Artikel erschien November 2013

  • Swedish national police chief praises Phuket Police

    Swedish national police chief praises Phuket Police

    PHUKET: Sweden’s national police chief Bengt Svenson yesterday praised the Phuket Police for utilizing foreign volunteers and for developing deeper relations with the community. “The way they presented it here, it is the best way [for police] to work: with volunteer tourist police and to be near the citizens, near the tourists, to be among them.

  • Phuket expats risking lives on the road to stay in paradise

    Phuket expats risking lives on the road to stay in paradise

    PHUKET: The visa van crash that took the life of Filipina singer Renita Dequina Polido on October 21 (story

  • Tuk-tuk ejection scheme draws mixed reactions

    Tuk-tuk ejection scheme draws mixed reactions

    PHUKET: As the clock starts to tick down on a plan to evict tuk-tuk drivers from parking spots in Patong, response from tuk-tuk drivers varies from flat refusal to requests for fairness in the application of the new measure.

  • Phuket beach closed after croc scare

    Phuket beach closed after croc scare

    PHUKET: Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut asked hotel staffers and local residents yesterday to help keep people out of the water along Mai Khao Beach after a 2.5-meter-long crocodile was spotted in the area on Sunday (story

  • Breakfast blaze cooks Phuket Town vegetarian restaurant

    Breakfast blaze cooks Phuket Town vegetarian restaurant

    PHUKET: A fire that broke out in a vegetarian restaurant during the breakfast rush today caused customers to scatter. Only minor injuries were reported from the incident

  • Phuket gold snatch duo hail police pickup as getaway car

    Phuket gold snatch duo hail police pickup as getaway car

    PHUKET: Two men who snatched a gold necklace from a 50-year-old woman on Sunday night were arrested after they accidentally waved down a police pickup truck to hitch a ride as they fled. Preeda Adam, 25, from Pathum Thani, and Phuket native Somsak Puangcharoen, 23, were arrested just after midnight yesterday.

  • In wake of Pattaya ferry disaster, top brass stages safety tour in Phuket

    In wake of Pattaya ferry disaster, top brass stages safety tour in Phuket

    PHUKET: Police Region 8 Commander Panya Mamen yesterday morning led a team of officers on a safety inspection of passenger vessels at Rassada Pier, a major jump-off point for tourists boarding ferries and tour boats to islands in Phang Nga Bay and along the Andaman coast. The safety blitz followed a heavily overloaded ferry from Pattaya capsizing off Koh Lan, in the Gulf of Thailand, two days ago, leaving six tourists dead and at least 26 injured (story

  • Crocodile spooks Phuket beach tourists

    Crocodile spooks Phuket beach tourists

    PHUKET: A large crocodile spotted offshore Phuket’s northern beach of Mai Khao yesterday morning has raised concerns that the amphibious predator may return and endanger local residents and tourists. The alarm was raised at 8:30am by a staffer at the Maikhao Dream Villa Resort and Spa Phuket, at the southern end of Mai Khao Beach (map

  • SuperCheap Burmese miss Phuket employment office deadline

    SuperCheap Burmese miss Phuket employment office deadline

    PHUKET: None of the 100 Myanmar nationals who allegedly quit SuperCheap after an enormous blaze demolished the megashop (story

  • Former Outrigger GM found dead in bed

    Former Outrigger GM found dead in bed

    PHUKET: A former General Manager of Outrigger Hotels and Resorts was found dead at his luxury villa in Cherng Thalay early yesterday afternoon. William Marshall, 55, was found in his bed by his wife. There were no signs of a struggle, police said.