Artikel tagged “Phuket News”
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Phuket convention center plan gets bi-partisan backing
PHUKET: Government spokesman Prompong Nopparit was in Phuket over the weekend to assure that the Pheu Thai Party has no plan to cut central government funding for the international convention and exhibition center project planned for Phuket. Mr Prompong made the announcement in Mai Khao on Saturday after meeting villagers at the project site on the islands northern tip. Mr Prompong dismissed as „rumor“ ..
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Catamaran founders off Phuket, passengers saved
PHUKET: Heavy seas off Phuket over the weekend swamped a German mans sailboat and prompted a dramatic rescue of his three Thai passengers off Mai Thon Island yesterday. German sailor Paul Zicman, 68, invited 34-year-old friend Thewarat Kongmuang and her two daughters aboard his catamaran Blue Lagoon for a trip to Koh Khai on Saturday afternoon. The four set sail from Chalong Bay at about 3pm and tethered to a mooring off Mai Thon Island as night set in.
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Phuket in transport crisis: Taxis take tourism to the brink
PHUKET: Despite a great deal of press coverage and international diplomatic pressure, altercations between foreign tourists and tuk-tuk drivers are increasing, both in frequency and severity.
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Man survives jump off Phukets Thepkasattri Bridge
PHUKET: A man is in hospital recovering today after being plucked from the fast-flowing waters under Phukets Thepkrasattri Bridge.
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Phuket News: Phuket Magazin Mobil startet
Phuket Magazin Mobil geht an den Start Das mobile Internet gewinnt aufgrund der zahlreichen Smartphones stetig an Bedeutung. Gerade auf Phuket sorgen die Touristen mit ihren iPhone oder iPad für einen Boom und für eine Welle neuer Leser, die von überall und zu jeder Zeit Zugriff auf das Internet haben. Ob nun aus Recherche-Gründen am […]
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Complaints mount against British fraud suspect in Phuket
PHUKET: Fugitive British fraud suspect Paul Ridden has been charged with a three-month immigration overstay and faces additional charges for working without a work permit, Phuket Police told the Phuket Gazette this morning.
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Patong Hill closed to traffic today
PHUKET: The road over Patong Hill, the only direct route from Phuket Town to Patong, will be closed today (Tuesday) from 9am to midday. The road closure is to allow electrical workers to cut down trees interfering with power lines, Surasak Jantharuek of Patong Municipalitys Engineering Division told the Phuket Gazette.
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Envoy warns of EU advisory against tourists using Phuket tuk-tuks
PHUKET: The continued failure of local authorities to address problems of tuk-tuk drivers with foreign tourists could force European Union (EU) member states to issue a joint travel advisory warning against using tuk-tuks while in Phuket, the Austrian Ambassador to Thailand has warned. Austrian Ambassador to Thailand Johannes Peterlik issued the warning to local officials during the third meeting between honorary consuls and Phuket officials at Phuket Provincial Hall on Wednesday. Dr Johannes, who grew up in Thailand from 1976 to 1981 and has served as ambassador to the country for two years, said he and fellow EU diplomats in Bangkok had been monitoring the situation closely, but had seen little progress.
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Phuket Police nab teenage murder gang
PHUKET: Phuket Police took just a few hours to track down and arrest three teenagers wanted for the … Full story
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Phuket News: Phuket’s Tuk Tuk Fahrer schlagen wieder zu
Phuket’s Tuk Tuk Fahrer prügeln Deutschen fast zu Tode Wieder haben die Tuk-Tuk-Fahrer zugeschlagen. Diesmal traf es einen deutschen Touristen, der seit der Auseinandersetzung mit einem Taxi Fahrer am 25. August 2011 auf der Intensivstation des Phuket Krankenhauses liegt. Streitwert: 100 Baht (ca. 2,50 Euro). Seit dem 25. August liegt ein 53jähriger deutscher Tourist auf […]
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- Blackwater at Phuket’s Nai Harn beach due to ‘natural causes’‘Blackwater’ has returned at one of Phuket’s favourite beaches, this time in the lagoon behind Nai Harn beach, which flushes out naturally when the tide conditions are right. For now, it is dammed up by the sand and has developed into an ugly cesspool for passersby to see. Responding to complaints from local residents, Rawai […]
- Another baby Dugong found on a Krabi beachPHOTO: Thai Rath Another lost baby dugong has been rescued after being found injured in Krabi. The baby dugong was found washed up on the shores in Klongthom District, Krabi yesterday (June 1) and was rescued by the officials from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC). Thai Rath reports that the baby dugong had a […]
- Cha-Am blackwater flowing into the beach is “natural in origin” – District ChiefPHOTOS: Daily News The Cha-Am district chief and a posse of officials have inspected a patch of ‘black water’ flowing into the Gulf of Thailand after social media posts showed “sewage” flowing into the sea at a beach north of Hua Hin. Not surprisingly, and without evidence, Khajornsak Somboon admitted the offensive outflow was “smelly” but […]