PHANG NGA: Dozens of Thai tour guide students are being treated for injuries sustained in an accident this morning in which the bus they were travelling on lost control and smashed into a rubber tree before flipping and rolling off the side of the road.
PHUKET: Three Chinese nationals employed by a local tour company filed a report this morning that B82,000 and 10,000 Yuan had gone missing from their Phuket residence.
PHUKET: Progress for the underpass roadworks at the Bang Ku Junction at the north end of the bypass road in Koh Kaew is well ahead of schedule, with construction 35 per cent complete, the contractors engineer has affirmed.
PHUKET: With the 2016 Olympics just months away, one Phuket expat is celebrating the massive event with an equally massive challenge. Australian adventurer and expat Luke Richmond is joining a four-person team that will row across the Atlantic Ocean – from Portugal to Brazil – to honour the legacy of the Olympics whilst raising money for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity.
PHUKET: Vacation rentals have hit Phuket like a tropical storm, yet research indicates that many people are yet to realise the full potential of their property investments, says Wade Leathem, said General Manager & Co-founder of Lofty Phuket.
PHUKET: When stepping up as Phuket FC president at the end of 2015, MaAnn Samran made his vision clear: to rebuild not only a club, but also a culture. Having been relegated, this meant a fresh start and opportunity to pursue said goals in Division Two (D2).
PHUKET: The departure of Phuripat Theerakulpisut from the island today closed a chapter lasting more than a decade of one man at the helm of officialdom’s top player in Phuket’s burgeoning marine industry.
PHUKET: Police have launched a manhunt for a man who robbed a Krungthai Bank in Phuket at gunpoint this afternoon (Feb 26), making off with a reported B470,000 in stolen loot on his getaway motorbike.
PHUKET: The long queues at the Phuket Immigration Office in Phuket Town during the past two days are the result of a power transformer forcing the temporary closure of the Immigration office in Patong, says Phuket’s Immigration chief.