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  • Flying Carpet freak accident unavoidable, says chief

    Flying Carpet freak accident unavoidable, says chief

    PHUKET: The freak accident that sank a liveaboard dive boat to a depth of 75 meters just outside the popular dive destination of Similan National Park was unavoidable, said the Regional Marine Office chief this week. MV The Flying Carpet based out of Ranong and operated by Aladdin Dive Safari had its propeller partially ripped out between Koh Bon and Koh Tachai on January 29. All on board were safely rescued.

  • Phuket booze ban keeps Cupid’s arrows flying straight

    Phuket booze ban keeps Cupid’s arrows flying straight

    PHUKET: A nationwide ban on the sale and purchase of alcohol will be in effect this Valentine’s Day in celebration of Makha Bucha Day, one of the four annual religious holidays in Thailand. “By law, alcohol sales and purchases are banned throughout the country in order to respect the holy day,” Deputy Commander of Phuket Provincial Police Peerayuth Karajedee told the Phuket Gazette this morning. “Night entertainment business operators across the island have been notified of the ban, which goes into effect at sunrise on Friday and concludes at sunrise on Saturday,” Col Peerayuth explained.

  • Phuket Civil Defense Volunteers feted at 60th Anniversary

    Phuket Civil Defense Volunteers feted at 60th Anniversary

    PHUKET: A celebration marking the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Civil Defense Volunteers was hosted by Governor Maitri Inthusut on Monday. Civil defence volunteers help law-enforcement officers fulfill a wide range of duties, such as manning checkpoints, monitoring election stations, administering urine drug tests and providing security for government buildings.

  • Third dive boat’s final plunge sparks fire-safety awareness efforts

    Third dive boat’s final plunge sparks fire-safety awareness efforts

    PHUKET: The revelation of the sinking of a third dive boat in the Andaman Sea within the last month has sparked concerns over fire safety issues on all Phuket tour boats. On February 2, the Phuket-based Bunmee I sank in Koh Lanta National Park after an electrical short circuit caused a fire to erupt in the engine room. Less than two weeks later, the MV Blue Star, also based in Phuket, sank in Myanmar waters under similar circumstances (story

  • Runaway driver leaves visa runners stranded, swipes more than B37,000

    Runaway driver leaves visa runners stranded, swipes more than B37,000

    A ROUTINE visa run to Penang late last month hit a speed bump at the Malaysian border when visa runners returned to the van from the immigration checkpoint to find their driver had absconded. It had been business as usual for the passengers until they reached the border checkpoint in Sadao on January 20.

  • Phuket hosts meeting on safe handling of radioactive materials

    Phuket hosts meeting on safe handling of radioactive materials

    PHUKET: Representatives of 15 countries are meeting in Phuket this week to discuss the safe management of used radioactive materials and the potential threats they present if mishandled. The United States, a producer and exporter of radioactive substances, sponsored the conference to discuss the handling of materials after they have been used by industry and hospitals, Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) Secretary General Suphan Seangthong said. “Thailand and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region buy radioactive substances from the US, so the Americans want to make sure we handle them properly,” Mr Suphan added.

  • Electrical short started fire on Phuket’s MV Blue Star, says chief

    Electrical short started fire on Phuket’s MV Blue Star, says chief

    PHUKET: The fire that caused the liveaboard dive boat MV Blue Star to sink in Myanmar waters was started by an electrical short circuit in the engine room, confirmed Ranong Marine Office Deputy Chief Pramuan Thessana this morning. “The dive boat left from Thap Lamu Pier in Khao Lak on January 29,” Mr Pramuan said. “It took the tourists on a diving trip to Mu Koh Surin National Park.

  • Phuket Marine Office offers B10,000 reward for pictures of oil-dumpers

    Phuket Marine Office offers B10,000 reward for pictures of oil-dumpers

    PHUKET: The Phuket Marine Office is offering a 10,000 baht reward for photographs of people dumping oil into the sea.

  • One Phuket student killed, two injured in motorbike accident

    One Phuket student killed, two injured in motorbike accident

    PHUKET: One Phuket teenager died and two were seriously injured after the motorbike they were driving slammed into a pick-up truck early this morning. The three friends had left school together to pick up supplies for a scout camping trip

  • Phuket rubber tapper fatally felled by tree branch

    Phuket rubber tapper fatally felled by tree branch

    PHUKET: A Phuket rubber farmer was struck and killed by a falling tree branch while tapping his trees early yesterday morning in Thalang. Jaroon Tankongkoy, 67, left for the rubber plantation at 3am, said his wife, Pranom Tankongkoy.