PHUKET: In the past couple of week, three of my friends in Phuket – all of whom are reasonably savvy with their investments – have asked me about Bitcoin.
PHUKET: It was briefly thought they had snared the Phuket gold shop killer (story
PHUKET: Eight passengers received minor injuries when a bus heading from Phuket to Trang ran off the road and overturned in Krabi on Sunday. The accident occurred at about 2pm, Lt Panom Parnmart of Ao Luek Police told the Phuket Gazette. “Rescue workers rushed to the scene to find the bus on its roof in a roadside ditch about two meters deep.
PHUKET: The two survivors of a lethal shootout at an apartment near Phuket Town last month have both refused to give police statements describing the events that led to the fatal gunfight. Sen Sgt Maj Pinchai Piyadilok of the Phuket Tourist Police remains at the Prince of Songkla University Hospital in Haad Yai, where he is recovering from gunshot wounds to the stomach and right leg, which resulted in his leg being amputated (story
PHUKET: Tourist Police have arrested two French nationals and a Tunisian man for operating an ATM card fraud scam in Phuket. The foreigners – named by police as French nationals Mahamond Mhoussin, 22, and Zaidi Ganzouai, 29, and Tunisian national Ramzi Adjemi, 31 – were presented to the press at the Phuket Tourist Police headquarters in Phuket Town this morning. “Tourist Police yesterday received a tip-off of an ATM scam gang operating in Phuket.
PHUKET: Many places on this planet, including Phuket, are going through one of the driest spells of the last decade. My home state of Colorado is no exception
PHUKET: The nationwide Seven Days of Danger road-safety campaign for the Songkran holidays came into effect in Phuket at midnight last night. As of 5:30pm today, Phuket had yet to record its first fatality for the period, which is notorious for the number of deaths and injuries on Thailand’s roads as millions of people make the journey home to celebrate Thai new year. Highway Police have set up rest stops across the island where motorists can refresh before continuing their journey, Phuket Provincial Police Commander Choti Chavalviwat announced at the Highway Police stop on Thepkasattri Road at Muang Mai, Thalang.
PHUKET: Following a Russian boy about 9 years old almost drowning at Nai Harn lagoon yesterday, the chief lifeguard at the popular Nai Harn Beach (map
PHUKET: Over the years we’ve had a lot of ups and downs with the Phuket Internet Speed reporting site,
PHUKET: The proposal by the chief of the Phuket Marine Office to launch a “sea taxi” to ferry passengers between Patong and Phuket International Airport deserves credit for innovation, but appears somewhat impractical. There can be no doubt that visiting tourists need – and fully deserve – better public transport options between Phuket Airport and west coast resort destinations. The fact that Phuket Town enjoys not only an Airport Bus service but also the Po Thong “pink bus” service, is just one reflection of a sad reality: Phuket’s resort areas have developed a reputation among tourists – both foreign and domestic – for being mafia-controlled, rip-off destinations.