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17 tourists injured when bus overturns in Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/01/2024
» PHUKET: A small tour bus overturned on a curve in Thalang district, injuring 17 Chinese tourists, two them seriously, and two of the Thai crew on Tuesday morning.
Authorities say ‘polluted’ Phuket water is just sediment
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/01/2024
» PHUKET: The mayor of the Karon municipality has denied that a black stream running from Karon beach into the sea is polluted water, saying it is the colour of sediment while the water is actually crystal clear.
Faulty buoy has no impact on tsunami warning, dept says
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 09/01/2024
» Phuket: The country's tsunami early warning system remains up and running despite a fault being detected in one of the tsunami buoys deployed in the Andaman Sea last week, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Monday.
Whale sighting near Phuket could be world first: biologist
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 07/01/2024
» A white Omura's whale has been spotted near Koh He in Phuket in an unprecedented sighting, possibly marking the first sighting of this very rare mammal in Thailand and even the world, according to Assoc Prof Thon Thamrongnawasawat, a marine biologist and lecturer at Kasetsart University.
Phuket tourism office aims to banish low-season blues
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 04/01/2024
» Phuket: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)'s Phuket office will continue promoting the province as a year-round destination with no official low season, according to office director Lertchai Wangtrakuldee.
Phuket speedboat driver tested for drugs after crash kills Russian girl
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 01/01/2024
» PHUKET: Officials are waiting for the results of drug tests on the driver and the attendant of a speedboat that hit rocks off the southern island on Sunday afternoon, killing a Russian girl and injuring nine others.
Russian held in Phuket after mother's throat slashed
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 30/12/2023
» PHUKET: A Russian man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after slashing the throat of his mother at their house in Thalang district.
Phuket jail to become a park
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 31/12/2023
» Phuket: A century-old prison on this resort island is being turned into a public park in the heart of the famous old town area.
Two missing at sea after scuba tour boat sinks
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 24/12/2023
» A Thai national and a foreign tourist are missing following a scuba diving tour mishap off the coast of the southern province of Phangnga yesterday, police said.
Search continues for 2 missing passengers on scuba tour boat
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 24/12/2023
» PHUKET: A search and rescue centre has been set up to look for two men - a Thai cook and a British tourist - who were still missing after a scuba-diving tour boat sank near Ko Torinla or Ko Khai island on Saturday.