Artikel erschien Juli 2012

  • PTA reward Phuket Police Bt100,000 for arrest of Aussie tourist killer

    PTA reward Phuket Police Bt100,000 for arrest of Aussie tourist killer

    PHUKET: The Phuket Tourist Association (PTA) earlier this week awarded 100,000 baht to provincial and regional police for bringing the killers of Australian travel agent Michelle Smith to justice. The handover was made at a small ceremony at the PTA office on the bypass road in Rassada on Tuesday

  • 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.

  • 11 arrests in Phuket loan shark hunt

    11 arrests in Phuket loan shark hunt

    PHUKET: Two suspected loan shark operations in Phuket were shut down by Crime Suppression Division (CSD) Police yesterday morning, putting eleven suspects behind bars. “CSD police searched the two houses today because we received reports from locals of loan shark operations running rampant. We also recently heard that a man who vouched for a loan was attacked by a group of loan sharks,” explained Col Watcharapol Thongluan.

  • Phuket Raceweek gets off to a lively start

    Phuket Raceweek gets off to a lively start

    PHUKET: The 2012 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek got off to a lively start last night with the opening party attracting over 500 guests. With thirty-four boats registered, competing over seven classes and divisions, day one looked looked set for some good competition as predicted winds of 10-12 knots gusting to 15, arrived on cue. Race Officer Simon James announced Windward/Leewards (Course 2) for IRC Racing, Firefly One-Design and Multihull Racing, while IRC Cruising and Classics were sent on longer round-the-islands courses – Course 13 and Course 19 respectively.

  • 27 youths test positive for meth at Phuket drug checkpoint

    27 youths test positive for meth at Phuket drug checkpoint

    PHUKET: Police and district officials rounded up 27 suspected drug users on Tuesday night at a random checkpoint set up on Soi Nakok in Chalong subdistrict, Phuket. Soi Nakok, adjacent to the TOT compound on Chao Fa West Road, is home to the housing estate where drugged-up burglar

  • Mobile Siam museum heading for Phuket

    Mobile Siam museum heading for Phuket

    PHUKET: Saphan Hin in Phuket Town is known to attract all manner of interesting vehicles, but next week will mark a first for the park when it will host the „Muse Mobile“, a mobile museum project created by The National Discovery Museum Institute (NDMI).

  • New crab trap regulations not causing a snag in Phuket

    New crab trap regulations not causing a snag in Phuket

    PHUKET: Compliance with a new crab trap regulation established in late June was highlighted as one of the hot topics for the Traditional Fishing Preservation Group meeting held yesterday in response to their letter of complaint filed with the Phuket Provincial Office.

  • Phuket lifeguards save 333 swimmers after return to beaches

    Phuket lifeguards save 333 swimmers after return to beaches

    PHUKET: Officially back on the beaches

  • Bangkok again top destination city in Asia

    Bangkok again top destination city in Asia

    PHUKET: Good news for the Phuket tourism industry comes from a recently-released report by MasterCard that has Bangkok nestled into third place on the credit card giant’s list of major cities with the most tourist arrivals. The MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index report by economist Yuwa Hedrick-Wong projected 2012 tourist arrivals in the Thai capital at 12.2 million, behind only global leader London (16.

  • Phuket poll: Will Patong ‘safety zone’ plan reduce tourist complaints?

    Phuket poll: Will Patong ‘safety zone’ plan reduce tourist complaints?

    PHUKET: Deputy National Police Gen Pansiri Prapawat recently announced a bold “