Artikel erschien Januar 2014

  • Search called off for mentally-handicapped man lost at sea

    Search called off for mentally-handicapped man lost at sea

    PHUKET: Phuket Marine Police have given up the search for a mentally-handicapped man who was swept from a longtail boat into the sea today. “We spent more than four hours looking for Jirawat Srisomporn, 27, before we had to call off the mission because of big waves,” said Lt Col Panya Chaichana of the Phuket Marine Police. Mr Jirawat, who could not swim, was hit by a large wave and thrown overboard while his father, Chaidon Srisomporn, was fishing east of Phuket between between Rang Yai Island and Maprao Island.

  • Girl in critical condition pulled from bottom of sea at Phuket beach

    Girl in critical condition pulled from bottom of sea at Phuket beach

    PHUKET: Doctor’s are scrambling to save the life of a girl who was pulled unconscious from the sea floor at Nai Harn Beach today. “She arrived at about 3pm in critical condition,” Vachira Phuket Emergency Medical Service nurse Ladda Thongtan told the Phuket Gazette. The girl was one of four children pulled from the water during the rescue.

  • Bang Tao Canal ills on course to be solved by 2015

    Bang Tao Canal ills on course to be solved by 2015

    PHUKET: A multitude of infrastructure projects designed to stifle the stench and improve the quality of water being released from the Bang Tao Canal into the ocean are about 30 to 40 per cent complete, Cherng Talay Administrative Organization officer (palad) Krichanut Suphantakit has confirmed.

  • Officer accused of trafficking Rohingya to be investigated by PACC

    Officer accused of trafficking Rohingya to be investigated by PACC

    PHUKET: The Public-sector Anti Corruption Commission (PACC) Region 8 is awaiting final approval from Bangkok to start an investigation into a Phang Nga police officer accused of trafficking Rohingya women over eight months ago. The charges against the officer, Sen Sgt Maj Weerayuth Feuangfu, stem from the case of a Rohingya woman who reported that she was repeatedly raped after being smuggled out of a refugee shelter in Phang Nga on May 27 (story

  • Russian tourists spring a leak, saved by Phuket fishing boat

    Russian tourists spring a leak, saved by Phuket fishing boat

    PHUKET: Two Russian tourists foundering in Phang Nga Bay after their kayak sprung a leak were rescued by a passing Phuket fishing boat yesterday afternoon. Maxim Abaturov, 37, and Valerii Grakhouskii, 38, were three kilometers from Phuket when a seal in the front of their two-man vessel began to let in water. Although the kayak remained afloat, it could not support the weight of the men, who ended up in the water clinging to it.

  • Aussie bar owner takes deadly tumble down Phuket stairs

    Aussie bar owner takes deadly tumble down Phuket stairs

    PHUKET: A 47-year-old Australian expat fell down a flight of stairs to his death yesterday after a night spent at his bar in Phuket. Adin Medzic had allegedly been drinking at his bar in the OTOP Market in Patong since 7pm Wednesday. He and his Thai partner, Fon Somwong, left together after the bar closed, Maj Weerapong Raktito of the Patong Police told the Phuket Gazette.

  • Phuket’s ‘Nine Heroes’ land at Victory Field

    Phuket’s ‘Nine Heroes’ land at Victory Field

    PHUKET: The long-awaited nine bronze statues of important figures in Phuket’s history arrived on the island yesterday and were officially installed at Thalang Victory Memorial Field this morning. Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut led a blessing ceremony at Saphan Hin yesterday evening to welcome the Nine Heroes. “These historical figures will serve to remind all Phuket people of their brave ancestors who defended the island from Burmese invaders,” he said.

  • No salvage for sunken Similan dive boat

    No salvage for sunken Similan dive boat

    PHUKET: Liveaboard dive boat MV The Flying Carpet will remain on the sea floor, 75 meters below the Andaman Sea surface, after sinking yesterday between Koh Bon and Koh Tachai, north of Phuket. “There will be no salvage possibility,” said the manager of Aladdin Dive Safari, the company that owned the boat

  • Phuket’s one-stop yacht center to open next week

    Phuket’s one-stop yacht center to open next week

    PHUKET: Phuket’s one-stop center for arriving yachts is scheduled to open next week. The opening of the facility, on Chalong Pier [map

  • Video Report: German couple lost in Phuket jungle, found safe

    Video Report: German couple lost in Phuket jungle, found safe

    PHUKET: A German couple lost in a huge protected forest in central Phuket last night was returned to safety early this morning. Jurgen Strempel, 51, and his wife Ludecke, 49, called the Tourist Police hotline 1155 at about 8pm, said Lt Adul Boonrat of the Thalang Police