Artikel tagged “Phuket Magazine News”

  • Phuket Immigration vows strictness on retirement visa requirements

    Phuket Immigration vows strictness on retirement visa requirements

    PHUKET: Phuket Immigration has vowed to become stricter in its enforcement of retirement visas for married couples by upholding a law that came into effect in November 2008. The law states that foreign retired couples must each show evidence of 800,000 baht in their bank accounts in order to apply for or renew retirement visas, Phuket Immigration Inspector Napat Nusen confirmed for the Phuket Gazette yesterday. “This regulation has actually been in effect since November 2008, but has sometimes been misinterpreted by applicants and by our staff,” Lt Col Napat said.

  • Phuket Police tracking Vietnamese ATM thieves

    Phuket Police tracking Vietnamese ATM thieves

    PHUKET: Police have been issued arrest warrants for a pair of Vietnamese ATM thieves who are believed to have fled to their home country after making off with 1.6 million baht from a Phuket ATM last month. Nguyen Thanh Quang, 25, and Tran Dang Hoa, 26, are wanted for robbing the ATM at the entrance to Boat Lagoon on November 7 (story

  • Phuket beach community honors His Majesty

    Phuket beach community honors His Majesty

    PHUKET: Hundreds of locals from Phuket’s Cherng Talay beach community turned out in force on Saturday to join a cycling and beach cleanup event to celebrate the 86th birthday of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej on December 5. Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut officiated the opening of the event, organized by the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organization (OrBorTor), before leading the merit-making ceremony to honor His Majesty

  • Kamala Police net meth dealers in hotel sting

    Kamala Police net meth dealers in hotel sting

    PHUKET: Plainclothes police arrested two ya ice (crystal methamphetamine) dealers in a sting operation at a Phuket guesthouse on Wednesday night, seizing a total of 1.6 grams of the drug. Lt Suchart Chumphusaeng led four other officers of the Kamala Police in the raid at Popeye’s Place guesthouse, near Phuket FantaSea, where plainclothes officers had arranged to buy 1.

  • Victim’s sister laments 25-year sentence for Aldhouse Phuket murder

    Victim’s sister laments 25-year sentence for Aldhouse Phuket murder

    PHUKET: The sister of American Marine Dashawn Longfellow today lamented the 25-year jail term handed down to her brother’s killer, British national Lee Aldhouse, saying that the sentence was not long enough.

  • Phuket Provincial Hall silent after anti-government protests

    Phuket Provincial Hall silent after anti-government protests

    PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Hall has bowed to the peaceful demands of thousands anti-government of protesters yesterday, and has shut down its operations.

  • Phuket provincial government shut down in anti-Yingluck protests

    Phuket provincial government shut down in anti-Yingluck protests

    PHUKET: Thousands of Phuket residents stormed Phuket Provincial Hall this morning, forcing the provincial government to shut down in protest of “Thaksinocracy” and the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra administration. “Phuket residents came here without being called on, which shows that they truly don’t want this government any more,” said former Rassada Mayor Suratin Liangudom. “We have prepared a bouquet of flowers to give to Governor Maitri Inthusut.

  • Slashed woman dies after Phuket hotel fall, roommate found dead

    Slashed woman dies after Phuket hotel fall, roommate found dead

    PHUKET: A Chinese tourist has died after falling from the second-floor balcony of a Phuket Town hotel this morning while bleeding heavily from deep lacerations.

  • Six protesters injured in bus crash home, recovering in Phuket

    Six protesters injured in bus crash home, recovering in Phuket

    PHUKET: Six of the Phuket protesters injured in a bus crash on Saturday, while en route to anti-government rallies in Bangkok, were transferred to Phuket hospitals last night. “They were transferred from hospitals in Surat Thani and arrived in Phuket at about 9pm,” protest co-ordinator Amnuay Kumban told the Phuket Gazette.

  • Phuket Opinion: Being connected helps save lives

    Phuket Opinion: Being connected helps save lives

    PHUKET: We offer our sincerest condolences to the families of the many victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines last week, and commend the multiple relief efforts still underway here in Phuket to help residents on the islands of Samar and Leyte, the most badly affected areas. Among those who deserve praise are some familiar names, such as Phuket’s Rotary Clubs, along with the island’s Filipino community and the people behind the special benefit show by Black Eyed Peas rapper “apl.de.