Artikel tagged “phuket gazette”

  • Phuket students in mass rally against amnesty bill

    Phuket students in mass rally against amnesty bill

    PHUKET: Hundreds of whistle-blowing students streamed through Phuket Town last night on their way to Phuket Provincial Hall to protest the amnesty bill.

  • In wake of Pattaya ferry disaster, top brass stages safety tour in Phuket

    In wake of Pattaya ferry disaster, top brass stages safety tour in Phuket

    PHUKET: Police Region 8 Commander Panya Mamen yesterday morning led a team of officers on a safety inspection of passenger vessels at Rassada Pier, a major jump-off point for tourists boarding ferries and tour boats to islands in Phang Nga Bay and along the Andaman coast. The safety blitz followed a heavily overloaded ferry from Pattaya capsizing off Koh Lan, in the Gulf of Thailand, two days ago, leaving six tourists dead and at least 26 injured (story

  • UK backs cross-cultural negotiation education for Phuket government officials

    UK backs cross-cultural negotiation education for Phuket government officials

    PHUKET: High-ranking local government officers in Phuket will start an English language and cross-cultural negotiation course this month as part of the ongoing cooperation between the United Kingdom and Thailand, said British Ambassador to Thailand Mark Kent. The announcement of the course came after a closed-door meeting between Amb Kent and Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut yesterday afternoon.

  • Russian found dead in Phuket resort pool

    Russian found dead in Phuket resort pool

    PHUKET: A 38-year-old Russian man was found dead in a Phuket resort swimming pool early this morning. Royal Crown Hotel & Palm Spa Resort staffers informed Patong police of the death at 4:30am.

  • Phuket officers push LINE for drug crime clues

    Phuket officers push LINE for drug crime clues

    PHUKET: A popular social networking application that was recently used to locate a missing man with Alzheimer’s disease (story

  • Phuket woman transfers over 2 million baht to alleged Facebook scammer

    Phuket woman transfers over 2 million baht to alleged Facebook scammer

    PHUKET: A woman believed by police to be entangled in an intricate Facebook scam transferred 2 million baht into a Thanachart Bank account and 48,000 baht into a Bangkok Bank account based in Phuket. The 53-year-old woman, named only as “Ms A” by police, filed a complaint to Wichit Police yesterday after being asked to transfer an additional 2.3 million baht to a bank account in order to allegedly pay off Malaysian Customs and “international police”.

  • Social network app helps finds missing Alzheimer’s patient

    Social network app helps finds missing Alzheimer’s patient

    PHUKET: A man with Alzheimer’s disease who went missing last Saturday was located on Sunday, within hours of police posting a notice on a popular social network site. Benjawan Moonket reported her 60-year-old father, Muang Moonket, missing to Thalang Police at about 5pm on Sunday (story

  • USA’s Kessy joins up with Sweat to top Pool G at Phuket Open

    USA’s Kessy joins up with Sweat to top Pool G at Phuket Open

    PHUKET: USA’s Jennifer Kessy and Brooke Sweat top Pool G after securing two wins on the first day of pool play at the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Phuket Open yesterday. The penultimate Open of the year is back in Thailand for its eighth consecutive year, taking place from October 28 to November 3

  • Phuket Opinion: Warding off bad luck with a smile

    Phuket Opinion: Warding off bad luck with a smile

    PHUKET: Scams, robberies, thieves, taxi mafia… this place is evil, one might think.

  • Phuket Police searching for karaoke assault gang

    Phuket Police searching for karaoke assault gang

    PHUKET: Police are on the lookout for a gang of youths wanted for a vicious attack on two men outside a karaoke bar in Thalang early yesterday morning. Officers were called to the scene, an unnamed karaoke bar in Soi Ta Mhen, Muang Mai, at 3am. “When we arrived we found Wicharn Mueanprasart, 34, with a knife wound to his forehead,” said Capt Narong Muangdoung of the Thalang Police.