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National police deputy launches Phuket New Year anti-crime, road-safety blitz
National police deputy launches Phuket New Year anti-crime, road-safety blitz
PHUKET: Lt Gen Sakda Cheunpakdee, an Assistant Commissioner of the national Royal Thai Police, has ordered all officers under his command, and called on those assisting police, to do their best to restrict crime and enforce road-safety laws over the New Year holidays.
Chinese tourist sentenced to life for killing wife at Phuket resort
Chinese tourist sentenced to life for killing wife at Phuket resort
PHUKET: A Chinese tourist arrested for drowning his wife in a resort-room pool in Phuket last October was handed down a life sentence by Phuket Provincial Court yesterday (Dec 24), reports Ecns.cn, the official English-language website of China News Service (CNS).
SalamAir launches direct flights between Muscat and Phuket
SalamAir launches direct flights between Muscat and Phuket
PHUKET: SalamAir’s inaugural direct flight from Muscat to Phuket touched down yesterday (Dec 24), marking the beginning of a three-times-a-week service between Phuket and the Oman capital.
Rewards offered for finding missing kayak couple
Rewards offered for finding missing kayak couple
PHUKET: The families of missing Polish tourist Mateusz Juszkiewicz, 26, and Thai national Werakan Siriprakon, 23, from Nakhon Sawan, who were last seen on a rented kayak off Yanui Beach on Dec 7, are offering rewards for information that contributes to or directly leads to finding the missing pair.
Phuket readies for five-day New Year holiday
Phuket readies for five-day New Year holiday
PHUKET: The country is gearing up for a five-day long weekend – from this Saturday through next Wednesday (Dec 28-Jan 1) – with New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day both public holidays in the country, and next Monday being declared a public holiday by Cabinet earlier this year.
British man found dead after freak fall, left wedged between water pump and house
British man found dead after freak fall, left wedged between water pump and house
PHUKET: Police are investigating the death of a British man whose body was found stuck in a tight space between a water pump and a house in a small street in Kamala early yesterday morning (Dec 23).
Partial solar eclipse across Thailand on Boxing Day
Partial solar eclipse across Thailand on Boxing Day
PHUKET: People across Phuket will be able to witness a partial solar eclipse covering 76% of the sun this Thursday (Dec 26) as the Earth enjoys its second full solar eclipse of the year.
Patong candle-lit ceremony returns for 15th anniversary tsunami memorial events
Patong candle-lit ceremony returns for 15th anniversary tsunami memorial events
PHUKET: The main annual tsunami memorial event, this year marking 15 years since the disaster, will be held at the traditional location of Loma Park in Patong this Thursday (Dec 26), Patong Municipality confirmed today.
Search for missing kayak couple scaled down to ‘normal work duties’, as families begin their own efforts
Search for missing kayak couple scaled down to ‘normal work duties’, as families begin their own efforts
PHUKET: The official search for missing kayak couple Polish tourist Mateusz Juszkiewicz, 26, and Thai national Werakan Siriprakon, 23, from Nakhon Sawan, has been scaled to down to no extra specific search efforts, while officials maintain that the search has not been called off.
The Naka Island resort completes seven-month extension
The Naka Island resort completes seven-month extension
PHUKET: The Naka Island, an award-winning resort and spa located off Phuket’s east coast operated as part of Marriott International’s The Luxury Collection, has announced the completion of its seven-month expansion.
Phuket Opinion: Loud and Proud
Phuket Opinion: Loud and Proud
PHUKET: Phuket has a new event to be proud of: the Miss Coral Queen 2019 beauty pageant, for transgenders only. The event will be held as part of the annual Red Cross Fair at Saphan Hin over the New Year and will be the first time that the annual festival has held a pageant specifically for kathoey.
Phuket beach safety hits top-level agenda
Phuket beach safety hits top-level agenda
PHUKET: Beach safety took a serious step forward this week as the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation office for Phuket in collaboration with the Phuket Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) conducted a Phuket Beach Safety Workshop at the Tree House K PARK Phuket hotel in Phuket Town.
Phuket Red Cross to host inaugural Miss Coral Queen transgender beauty pageant
Phuket Red Cross to host inaugural Miss Coral Queen transgender beauty pageant
For the first time in the more than two decades since the Phuket chapter of the Red Cross began holding its annual fund-raising fair at Saphan Hin, on the outskirts of Phuket Town, this year will see the renowned event hold a Miss Coral Queen Phuket beauty pageant open exclusively to ladyboys.
New Phuket Traffic Police Chief set sights on zero deaths for New Year holidays
New Phuket Traffic Police Chief set sights on zero deaths for New Year holidays
Phuket has a new Traffic Police Chief, and he has set his sights on zero deaths from road accidents on the island over the New Year holidays.
Electricity outage to hit Cherng Talay
Electricity outage to hit Cherng Talay
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Cherng Talay tomorrow (Dec 21) as work is carried out on installing new low-voltage cables.
Minister outlines plans for promotional campaign at walking street markets this weekend
Minister outlines plans for promotional campaign at walking street markets this weekend
PHUKET: Minister of Interior Gen Anupong Phaojinda conducted a video conference call with every provincial government yesterday (Dec 19) to outline plans to implement a special promotional campaign at walking street markets this weekend.
Laguna Phuket Triathlon 2020 date confirmed
Laguna Phuket Triathlon 2020 date confirmed
TRIATHLON: Asia’s premier destination resort, Laguna Phuket, has announced that the celebrated Laguna Phuket Triathlon’s 27th annual edition is to take place on Sunday 22 November 2020.
Divers fail to find missing tour boat crewman, call in local fishing boats to help
Divers fail to find missing tour boat crewman, call in local fishing boats to help
PHUKET: The search for 18-year-old Kittipong “Boy” Samanbut, who fell overboard in the tour boat collision off Phuket’s east coast on Wednesday, has so far failed to find the missing crewman, search teams led by the Royal Thai Navy reported this morning (Dec 20).
Search for missing kayak couple broadens
Search for missing kayak couple broadens
PHUKET: A further team was dispatched earlier today (Dec 19) as the search for the missing couple last seen kayaking on Dec 7 off Yanui beach continues and broadens into new areas.
Patong Tunnel hoped to open 2026, says EXAT Chief
Patong Tunnel hoped to open 2026, says EXAT Chief
PHUKET: Suchart Chonsakpipat, Governor of the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT), which is overseeing the project to construct the tunnel through Patong Hill, has revealed that – if all goes according to plan – construction of the long-awaited Patong Tunnel could commence as early as mid-2022.