PHUKET, 10 June 2013 (NNT) – The Meteorological Department has warned residents of Phuket and its surrounding provinces to brace for possible mudslides and more heavy rains during the next two days. From June 10-12, a strong monsoon covering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand will continue to bring widespread thunderstorms to the […]
BANGKOK, 3 June 2013 (NNT) – The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources are warning tourists of possible jellyfish attacks in southern coastal provinces during the rainy season. Marine biologists have predicted a dangerous jellyfish season in Thailand as the country is entering a monsoon period. The department stated that deadly species of box jellyfish […]
PHUKET: Police in Karon today arrested a Spanish couple and charged them with beating up the security guards at their hotel, the Golden Sand Inn in the early hours of this morning (June 4). Police said the couple, David Antolin Velasco, 35, and Maria Carmen, 33, were sitting on the beach close to the hotel […]
Thai Police on Friday arrested five men for the attack on a Kedah royal family bodyguard at a high-end resort in Patong just after midnight on Tuesday. The Phuket Gazette said four of the men, including three Malaysians, were arrested while trying to exit Thailand at the busy Sadao checkpoint in Songkhla province. Read more: […]
2 tourists from Australia came to Phuket for holiday, when they went out at night, they became drunk and unaware of their actions. When the drunk Australian tourists tried to go into a well-known pub in Phuket, they weren’t permitted to go in due to their drunk state. They were angry that the doorkeeper or […]
BANGKOK, 7 May 2013 (NNT)-The Airports of Thailand (AoT) will be raising the standards of passenger services at all of its 6 airports around Thailand. Acting AoT Director Pongsak Semsan has reportedly instructed AoT executives to improve and enhance passenger services at all the 6 AoT’s airports, which include Suvarnabhumi Airport, Don Muang Airport, Chiang […]
PHUKET, May 1 – Detention centres in several provinces in Thailand are overcrowded with nearly 2,000 Rohingya ethnic migrants who fled Myanmar in wooden boats across the Andaman Sea to the kingdom, a senior police officer said. Pol Lt Gen Panu Kerdlarppol, Immigration Police commander, said the 1,936 Rohingya migrants are detained separately in several […]
A 70-year-old Maltese man was found dead in a Phuket guest house last night. The Phuket Wan Tourism News said this morning that the man, a heavy smoker and an asthmatic, was found by his girlfriend naked on a bed at the Maximum Guesthouse in Nanai Road, Patong. He was one of three expats found […]
