Artikel tagged “Phuket News”

  • Tiger fire ‘sounded like a bomb’, report staff

    Tiger fire ‘sounded like a bomb’, report staff

    PHUKET: Staff at the Tiger Discotheque in Patong initially thought the sound of an exploding transformer was a bomb, which caused people to panic and stampede towards the door when

  • Two survive as car plows into Phuket power pole

    Two survive as car plows into Phuket power pole

    PHUKET: Two men lucky to be alive are recovering at Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town after the car they were travelling in slammed into a power pole in Cherng Talay about midnight last night. Arriving at the scene, on Pasak-Koktanod Road, police and Phuket Kusoldharm Rescue Foundation rescue workers found a white Toyota Vios with extensive damage to its front end caused by a high-speed impact with a concrete utility post. Two casualties were pulled from the wreck: Somboon Khonthai, 27, from Cherng Talay, who suffered minor injuries; and another man who suffered severe facial and head injuries.

  • Damrong leads National Park raids on Phuket resorts

    Damrong leads National Park raids on Phuket resorts

    PHUKET: National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department (DNP) Director-General Damrong Phidet yesterday led raids on 10 resorts alleged to have encroached on National Park land on Phuket’s west coast. The raids started in the afternoon with Mr Damrong leading 10 teams of investigators brought in from 10 different offices of the Royal Forest Department (RFD) from across Thailand.

  • Two-day booze ban in effect in Phuket from tomorrow

    Two-day booze ban in effect in Phuket from tomorrow

    PHUKET: Retail sales of alcohol will banned in Phuket tomorrow and Friday, when Buddhists will celebrate Asarnha Bucha Day and Khao Pansa Day, the start of Buddhist Lent. Provincial Police Deputy Commander Peerayut Karajedee confirmed to the Phuket Gazette today that alcohol sales will be banned on both days under the Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverage Sales Act of 2009

  • Phuket News: Big Buddha Projekt auf Phuket

    Phuket News: Big Buddha Projekt auf Phuket wird verlängert Untersuchung Eine interne Untersuchung durch das Royal Forestry Department Community Forestry Management Bureau hat keinerlei Unregelmässigkeiten bei dem Phuket Big Buddha Projekt gefunden. Die Untersuchung war nach einer Flut von Beschwerden ins Leben gerufen worden. Damit beauftragt war Phukets Vizegouverneur Somkiet Sangkaosutthirak. Die Beschwerden wurden nun […]

  • Bone fragment of Lord Buddha installed at Phuket temple

    Bone fragment of Lord Buddha installed at Phuket temple

    PHUKET: A bone-fragment relic of Lord Buddha was respectfully installed at Chedi Dok Bua Kaew “Crystal Lotus Pagoda” in Nakaram Temple, Wichit, during a ceremony on Friday. The ceremony was led by Phra Thepsitthimunee, Deputy Monk Dean of Region 16 from Dusidaram Warrawiharn Temple in Bangkok, along with 108 Buddhist monks from the greater Phuket area.

  • British Ambassador calls for ‘safety first’ when travelling

    British Ambassador calls for ‘safety first’ when travelling

    PHUKET: British Ambassador to Thailand Asif Ahamd has repeated his call for UK nationals to exercise caution when travelling to Thailand and to make sure they have adequate insurance coverage when they do visit.

  • Phuket Architect & Engineering Exhibition 2012 underway

    Phuket Architect & Engineering Exhibition 2012 underway

    PHUKET: Good news for the island’s builders, designers and property owners: the Architect & Engineering Exhibition 2012 is now underway on the second floor of the Royal Phuket City Hotel. The event runs daily from 11am to 8pm though Sunday, featuring a number of exhibitions and booths showcasing products from more than 100 manufactures and importers.

  • Phang Nga man crushed in Phuket crane accident

    Phang Nga man crushed in Phuket crane accident

    PHUKET: The operator of a pile-driving crane was crushed to death when the machine fell off its trailer in Phuket this morning. Thalang Police were notified of the accident in front of the Thalang National Museum in Srisoonthorn at 9:25am today

  • Canadian, 81, injured in Phuket car crash

    Canadian, 81, injured in Phuket car crash

    PHUKET: An 81-year-old Canadian man who sustained head injuries in a two-vehicle collision on Thepkrasattri Road in Phuket yesterday evening is now calling for speed limits to be posted in built up areas. Thalang Police at 6pm were notified of an accident at the notorious u-turn in front of the Provincial Electric Authority substation in Baan Lipon, Srisoonthorn subdistrict, yesterday.