NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, March 27 – Floods in Thailand’s southern provinces are reaching critical proportions with mudslides, triggered by heavy rain occurring in several areas and forcing Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport to close indefinitely due to flooding. Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport has been flooded with two kilometers of runways under 50 centimetres of water. The […]
CAN it really be high season on Phuket? Can it really be March on the tropical holiday island, where the one certainty is good weather at this time of the year? The sight of the classy yacht Isle of Skye washed ashore at Phuket’s Nai Harn beach today made it plain that this is no […]
PHUKET police were called to intervene in a dispute between US Navy personnel and local taxi drivers at Phuket’s deep sea port this week. Tuesday’s rumpus at Ao Makham was described today as a “negotiating snafu” by a spokesperson for the US Embassy, who said the disagreement involved a price misunderstanding. It is believed the […]
A spectacular beachside variety performance featuring international acts is planned for 2nd April, 2011 at Karon Park to raise money to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. Expected to be the biggest live fundraising concert ever held in Phuket, Love Aid Phuket is supported by the Mayor of Karon, several major […]
The survivors of a plane crash in which eight people died have described the horrifying moment the aircraft skidded on to the runway and burst into flames. Ninety people are known to have died as a result of the incident in Thailand on September 16, 2007. Eight of those killed were British citizens. The crash […]
PHUKET police are continuing their hunt for the driver of a tour bus that flipped and crashed on Patong Hill earlier this month, killing one passenger and injuring scores of others. Police Superintendent Colonel Arayapan Pukbuakao, of Patong’s Kathu station, said an arrest warrant had been issued for the driver, named as Yongyot ”Nuan” Jantip, […]
POLICE on Phuket are hunting the leader of an alleged gang of Chinese tourists turned thieves after he ran away from arresting officers and escaped. His three companions also fled on foot when police challenged them yesterday afternoon at their resort in Karon, police in the southern Phuket district of Chalong said today when the […]
THE ITALIAN man shot dead on Phuket last night has been named today as prominent businessman Luciano Butti, 60, by Italian website tgcom.it. From 1997 Mr Butti ran Ciao Bella, a popular restaurant on Phi Phi, and was the author of a book on the 2004 tsunami that devastated the region. Phuket police were carefully […]
