Artikel erschien Juli 2013

  • 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

  • Trail cold but Phuket mother still hopes to meet daughter missing since 2011

    Trail cold but Phuket mother still hopes to meet daughter missing since 2011

    PHUKET: A girl who seemed to have vanished into thin air after a Facebook session in Phuket Town in December 2011 remains missing, confirmed Chalong Police. The girl, Samudchaya “Nong Pin” Yanpunya, was 12 years old at the time of her disappearance (story

  • 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.

  • Severe coral damage prompts DNP to limit dive tourists to Phi Phi Island

    Severe coral damage prompts DNP to limit dive tourists to Phi Phi Island

    PHUKET: Coral reefs at the popular marine national park that covers the famous Phi Phi Islands near Phuket have reached a severe level of degradation due to bleaching, a senior government official revealed yesterday. „Bleaching has affected up to 70 per cent of the coral reefs around Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park

  • 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

  • Go Eco Phuket gets going

    Go Eco Phuket gets going

    PHUKET: After hosting the world’s largest underwater cleanup last year, local marine conservation group Go Eco Phuket and the Thai Government are joining forces again this year to break last year’s record by garnering support from over 1,000 participants for the reef and beach cleanup in honor of HM Queen Sirikit’s 81st birthday on August 12. The day after Her Majesty’s birthday on August 13, Phuket’s dive community, supported by the Royal Thai Navy, Marine Police, Marine and Coastal Resources Conservation Department and local government bodies are joining together in a mass effort to raise the world’s awareness of the importance of marine and coastal eco-systems

  • 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.

  • Washing machine fire cleans out Chalong Temple SuperCheap staff room

    Washing machine fire cleans out Chalong Temple SuperCheap staff room

    PHUKET: Two fire trucks rushed to the SuperCheap convenience store located about 30 meters from Phuket’s renowned Wat Chalong temple on Saturday after being notified of a fire there at about 8:30am.

  • Police: case of missing Phuket woman romantic, not criminal

    Police: case of missing Phuket woman romantic, not criminal

    PHUKET: Police confirmed today that they do not consider the disappearance of Bunyanee Sungparn, 29 (story