PHUKET: With the Phuket International Boat Show (PIMEX) underway at Royal Phuket Marina, one of the mainstay boat brokerage and charter companies, Boat Lagoon Yachting, will once again display some of the finest yachts in the region.
PHUKET: It has been confirmed that all 87 vehicles seized by police in Phuket during the seven days of danger (Dec 29 – Jan 4) have since been returned to their owners.
MYANMAR: The Thai embassy in Yangon has extended its closure over security concerns for its staff and Thai nationals after protests which started late last month against the Koh Tao verdict.
PHUKET: Seven people were killed and 75 others received hospital treatment of injuries sustained in road accidents during the New Year Seven Days of Danger nationwide road-safety campaign that drew to a close at midnight on Monday (Jan 4).
THAILAND: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered a ban on the registration of new double-decker tour buses and stricter road worthiness checks for all public transport vehicles.
UNITED KINGDOM: Candles and languid electro-jazz set the scene for a romantic rendezvous at a north London bar, but the couple sitting face-to-face can use only their eyes to beguile.
PHUKET XTRA - January 6 Hackers disrupt Thai police websites, French woman killed in boat accident, NCPO change laws to seize drunk-drivers cars and bikes and another jet-ski accident off Kata Beach.
PHUKET: Police are looking for four suspects wanted for the gang bashing of two men – one of them a Thai tour guide working for a Chinese tour company in Phuket – as they exited a restaurant near the Naka night market in Wichit early yesterday morning (Jan 5).
PHUKET: The 13th Phuket International Boat Show opens at Royal Phuket Marina tomorrow (Jan 7) to much fanfare, with Phuket Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada voicing his support for the highly anticipated event, which has become a benchmark expo putting Phuket on the map for boating excellence.