Two Indonesian fishing trawlers seized off Phuket

PHUKET: Two Indonesian fishing trawlers have been seized and 29 crew members arrested for fishing illegally in Thai waters off Muang district of this southern resort island. Thai authorities arrest crews of Vietnamese trawlers for illegal fishing A navy task force from two maritime patrol ships stopped the two vessels in Thai waters in the […]

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Phuket’s night-life venues ask new PM Srettha to let them to stay open until 4am

Night entertainment operators in Phuket have proposed that Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin allow their venues on Patong Beach to stay open until 4am, instead of the current 1am. New Thai PM Srettha Thavisin Visits Phuket Weerawit Kruasombat, president of the entertainment business operators association on Patong Beach, said today (Saturday) that the proposal was submitted […]

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New Thai PM Srettha Thavisin Visits Phuket

The 30th Prime Minister of Thailand Srettha arrived at the Phuket International Airport on Friday (August 25th) at about 11:00 A.M.. He discussed with executives of the airport the plans for an airport extension. Srettha visits Phuket and Phang-nga to meet tourism operators In the afternoon from 2:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M., he met with […]

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Two Cannabis Shops in Phuket Have Their Licenses Paused

The Patong Police told the Phuket Express that earlier this week they and officials from the Phuket Provincial Public Health Department inspected multiple cannabis shops in Patong. Illegal cannabis dispensaries shut down in Phuket Officials checked licenses and made sure that shops did not sell cannabis to people aged under 20, to pregnant women and […]

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