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Singapore Navy visits Phuket
Singapore Navy visits Phuket
PHUKET: Two warships from the Republic of Singapore Navy made port in Phuket for a friendly visit on the weekend.
Isolated heavy rain forecast to continue
Isolated heavy rain forecast to continue
PHUKET: The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) is forecasting more scattered showers for Phuket throughout this week, passing thundershowers expected to affect about 70% of the area today (Nov 7).
Water outages to affect Chalong, Wichit, Patong
Water outages to affect Chalong, Wichit, Patong
PHUKET: Residents and businesses in Chalong, Wichit and Patong will see their mains water supply shut off on certain days next week (Nov 7-10), the Phuket office of the Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced in a series of notices.
Phuket van driver charged for drugs, carrying weapons
Phuket van driver charged for drugs, carrying weapons
PHUKET: A traffic stop at a police checkpoint in Patong has resulted in the arrest of a Phuket passenger van driver found carrying nine pills of methamphetamine (ya bah) as well as an air rifle and an axe.
Officials consider reopening bypass lanes
Officials consider reopening bypass lanes
PHUKET: Phuket officials are considering whether to reopen the northbound lanes on the bypass road past the site of the two small landslides last month now that the main building of the abandoned hotel at the site has been razed.
The Power of Collective Action
The Power of Collective Action
Living Waters Phuket Foundation (LWPF) is a charity which was set up to support the most vulnerable communities; and they certainly were put to the test with the recent and unprecedented levels of flooding in Phuket.
Phuket Opinion: Money Road
Phuket Opinion: Money Road
PHUKET: Preechawude ‘Prab’ Keesin and associates set the cat amongst the pigeons this week in calling for donations to complete a road up Patong Hill that crosses private land.
Patong Hill road safe despite rain, expert assures
Patong Hill road safe despite rain, expert assures
PHUKET: Patong Hill remains safe to allow motorbikes and small vehicles to continue passing the landslide site despite recents rains overnight and throughout today (Nov 5), an expert from Kasetsart University has assured.
Phuket’s ‘Seeds of Change’ finds a new home
Phuket’s ‘Seeds of Change’ finds a new home
Local Phuket charity Seeds of Change is inviting people to join them at the opening ceremony of their brand-new premises on Koy Siray, east of Phuket Town, on Wednesday (Nov 9), to be officiated by Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew.
Mega-projects touted at Andaman Provinces economic meeting
Mega-projects touted at Andaman Provinces economic meeting
PHUKET: All the multi-billion-baht major road projects in Phuket will not be brought forward to help alleviate the traffic woes caused by the landslide on Patong Hill, according to the Andaman Provinces economic meeting held in Phuket yesterday (Nov 4).
Bang Yai dredged as anti-flood measure
Bang Yai dredged as anti-flood measure
PHUKET: Two excavators were deployed late yesterday afternoon (Nov 4) to dredge the Bang Yai Canal in Phuket Town to help prevent flooding.
Phuket Blood Bank, Red Cross reach out for donations
Phuket Blood Bank, Red Cross reach out for donations
PHUKET: The Phuket Blood Bank at Vachira Phuket Hospital and the Phuket chapter of the Red Cross invite Thais and foreigners to donate blood at various locations across the island throughout November.
Public invited to donate for alternative Kathu-Patong road
Public invited to donate for alternative Kathu-Patong road
PHUKET: Thai nationals and Phuket expats alike have been invited to support the construction of an alternative road up the Kathu side of Patong Hill from Patong Go-Kart to the Chao Pho Suea Shrine. When finished, the route is expected to facilitate traveling to Patong and back while the main road is being repaired.
Phuket office apologises for recycling suicide death certificate
Phuket office apologises for recycling suicide death certificate
PHUKET: A Thalang official has apologised for his office re-using the back of a suicide death certificate to print an official confirmation of marriage document that was to be used for a visa application.
Downhill lane on Patong Hill to reopen to cars, small vehicles
Downhill lane on Patong Hill to reopen to cars, small vehicles
PHUKET: The road over Patong Hill will reopen to allow cars, vans, pickups and other “small vehicles” to travel eastbound from Patong to Kathu after a two-hour “trial period” starting today (Nov 4), the Phuket Governor has announced.
Weather warning issued for Phuket
Weather warning issued for Phuket
PHUKET: The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued a weather warning of potential heavy rain heading for the south of Thailand including Phuket on Nov 4-6.
Demolition of bypass hotel on track
Demolition of bypass hotel on track
PHUKET: Good progress has been made on the demolition of the abandoned incomplete hotel on the bypass road, officials confirmed today (Nov 3).
TV celebs to support local school charity football match
TV celebs to support local school charity football match
FOOTBALL: A charity football match has been confirmed involving celebrities from Thai TV to help support a building repair project at Ban Laem Sai School in Thalang.
Inaugural Qanot Sharq Airlines flight touches down in Phuket
Inaugural Qanot Sharq Airlines flight touches down in Phuket
PHUKET: The number of overseas flights arriving in Phuket continues to climb as the inuagural flight from Uzbekistan’s Qanot Sharq Airlines touched down on the island earlier today (Nov 3).
More Layan Beach venues removed by police
More Layan Beach venues removed by police
PHUKET: Officials descended on a section of Layan Beach yesterday afternoon (Nov 2) after they discovered a number of food and beverage outlets were still operating illegally despite a recent eviction drive.