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  • Phuket Airport included in B4bn upgrade

    Phuket Airport included in B4bn upgrade

    PHUKET: Aerothai, the state enterprise that operates air traffic control at airports throughout Thailand, including Suvarnabhumi and Phuket International Airport, will spend 4 billion baht on upgrading its computer and communications network.

  • Brother claims sister’s body from Phuket hospital

    Brother claims sister’s body from Phuket hospital

    PHUKET: A relative of the young Burmese construction worker whose body was left

  • Phuket fishmeal factory probe takes a twist

    Phuket fishmeal factory probe takes a twist

    PHUKET: Phuket officials investigating a complaint about foul smells emanating from a fishmeal factory yesterday found little amiss – and now suspect that the complaint may be more about business than bad odors.

  • Phuket opens ‘village watch’ earthquake monitoring center

    Phuket opens ‘village watch’ earthquake monitoring center

    PHUKET: Srisoonthorn Municipality have set up an ‘earthquake monitoring center’ after discovering that Thalang was at the epicenter of the recent aftershocks that rattled Phuket. The center aims to provide accurate information and to warn local villagers in the case of an emergency, said Srisoonthorn Mayor Worawut Songyot.

  • Phuket Police seek help in identifying dead hospital patient

    Phuket Police seek help in identifying dead hospital patient

    PHUKET: Phuket Police are trying identify the body of a woman, thought to be from Myanmar, who died in the emergency ward of Thalang Hospital yesterday.

  • Stay calm and enjoy your holiday, says Phuket tourism chief

    Stay calm and enjoy your holiday, says Phuket tourism chief

    PHUKET: Phuket tourism industry leaders are calling on the local media not to exaggerate in their reporting of the recent seismic activity in Phuket, as doing so could adversely affect the local economy. Phuket Tourist Association President Somboon Jirayus said yesterday that tourists from places like Japan and parts of Europe where earthquakes are common were more likely to view the tremors as a natural event that could happen at any time and were less likely to panic as a result. “Effective warnings and evacuation plans are the most important thing in maintaining confidence among tourists,” Mr Somboon said.

  • Phuket dam passes post-quake safety inspection

    Phuket dam passes post-quake safety inspection

    PHUKET: Phuket officials have declared the dam at Bang Neaw Dum Reservoir in Thalang structurally sound following a safety inspection earlier today. The inspection was prompted by a series earthquakes centered in Thalang over the past few days, including a 4.3 Richter tremor yesterday morning.

  • Police crack Phang Nga drug network linked to ‘kingpin prisoner’

    Police crack Phang Nga drug network linked to ‘kingpin prisoner’

    PHUKET: Acting on a tip-off police raided two separate addresses in Phang Nga yesterday resulting in the arrest of six men and the recovery of drugs, weapons, cash and other valuables. The gang was reportedly controlled by an inmate at Nakhon Sri Thammar at Provincial Prison who ordered drugs to be delivered to one of the suspects netted in the raid.

  • Phuket ‘aftershocks’ likely Sumatra-related: experts

    Phuket ‘aftershocks’ likely Sumatra-related: experts

    PHUKET: The eight small earthquakes that have rocked Phuket over the past 24 hours are most likely related to the much larger earthquakes off the coast of Sumatra last week, experts from the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) said. The latest quake, which hit at 12:18pm today, was the largest of the group with a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale, according to preliminary data released by the TMD website.

  • Dane dies of blood loss after Phuket tsunami evacuation

    Dane dies of blood loss after Phuket tsunami evacuation

    PHUKET: A Danish tourist injured during the evacuation of Patong Beach last Wednesday was found dead of apparent blood loss in his Patong hotel room yesterday afternoon. Patong Police were notified of the death at 5pm by 40-year-old motorbike taxi driver Lamai Ouan – on

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