Phuket News Government to follow up nearly 6,000 complaints about 4am closing times A total of 5,785 noise-related complaints have been submitted by the Thai public since December 15, the start of a new rule allowing pubs,... PeterJanuary 4, 2024
Phuket News Tourist injured after getting caught between a Thai couple fighting in Patong A Russian tourist has been injured after inadvertently getting caught up in a row between a Thai couple in Phuket. The Phuket Express reports... PeterNovember 30, 2023
Phuket News Phuket police say Patong shooter was fearful of 8 potential attackers The chief of Phuket Provincial Police says a man who opened fire near Bangla Road in Patong was reacting to a threat from 8... PeterNovember 21, 2023
Phuket News Three people shot as former bar worker goes on rampage in Patong Three people have been injured after a man went on a shooting rampage near Bangla Road in Patong, in the early hours of yesterday... PeterNovember 20, 2023
Phuket News Suspect shooter of Phuket tuk-tuk driver surrenders A Phuket tuk-tuk driver, wanted in relation to the shooting of a fellow driver, has handed himself into Patong police. The man, named only... PeterSeptember 6, 2023
Phuket News Phuket tuk-tuk driver shot by rival near Bangla Road A Patong tuk-tuk driver has become the latest victim of Phuket’s taxi wars, after he was shot by a “rival” in the early hours... PeterSeptember 4, 2023
Phuket Life Thai PM visits Bangla Road, is lobbied to extend the opening hours The new PM’s in town, largely unannounced. But that hasn’t stopped the island’s loudest voices from chirping some of their main issues while he’s... PeterAugust 26, 2023
Phuket News Russian woman injured in Phuket after argument at Patong bar A Russian woman, understood to be a short-stay tourist, has complained to Phuket Tourist Police after she got into a row with a staff... PeterJune 20, 2023
National News Thailand considers legalising sex work with new bill Thailand’s billion-dollar sex trade operates in plain sight, with massage parlours, nightclubs and girlie bars pulsing with activity in the country’s red-light districts –... PeterApril 11, 2023
Phuket News Three foreigners now in custody over the underage prostitution case in Bangla Road Last night, Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police, Surachate Hakparn, arrived in Phuket to follow up on a case that had made headlines... PeterMarch 31, 2023