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  • No tsunami alert issued in Phuket after 6.5 magnitude earthquake off Nicobar Islands

    No tsunami alert issued in Phuket after 6.5 magnitude earthquake off Nicobar Islands

    PHUKET: Phuket Officials have confirmed that the 6.5 magnitude earthquake north of Aceh, Sumatra will not result in a tsunami or effect Thailand. Safety concerns were raised earlier today on the popular Facebook page Phuket New Era Expats after Reuters reported the US Geological Survey data of the initial quake, which was at a depth of about 10 kilometers about 110km southeast of Misha, Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean.

  • Phuket student slays ex-girlfriend’s new love in knife attack

    Phuket student slays ex-girlfriend’s new love in knife attack

    PHUKET: Police are on the lookout for a 22-year-old Phuket student wanted for the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend’s new partner in a frenzied knife attack in Rassada early Thursday morning. Officers were called to an apartment block in Soi Yongkeng Muna-Utit, off Thepkrasattri Road, near Phuket Rajabhat University, at 6:30am. “There was a trail of blood leading from the 7-Eleven at the front of the apartment building to a room on the second floor,” Sub Lt Surasak Pipitkul of the Phuket City Police said.

  • Russian woman rescued at popular Phuket beach

    Russian woman rescued at popular Phuket beach

    PHUKET: Hours after finishing a first aid course as part of a “Safer Phuket” (story

  • Phuket mangrove squatters make plea for water, electricity

    Phuket mangrove squatters make plea for water, electricity

    PHUKET: About 200 villagers who live in homes illegally established in a mangrove forest yesterday asked the Chalong mayor to supply them with electricity and water. “We have been living there since 1992,” said Somporn Nookhong, the head of the Klong Mudong Community

  • Wastewater the source of rancid water on Phuket beach

    Wastewater the source of rancid water on Phuket beach

    PHUKET: The stinky, black water that blighted Karon Beach last month is the product of a faulty wastewater treatment system, Karon Village Chief (Kamnan) Winai Chidchiew revealed yesterday. Canals blocked by huge berms of soil and broken water pumps are the chief culprits, as they prevent water from being pumped from canals to treatment plants and cause more wastewater than normal to reach the last pumping station before the beach, Kamnan Winai explained

  • Phuket officials lay into landslide concerns caused by Big Buddha construction

    Phuket officials lay into landslide concerns caused by Big Buddha construction

    PHUKET: Landslide risks and water management concerns caused by the construction of Phuket’s Big Buddha image were on the table yesterday as officials met for the first time since work at the site slammed to a halt last month. Construction at the popular tourist attraction was put on hold after villagers filed a complaint and prompted an inspection of the site that revealed several violations and potential landslide hazards (story

  • Protected Phuket hillside slashed and burned

    Protected Phuket hillside slashed and burned

    PHUKET: Four rai of forest on a hillside in Kamala was obliterated on Tuesday night to make room for a rubber plantation. “The area has been ruined – all the trees were cut down and burned,” said Phuket Natural Resources and Environment Office Chief Kasem Sukwaree this morning.

  • Phuket Police set to launch nationwide manhunt for Patong headhunter killers

    Phuket Police set to launch nationwide manhunt for Patong headhunter killers

    PHUKET: Patong Police are preparing to send an alert to every police station in the country in the hopes of apprehending three prime suspects for the murder of Myanmar worker Wai Phyo Kyaw, 22, whose decapitated body was found dumped on Patong Hill on March 9 (

  • Formal charges against Phuket protest leaders delayed

    Formal charges against Phuket protest leaders delayed

    PHUKET: Police delayed pressing formal charges today against five Phuket protest leaders for obstructing the February 2 national election and obstructing law enforcement officers. The five – Suratin Lian-udom, Sompop Konkeaw, Chartchai Chuachit, Saman Krohlek and Sanya Srimuang– were scheduled to appear at Thalang Police Station at 10am to witness the handing over of the case files to the Phuket Public Prosecutor.

  • Phuket Opinion: Casting aside modern conveniences for an island dream

    Phuket Opinion: Casting aside modern conveniences for an island dream

    PHUKET: With the seemingly endless parade of new condo developments springing up like mushrooms all over the island, it’s clear that quite soon, the majority of Phuket’s residents will be living in high density housing. When I first moved here, I too found it convenient to move into a modest, reasonably priced apartment block. I considered it a stop-gap measure.