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Patong blaze destroys unused beach mats, umbrella store
Patong blaze destroys unused beach mats, umbrella store
PHUKET: No people were injured in a fire that broke out at a building being used to store unused beach mats and umbrellas in Patong last night (Dec 8), officials have confirmed.
Phuket Red Cross hands out ‘survival bags’ to COVID-crisis afflicted residents
Phuket Red Cross hands out ‘survival bags’ to COVID-crisis afflicted residents
PHUKET: The Phuket chapter of the Red Cross Society yesterday donated more than 800 bags of essential supplies, which they called “survival bags”, to representatives of local administrators across the island so they could be distributed to people suffering amid the ongoing economic crisis.
45-day Tourist Visa to be proposed
45-day Tourist Visa to be proposed
BANGKOK: The government’s business easing committee will propose the government extend the validity of tourist visas to 45 days from 30 days to attract visitors, reports state news agency TNA.
Royal Forestry Dept approves land for Patong tunnel
Royal Forestry Dept approves land for Patong tunnel
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Vikrom Jakthee has confirmed that the Royal Forest Department (RFD) has approved usage of the land required for the long-awaited Patong tunnel project.
Electricity outage to affect Kata
Electricity outage to affect Kata
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Kata tomorrow (Dec 9) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
Four arrested for stealing wires, TVs from closed Patong hotel
Four arrested for stealing wires, TVs from closed Patong hotel
PHUKET: Four people have been arrested for stripping electrical wires and stealing a host of other items from a hotel in Patong that remains closed due to the COVID economic crisis.
Laguna Phuket Marathon holds strong
Laguna Phuket Marathon holds strong
PHUKET: An 8,000 strong field turned out to Run Paradise in Phuket this weekend at the 15th Supersports Laguna Phuket Marathon. Held yesterday and today (Dec 5-6), the new normal edition combined stringent safety and hygiene measures with a scenic course which took Thai and expat runners past local villages and the beaches of Nai Yang, Layan and Bang Tao.
Phuket Opinion: Chasing Myanmar
Phuket Opinion: Chasing Myanmar
PHUKET: The current push to hunt down Myanmar nationals suspected of bringing COVID-19 to Phuket screams loudly of the long-standing attitude officialdom has of Phuket’s legalised cheap labour.
Phuket, Krabi now listed on TAT-led inbound tourism campaign
Phuket, Krabi now listed on TAT-led inbound tourism campaign
PHUKET: Phuket and Krabi have finally been added to the national government’s campaigns to encourage tourists to come to Thailand to visit areas other than Bangkok.
Phuket employers asked to report recently arrived illegal migrant workers
Phuket employers asked to report recently arrived illegal migrant workers
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has urged employers of migrant workers on the island to report any migrant workers who are believed to have illegally entered Phuket as part of the island’s campaign targeting migrant workers for suspected COVID-19 infections.
Phuket honours King Bhumibol’s birthday
Phuket honours King Bhumibol’s birthday
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew led a mass ceremony to honour the birthday of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great this morning (Dec 5), a day also long honoured in Thailand as Father’s Day.
Thai Sikhs step up for Phuket’s hungry
Thai Sikhs step up for Phuket’s hungry
PHUKET: A delegation representing the Sikh community in Thailand yesterday donated two tons of rice to be distributed to families in Phuket suffering severe financial hardship during the ongoing economic crisis.
State land in Phuket handed over for B4bn International Medical Center
State land in Phuket handed over for B4bn International Medical Center
PHUKET: The Treasury Department has officially handed over more than 141 rai in Mai Khao, at the northern end of Phuket, to the Ministry of Public Health so that an “International Medical Centre” can be built at the site.
Myanmar woman negative for COVID, say Phuket officials
Myanmar woman negative for COVID, say Phuket officials
PHUKET: The Myanmar woman who fled a hospital in Phang Nga to avoid a COVID-19 test earlier this week and later found in Phuket has tested negative for COVID-19, Vice Governor Pichet Panapong announced this morning (Dec 4).
Phuket relief drive launched for Southern flood victims
Phuket relief drive launched for Southern flood victims
PHUKET: Phuket Rajabhat University has launched a campaign to collect donations of money and essential household goods to help people affected by the floods in Nakhon Sri Thammarat.
Special domestic travel campaigns for Phuket, tourism provinces to be launched
Special domestic travel campaigns for Phuket, tourism provinces to be launched
PHUKET: The Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) has announced that special domestic travel campaigns will be launched to help stimulate weekday traveling to Phuket and other tourism-dependent provinces to help local tourism business operators.
Commerce Market set for relaunch after new year
Commerce Market set for relaunch after new year
PHUKET: The Phuket office of the Ministry of Commerce plans to relaunch its monthly ‘Commerce Market’ next year to help vendors sell household necessities and consumer products at cheap prices.
Phuket wet weather warning reissued
Phuket wet weather warning reissued
PHUKET: The Thai meteorological department has re-issued is heavy rain and flash flood warning for Phuket and other provinces along the Andman coast following floods cutting off major roads in the southern provinces of Nakhon Sri Thammarat and Phattalung.
Electricity outage to affect area near Heroines Monument
Electricity outage to affect area near Heroines Monument
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off to the area southwest of the Heroines Monument on Saturday (Dec 5) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
Phuket Swap Shop to raise funds for endangered school
Phuket Swap Shop to raise funds for endangered school
The Phuket Swap Shop will return for festive giving and swapping at Friendship Beach Resort from 3pm to 9pm on Saturday, Dec 12, this time with a special focus on raising much-needed funds for the charity-driven BanYa Literacy Centre and its students in Thalang. The school now faces closure as its donations from overseas are critically affected by the COVID-19 crisis.