PHUKET: A six-wheeled truck flipped on the hill road between Chalong and Kata at 12:30pm today (Mar 1), causing major traffic delays on the busy road linking the east and west coasts in the south of the island.
PHUKET: Chalong Police Chief Col Nopadon Thiraprawat has assured The Phuket News that police have not confiscated any mobile phones from sea gypsies in Rawai as representatives from Baron World Trade Co Ltd attempt to mark out the claimed land in the village this morning (Mar 1).
PHUKET: The driver of a water truck belonging to the Italian-Thai Development Co Ltd who was involved in a hit-and-run incident on bypass road last Wednesday (Feb 24) surrendered to police the following day and was charged with reckless driving causing death and injury.
PHUKET: Police in Phang Nga have today (Mar 1) confirmed that the driver of a bus which crashed north of Phuket on Sunday (Feb 28) while carrying Thai student tour guides tested positive for drugs.
PHUKET: The developers of Twinpalms Residences MontAzure have reported a surge in sales, reaching 29% of the freehold project, following the project receiving its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval last month.
PHUKET: The annual Phuket Bike Week extravaganza is set to return to Phuket from April 8-16, with organisers anticipating more than 10,000 bikes and more than 50,000 people from more than 30 countries arriving on the island to take part.
BANGKOK: Authorities will toughen measures to monitor migrant workers from neighbouring countries in the wake of the rape and assault of French tourists in Trat on Saturday night (Feb 27), deputy national police chief Pongsapat Pongcharoen says.
BANGKOK: Media organisations and academics have urged TV news anchor Sorayuth Suthasanajinda to quit his role after he was found guilty in a Criminal Court case involving an MCOT advertising revenue scam.
PHUKET: Police are still hunting for the man who robbed a Krungthai Bank on Sakdidet Rd at gunpoint last Friday (Feb 26), with their attention now focused on checking CCTV footage in the hope of gleaning some clues to his identity and whereabouts.