Artikel tagged “Phuket”

  • Heavy rain prompts flood, landslide warning

    Heavy rain prompts flood, landslide warning

    PHUKET: The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued its sixth official warning in 36 hours for flash flooding, forest run-off and landslides in Phang Nga, Krabi and Trang – but has yet to issue a warning for Phuket. Likewise, the Phuket Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) confirmed to the Phuket Gazette this afternoon that no flash flood or landslide warnings had been issued for the island. However, a meteorologist at the Southern Meteorological Center, warned, “Although Phuket was not included in the initial report, I would advise people on the island to prepare for the affects of heavy rain, such as landslides and flooding.

  • Off-duty cop accused of Phuket shooting kicked off police force

    Off-duty cop accused of Phuket shooting kicked off police force

    PHUKET: The off-duty police officer accused of

  • On-board CCTV snaps Phi Phi ‘iPirates’ stealing tourist laptop

    On-board CCTV snaps Phi Phi ‘iPirates’ stealing tourist laptop

    PHUKET: Two ferry crewmen were arrested and charged yesterday after CCTV evidence showed the pair stealing a laptop computer from a tourist travelling on their boat. The victim, 31-year-old Australian national Evan Russell Darnley-Pentes, was returning with a friend from Phi Phi Island on Sunday when the theft occurred.

  • Phuket Governor to retire September 30, but replacement yet to be named

    Phuket Governor to retire September 30, but replacement yet to be named

    PHUKET: Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha is set to retire from civil service on September 30, just 19 days away, but his replacement has yet to be named, the Phuket Gazette has learned.

  • Central Festival Phuket set to expand to east, not south

    Central Festival Phuket set to expand to east, not south

    PHUKET: The rumor that Central Festival Phuket is intending to expand onto 30 rai of land that is currently home to the Thainaan Restaurant on Wichit Songkhram Road has been dismissed by a company spokesman. Speaking to the Phuket Gazette, Lertwit Bhumipitak, the business development Deputy Managing Director for Central Retail Cooperation Co Ltd, said that the company had no plans to expand south into the Thainaan Restaurant area at this time. Instead, Central Retail Cooperation’s current plan involves expanding eastwards across Chalermprakiat Road (the bypass road) into the area currently housing the HomeWorks complex.

  • Death of German woman ’natural‘, say Phuket Police

    Death of German woman ’natural‘, say Phuket Police

    PHUKET: Police do not suspect foul play in the death of a foreign woman found dead in her Phuket villa yesterday morning.

  • Phuket park raids prompt villagers‘ plea to keep road, power supply

    Phuket park raids prompt villagers‘ plea to keep road, power supply

    PHUKET: A community of farmers living on a road leading into Sirinath Marine National Park, on Phuket’s west coast, have appealed for the road and power supply to their village not be cut off following a police complaint being filed against a nearby villa project for encroaching on national park land. In making the plea, Jaroon Boonchu presented to Sirinath Park chief Cheewapap Cheewatham a petition signed by 20 heads of families living in Baan

  • Phuket hacks back drug ‘growers’ in Thalang

    Phuket hacks back drug ‘growers’ in Thalang

    PHUKET: Thalang police and district officers hacked open a path for progress in the war on drugs in Phuket by cutting down more than 60 kratom trees in Srisoonthorn yesterday. Despite the trees being native to Southeast Asia, their leaves have been designated a controlled substance, in the same category as cannabis, since promulgation of the Kratom Act in 1943. The law made planting the trees illegal and ordered all existing trees cut down.

  • Booze and ballots don’t mix: Phuket poll

    Booze and ballots don’t mix: Phuket poll

    PHUKET: A majority of Phuket Gazette readers think the election-weekend alcohol bans should remain in place despite their cost to the local economy, the results of our online readers’ poll reveal. A total of 1,599 readers took part in the two-week survey, which was timed to span consecutive weekend alcohol bans: the first an island-wide ban for the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization council seat election on August 26; the second, yesterday’s polling for seats on the Patong City Council.

  • Gov orders crackdown on firecrackers, food prices for Vegetarian Festival

    Gov orders crackdown on firecrackers, food prices for Vegetarian Festival

    PHUKET: Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha has expressed his concern over the overzealous use of firecrackers and the skyrocketing prices of vegetables during the upcoming Phuket Vegetarian Festival, this year to be held from October 15-23. The news came at a meeting between Governor Tri and other senior officials and the Phuket Vegetarian Festival committee at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday. Among those present at the meeting were Phuket Culture Office Chief Thawichart Intararit as well as representatives from Chinese shrines across Phuket, including Prasert Fakthongphol.