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  • Phuket ponders bus ban for lethal Patong Hill

    Phuket ponders bus ban for lethal Patong Hill

    PHUKET: The Phuket Land Transport Office (PLTO) has included a ban on buses travelling over Patong Hill on its list of nine suggestions to prevent more fatal accidents from occurring on the notorious incline. PLTO Chief Transport Technician Jaturong Kaewkasi presented the list of safety recommendations to Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut yesterday. “Over the years, there have been many accidents on Patong Hill involving buses or trucks that have had brake failure.

  • Phuket Police probe body washed up on Patong Beach

    Phuket Police probe body washed up on Patong Beach

    PHUKET: Police are investigating the cause of death of a man whose body was found washed up on Patong Beach this morning. Police were called to the beach in front of Loma Park (map

  • Phuket MP candidate turned back by protesters

    Phuket MP candidate turned back by protesters

    PHUKET: Two police complaints were filed yesterday after protesters once again blocked access to the Phuket Community Center, preventing a candidate from enrolling for the February 2 national elections. Pheu Thai candidate Visit Jaiart was prevented from entering the building to submit his candidacy

  • Phuket Blood Bank’s vaults low on Rh- blood ahead of New Year demand

    Phuket Blood Bank’s vaults low on Rh- blood ahead of New Year demand

    PHUKET: As Phuket enters the 10 Days of Danger (story

  • Phuket Opinion: When democracy requires protest

    Phuket Opinion: When democracy requires protest

    Thitinan Pongsudhirak is a political science professor and Director of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Chulalongkorn University.

  • Four injured in Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa fire

    Four injured in Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa fire

    PHUKET: Three staffers and a carpenter were injured in a fire that broke out yesterday afternoon in the laundry facilities at the Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa in Patong. “When I realized there was a fire, I order hotel staffers to notify guests to evacuate the hotel. We were at about 70 to 80 per cent occupancy, but got all our guests out safely,” Managing Director of Phuket Graceland Resort & Spa Suchart Hirankanokkul told the Phuket Gazette (story

  • Phuket to honor tsunami victims

    Phuket to honor tsunami victims

    PHUKET: The Phuket community will honor those who died in the devastating tsunami that struck the island nine years ago with a ceremony at the Tsunami Memorial Wall in Mai Khao followed by the traditional “Light Up Phuket” candle-lighting ceremony on Patong Beach. Thai official figures state that the tsunami killed 5,398 people and that more than 3,700 disappeared in the waves that struck Phuket and the Andaman coast on December 26, 2004.

  • Phuket Police to target foreigners at night

    Phuket Police to target foreigners at night

    PHUKET: Foreigners passing through checkpoints at night will be stopped and searched as part of a new effort to ensure the safety of people and property on Phuket, police announced today. The police initiative is motivated by two recent ATM robberies perpetrated by foreigners and the fact that the number of foreign suspects in criminal cases sharply increased this year, said Phuket Provincial Police Deputy Commander Peerayuth Karachedi

  • Chef murdered in Phuket likely bag-snatch victim

    Chef murdered in Phuket likely bag-snatch victim

    PHUKET: Police suspect that the chef who was fatally stabbed early yesterday morning while on his way to work was the victim of a bag-snatch. Eyewitnesses told police that Dithchart Insom was riding north on the Kathu-Naka road (map

  • Jetstar begins direct Phuket-Melbourne flights

    Jetstar begins direct Phuket-Melbourne flights

    PHUKET: Jetstar Airways has launched its non-stop service between Phuket and Melbourne, connecting Phuket to one of its most important source markets just in time for the tourism high season to kick off. “The first flight of the service directly to Phuket left the ground on December 14, making it the first direct low-cost carrier service for travellers between the two destinations,” said a Jetstar spokesman. The direct flights between Phuket and Melbourne will operate every Saturday and Sunday with a third day to be introduced in April 2014.