Artikel tagged “phuket gazette”

  • One Phuket student killed, two injured in motorbike accident

    One Phuket student killed, two injured in motorbike accident

    PHUKET: One Phuket teenager died and two were seriously injured after the motorbike they were driving slammed into a pick-up truck early this morning. The three friends had left school together to pick up supplies for a scout camping trip

  • All safe after Phuket dive boat sinks off Myanmar

    All safe after Phuket dive boat sinks off Myanmar

    PHUKET: Everyone has been safely rescued from a Phuket dive boat that sank in Myanmar waters, said the Managing Director of Chalong Sea Sports, Pekka Torri. However, the cause of the fire that erupted aboard the MV Blue Star and led to its sinking has yet to be confirmed.

  • Governor eyes Phuket goat market potential [VIDEO]

    Governor eyes Phuket goat market potential [VIDEO]

    PHUKET: Goat meat and milk produced in Phuket could provide local farmers with up to a million baht in annual revenue, the governor has estimated. On Tuesday, Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut and Vice Governor Sommai Prijasilpa led officers on a tour of Akarah goat farm in Baan Pru Cham Pa in Thalang and discussed the future of the goat industry with goat farmer Akarah Thitithaworn.

  • German victim in Phuket ultralight crash believed drowned

    German victim in Phuket ultralight crash believed drowned

    PHUKET: Phuket Police believe the German man whose ultralight crashed on Wednesday (story

  • Illegal wildlife vendors netted at Phuket’s Wat Chalong Fair

    Illegal wildlife vendors netted at Phuket’s Wat Chalong Fair

    PHUKET: Wildlife preservation officers and Marine Police last night arrested three people and seized more than 300 items of jewelry made from coral and the shells of the endangered Hawksbill turtle. Tanet Munnoy, chief of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) Phuket office, led the raid at the temple grounds after his office received a tip-off from people visiting the fair (story

  • Rice farmer protest closes Phuket highway to Bangkok

    Rice farmer protest closes Phuket highway to Bangkok

    PHUKET: The main highway linking Bangkok to Phuket and the rest of Southern Thailand has been closed by rice farmers protesting the government’s failure to pay for rice produced and delivered under the controversial rice-pledging scheme. The blockade is in effect on Petchkasem Road in Ratchaburi, about 100km west of Bangkok.

  • Phuket’s X-Terminal to be tested by Russians, Chinese

    Phuket’s X-Terminal to be tested by Russians, Chinese

    PHUKET: Phuket’s X-Terminal officially opened yesterday and will begin serving the island’s two largest source markets on Wednesday. “The first two weeks are trial weeks for the terminal.

  • Officer accused of trafficking Rohingya to be investigated by PACC

    Officer accused of trafficking Rohingya to be investigated by PACC

    PHUKET: The Public-sector Anti Corruption Commission (PACC) Region 8 is awaiting final approval from Bangkok to start an investigation into a Phang Nga police officer accused of trafficking Rohingya women over eight months ago. The charges against the officer, Sen Sgt Maj Weerayuth Feuangfu, stem from the case of a Rohingya woman who reported that she was repeatedly raped after being smuggled out of a refugee shelter in Phang Nga on May 27 (story

  • Aussie bar owner takes deadly tumble down Phuket stairs

    Aussie bar owner takes deadly tumble down Phuket stairs

    PHUKET: A 47-year-old Australian expat fell down a flight of stairs to his death yesterday after a night spent at his bar in Phuket. Adin Medzic had allegedly been drinking at his bar in the OTOP Market in Patong since 7pm Wednesday. He and his Thai partner, Fon Somwong, left together after the bar closed, Maj Weerapong Raktito of the Patong Police told the Phuket Gazette.

  • Phuket’s ‘Nine Heroes’ land at Victory Field

    Phuket’s ‘Nine Heroes’ land at Victory Field

    PHUKET: The long-awaited nine bronze statues of important figures in Phuket’s history arrived on the island yesterday and were officially installed at Thalang Victory Memorial Field this morning. Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut led a blessing ceremony at Saphan Hin yesterday evening to welcome the Nine Heroes. “These historical figures will serve to remind all Phuket people of their brave ancestors who defended the island from Burmese invaders,” he said.