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Police say female teacher denies kicking boy, 5, in face
Police say female teacher denies kicking boy, 5, in face
PHUKET: A female kindergarten teacher at Wichit Songkram School has had a holding charge filed against her by police for causing bodily harm to a 5-year-old boy in her class, but has denied kicking the boy in the face.
Electricity outages to affect parts of Kamala, Karon
Electricity outages to affect parts of Kamala, Karon
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Karon on Wednesday (Nov 11) and Kamala on Thursday (Nov 12) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
Thai, American friends of Indian COVID patient found in Patong; now in care, awaiting tests
Thai, American friends of Indian COVID patient found in Patong; now in care, awaiting tests
PHUKET: Dr Thanit Sermkaew, chief of the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) has confirmed that the Thai and American friends of the Indian man now confirmed as infected with COVID-19 have been located and removed from contact with the general population in Phuket.
DDC releases timeline of Indian COVID patient’s movements
DDC releases timeline of Indian COVID patient’s movements
PHUKET: The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has released a timeline of where an Indian man now confirmed as infected with COVID-19 traveled from Oct 28 to Nov 6, which included Phi Phi Island and Patong in Phuket, as well as taking flights and staying at a hotel in Chiang Mai.
Five injured in Phang Nga tourist speedboat fire
Five injured in Phang Nga tourist speedboat fire
PHUKET: Three crewmen injured in a tourist speedboat explosion and fire in Phang Nga yesterday (Nov 8) are now recovering at Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town.
Health officials chasing down Phuket connection over Krabi COVID patient
Health officials chasing down Phuket connection over Krabi COVID patient
BANGKOK: Public health officials are trying to locate two men who came into close contact in Phuket with an Indian man who has now tested positive for COVID-19.
Phuket Opinion: Paper thin excuses
Phuket Opinion: Paper thin excuses
PHUKET: It will be interesting to see how the investigation pans out into the international elementary school in Rawai where two foreigners were arrested for working illegally this week. Traditionally, no action is taken against employers in Phuket for illegally hiring foreigners.
Transport Minister ponders electric buses for Phuket, instead of light rail
Transport Minister ponders electric buses for Phuket, instead of light rail
PHUKET: Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has ordered the Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) to investigate the use of an electric bus network instead of developing the planned B35-billion Phuket Light Rail project. The move is hoped to reduce the cost of the project by B10bn so that the project funds can be approved by Cabinet and the project rolled into service by 2023.
Netherlands man, 38, reported as COVID positive in Phuket
Netherlands man, 38, reported as COVID positive in Phuket
PHUKET: The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has reported that a 38-year-old man from the Netherlands has tested positive for COVID-19 in Phuket.
Last candidates enter race for President in Phuket provincial election
Last candidates enter race for President in Phuket provincial election
PHUKET: A late entry has brought the total number of people contesting the position of President in the Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation (PPAO, or OrBorJor) election to five candidates, with a total of 77 people registering their candidacy of being elected to the PPAO Council.
Phuket sea gypsies awarded state land to live under new project
Phuket sea gypsies awarded state land to live under new project
PHUKET: Sea gypsies living in the Klong Tha Jeen area on the east side of Phuket Town have been given more than four rai of state land to live on under a government pilot project to ensure the once-sea-faring indigenous people now have a place to call home.
Brits arrested in Phuket international school immigration raid
Brits arrested in Phuket international school immigration raid
PHUKET: Two British nationals have been taken into custody on suspicion of working illegally following a Phuket Immigration raid at an international elementary school in Rawai.
ASQ report: A Phuket expat’s personal account of re-entering Thailand
ASQ report: A Phuket expat’s personal account of re-entering Thailand
Long-term Phuket expat Ian Lancaster left Phuket in March to visit his home country of Australia and enjoy a five-day wine trip of vineyards around Adelaide. Then the COVID-19 lockdowns began, leaving Ian unable to return to Phuket, where he has lived for the past eight years. Ian is no stranger to living Southeast Asia and the bureaucracy that entails. He has been living and working in Asia since 1985, based in Singapore, Taiwan and Beijing, with involvement in many other countries. Here is Ian’s first-hand account of the process and experience of re-entering Thailand through the Alternative State Quarantine requirements.
Phuket Hospitality Challenge a swinging success
Phuket Hospitality Challenge a swinging success
GOLF: The eagerly awaited annual Plantations International sponsored Phuket Hospitality Challenge took place at Laguna Golf Phuket on Oct 22 and was a resounding success.
More ancient cave paintings found in Phang Nga Bay
More ancient cave paintings found in Phang Nga Bay
PHUKET: Ancient paintings have been found on cave walls at five new sites in Ao Phang Nga National Park, the Director-General of the Fine Arts Department, Prathip Phengtako, has announced.
COVID impacts expected to force hotel sales in 2021
COVID impacts expected to force hotel sales in 2021
PHUKET: A member survey by the Hospitality Asset Managers Association (HAMA) in Singapore of the region’s hotel ownership has been just completed, and results confirm what many industry watchers have been whispering for months. Eric Levy, MD of Tourism Solutions International viewed the results of this survey and commented, “In my 30 years in the region, we have had many crises, this one is different. We will see more forced sales of hotels, some by owners freeing up cash to reduce debt, some pressured by lenders and some perhaps even pushed into foreclosure/receivership by impatient lenders… something that lenders in Asian have largely been allergic to do in the past.”
Officials consider reopening Maya Bay to boost tourism
Officials consider reopening Maya Bay to boost tourism
PHUKET: World-famous Maya Bay may be reopened to limited numbers of tourists in the coming months as a way to help boost tourism to the Andaman region.
Cabinet promises Patong Tunnel works to start in 2023, while light rail budget jumps B400mn
Cabinet promises Patong Tunnel works to start in 2023, while light rail budget jumps B400mn
PHUKET: Following the mobile Cabinet meeting in Phuket yesterday (Nov 3), deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul has announced that work on the long-awaited Patong Tunnel project will begin in 2023, and that the budget for the Phuket Light Rail projected as increased further, this time by B400 million.
Patong Bay cleanup clears 105kg of trash from reef
Patong Bay cleanup clears 105kg of trash from reef
PHUKET: A total of 105 kilograms of marine trash was collected from the reef near Kalim Beach in an underwater cleanup in Patong Bay yesterday (Nov 3).
Overnight water-supply outages to affect Wichit
Overnight water-supply outages to affect Wichit
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply will be shut off in Wichit on Thursday night (Nov 5) and Saturday night (Nov 7) while workers continue to carry out tests to determine to determine leaks in the water-supply network.