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Foreigners answer call for blood donations
Foreigners answer call for blood donations
PHUKET: Scores of foreigners turned out to donate blood at a major blood donation drive held at the Central Floresta shopping mall yesterday (Dec 22).
Phuket to host Mini X Games
Phuket to host Mini X Games
X GAMES: Phuket is set to host a Mini X Games tournament on Saturday (Dec 24) where youngsters will compete across three sports for a total prize pot of B35,000.
Hanukkah in Phuket celebrated on Patong Beach
Hanukkah in Phuket celebrated on Patong Beach
PHUKET: Phuket’s Jewish community celebrated Hanukkah last Sunday (Dec 18) with a congregation on Patong Beach to mark the beginning of the religious holiday.
Phuket gears up for Christmas, New Year
Phuket gears up for Christmas, New Year
PHUKET: Karon Municipality is inviting people to join the festivities on Pak Bang Rd along the Kata beachfront on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as Phuket gears up for festive activities all across the island to celebrate the New Year.
Cool in the pool at Blue Tree swimming challenge
Cool in the pool at Blue Tree swimming challenge
SWIMMING: There was plenty of fun in the pool for a group of Phuket youngsters last Saturday (Dec 17) as Blue Tree Phuket hosted its latest swimming challenge.
Russian assaulted at Central intersection
Russian assaulted at Central intersection
PHUKET: A Russian man who was beaten in an assault at the Darasamut Intersection, in front of the Central Phuket shopping mall, late last month has made a public appeal in the hope of finding his attackers.
Women volunteers called on to boost road safety
Women volunteers called on to boost road safety
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police have called on women to help boost road safety awareness in communities across the island.
New year gift basket price control checks underway
New year gift basket price control checks underway
PHUKET: Officials from the Phuket Provincial Office of the Ministry of Commerce are conducting their seasonal checks to ensure that New Year gift baskets for sale do not fall foul of the law.
Phuket prepares for ‘Seven Days of Danger’
Phuket prepares for ‘Seven Days of Danger’
PHUKET: Phuket officials are preparing to conduct the annual ‘Seven Days of Danger’ road-safety campaign for the New Year, this year to be observed from Dec 29 - Jan 4.
Patong Hill open to all vehicles
Patong Hill open to all vehicles
PHUKET:  Vehicles of all sizes are now allowed to travel over Patong Hill, past the site of the landslide in October that saw the road closed to all traffic.
Youth Rugby tournament confirmed for Cherng Talay
Youth Rugby tournament confirmed for Cherng Talay
RUGBY: A youth rugby competition has been confirmed to take place this coming weekend (Dec 23-25) at Surin Beach Football Stadium, officials have confirmed.
First section of Patong Tunnel, expressway projects open for bids
First section of Patong Tunnel, expressway projects open for bids
PHUKET: A section of elevated expressway four kilometres long linking the Patong Tunnel project to the Muang Mai - Koh Kaew - Kathu expressway has been approved and construction of that section can begin, Phuket officials have reported.
Class Act Media wins two APAC Insider awards
Class Act Media wins two APAC Insider awards
PHUKET: Class Act Media and IMAGE asia have been bestowed two accolades at this year’s UK-based annual APAC insider awards.
‘Gold Wing’ big bike riders bring B14mn tourism boost
‘Gold Wing’ big bike riders bring B14mn tourism boost
PHUKET: More than 200 Honda Gold wing riders from 12 countries on Saturday (Dec 17) brought to an end a three-day event in Phuket that raised some B14 million for the island.
Wet weather dampens Phuket
Wet weather dampens Phuket
PHUKET:  The rain that has soaked Phuket overnight and today is expected to continue until Tuesday (Dec 20) as the heavy wet weather continues to batter Southern Thailand’s east coast on the Gulf of Thailand.
Phuket Opinion: Welcome to Phuket – Don’t kill, don’t die
Phuket Opinion: Welcome to Phuket – Don’t kill, don’t die
PHUKET: Serious action needs to be taken now to help prevent more deaths on Phuket’s roads, before more tourists arriving end up heading home in a coffin, a victim of the island’s notorious lack of road safety.
Phuket Carnival in Patong marks return of tourism
Phuket Carnival in Patong marks return of tourism
PHUKET: The annual parade making the start of the tourism ‘high season’ in Phuket  brought a splash of colour and vivacity to the Patong beach road yesterday evening (Dec 16), a road that was shrouded in darkness and eerily silent during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials splash B113mn on Phuket flood-prevention works
Officials splash B113mn on Phuket flood-prevention works
PHUKET: Phuket provincial officials will spend B113 million on public works projects aimed at preventing and alleviating damage caused by floods.
District officials make Bang Tao drug bust
District officials make Bang Tao drug bust
PHUKET: Administrative officials from the Thalang District Office have arrested four foreign workers found with a total of 80 methamphetamine pills (ya bah) and more than 48 grammes of crystal meth (ya ice).
Phuket joins prayers for Princess Bajrakitiyabha
Phuket joins prayers for Princess Bajrakitiyabha
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew joined a prayer ceremony last night (Dec 16) for the recovery of Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati, the daughter of His Majesty the King.