PHUKET: Police have yet to rule out foul play in the death of a Patong musician found hanged at his home in the Than Thong residential estate in Vichit this morning (July 21).
PHUKET: Three drug dealers were arrested in Krabi last Friday (July 17) with 40 million bahts worth of drugs, guns and ammunition. Bizarrely, the arrest came when only one man was stopped because he was riding a motorbike without wearing a helmet.
PHUKET: Rassada Municipality is under investigation as to why it has not upheld an agreement to compensate residents Thanapa Park View 2 housing estate for repairs to seven homes and a collapsed boundary caused by excavation of a canal that runs behind through the estate.
PHUKET XTRA - July 21 More roads fall apart, chaos at Don Mueang, our local Miss Thailand runner-up, some more local investment and an art installation at Karon Beach. Thanks to AKA Thailand. #PhuketNewsTV #PhuketTV
PHUKET: A much-welcomed eight knots of wind blessed sailors on the final day of the 2015 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek on Sunday (July 19) and Principal Race Officer (PRO) Simon James wasted no time in getting the fleet into sequence after struggling to get any races underway over the preceding few days due to an incredibly unusual lack of wind at this time of year.
PHUKET: Laguna Phuket on July 16 opened “Seedlings Phuket”, the resort’s very first social enterprise restaurant, nine months after the launch of the initiative that provided training and job opportunities for marginalized local youths.
BANGKOK: Tasked with fighting back attacks from governments across Southeast Asia, Chan Park, regional manager for Uber Technologies, has a message that might surprise many of the regulators trying to put the ride-sharing company out of business: “We want to be regulated.”
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong yesterday (July 20) launched the Innovation OTOP Phuket campaign in cooperation with local government agencies to help promote local floral products.
PHUKET: Two Russians had to be rescued from Koh Pu, a small island 2 nautical miles off the coast of Karon beach, yesterday evening (July 20) after they rode a jet-ski there and were unable to return due to bad weather conditions.