Artikel tagged “Phuket Magazine”

  • Post Office continues to deliver illegal drugs to Phuket

    Post Office continues to deliver illegal drugs to Phuket

    PHUKET: Illegal drugs are continuing to be delivered by the Thai Postal Service, despite concern being raised nationally early last month, said the Thalang District Chief last week. The confirmation came on Saturday morning as officers arrested Siriphop Jaitrong, 35, as he was picking up 5.4 kilograms of kratom leaves from the Pa Khlok Post Office.

  • Gunman shoots one at crowded Chinese ceremony in Phuket

    Gunman shoots one at crowded Chinese ceremony in Phuket

    PHUKET: Police are hunting a gunman who shot a man during a crowded ceremony in front of the Guan Yu shrine in Chalong last night. Rescue workers and police arrived at the scene to find Teearapon Ponsamak, 24, crying in pain from a gunshot wound to his abdomen.

  • Severe flooding at Samkong intersection

    Severe flooding at Samkong intersection

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  • Food still on table as armed drug dealer gives police the slip

    Food still on table as armed drug dealer gives police the slip

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  • New taxi queues announced for Phuket

    New taxi queues announced for Phuket

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  • No tsunami alert issued in Phuket after 6.5 magnitude earthquake off Nicobar Islands

    No tsunami alert issued in Phuket after 6.5 magnitude earthquake off Nicobar Islands

    PHUKET: Phuket Officials have confirmed that the 6.5 magnitude earthquake north of Aceh, Sumatra will not result in a tsunami or effect Thailand. Safety concerns were raised earlier today on the popular Facebook page Phuket New Era Expats after Reuters reported the US Geological Survey data of the initial quake, which was at a depth of about 10 kilometers about 110km southeast of Misha, Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean.

  • Phuket officials lay into landslide concerns caused by Big Buddha construction

    Phuket officials lay into landslide concerns caused by Big Buddha construction

    PHUKET: Landslide risks and water management concerns caused by the construction of Phuket’s Big Buddha image were on the table yesterday as officials met for the first time since work at the site slammed to a halt last month. Construction at the popular tourist attraction was put on hold after villagers filed a complaint and prompted an inspection of the site that revealed several violations and potential landslide hazards (story

  • Tourism Minister targets Phuket’s stolen passport trade

    Tourism Minister targets Phuket’s stolen passport trade

    PHUKET: Recent news of the stolen passports trade in Phuket and the recently found Russian kidnap victim prompted a visit from Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister to the island yesterday to meet with officials and get to the bottom of the issues. “I came to Phuket to follow up on the cases concerning the stolen passports used to board missing Flight MH370 and the Russians that were reported kidnapped,” said Tourism and Sports Minister Somsak Pureesrisak.

  • Phuket police connect two local expats to Russian missing persons case

    Phuket police connect two local expats to Russian missing persons case

    PHUKET: Police have identified the two Caucasian men who were seen with “missing” Russian woman Iana Strizheus, found injured and in shock in a hotel room on Sunday. “We are searching for the two men, who work in Phuket. At this time, we can’t reveal their names without jeopardizing the case,” Phuket’s top cop Ong-art Phiwruangnont said at a press conference last night.

  • Letter from the Phuket Governor: Creating unity in a time of discord

    Letter from the Phuket Governor: Creating unity in a time of discord

    Maitri Inthusut arrived on the island to take up the position of Governor of Phuket in October 2012. With a master’s degree in political science from Thammasat University, he joined the National Security Council, rising to the position of NSC Secretary-General, before taking up the position of Chief Secretary for Secretariat of the Cabinet. He has also served as Governor of the provinces of Trang and Phayao.