PHUKET: Slippery oil was initially blamed for a tour bus slipping backward off the edge of the steep road at the base of Patong Hill, but police have since cited that the bus was too ‘overloaded’ to ascend the hill. The accident occured just past the Thung Thong Police checkpoint in Kathu at aproximately 9.25am […]
PHUKET: A Korean tourist died after being recovered from heavy surf at Karon beach, on Phuket’s southwwest coast, this afternoon (August 13). Mr Qi Dhun Hua, 43, was pronounced dead on arrival Patong Hospital. Read more: thephuketnews.com
PHUKET: A 24 year old Thai man named only as ‘Joy’ is in critical condition after being shot in his upper torso at a crowded Chinese temple last night in Phuket’s southern municipality of Chalong. Read more: thephuketnews.com
PHUKET: Santi Pawai, the director of the Ministry of Tourism (MoTS) Phuket office, has finally vowed to deport any foreigners caught working illegally as Chinese tour guides and to revoke the business licenses of any companies found hiring them. Mr Santi announced the news in response to 200 Chinese-speaking Thai tour guides in Phuket staging […]
From 1 February 2016, Virgin Australia will withdraw from the Perth-Phuket route, with the last flight operating on 31 January 2016. These changes will be effective in Virgin Australia’s booking system from 10am AEST today, Friday 7 August 2015. Customers who have already booked on these services for travel after the last flights will be […]
PHUKET: The Thai Meteorological Department and The National Disaster Warning Centre have issued a severe weather warning at 11am today (August 7) for the South of Thailand, including Phuket and the Andaman region. The forecast prompted the TMD to issue additional weather warnings extended to southern residents of Ranong, Phang Nga, Krabi, Satun and Phuket […]
PHUKET: A 33-year-old Swedish man and 26-year-old Thai woman are currently being treated at Patong Hospital after falling from a second floor balcony of the Phuket Paradise Hotel in Patong this morning (August 3). Patong police received a call at 7:01am this morning advising them that a tourist and Thai woman had been injured after […]
PHUKET: Police are reviewing CCTV footage in their hunt for the driver of an 18-wheeled truck-and-trailer that crushed a 12-year-old girl then dragged her body 150 metres before speeding off in northern Phuket this morning (July 31). Wassana Kaewkampa, 40, told police that she was driving her motorbike southbound and had just passed the Tha […]
