PHUKET: A 12-year-old Australian boy was taken to hospital for precautionary reasons yesterday (May 5) after getting his hair caught in the arm rest of an escalator at Phuket International Airport (PIA) causing his head to get trapped between the arm rest and a wall. Thai girl, 12, in coma after escalator accident in Rangsit […]
PHUKET: Police are currently looking for two men who, whilst riding a motorcycle through Kamala, threw rocks at a moving vehicle with a one-year-old child inside. Luckily, a passenger in the vehicle managed to photograph the two carrying out the attack. Read more: thephuketnews.com Eakkapop Thongtub The Phuket News
PHUKET: Police yesterday (April 27) arrested four people in connection with a B500,000 armed robbery which took place at a spa on April 5. The incident saw two suspects, armed with knives and guns, rob the Imperial Spa on Wirathonhyok Rd in Vichit of B500,000 and threaten customers inside the spa not to make any […]
PHUKET – A Thai airline has apologized for misspelling the names of two historical figures in its in-flight magazine, which was deemed offensive by some residents of Phuket province. In the April issue of Thai Smile’s magazine, the names of Thao Thep Kasattri and Thao Sri Sunthon, two warriors who led a local resistance against […]
PHUKET: Phuripat Theerakulpisut, director of the Phuket Marine Office announced on Tuesday (April 21) that the days of extortion by jetski operators are over. “Now there are zero problems from the jet-skis, since we brought in jet-ski management. We have set clear zones for jet-skis on the beaches.” Read more: thephuketnews.com
PHUKET: An Indonesian man has been arrested at Phuket International Airport trying to smuggle 5.2 kilos of cocaine onto the island. Jemani Ikhsan, 63, was caught at the airport after he stepped off a flight yesterday evening (April 20) from Singapore. Read more: thephuketnews.com
PHUKET: Following the dissapearance of 36-year-old American Joshua Devine from the Chontara I liveaboard dive boat in the early hours of Saturday morning (April 11), Mermaid Dive Centre which is based in Pattaya and was the company which contracted out the Chontara I, yesterday (April 16) released a statement on their Facebook page regarding the […]
PHUKET, 11 April 2015 (NNT) – Phuket province has stepped up security measures after a car bomb in Samui Island and a fire at a cooperative in nearby Surat Thani Province last night. Phuket Governor Nisit Chansomwong revealed that the province seriously intended to offer all travelers the highest safety of both land and maritime […]
