Artikel erschien März 2013

  • Murder fugitive’s 10-year run ends with drug-fuelled road frenzy

    Murder fugitive’s 10-year run ends with drug-fuelled road frenzy

    PHUKET: A murder fugitive on the run for a decade was arrested yesterday in Phang Nga, north of Phuket, after an armed drug binge ended with police shooting out his front tyres.

  • Spate of Phuket parking lot robberies prompts security boost

    Spate of Phuket parking lot robberies prompts security boost

    PHUKET: Five car burglaries in two months at the Bang Maruan lagoon in Srisoonthorn has prompted Deputy Mayor Sakchai Mulikabutr to boost the number of security guards patrolling the area in the evenings.

  • Phuket sea gypsies fight forced relocation

    Phuket sea gypsies fight forced relocation

    SPECIAL REPORT PHUKET: Fearing they will have nowhere to go if court-ordered evictions are carried out, villagers at the southern Phuket sea gypsy community in Rawai have steadfastly resolved to stay put. “Our people have been living here for more than 200 years. Our homes once lined the length of the beach, but now we have only 19 rai to live on,” said village elder Ngeam Dumrongkaset, 68.

  • Phuket drought set to continue, driest early quarter in 10 years

    Phuket drought set to continue, driest early quarter in 10 years

    PHUKET: The forecast for isolated, scattered showers across Phuket in the coming days will offer little reprieve to the island’s ongoing dry spell, which is Phuket’s driest January-to-March period in a decade, experts have warned. “The average rainfall during January to March over the past 10 years is 277.71mm, but this year we received only 63.

  • Phuket marine chief floats Airport-Patong sea taxi idea

    Phuket marine chief floats Airport-Patong sea taxi idea

    PHUKET: To offer tourists another option in getting from Phuket Airport to Patong Beach, the chief of the Phuket Marine Office yesterday proposed launching a “sea taxi” to ferry passengers down the island’s west coast. The project is called “From the boat to the plane”, Chief Phuriphat Teerakulpisut told a meeting at the Phuket Treasury Office yesterday. “Many tourists visit Phuket each year and last year we had around 9.

  • New 20-baht banknote to launch in Phuket on April 1

    New 20-baht banknote to launch in Phuket on April 1

    PHUKET: The new 20-baht banknote will be available for exchange at commercial banks in Phuket and nationwide from April 1, staff at the Bank of Thailand told the Phuket Gazette this morning. Bank of Thailand Deputy Governor Tongurai Limpiti publicly announced the April 1 launch date yesterday

  • Phuket to stage annual turtle release

    Phuket to stage annual turtle release

    PHUKET: The Mai Khao Marine Turtle Foundation and JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa will stage the 4th Mai Khao Turtle Release at Mai Khao Beach tomorrow from 3 to 6 pm. The important annual event is organized to raise funds for and awareness of the plight of Phuket’s critically endangered sea turtles.

  • Phuket man crushed by truck and coconut tree

    Phuket man crushed by truck and coconut tree

    PHUKET: A concrete well ring vendor died in Thalang yesterday afternoon after his crane truck rolled down a slope and one of the outriggers – arms used to stabilize the truck – crushed him against a coconut tree. Thalang Police were notified that a man had died at a coconut plantation behind Baan Chumpoh Mosque in Pa Khlok at about 4pm

  • Phuket security guard denies B500k ATM theft

    Phuket security guard denies B500k ATM theft

    PHUKET: A guard working for a Phuket security firm was arrested today for allegedly topping up his own pockets with 500,000 baht instead of topping up an ATM at a gas station near Wat Chalong.

  • Phuket Tech: Lock down your mobile devices

    Phuket Tech: Lock down your mobile devices

    PHUKET: In New York City, the crime rate has been slowly, steadily decreasing every year for the past 15 years. Until last year