Artikel tagged “Phuket”

  • Lifeguards back on Phuket beaches on Monday

    Lifeguards back on Phuket beaches on Monday

    PHUKET: Phuket’s lifeguards will be back on the beaches on Monday, an officer at the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) confirmed to the Phuket Gazette this afternoon. Kanyarat Senrung, an officer at the Phuket OrBorJor Tourism Department, today said the contract between the OrBorJor and the Phuket Lifeguard Club was signed this morning.

  • Phuket rescue services to hold earthquake drill

    Phuket rescue services to hold earthquake drill

    PHUKET: Emergency rescue personnel from across Phuket will join local officials in Thalang district to conduct an earthquake rescue drill tomorrow, starting at 2pm. The drill will be based on damages from a hypothetical 5.0 magnitude earthquake centered in the area of Srisoonthorn subdistrict, which sustained the greatest damage on April 16, when a 4.

  • Stranded dolphin saved in Phuket

    Stranded dolphin saved in Phuket

    PHUKET: A stranded striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) was rescued from Kata Beach yesterday morning and is being closely monitored by the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC). The young, weak dolphin was spotted by Kata Beach Resort workers at about 9am. The PMBC was notified and a team went to sea in order to check on the female dolphin’s condition.

  • Phuket pileup kills woman, 21

    Phuket pileup kills woman, 21

    PHUKET: A rear-end collision spun a car out of control on Thepkrasattri Road in Koh Kaew yesterday morning, causing the car to slam into a motorbike, killing the rider.

  • Phuket rape suspect has not confessed: Chalong Police

    Phuket rape suspect has not confessed: Chalong Police

    PHUKET: Chalong Police Superintendent Sirisak Wasasiri at 2:35pm today confirmed to the Phuket Gazette that Sakchai Thongseedam has not confessed to the rape of a young German tourist in Phuket on Thursday. Mr Sakchai was

  • French tourist drowns as Phuket surf danger season begins

    French tourist drowns as Phuket surf danger season begins

    PHUKET: One tourist has drowned and a Thai woman narrowly escaped a similar tragedy after being caught in strong surf on Phuket’s west coast this afternoon. Uten Singsom, head of the Phuket Lifeguard Club team at Kata-Karon, told the Phuket Gazette that a lifeguard pulled a Thai woman, aged about 30, from the surf in front of Karon Circle at about 2pm.

  • Phuket hotel receptionist denies raping tourist

    Phuket hotel receptionist denies raping tourist

    PHUKET: The Phuket resort receptionist charged with raping a German tourist has denied the police allegation, saying the incident was of “mutual consent”. Sakchai Thongseedam, a reception staffer at the Centara Karon Resort Phuket, was charged by Chalong Police after a German woman in her 20s staying at the resort filed a complaint yesterday. The woman, whose name is being withheld, said in her police statement – recorded in written Thai by special case officer

  • Phuket readies for Phuket Games 2012

    Phuket readies for Phuket Games 2012

    PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Sommai Prijasilpa today opened a “coordination center” to act as an information kiosk and souvenir shop for the Thailand National Youth Games 2012, dubbed the “Phuket Games 2012”. An estimated 14,000 athletes, fans, spectators, supporters and coaching staff expected to arrive in Phuket during the coming week for the event, which will run from May 26 to June 5. Located at Saphan Hin, near Phuket Town, the center offers programs of the scheduled events to be held throughout the games as well as souvenirs.

  • Phuket Police dragnet fails to recover B30mn in stolen jewelry

    Phuket Police dragnet fails to recover B30mn in stolen jewelry

    PHUKET: Police are searching vehicles leaving the island and passengers departing via Phuket International Airport are being subjected to more rigorous bag searches following the theft of 30 million baht of jewelry from a parked van near Phuket Town

  • Phuket authorities call for peaceful red-shirt rally on Sunday

    Phuket authorities call for peaceful red-shirt rally on Sunday

    PHUKET: With concerns of 500 members arriving to join the red-shirt rally in Phuket on Sunday, and at least 1,500 yellow-shirt supporters staging a mass rally at Phuket Provincial Hall at the same time, Phuket authorities yesterday called for both sides to respect each other group’s democratic rights and to not engage in any conflict. The news came at a meeting called to specifically address the security concerns following the