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Phuket Russian teen students still in ICU after motorcyclist crash
PHUKET: Two Russian students from Phuket’s British International School are tonight still in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Phuket International Hospital after being involved in a horrific motorbike accident on the bypass road yesterday. Staff at the hospital declined to give details of the students’ condition, but did confirm that both Vlabislan Adrashko and Sevastan Lukashov were still under observation in the hospital’s ICU. Police are waiting for the two teens to be well enough to question after the accident involving their Honda big bike and a car near Index Living Mall on Saturday.
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Phuket pond cleanup uncovers dumped motorbike
PHUKET: Police are looking into whether a motorbike found this morning dumped in a lagoon in Rawai was stolen or had been involved in a crime. Rawai Municipality officials found the red-and-black Yamaha Nouvo after they began dredging the Baan Sai Yuan public pond near the Rawai Palm Beach Resort at about 10am. “The pond was shallow because mud was blocking the waterway, so I ordered officers to get in there and clear the pond to ensure better water drainage.
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Phuket Songkran may be drier than usual
PHUKET: Following the ban on “water battles” in trucks recently announced by Deputy Interior Minister Chat Kuldilok for Songkran celebrations (
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Phuket Blood Center stocks up for Songkran
PHUKET: The Phuket Regional Blood Center (PRBC) wants to boost its blood reserves to prepare for higher demand during the Songkran Festival. “We maintain a daily minimum stock of 200 units of A, B and O blood types, and 20 units of Rhesus-negative blood, but during the Songkran Festival we anticipate more accidents and more people needing blood, so we want to have an additional 50 units of A, B and O on hand,” said PRBC staff Watou O-ar. The blood center accepts donations at their headquarters on Rattanakosin 200 Year Road, next to Phuket Provincial Employment Office in Saphan Hin (map here), at the following days and times: – Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: from 8:30am to 4:30pm (no break for lunch) – Tuesdays and Thursdays: from 8:30 am to 8pm (no break for lunch) – Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays: from 9am to 3pm (no break for lunch) PRBC will also be operating their mobile blood donation clinic in April, at the following places and times: April 1: La Flora Resort (Patong), 1pm-4pm April 5: Tesco Lotus Phuket (bypass road), in front of Pizza Company, Midday-7pm April 9: Swissotel Resort Phuket (Kamala), Kamala Room (2nd floor), 1pm-4pm April 9: Tesco Lotus Phuket (bypass road), In front of Homepro, Midday-7pm April 10: JW Marriott Resort and Spa Phuket (Mai Khao), 1pm-4pm April 10: Tesco Lotus Phuket (bypass road), In front of Homepro, Midday-7pm April 17: Phuket Provincial Court (Phuket Town), 9am-midday April 17: PPAO Hospital (Rassada), Administration room (3rd floor), 10am-3pm April 19: Hilton Arcadia Resort and Spa Phuket (Karon), Coconut grove room, 1pm-4pm April 22: Duangjitt Resort (Patong), 10am-3pm April 23: Amora Beach Resort (Bang Tao), 1pm-4pm April 24: The Front Village Resort Phuket (Karon), 1pm-4pm April 25: Phuket International Airport, 10am-4pm April 28: Big C supercenter (bypass road), 2pm-9pm April 29: Jungceylon shopping center (Patong), Robinson department store, 10am-3pm April 30: Moevenpick Resort and Spa (Karon), 1pm-4pm April 30: Centara Karon Resort Phuket (Karon), 1pm-4pm For more information contact the PRBC (Tel: 076-251178.
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Burmese man crushed under Phuket juggernaut
PHUKET: A 43-year-old Burmese man dodging between another motorbike and a 22-wheeled truck and trailer died instantly yesterday afternoon when he lost control of the motorbike and was crushed under the rear wheels of the juggernaut. Thalang Police were notified of the accident, near the Baan Nai Klum u-turn, about 500 meters south of Tesco Lotus Thalang (map
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Italians take path less travelled
PHUKET: An Italian couple who lost their way while sight-seeing at the Khao Phra Thaew wildlife sanctuary in Thalang were recovered safely on March 27.
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Phuket Immigration seeks help in coping with overload of Rohingya arrivals
PHUKET: The arrival of more than 100 Rohingya men, women and children last weekend has left Phuket Immigration overflowing, with no respite on the horizon.
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Phuket Opinion: Expats in need – who you gonna call?
Bruce Stanley is an American who has been helping foreigners in Phuket for over 20 years.
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Phuket Opinion: Fuelling the tyranny of greed
PHUKET: It is high time for authorities to take serious steps to crack down on oil smuggling in Thai waters. The latest reported case in Phuket revealed itself in the most noxious of fashions last week, when the 20-meter fishing trawler Premika sank in the shallow waters of Klong Tah Jeen, allowing much of its cargo of tens of thousands of liters of diesel fuel to spill out into the remaining stands of mangrove forest that line the waterway (story
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One dead, two thrown from car as workmen head to Phuket Airport
PHUKET: One man is dead and two are lucky to be alive after the pickup they were travelling in skidded on oil and struck a power pole on Phuket’s Thepkrasattri Road, at the north end of the island, this morning. The three men, all steel workers from Takuapa in Phang Nga, were on their way to work on the expansion project at Phuket International Airport. The accident occurred just south of the Tah Chat Chai checkpoint at about 10:15am, Lt Col Prakorb Boonkwan of the Tah Chat Chai Police told the Phuket Gazette.
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- Blackwater at Phuket’s Nai Harn beach due to ‘natural causes’‘Blackwater’ has returned at one of Phuket’s favourite beaches, this time in the lagoon behind Nai Harn beach, which flushes out naturally when the tide conditions are right. For now, it is dammed up by the sand and has developed into an ugly cesspool for passersby to see. Responding to complaints from local residents, Rawai […]
- Another baby Dugong found on a Krabi beachPHOTO: Thai Rath Another lost baby dugong has been rescued after being found injured in Krabi. The baby dugong was found washed up on the shores in Klongthom District, Krabi yesterday (June 1) and was rescued by the officials from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC). Thai Rath reports that the baby dugong had a […]
- Cha-Am blackwater flowing into the beach is “natural in origin” – District ChiefPHOTOS: Daily News The Cha-Am district chief and a posse of officials have inspected a patch of ‘black water’ flowing into the Gulf of Thailand after social media posts showed “sewage” flowing into the sea at a beach north of Hua Hin. Not surprisingly, and without evidence, Khajornsak Somboon admitted the offensive outflow was “smelly” but […]