Artikel tagged “Phuket”

  • Phuket sea turtle on the hook – saved

    Phuket sea turtle on the hook – saved

    PHUKET: The Phuket office of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) rescued an Olive Ridley sea turtle with a large fishing hook penetrating one of its flippers yesterday. “A fisherman near Lone Island notified us that there was an injured sea turtle that needed our help, as it had been pierced by a fishhook,” Phuket DMCR chief Thanate Mannoi told the Phuket Gazette. DMCR officers took a boat to the area, and after locating the turtle were able to transfer it to the DMCR’s Endangered Species Unit at Cape Panwa.

  • Thailand’s Human Rights Commission silent on Rohingya shootings

    Thailand’s Human Rights Commission silent on Rohingya shootings

    PHUKET: Thailand’s Human Rights Commission (HRC) yesterday told the Phuket Gazette they were “unable to report” on their own investigation into reports of Royal Thai Navy sailors opening fire on a boatload of Rohingya, allegedly killing at least two of the refugees, in February.

  • Woman rescued two hours after fall from Phuket bridge

    Woman rescued two hours after fall from Phuket bridge

    PHUKET: A 43-year-old woman was rescued from the fast-flowing water in the channel separating Phuket from the mainland two hours after she was seen standing at the railing of Thao Thepkrasattri Bridge. Rescue workers and Tah Chat Chai Police rushed to the scene soon after 10pm, when villagers reported seeing a woman stop her car halfway across Thao Thepkrasattri Bridge (map

  • Call for A- blood after Brit expat suffers motorbike crash head injury

    Call for A- blood after Brit expat suffers motorbike crash head injury

    PHUKET: The Phuket blood bank at Vachira Phuket Hospital is calling for donations of A- blood following an operation on British national Marc Harrington yesterday.

  • Phuket beauty salon owner overwhelmed by debt, found dead

    Phuket beauty salon owner overwhelmed by debt, found dead

    PHUKET: The 28-year-old owner of a Phuket beauty salon is believed to have committed suicide due to the stress of overwhelming debt. Local residents spotted the body of Dussadee Ngoy-phutorn, from Sakon Nakhon, in a lagoon behind Phuket Rajabhat University (map

  • Cat alerts home owner to 5-meter python house call

    Cat alerts home owner to 5-meter python house call

    PHUKET: A woman was alerted to the presence of a giant snake in the carport of her home in Phuket Town yesterday by her cat.

  • Foul play not suspected in death of Microsoft engineer at Phuket villa

    Foul play not suspected in death of Microsoft engineer at Phuket villa

    PHUKET: Phuket Police see no reason to open a murder investigation in the case of a former Microsoft engineer found dead at his villa at Ao Makham last week (story

  • Phuket health officials brace for MERS

    Phuket health officials brace for MERS

    Special Report MIDDLE East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was first identified in Saudi Arabia in September last year.

  • American surfer dies in Phuket

    American surfer dies in Phuket

    PHUKET: A 60-year-old American surfing on Phuket’s popular break at Kata Beach died after falling from his board into the water.

  • Phuket Opinion: Shooting for Island Justice

    Phuket Opinion: Shooting for Island Justice

    PHUKET: The failure of police to bring to justice the man who shot and killed 21-year-old Ekkasit Sangangam in the heart of Phuket Town in early May last year will come as little surprise to veteran observers of Thailand’s criminal justice system. A low-ranking officer assigned to the Patong Police was arrested and charged within minutes of the shooting, which took place on Phuket Town’s infamous Phun Phol Soi 11 (story