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  • Envoy warns of EU advisory against tourists using Phuket tuk-tuks

    Envoy warns of EU advisory against tourists using Phuket tuk-tuks

    PHUKET: The continued failure of local authorities to address problems of tuk-tuk drivers with foreign tourists could force European Union (EU) member states to issue a joint travel advisory warning against using tuk-tuks while in Phuket, the Austrian Ambassador to Thailand has warned. Austrian Ambassador to Thailand Johannes Peterlik issued the warning to local officials during the third meeting between honorary consuls and Phuket officials at Phuket Provincial Hall on Wednesday. Dr Johannes, who grew up in Thailand from 1976 to 1981 and has served as ambassador to the country for two years, said he and fellow EU diplomats in Bangkok had been monitoring the situation closely, but had seen little progress.

  • Aussie embassy bolsters bilateral ties with Phuket students

    Aussie embassy bolsters bilateral ties with Phuket students

    PHUKET: An official from the Australian Embassy in Bangkok joined pupils at a Phuket Town school today for a teleconference with high-school students in Australia. Simon Farbenbloom, deputy head of mission at the Australian Embassy of Thailand, explained that the call was made to discuss an ongoing environmental sustainability project between the Srinagarindra, The Princess Mother School Phuket (SWPK, or „Chalermprakiat School“), in Saphan Hin, and Billanook College in Melbourne, Australia. …

  • Gunfire silences Phuket construction clamor, says Swede

    Gunfire silences Phuket construction clamor, says Swede

    PHUKET: A Phuket estate manager terrified a team of Thai workers when he fired warning shots over their heads in an effort to get them to stop making noise yesterday morning, says the construction teams foreman. Swede Mike Hjort and Songkhla native Waleeporn Chinpised, both 41, appeared at Phuket City Police Station to file a complaint against Seree Duangsuwan.

  • German victim of Phuket mob bashing out of coma

    German victim of Phuket mob bashing out of coma

    PHUKET: German national Kurt Trotnow, who is in intensive care after being beaten by a mob in Patong, is conscious but still on a respirator. Kurt is conscious now but still cannot talk because he is on a respirator. When he wakes up, I talk with him and he looks at me

  • Phuket Town calls for heavy metals

    Phuket Town calls for heavy metals

    PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality in conjunction with the Pollution Control Department, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is calling for people to donate all old items containing heavy metals.

  • FIVB Beach Volleyball returns to Phuket  for now

    FIVB Beach Volleyball returns to Phuket for now

    PHUKET: The 6th Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is set to make Karon Beach its stage again this year, starting November 1, despite the possibility of the event moving elsewhere in the future due to a lack of funding from Phuket, organizers say. The Phuket Thailand Open, which is a womens tournament, has been growing in popularity and scope, with tourists filling the stands and inter-school and inter-hotel satellite competitions running in conjunction.

  • Phuket Police nab teenage murder gang

    Phuket Police nab teenage murder gang

    PHUKET: Phuket Police took just a few hours to track down and arrest three teenagers wanted for the … Full story

  • Tuk-tuks, jet-skis top complaints by Aussie tourists in Phuket

    Tuk-tuks, jet-skis top complaints by Aussie tourists in Phuket

    PHUKET: Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha yesterday received more bad news about the state of Phukets tourism industry as the Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Bangkok told him that complaints about tuk-tuk drivers and jet-ski scams topped the embassys list of complaints filed by Aussie tourists in Phuket. I personally havent heard any complaints, but I do read people commenting on websites There are a lot of different comments about tricky jet-skis and tuk-tuk fares, said Deputy Head of Mission Simon Farbenbloom

  • Two homosexuals found dead in as many days

    Two homosexuals found dead in as many days

    PHUKET: Phuket City Police this morning announced the results of their investigation into the strangling murder of a Patong resort worker whose body was discovered at his home in Wichit last night. The body of the late Yusop Wattanarot, age 35, was discovered by friends who went to visit him at 7:30pm yesterday. Sathien Chartsuksiridej, a close friend of the deceased, said he went to visit Mr Yusop in his home in Wichit Village 5 after he failed to return phone calls.

  • Phuket consuls let loose over German bashing

    Phuket consuls let loose over German bashing

    PHUKET: The quarterly meeting between Phukets honorary consuls and local officials held at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday placed tuk-tuk drivers conduct squarely in the spotlight. The meeting became the forum for the strongest comments yet by the Phuket-based honorary consuls, who urged Phuket Provincial Police Commander Pekad Tantipong to take action and bring to justice tuk-tuk and taxi drivers who assault foreign tourists. Days ago a German national [ …