Artikel erschien Januar 2013

  • Phuket Rohingya repatriated to Myanmar

    Phuket Rohingya repatriated to Myanmar

    PHUKET: In a stunning development this morning, Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut announced that the 71

  • Krabi tourists roused by new year fire

    Krabi tourists roused by new year fire

    PHUKET: Tourists on holiday in Ao Nang, Krabi, across the bay from Phuket, were roused from their new year slumber early yesterday morning as hotel staff ordered an emergency evacuation and firefighters attempted to douse a blaze in a room full of gas cylinders.

  • Storm leaves 70 Rohingya adrift off Phuket

    Storm leaves 70 Rohingya adrift off Phuket

    PHUKET: A boat carrying about 70 Rohingya fleeing persecution in their homeland in Myanmar were taken into custody by the Thai authorities off Phuket today. Local fisherman first sighted the boat off Bon Island, off Rawai Beach at the southern end of Phuket, and reported it to Rawai Municipality. “I was told by fishermen this morning that there was a suspicious-looking boat with many people on board floating off Koh Bon, so I reported it to Chalong Police,” Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos told the Phuket Gazette.

  • Former NBT broadcaster Phuket’s first road death for the new year

    Former NBT broadcaster Phuket’s first road death for the new year

    PHUKET: A former broadcaster for the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) has become the eighth person to die on Phuket’s roads since the Seven Days of Danger national new year road-safety campaign began last Thursday. Eak Eakwewchakul, 26, died when his Toyota sedan overshot a curve and hit a power pole near the Phuket Go-Kart track in Kathu on his way to Phuket Town, Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut explained this morning.

  • Phuket 2012: Safety shaken, not stirred

    Phuket 2012: Safety shaken, not stirred

    PHUKET: The need for a quicker exit from Phuket’s nightlife capital of Patong was highlighted by the chaos on the road in the early hours of April 11, after a 7.3-magnitude, submarine earthquake, that struck off Sumatra, caused the National Disaster Warning Center to issue a

  • Phuket ushers in the New Year 2013

    Phuket ushers in the New Year 2013

    PHUKET: About 1,000 people gathered at Queen Sirikit Park in Phuket Town this morning to join a mass blessing ceremony to usher in the new year 2013. Phuket residents, officials and tourists offered alms to 145 monks as part of the festivities this morning.

  • Phuket 2012: Crimes take center stage

    Phuket 2012: Crimes take center stage

    SPECIAL REPORT PHUKET: There were many high-profile crimes on Phuket in 2012. Perhaps none horrified the audience of the world as much as killing of Australian tourist Michelle Smith, 60.

  • Phuket 2012: Feeling the pinch from growing pains

    Phuket 2012: Feeling the pinch from growing pains

    The government continues to pour money into Phuket’s infrastructure, as nothing seems to hamper the rapid growth of the island as a tourist destination. Billions of baht have been spent, but when will the results be felt? Stephen Fein reports.

  • Go Eco Phuket record-breakers win ‘Person of the Year’

    Go Eco Phuket record-breakers win ‘Person of the Year’

    PHUKET: As with our ‘Person of the Year Award’