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‘SET UP’: Transferred Phuket officials push back as Patong probe deepens
‘SET UP’: Transferred Phuket officials push back as Patong probe deepens
PHUKET: Rungruang Thimabut, the Phuket Provincial Palad (Chief Administration Officer) transferred amid Patong bribery and extortion allegations has questioned whether the move was retaliation for recent crackdowns on illegal beach encroachment at Freedom Beach and Bang Tao Beach.
Power Play: Phuket tops South in demand, rolls out B1bn substation push
Power Play: Phuket tops South in demand, rolls out B1bn substation push
PHUKET: Phuket is committing more than B1.03 billion to expand its power grid, with five new electricity substations planned to meet demand expected to surge over the next decade ‒ as the island already records the highest electricity consumption in Southern Thailand.
Chinese knife attack suspect arrested while trying to flee Thailand
Chinese knife attack suspect arrested while trying to flee Thailand
PHUKET: The Chinese man wanted for slashing his partner and her son with a knife in a domestic dispute in Chalong earlier this week has been arrested while attempting to flee the country via Krabi International Airport.
Crap shoot: Phuket eyes fertiliser push as global supply risks mount
Crap shoot: Phuket eyes fertiliser push as global supply risks mount
PHUKET: Phuket is moving to boost local fertiliser production as Thailand scrambles to secure supplies from abroad, with officials warning that rising tensions in the Middle East could disrupt critical imports and expose the country’s heavy reliance on foreign sources.
NEAR MISS: Landfill fire exposes system under pressure as waste crisis deepens
NEAR MISS: Landfill fire exposes system under pressure as waste crisis deepens
PHUKET: The major landfill fire at Saphan Hin earlier this month exposed Phuket’s deepening waste crisis, with officials confirming the blaze reached emergency severity and came dangerously close to triggering wider evacuations as toxic smoke spread across nearby communities.
Patong Police target ‘troublemaking’ tourists
Patong Police target ‘troublemaking’ tourists
PHUKET: Patong Police and local officials are ramping up enforcement and preventative measures targeting disruptive foreign tourists following a series of incidents during the Songkran holiday, with police confirming that most offenders have already been tracked down and prosecuted.
Bhumjaithai silent on pledge for Phuket ‘Special Economic Zone’
Bhumjaithai silent on pledge for Phuket ‘Special Economic Zone’
PHUKET: The Bhumjaithai Party’s high-profile pledge to transform Phuket into a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is facing intensifying scrutiny, with critics questioning its progress, legal viability and whether the policy risks becoming another stalled reform effort.
Crackdown: Police vow maximum enforcement in Songkran road safety campaign
Crackdown: Police vow maximum enforcement in Songkran road safety campaign
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police have pledged a sweeping, no-exceptions crackdown on dangerous driving across the island during this year’s Songkran holidays, as authorities race to prevent a surge in road deaths and injuries.
Fuelled: Tourism sector braces as fuel price shock ripples through Phuket economy
Fuelled: Tourism sector braces as fuel price shock ripples through Phuket economy
PHUKET: High energy prices are already pushing hotel costs up by as much as 25% and transportation by nearly 40%, warned Phuket Tourist Association President Thaneth Tantipiriyakij, as tourism leaders called on the government to urgently roll out relief measures to ease mounting pressure on the island’s tourism sector.
Developers push for single EIA rule
Developers push for single EIA rule
PHUKET: Property developers in Phuket are calling for a major overhaul of environmental assessment requirements, urging authorities to allow a single Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) per development project instead of requiring separate reports for each building.
Cub Life: Lion cafe defends care standards as scrutiny follows viral video
Cub Life: Lion cafe defends care standards as scrutiny follows viral video
PHUKET: A lion café in Phuket Old Town has defended its animal care and handling practices as scrutiny intensifies following a viral video online, despite officials confirming the business is operating legally under Thai law.
Phuket hard landing a ‘wake-up call’
Phuket hard landing a ‘wake-up call’
PHUKET: The hard landing of an Air India Express passenger jet at Phuket International Airport last week, which shut the island’s only runway for hours and disrupted travel for an estimated 18,000 passengers, has been described as a “wake-up call” for Phuket’s aviation infrastructure.
Phuket Immigration urges patience
Phuket Immigration urges patience
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration has urged foreigners to remain patient as long queues form at its office, driven partly by travellers stranded in Thailand following flight disruptions linked to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Middle East conflict could cut Phuket tourist arrivals by up to 10%
Middle East conflict could cut Phuket tourist arrivals by up to 10%
PHUKET: Tourism leaders have warned that the ongoing Middle East conflict could reduce tourist arrivals to Phuket by as much as 10% in the short term if flight disruptions and traveller uncertainty continue.
Pipe Dream: B26bn water-supply link for Phuket still years away
Pipe Dream: B26bn water-supply link for Phuket still years away
PHUKET: After decades of planning and promises, the long-awaited water supply pipeline from Surat Thani remains a pipe dream, with the project undergoing yet another feasibility study and carrying a projected cost of B26 billion ‒ and construction unlikely to begin for years.
Big Buddha’s 25 conditions
Big Buddha’s 25 conditions
PHUKET: The tourist-popular Big Buddha viewpoint reopened to the public this week, but under strict conditions after remaining closed for more than a year following the deadly landslide in 2024.
Phuket fuel supplies remain ‘sufficient’
Phuket fuel supplies remain ‘sufficient’
PHUKET: Fuel supplies in Phuket remain sufficient despite recent queues at petrol stations, with officials attributing the rush to a surge in demand based on panic rather than an actual shortage.
Big Buddha reopens
Big Buddha reopens
PHUKET: Phuket’s Big Buddha viewpoint officially reopens to the public today (Mar 3), coinciding with Makha Bucha Day, with management of the site now placed solely under Wat Kittisangharam.
Swedish-Turkish man charged over fatal slap of Australian in Patong
Swedish-Turkish man charged over fatal slap of Australian in Patong
PHUKET: A 29-year-old dual Swedish-Turkish national has been formally charged with assault causing death after allegedly slapping an Australian man during an argument in Patong, causing him to fall and suffer fatal head injuries.
Phuket officials confirm alcohol ban for Makha Bucha
Phuket officials confirm alcohol ban for Makha Bucha
PHUKET: Patong Mayor Lalita Maneesri has confirmed that all business with current, valid entertainment licences will be exempt from the nationwide alcohol ban to come into effect next Tuesday (Mar 3) for the national Buddhist holiday Makha Bucha Day