai Thon Beach last night (Oct 30). The missing tourist, M. S., was last seen playing in the water at the southern end of the beach at dusk. Full story: thephuketnews.com By Eakkapop Thongtub The Phuket News
PHUKET: P. H., a retired Australian school principal well known in Phuket for his deep involvement in local community charity projects, has been arrested in Australia on child sex offences allegedly committed as far back as the 1970s an ’80s. H., now 78, was arrested Tuesday night last week (Oct 22) while attempting to board […]
PHUKET: Karon Police Chief Col Prawit Sutthirueangarun has confirmed that an Indian tourist has died after being pulled from the surf at Kata Beach unconscious and unresponsive late yesterday afternoon (Oct 28). Col Prawit told The Phuket News that Capt Channarong Prakongkue of the Karon Police was notified of the man’s death at 5:40pm by […]
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration this week finally confirmed that the mandatory health insurance requirement for people staying in the country on permits to stay under “Non-Immigrant O-A” visa status do not apply to those staying under the general “Non-Immigrant O” visa. The admission renders enforcing the mandatory health insurance requirement pointless as Phuket Immigration this week […]
PHUKET, Oct 25 (TNA) – A Cambodian woman has been caught for trafficking children and forcing them to sell flowers and sunglasses to tourists on the beaches of Thailand’s island province of Phuket. Immigration Police said Kimhang, 24, was conspiring with others in her gang to buy a number of Cambodian children under the age […]
PHUKET: A German man is thankful his LPG-fuelled Proton car did not suffer serious damage after it caught fire while he was driving from Phuket International Airport to his home in Kata last night (Oct 22). Thalang Police Station were notified that the car was on fire beside Thepkrasattri Rd near the main intersection in […]
PHUKET: An unidentified Thai man died instantly after a fall from an eight-story OTOP building in Patong area of Kathu district in this southern island resort province on Sunday morning. Pol Col Anothai Jindamanee, the Patong police chief, said the man, aged about 25-30, was said to have jumped from the building on Sunday morning […]
