After two rounds of offers failed to attract a single bid to put lifeguards back on Phuket’s beaches, the Phuket Lifeguard Club has reluctantly applied to return to duty. Photo: Gazette file
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 5:49:00 PM
PHUKET: The Phuket Lifeguard Club has submitted an offer to restore lifeguard services at Phuket’s key tourist beaches, an offer that is likely to be agreed to by Monday, the Phuket Gazette has learned....
PHUKET: With heavy downpours causing traffic tailbacks and minor flooding across Phuket roads this morning, the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued a “ Heavy Weather Warning ” covering Phuket and other provinces along the Andaman coast.
The warning, issued at 5:03am, explained, “The ridge of high pressure area covers upper northeastern Thailand...
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police Commander Chonasit Wattanavrangkul this afternoon confirmed that 173 items have yet to be recovered from the jewelry and gem heist in Phuket yesterday morning, despite police having three foreigners in custody.
PHUKET: Phuket City Police have released the names of two suspects arrested in connection with the theft of 30 million baht of jewelry , diamonds and other gems from a parked car in Phuket yesterday...
PHUKET: Phuket Prison is to be awarded “White Prison” status after regular inspections of the provincial detention facility declared it free from drugs and illegal mobile phones.
Department of Corrections Deputy Director General (Administration) Somsak Rangsiyopas announced the...
PHUKET: Three sad tales of love gone horribly wrong blot this week’s Weird World news line-up, from a husband who shot his wife and dogs over a poop row, to a man who divorced his wife because she’s “...
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News roundup is a tribute to the titanic accomplishments of vehicles as a big boat is redesigned to handle icebergs, a new motorized toilet speed record is set and BMW ...
PHUKET: This week’s Weird World News round-up is dedicated to the trinity of time: past, present and future. Postmortem sex-laws in Egypt , a stab victim stemming a wound with a kebab and billionaires...
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