PHUKET: A language teacher in Phuket faces up to five years in jail and a fine of up to B200,000 for making a false bomb threat on an AirAsia aircraft about to take off from Phuket International Airport this morning (May22). Ms Phanarat Nopphakhun, 38, was taken into custody after she reportedly told a flight […]
PHUKET: A 54-year-old Swiss man died at about 2:30 this morning (May 22) when he was trapped in the shaft of a malfunctioning elevator at the five-storey Baan Paradise Hotel in Patong. The alarm was raised by a receptionist who told police later she had heard a loud thud from the lift and a voice […]
PHUKET: A Swiss expat was killed in a car crash in the early hours of this morning (May 18) when he crashed his pick-up truck into a water truck on Patak Hill in Karon. At 1:45am, Karon police were called to the scene of an accident on Patak Hill where a Toyota Vigo pick-up truck […]
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
