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  • Bangkok Police arrest Phuket gold heist bandit

    Bangkok Police arrest Phuket gold heist bandit

    PHUKET: The brazen thief who made off with an estimated

  • Phuket ‚lucky license plate‘ auction raises over B30mn

    Phuket ‚lucky license plate‘ auction raises over B30mn

    PHUKET: The “Lucky License Plate Action” held by the Phuket Land Transport Office (PLTO) at The Metropole Hotel in Phuket Town on April 28 to 29 raised more than 30 million baht.

  • PHUKET OPINION: Where property speculation meets superstition

    PHUKET OPINION: Where property speculation meets superstition

    PHUKET: There never seems to be a dull moment covering the news in Phuket, and the rumor-mongering that followed the recent seismic activity has been particularly captivating. A basic review of facts: an 8.6-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra on April 11 prompted the National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) to issue an evacuation of tsunami-risk areas.

  • Phuket gets the ‘Doomsday Saturday’ party started

    Phuket gets the ‘Doomsday Saturday’ party started

    PHUKET: A high-power delegation of officials this morning met villagers in Srisoonthorn to reinforce the message that Phuket was not about to sink – and to get the day’s scheduled

  • Chinese tourists injured in Phuket bus crash

    Chinese tourists injured in Phuket bus crash

    PHUKET: More than 10 Chinese tourists were injured as a tour bus ran off the road on Patong Hill yesterday evening. Tung Tong Police were notified of the crash, at the bottom of the hill near the Kathu Shooting Range, at about 7pm.

  • Paiboon launches new Phuket CCTV control center

    Paiboon launches new Phuket CCTV control center

    PHUKET: With the Thailand National Youth Games in Phuket just around the corner, local authorities yesterday checked the readiness of the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization (OrBorJor) closed-circuit television (CCTV) control room.

  • Phuket Rush Hour: Car flips over on bypass road

    Phuket Rush Hour: Car flips over on bypass road

    PHUKET: A car ended up on its roof in the central ditch on Phuket’s bypass road this morning when the possibly drunk driver of a saleng (motorcycle with side car) cut in front of the vehicle. The motorbike driver and the driver of the car both escaped injury, but the car’s only passenger, the driver’s 20-year-old son, sustained minor injuries

  • ‘Phuket Lovers’ to rally on Doomsday Saturday

    ‘Phuket Lovers’ to rally on Doomsday Saturday

    PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Office will hold several special events this Saturday, April 28, to restore confidence among residents and tourists alike and to quash rumors that the island will sink into the sea. Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha admitted that recent seismic activity following the initial 4.3 Richter earthquake on April 16 had stirred a sense of apprehension among tourists and residents, especially those in Srisoonthorn, where the tremors have been centered.

  • Plans unveiled for new Phuket water purification plant

    Plans unveiled for new Phuket water purification plant

    PHUKET: Patong Municipality has announced a plan to build a 300-million-baht reverse-osmosis (RO) water treatment plant to increase municipal water supply and cut down on the volume of wastewater released into Patong Bay, on Phuket’s west coast. Although still in the initial study stages, a decision to provide Bangkok-based firm ITR Water Solution Co Ltd with 800sqm of municipal land to construct the plant was agreed to at the last Patong Municipality budget meeting held earlier this month.

  • Airlines voice confidence in Phuket Airport emergency evacuation measures

    Airlines voice confidence in Phuket Airport emergency evacuation measures

    PHUKET: Following the evacuation of Phuket International Airport after the 8.6-Richter earthquake on April 11, several airlines on Friday expressed their confidence in how officials handle the emergency exercise. At a press conference at the airport chaired by Airport Director Prathuang Sornkham, Thai Airways representative Jittrapong Narongwanich said all airlines that use Phuket Airport remain confident in the evacuation procedures following the April 11 evacuation.