PHUKET: The chief of the Phuket Marine Office has ordered the authorities at all ports, marinas and main tourist departure points to nearby islands to refuse permission for any speedboats less than nine meters in length to put to sea.
Latest Scores more tourists are likely to be added to the 150 already stranded on the nearby island of Racha as authorities ban all boats under 24 metres from putting to sea on Wednesday.
PHUKET: Police have revealed today (July 7) that that the family of Kuwaiti, Abdullah Adel Kadhmbahman, who died after falling from the World Bungee Jump in Patong on May 27 have been offered between B200,000-B300,000 in compensation from the business owner.
Latest Six men missing at sea in a savage storm off Phuket were strapping together an improvised raft to try to save their lives on a sinking barge, the captain told his wife in his last telephone call.
PHUKET: The speedboat driver who claimed he was “picking up a plastic bag from the cabin floor” when his boat full of tourists rammed a fishing trawler, leaving two Koreans dead and dozens injured last year, has been sentenced to two years in jail.
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Latest Small vessels on Phuket are prohibited from leaving shore as long as stormy weather and high waves continue to batter the region, reports the NNT service.
Thai police are investigating a traffic cop who was filmed admitting that he was a little bit drunk while manning a road checkpoint in Bangkok last week.
PHUKET: A motorcyclist is in critical condition at Vachira Hospital after being struck by a falling rubber tree in the Thalang last night (July 6).