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  • Three more injured turtles wash up on Phuket’s beaches

    Three more injured turtles wash up on Phuket’s beaches

    PHUKET: Another three young Olive Ridley sea turtles were discovered washed up on Phuket beaches yesterday. All were missing limbs, presumed to have been severed by discarded fishing nets. Dr Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, who heads the Endangered Species Unit at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC), told the Phuket Gazette that the turtles were discovered by local residents and lifeguards at

  • Carnage to Phuket’s marine life continues

    Carnage to Phuket’s marine life continues

    PHUKET: In just one day, half a dozen Olive Ridley sea turtles were rescued in Phuket, all suffering lacerations caused by fishing nets, and a young dolphin was stranded on Mai Khao Beach. Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, head of the Endangered Species Unit (ESU) at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC), revealed yesterday that ESU officers received a report from lifeguards at Karon Beach that three adult turtles had washed ashore. Later, the center received another report telling them that three more turtles had washed ashore in separate locations along the coastline from Mai Khao to Phang Nga.

  • Rain causes Patong Hill road landslide – again

    Rain causes Patong Hill road landslide – again

    PHUKET: The section of road on Patong Hill that was washed away by heavy rain last year has suffered another landslide, in the same place, after days of heavy rain soaking Phuket this week. The section of road, just west of the Chinese shrine at the top of the hill, first collapsed during heavy rains last October, then again in early May with the advent of this year’s monsoon season. Last night, the same site suffered another landslide, with the dislodged earth tumbling into a rubber plantation below.

  • Waves continue to sweep injured turtles onto Phuket

    Waves continue to sweep injured turtles onto Phuket

    PHUKET: Officers at the Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) recovered a juvenile Olive Ridley sea turtle suffering from lacerations, and its front left flipper amputated entirely, from

  • Go-Eco Phuket dives for biggest reef cleanup in world

    Go-Eco Phuket dives for biggest reef cleanup in world

    PHUKET: Qualifiers

  • Phuket Police on lookout for snatch artists in Kata

    Phuket Police on lookout for snatch artists in Kata

    PHUKET: Police are searching for two men who conducted a drive-by purse snatch in Kata last night. Russian tourist Irana Yazvenko, 29, told Chalong Police that she and her friend were riding a motorbike near the Club Med resort at about 9pm when two men pulled up on a motorbike alongside them, snatched her bag and sped off.

  • Phuket Burmese decry gold shop bandits

    Phuket Burmese decry gold shop bandits

    PHUKET: A crowd of onlookers at the re-enactment of the robbery of Yong Chuan gold shop in Rassada shouted disparaging remarks and denounced the prime suspect as he retraced his getaway from the Karn Keha Housing estate yesterday. “You have shamed our community” and “We’re glad you finally surrendered,” were shouted at the suspect, named by police only as “Koson”. Phuket Police guarded Mr Koson from the angry crowd at the housing estate, just north of

  • Cabinet cuts it close with announcement of new Phuket Governor

    Cabinet cuts it close with announcement of new Phuket Governor

    PHUKET: A last-minute announcement of Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha’s successor is expected to be made on Tuesday, less than a week before the incumbent takes office.

  • Phuket City to spend more than B100mn on flood defense

    Phuket City to spend more than B100mn on flood defense

    PHUKET: In the wake of floodwaters inundating

  • Dealer busted after kratom smuggled into Phuket as ‚fresh vegetables‘

    Dealer busted after kratom smuggled into Phuket as ‚fresh vegetables‘

    PHUKET: Phuket Police acting on a tip-off yesterday arrested a dealer and seized 54kg of kratom leaves from an address in Cherng Talay. Col Jirasak Siemsak received the tip-off at about 5pm and quickly put together an investigation team under the command of Maj Pongnarin Suthin