For days now officials in Japan have been giving citizens potassium iodide tablets with hopes of preventing thyroid cancer from exposure to radiation from damaged nuclear power plants. Now, Thai authorities announced they will give citizens traveling to Japan, iodide tablets starting Thursday. Pills will be given free to travelers flying to Tokyo from airports […]
A SWEDISH man accused of stealing 85 mobile phones claims he found them in a box in Phuket carpark and denies he is a thief. Identified at first only as ”Mr John,” the man was arrested after Patong police traced one of the telephones, missing since March 3, to Pawaret Deesamer, 34. Khun Pawaret said […]
WORD ON JAPAN TSUNAMI: Phuket and Thailand are not listed as being at risk from a tsunami in the latest tsunami warning issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center about 30 minutes ago. The “Widespread Tsunami Warning” was issued to government authorities across the region following the massive earthquake, and confirmation that ‘destructive waves’ had […]
PHUKET police are pursuing the road-weary driver of a tour bus that crashed on Patong Hill today, killing one man and injuring 41 other passengers, three of them seriously. Twenty-nine-year-old Nuan was the only driver on a 1300 kilometre four-day, five night round trip from Phuket to the north of Thailand – and he overturned […]
AN ALLEGED Patong drug dealer who fired a shot as he fled Phuket police at the weekend later surrendered and is likely to be charged with attempting to kill an officer, police said today. Police were closing in to surround Patsaworn ”Mo” Tubtimtong, 23, at a house in Kathu when a woman opened the door […]
It’s taken 3 years with lots of accusations thrown about resulting in hurt feelings all around but CAT has now approved DTAC’s request to go live with a commercial 3G service. Up until now, DTAC has been conducting limited 3G “testing” at 36 approved sites while AIS and True Move had already received approval from […]
THAI prosecutors are expecting accused Phuket murderer Lee Aldhouse to appear in court for extradition proceedings in Britain later today. But the Attorney General’s Department in Bangkok expects as many delaying options as possible to be taken by Aldhouse’s lawyers as they try to prevent his return to Phuket for trial for the stabbing murder […]
TWO AUSTRALIANS are being treated in hospital for knife wounds after tuk-tuk thugs set upon a group of tourists on Phuket early today. Phuket is a popular holiday destination for Australians – direct flights on Strategic from Melbourne and Brisbane began just this week – but the gang knifing is likely to bring to a […]
