PHUKET, 8th July 2018 (NNT) – The Sea Rescue Command Center of Phuket Province, reports that three more bodies from a boat accident on Thursday have been recovered, with 15 passengers still missing. The number of confirmed deaths has reached 41. Ill-fated tour boats, Phoenix, which carried 105 passengers and Senerita, which was carrying 39 […]
China thanks Thailand for its ongoing search and rescue operation after boat accidents on July 5 in the rough sea off Phuket that led to the deaths and injuries of a large number of tourists, most of them Chinese. In his meeting with Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat at the auditorium of the Phuket […]
The Phuket Marine Office has issued an order prohibiting all boats from leaving the Ao Chalong bay to facilitate the search for 23 passengers still missing after two boat accidents on Thursday afternoon. According to the latest report of the search and rescue centre of the province, 33 passengers, most of the Chinese tourists, were […]
PHUKET: The first survivors of the boats struck by the storm earlier today have been brought ashore, Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong announced at an emergency meeting tonight (July 5). The Phuket News has been informed that rescue teams have recovered the body of one Chinese man, age presumed to be 35-40, which is en route […]
One of the best things about Phuket is its food culture. For visitors who think they know Southern Thai cuisine by sampling Thai classics and street food snacks at the beach, it is time to be schooled local style: fresh seafood, strong fiery spices, pungent fermented flavours, farm-to-table crunchy vegetables, and slow-cooked stewed meats. Perhaps […]
PHUKET: A Myanmar man died after he was struck by two vehicles while crossing Thepkrasattri Rd in Srisoonthorn, central Phuket, last night (Feb 5). The accident occurred in front of the “3pm” Chinese noodle shop on Thepkrasattri Rd northbound, where another serious accident occurred on Jan 26. Full story: thephuketnews.com Eakkapop Thongtub The Phuket News
PHUKET: A mother and her one-year-old daughter are dead after their car collided with a bus that ran a red light on Thepkrasattri Rd in Thalang on Saturday night (Dec 23). The father of the one-year-old girl, who was driving the car, also suffered serious injuries in the crash. Full story: thephuketnews.com Eakkapop Thongtub The […]
PHUKET: A 31-year-old man was killed and his female passenger suffered serious injuries when the pickup truck they were travelling in first flattened a small streetlamp on Thepkrasattri Rd then crumpled as it slammed into larger street light pylon in the early minutes of this morning (Nov 22). Lt Sunan Petchnoo of Thalang Police was […]
