Artikel tagged “Phuket Magazine”

  • Phuket Opinion: Russian cold warms memories of Phuket

    Phuket Opinion: Russian cold warms memories of Phuket

    PHUKET: With all the recent talk about the influx of Russian tourists and expats to our island, I jumped at the chance to attend a Phuket Gazette exhibition in Moscow and see how the other half lives, as it were. Moscow, like any other large European city, has a wealth of grand historic architecture, museums, galleries and cultural attractions – not to mention fantastic public transport, which Phuket can only dream of having. And Moscow certainly has its share – the majestic Saint Basil’s Cathedral, the rich history of the Kremlin and the refined elegance of the renowned Bolshoi Theater.

  • British tourist alleges attacker in hotel room before balcony fall

    British tourist alleges attacker in hotel room before balcony fall

    PHUKET: Police are waiting for the results of a toxicology report for British tourist Romany Mitchell after she told them her drink in Phuket was spiked.

  • Weather dampens spirits, search for missing Singaporean tourist continues

    Weather dampens spirits, search for missing Singaporean tourist continues

    PHUKET: The search resumed today for missing tourist Gao Yang, who slipped from the rocks at Phuket’s Promthep Cape late yesterday afternoon. “We resumed our search this morning,” said Phuket Marine Police Inspector Chatchai Sakdee

  • Illegal loggers arrested in Phuket, one suspect armed

    Illegal loggers arrested in Phuket, one suspect armed

    PHUKET: The battle against illegal loggers in Phuket continued this week as Thung Thong Police arrested six suspects for the illegal possession of more than 50 kilograms of eaglewood with a street value of more than 300,000 baht. One of the men was found with an illegal .45 handgun, fully loaded, under his pillow.

  • British tourist drowns after Phuket weather warning issued

    British tourist drowns after Phuket weather warning issued

    PHUKET: A British tourist drowned at Karon Beach yesterday afternoon, hours after a heavy weather warning was issued for Phuket and other areas along the Andaman coast. Police named the victim as Edward Joseph Brookes, 63, from England.

  • Singaporean tourist missing after fall from iconic Phuket cape

    Singaporean tourist missing after fall from iconic Phuket cape

    PHUKET: A search-and-rescue operation was launched late this afternoon after a Singaporean tourist slipped from the rocks at Phuket’s iconic Promthep Cape and plunged into the waves below. Officers at the Phuket Tourist Rescue Center were notified of the incident at 5:40pm.

  • Phuket Governor inspects Patong ahead of tuk-tuk clearout

    Phuket Governor inspects Patong ahead of tuk-tuk clearout

    PHUKET: Ahead of the December 31 deadline to clear parking spaces along the Patong beach road for tourists, Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusust yesterday inspected the sites where tuk-tuks will no longer be permitted to park after December 31. “The project [story

  • Alcohol a factor in fatal head-on collision, police say

    Alcohol a factor in fatal head-on collision, police say

    PHUKET: Police suspect that alcohol played a critical role in the death of a 27-year-old woman who was in a head-on accident near the Thung Thong Police checkpoint early Saturday morning. Kamontip Seangkuenun was found dead at the scene – the divided road near the entrance to Soi Bangthong (map

  • Phuket Police arrest American fitness instructor for child sex assault

    Phuket Police arrest American fitness instructor for child sex assault

    PHUKET: Police arrested an American man wanted for the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Houston, Texas, earlier this year. Fitness instructor Forrest Wayne, 41, was taken into custody in Patong one day after the Phuket authorities received a notice from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). “On Saturday night, we received a notification from the FBI to search for Mr Wayne,” said Lt Col Somsak Tongkliang of the Patong Police.

  • Special Report: The ongoing battle for a place to call home

    Special Report: The ongoing battle for a place to call home

    Special Report: A poor community of less than 500 people who mostly make a living from picking through the trash at Saphan Hin have made a plea to the Phuket Governor for help in expediting their claim to live in a protected mangrove forest on the outskirts of Phuket Town. Will the villagers finally get a place to call home?