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  • Phuket unveils plans for Chalong underpass

    Phuket unveils plans for Chalong underpass

    PHUKET: Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut has unveiled six routes being considered for a new underpass to be built at Chalong Circle, by far the busiest junction in the south of the island. The new underpass will need to serve about 53,000 cars per day, accounting for about 60 per cent of all traffic in Muang District, he told the press at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday.

  • Illegal taxi drivers in Patong threaten Phuket governor with mob action

    Illegal taxi drivers in Patong threaten Phuket governor with mob action

    PHUKET: Illegal taxi drivers from Patong today threatened Phuket Governor Maitri Inthusut with mass protests if the government does not do more to help them become legal. The naked threat was delivered today at a meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall immediately after the Governor’s monthly address to the Phuket media. “We need help from the governor to find a way to resolve this problem,” said Anan Pluemjit, an illegal taxi driver working from the taxi stand in front of the Hard Rock Cafe in Patong.

  • Phuket driver escapes injury as car slams into tree

    Phuket driver escapes injury as car slams into tree

    PHUKET: A Phuket woman escaped serious injury late last night when her car slammed into a tree at high speed, ripping the engine from the vehicle and flinging it 50 meters from where the car came to rest. Maj Kittiphum Tinthalang of the Thalang Police received a report of the accident, on Srisoonthorn Road in Baan Manik, in central Phuket, at about 11:30pm.

  • Phuket lifeguard contract signed – budget remains unaltered

    Phuket lifeguard contract signed – budget remains unaltered

    PHUKET: In the aftermath of Phuket’s deadliest beach weekend and the first-time-ever forced closure of sections of beaches by lifeguards, the Phuket Lifeguard Club’s contract with the local government has been renewed, but only for 10 months (story

  • Nine Phuket students given anesthesia after suffering from Khao Lak ‘curse’

    Nine Phuket students given anesthesia after suffering from Khao Lak ‘curse’

    PHUKET: Nearly two dozen Phuket students were rushed to Patong Hospital this morning after they collapsed screaming and convulsing during morning assembly – three out of the nine students who were administered anesthesia by doctors at the hospital remain there. According to reports, the culprit seems to be a ghost in the tourist haven Khao Lak who was offended by a girl putting her sarong in an “inappropriate place”. The students, 21 girls and one boy between 13 and 15 years old, collapsed into their screaming frenzy while at morning assembly at Wat Suwan Khiri Wongwere School (Wat Patong School – map

  • Retired Microsoft expat found dead in Phuket luxury villa pool

    Retired Microsoft expat found dead in Phuket luxury villa pool

    PHUKET: A retired Microsoft engineer was found dead this morning in his Phuket luxury villa pool located at Ao Makham. The body of the 69-year-old American expat was floating face down in the pool when police arrived at the scene. “He was wearing black swimming trunks.

  • Phuket family man struggling with debt hangs himself

    Phuket family man struggling with debt hangs himself

    PHUKET: A 52-year-old Phuket ice cream vendor who was despondent over heavy debts was found hanged at his home in Baan Don, Thalang, yesterday. Police presume the death to be suicide

  • Blaze engulfs Phuket cable yard

    Blaze engulfs Phuket cable yard

    PHUKET: Fire broke out at the TT&T cable yard on Thepkrasattri Road in Koh Kaew last night, causing an estimated 10 million baht in damage. No injuries were reported. Firefighters arrived soon after 8pm to find the yard next to the TT&T main office building – located opposite the Isuzu showroom, north of Boat Lagoon (map

  • Phuket Opinion: Promoting Islam for Phuket youths, tourists

    Phuket Opinion: Promoting Islam for Phuket youths, tourists

    Maroj Thongyon, a 66-year-old Phuket native, has been a member of the committee of the Phuket Islamic Council since 1990 and is president of the Foundation Nurul Islamiah.

  • Patong ladyboys given stiff treatment, Phuket club shut down

    Patong ladyboys given stiff treatment, Phuket club shut down

    PHUKET: The Dragon Club, an erection behind the Jungceylon shopping mall in Patong (map