PHUKET: Phuket Immigration today confirmed that foreigners applying for a 12-month permit to stay on a Non-Immigrant O-A visa – often referred to as the “retirement visa” – can still use the option of combining a bank balance with a monthly income in order to satisfy the financial requirement for the application. The news follows […]
PHUKET: A South Korean man and a Thai diving instructor who came to his rescue drowned while diving off Koh Racha Yai in Phuket on Saturday. The incident occurred near Ao Lah on the island in tambon Rawai of Muang district, said Pol Col Somkiat Sarasit, deputy investigation chief at the Chalong police station. Full […]
PHUKET: The Phuket Marine Office has issued a warning for all jet-ski rental operators on the island to ensure their jet-skis are operated safely after one operator and his staffer were charged and fined for the unlicensed staffer driving an illegal, unregistered, and hence uninsured, jet-ski dangerously close to tourists swimming at a beach at […]
PHUKET: Phuket City Police Chief Col Sompong Thiparpakul has defended his officers’ actions in investigating a road rage attack on the east side of Phuket Town yesterday that saw a man kick over a motorbike carrying a woman and her daughter the proceeding to attack the woman with a chair. The incident, on Srisena Rd […]
PHUKET: Two women died and two more people were injured in a fire in a townhouse in Rassada early this morning (Oct 7). Col Somkid Onchan of Phuket City Police, who was notified of the fire at 3:50am, identified the two women killed in the fire as Chiliporn Hemboot, 23 originally from Ratchaburi province in […]
PHUKET: Two foreigners already blacklisted and banned from re-entering Thailand have been caught in Phuket thanks to biometric passports, reports the Immigration Bureau. Immigration Bureau Chief Pol Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang explained to a press conference in Bangkok that the two cases involved a Russian woman identified only as “Julia” and an Iraqi national identified […]
PHUKET: Culture Minister Itthiphol Kunplome was in Phuket yesterday evening (Sept 30) to preside over an official Phuket Vegetarian Festival event at Queen Sirikit Park in Phuket Town. Present at the ceremony were Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana, Phuket City Mayor Somjai Suwansupana and a host of other officials. Full story: thephuketnews.com By The Phuket News
PHUKET: A Phuket tour guide carrying 40 grams of heroin in his underwear was arrested after arriving at Phuket International Airport in the early minutes of Saturday morning (Sept 28). Capt Suporn Mueangkai of the Sakoo Police identified the man as Sompong Saeaio, 43. Full story: thephuketnews.com By Eakkapop Thongtub The Phuket News
