Local police say the body of a 30-year old male was found in a Phuket guesthouse after a night of debauchery. The man was in Thailand to mark the anniversary of the death of his friend who was a victim of the devastating tsunami that claimed the lives of nearly 300,000 people seven years ago. […]
A man from Ivory Coast was arrested in Thailand for allegedly running a “black money” scam, duping a Bangkok businesswoman out of Bt5.3 million, Crime Suppression Division deputy chief Pol Colonel Prasopchok Prommoon told a news conference yesterday. The 31 year-old suspect, Olalekan Afelumo, was wanted for fraud and arrested at a hotel in Phuket’s […]
The Catholic Christian community in Phuket has lost a great pastor and friend. Father Richard Woodarek passed away on Friday. He was 82 years old and had spent more than half of his life in Thailand, most of it in Phuket. Father Richard was born on December 3, 1928 in Salamanca, New York. His parents, […]
Two Dutch tourists were reported to have been assaulted by minibus drivers after they refused to pay 1,000 baht in damages after one of them walked into a parked, small minibus at Patong beach in Phuket province early on Monday morning. Unubovd Alcawbimel, 19, and Bootaman Frans Jelle, 20, were attacked about 2.45 am shortly […]
A Thai Airways International flight bound for Phuket was forced to return to Bangkok on Tuesday after failing to land at Phuket International Airport due to bad weather. TG flight 201, which was full, left Suvarnabhumi Airport at 8.30am and was scheduled to land at Phuket 9.20am. However, faced with heavy rains just before the […]
Thai Airways International launches direct flights from Copenhagen to Phuket as well as additional flights from Bangkok to Copenhagen. Flights on these sectors will operate three times per week respectively, utilizing the Boeing 747-400 aircraft, with service commencing on November 11. These flights may be reserved immediately. Read more: The Nation By The Nation
PHUKET, JUNE 21 – The Phuket Marine Biological Centre is warning tourists not to touch jellyfish washing ashore during the monsoon season. Centre director Wannakiat Tubtimsang warned tourists swimming at beaches in Phuket after the centre collected samples of jelly fish on Nai Harn Beach here and Nai Thon beach in Thalang district to identify […]
PHUKET: — A disruption of flights between Australia and Phuket as well as Bali on Strategic Airlines has left passengers on the island wondering what to do next. Citing technical delays the airline has announced a new flight today for yesterday’s cancellations, but the time is to be announced. About 220 passengers to Brisbane are […]
