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Patong, Phuket Town join push for free COVID vaccinations for all residents
Patong, Phuket Town join push for free COVID vaccinations for all residents
PHUKET: The mayors of Patong and Phuket Town have both now confirmed that they have set aside their own budgets to vaccinate all registered residents – Thai and foreign – in their areas for COVID-19 without having to wait for the national government.
No need for COVID-19 test to extend visa, says Phuket Immigration
No need for COVID-19 test to extend visa, says Phuket Immigration
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration has confirmed that evidence of a COVID-19 test proving that a foreigner is not infected with the virus is not required in order to extend a permit-to-stay, a process often referred to as ‘extending visas’.
All residents in Chalong to receive COVID vaccine free, including foreigners
All residents in Chalong to receive COVID vaccine free, including foreigners
PHUKET: Foreigners living in Chalong will be freely vaccinated COVID-19 once the national government has approved which vaccines may be used in Thailand, Chalong Mayor Samran Jindaphon has announced.
Candidate registration for Phuket local council elections opens Feb 8
Candidate registration for Phuket local council elections opens Feb 8
PHUKET: Candidates looking to contest the upcoming local municipal elections can register from Feb 8, the Phuket office of the Election Commission of Thailand (PEC) has confirmed.
No extra quarantine in Phuket for foreigners exiting quarantine in Bangkok
No extra quarantine in Phuket for foreigners exiting quarantine in Bangkok
PHUKET: Foreigners exiting a 14-day quarantine in Bangkok after testing negative for COVID-19 are not required to complete another 14-day quarantine after arriving in Phuket, the Phuket health chief has confirmed.
Pub, bar, restaurant COVID-compliance inspections continue
Pub, bar, restaurant COVID-compliance inspections continue
PHUKET: Officials in all three districts across Phuket have confirmed they are continuing their inspections of pubs, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues to ensure operators are complying with the full COVID-prevention measures.
Phuket’s three COVID cases all clear, ready to return home
Phuket’s three COVID cases all clear, ready to return home
PHUKET: The 40-year-old Phuket man who tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from a big bike event on Koh Lanta, Krabi, last month, will be discharged from hospital tomorrow (Jan 5), the Phuket health chief has confirmed.
New Phuket Prison receives first guests
New Phuket Prison receives first guests
PHUKET: More than 2,000 male inmates were transferred to the new Phuket Provincial Prison in Bangjo, Srisoonthorn, today (Dec 29) as an early New Year’s gift to the prisoners who had remained incarcerated at the long-overcrowded prison in Phuket Town.
Mass random swab tests fail to find infected migrant workers in Phuket
Mass random swab tests fail to find infected migrant workers in Phuket
PHUKET: Mass random swab tests of hundreds of migrant workers from camps all across the island have so far failed to identify any workers infected with COVID-19, the Phuket health chief has revealed.
High hopes for 5G to broaden Phuket’s economic base
High hopes for 5G to broaden Phuket’s economic base
PHUKET: 5G coverage across the island is already nearing 100% with only lesser populated areas remaining to be connected, as hopes run high that the new level of connectivity will help lure many different types of businesses not dependent on tourism to start up on the island.
Thai Smile flights hoped to spark tourism boost for Phuket
Thai Smile flights hoped to spark tourism boost for Phuket
PHUKET: Thai Smile, the domestic carrier operated by THAI Airways International, will increase its number of flights to Phuket in the New Year in the hope that other airlines will follow, leading to cheaper airfares to Phuket.
Phuket police launch donation campaign for flood victims
Phuket police launch donation campaign for flood victims
PHUKET: All police stations across Phuket are now receiving donations to help provide relief to victims of the floods that have so far killed 24 people and swamped more than 500,000 homes in Nakhon Sri Thammarat and Surat Thani.
Soi Dog targets ‘hot spots’ as number of Phuket strays spirals
Soi Dog targets ‘hot spots’ as number of Phuket strays spirals
PHUKET: The island’s well-respected animal welfare organisation Soi Dog Foundation (SDF) is working on concentrating its efforts in ‘hot spot’ areas on the island to help contain the spiralling number of strays being incarcerated at the government-run Phuket Stray Dog Shelter in Thalang.
Fire drill at Jungceylon, Patong
Fire drill at Jungceylon, Patong
PHUKET: People in Patong who saw firefighters arriving at the Jungceylon shopping mall this morning along with hundreds of other people have been urged to not panic as the mall held its large-scale fire-response exercise today (Dec 4).
Thailand’s tsunami-warning buoys installed, operational
Thailand’s tsunami-warning buoys installed, operational
PHUKET: The two tsunami-warning buoys operated by Thailand have been deployed and are now providing real-time data to the tsunami-warning network west of Phuket.
Medical marijuana makes headway in Phuket
Medical marijuana makes headway in Phuket
PHUKET: The availability of medical marijuana treatments via Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town has been highly praised, giving patients who have exhausted standard pharmaceutical treatment options without success another form of remedy.
Stress, mental health hit local officials’ agenda
Stress, mental health hit local officials’ agenda
PHUKET: More than 300 local residents turned up at Wichit Municipality yesterday to take part in an event organised to help them cope with the stress brought on by the current economic crisis.
Bayside Bloom: SorPorKor changes allow widespread development around Patong
Bayside Bloom: SorPorKor changes allow widespread development around Patong
PHUKET: The Phuket branch of the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) has confirmed that more than 13,000 rai of state land dedicated to helping poor farmers is now open for limited development, including huge tracts of land to the north and south of Patong, and along the hills the line the back of the resort town.
Kamala official defends carrying gun in surfing class raid
Kamala official defends carrying gun in surfing class raid
PHUKET: Sanya Khonpian, Chief Legal Officer at the Kamala Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), has defended his decision to carry a sidearm while raiding a surfing class being conducted on Kamala Beach.
Three-metre king cobra locked in villa at Nai Harn
Three-metre king cobra locked in villa at Nai Harn
PHUKET: A female tourist in Nai Harn received a nasty shock yesterday (Nov 16) when she returned to her villa to be confronted by an angry three-metre cobra.
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