A Perth woman has been stabbed to death in a suspected bag-snatch gone wrong on the popular holiday island of Phuket in Thailand. The woman, 60, was walking with a friend near their hotel complex in Kata Noi Bay, on Phuket’s west coast, about 10.30pm last night when they were attacked by two men who […]
Three Colombian men accused of multiple burglaries in villages around Bangkok have been arrested. Police Lieutenant General Panya, Region 2 Police Commissioner held a press conference at Chonburi Provincial Police Headquarters to announce the arrests of Mr. William David Corredor Fuentes aged 23, Mr. Brayan Omar Corredor Fuentes aged 21 and Mr. Wilson Ricardo Ramos […]
BANGKOK, 11 May 2012 (NNT) – Several popular beaches along the Andaman coast might become things of the past if nothing is done to prevent coastal erosions. Chief of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources project to draft preventive plans against coastal erosions along the Andaman Coast Phayom Rattanamani said that at least 40 […]
PHUKET, 10 May 2012 (NNT) – The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) is holding a tsunami alert and response exercise in Phuket province during May 10-11 in order to ready local authorities and residents for possible giant waves in six provinces along the Andaman Coast. Deputy Interior Minister Pol. Lt. Gen. Chalong Sonjai […]
PHUKET, April 28 – Travellers flocked to this resort province on Saturday despite rumours it is sinking, according to its governor Tri Akaradecha. He welcomed a group of 385 Thai and foreign passengers at Phuket International Airport flying the first flight with Thai Airways to visit the province. Read more: MCOT
Thai customs officials have arrested two Taiwanese captains and 12 Taiwanese and Indonesian crew members after their two tuna fishing boats were found to have smuggled 47,000 litres of diesel oil into Phuket. The two boats were found floating about two nautical miles north of Taphao Yai Island in Phuket. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 21 April 2012 (NNT) – Phuket may be spared from dangerous quakes but the South is still at Tsunami risks, according to renowned scientist Smith Thammasaroj. Mr. Smith, also chairman of the Natural Disaster Warning Council Foundation, disclosed that Ranong could be the next province to witness an earthquake as the fault there was […]
BANGKOK, April 21 – In the aftermath of major quakes last week which struck Indonesia and recent minor quakes centered at Thailand’s southern resort island of Phuket, Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit on Saturday affirmed that the Thai government is well prepared to handle earthquakes with clear emergency plans. The deputy premier gave assurances as […]
