PHUKET TOWN: Issues & Answers, the column in which residents and visitors to Phuket can pose questions to government officials and business managers, is now available...
PHUKET TOWN: The Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) has set up a new P.O. box to receive comments and questions from local residents. Dr Prasit Koysiripong,...
KATHU: Johannes W. Wisser, a 53-year old Dutchman currently on trial for assault, found himself in more hot water when he was arrested early yesterday morning...
PHUKET: The entire island will be without power for nine hours on July 25, the Phuket Provincial Electricity Authority (PPEA) has announced. The blackout, from 7...
PHUKET: The dry sunny days of the past couple of weeks are about to come to a soggy end, Phuket's weathermen have warned. Amorn Chantanavivate, director...
PHUKET TOWN: Sri Lanka's ambassador to Thailand, Karunatilaka Amunugama, visited Phuket Governor Charnchai Soontharamut today to express his country's gratitude to Phuket officials for their investigations...
PATTAYA (AFP): An elephant hired to give tourists rides gored and killed his mahout's brother, who had teased the animal for years, police said today. "They...
BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand's Foreign Ministry today warned the nation's fishing fleet of the possible grave consequences of smuggling guns to Indonesia's Maluku islands, where a sectarian...
PHUKET: With a lunar eclipse taking place next Sunday night, the Phuket Town Municipality has issued a warning to gun owners: Don't mark the occasion by...
PHUKET: Thai Telephone & Telecommunication (TT&T) has launched a new gadget that it says will make the use of phones "more effective" – a caller ID...
PHANG NGA: Villagers in Baan Kalai, Takuatung district, have blamed Satan-worshipping fishermen" for the murder of a man whose disemboweled body was found floating in a...
PHUKET TOWN: Rugby teams from England, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand have already registered to play in the 2nd Phuket International Rugby Sevens Tournament, and another five...
PHUKET TOWN: Narcotics agents yesterday arrested two people on drug-trafficking charges and seized 450 pills of "ya bah" (methamphetamine). Pol Lt Worapoj Wattanasuwan, deputy inspector of...
PHUKET: A total of 170 drug dealers and users were arrested in Phuket during June, after orders were issued by the Commissioner of Provincial Police Region...
BANGKOK (AFP): A province in northeastern Thailand is asking local folks to treat dogs more like man's best friend -- and less like their breakfast. "Sakhon...
PHUKET: Heartening news for the low season comes with the latest monthly figures issued by the Phuket International Airport. These show a 17.04% rise in passengers...
PHUKET TOWN: Recent reports about the ignorance of people in Burma when it comes to HIV and AIDS is reflected in local figures, says the Phuket...
PATONG: Police are scratching their heads after beach guards pulled the body of a katoey (transsexual) from the sea near Patong Beach yesterday morning. Pol Col...
PHUKET TOWN: Local authorities were red-faced this week after learning that part of the land reclamation at Saphan Hin appears to have been done illegally. The...
PHUKET: Twenty-one people were killed in traffic accidents between April 20 and May 20, according to statistics from the Wachira, Thalang and Patong government hospitals. Ampaipan...
