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Phuket Immigration Drive-Thru to close pending 'renovations'
Phuket Immigration Drive-Thru to close pending 'renovations'
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration will close its Drive-Thru service, with Friday (Feb 13) the final day of operation, and no confirmed date for its reopening while “renovation” works are carried out.
Tourists pay price for public sex antics
Tourists pay price for public sex antics
PHUKET: Phuket police have warned that sexually explicit behaviour in public will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, citing multiple recent cases in which foreign nationals were arrested, jailed and blacklisted after stunts that authorities say damaged the province’s image and endangered the public.
Accountant exposed as ‘nominee’ director in Phuket foreign business probe
Accountant exposed as ‘nominee’ director in Phuket foreign business probe
PHUKET: An accountant at a local accounting firm has been caught listed as a company director for a foreign-involved business in Phuket, as authorities widened a crackdown on suspected ‘nominee’ arrangements used to sidestep Thailand’s Foreign Business Act.
Blood donation drives throughout February
Blood donation drives throughout February
PHUKET: The Phuket Regional Blood Centre (PRBC), in collaboration with Vachira Phuket Hospital, will continue organising blood donation drives across Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi throughout February.
Advance voting in Phuket concludes smoothly
Advance voting in Phuket concludes smoothly
PHUKET: Advance voting in Phuket for the upcoming national election to be held this Sunday (Feb 8) concluded smoothly yesterday (Feb 1), with 34,746 of 41,609 registered voters casting their ballots – a turnout of 83.49%.
Large trucks, buses to be banned from Darasamut Underpass
Large trucks, buses to be banned from Darasamut Underpass
PHUKET: Large trucks and buses will be banned from using the Darasamut Underpass during daytime hours starting Mar 1, Phuket Provincial Police have announced, following repeated accidents involving heavy vehicles.
Alcohol sales banned nationwide during advance voting this weekend
Alcohol sales banned nationwide during advance voting this weekend
PHUKET: Alcohol sales will be prohibited nationwide tonight through tomorrow evening as Thailand holds advance voting for the upcoming parliamentary elections, election officials have confirmed.
Phuket moves to regulate jet-ski operations on Koh Naka
Phuket moves to regulate jet-ski operations on Koh Naka
PHUKET: Phuket officials are moving ahead with tighter regulation of jet-ski operations on Koh Naka, including clear zoning of beach and marine areas, in a bid to protect local fishing grounds while improving safety for tourists.
Patong bars raided as unlicensed venues
Patong bars raided as unlicensed venues
PHUKET Kathu District officials have arrested operators of three entertainment venues in Patong for operating without the required licences during late-night inspections carried out last night (Jan 29).
Phuket traffic crackdown nets 20,000 foreigners driving without a licence
Phuket traffic crackdown nets 20,000 foreigners driving without a licence
PHUKET: More than 20,000 foreign nationals were fined in Phuket last year for driving without a valid licence, as provincial police stepped up enforcement against traffic violations and tightened scrutiny of car and motorbike rental businesses.
Four arrested as anti-drugs campaign continues
Four arrested as anti-drugs campaign continues
PHUKET: Four suspected drug dealers were arrested in Thalang District during a two-day social order operation that netted more than 86 grammes of crystal meth (ya ice) and 12 methamphetamine pills (ya bah), as provincial authorities intensified a crackdown on drugs and organised crime under Interior Ministry policy.
Bhumjaithai party campaigns in Phuket
Bhumjaithai party campaigns in Phuket
PHUKET: Bhumjaithai Party campaign assistant Supajee Suthamphan used her first campaign rally in southern Thailand to push for Phuket to be designated a ‘Special Economic Zone’, promising infrastructure upgrades, tougher action against illegal businesses, and renewed consumer support schemes to boost incomes and cut living costs.
Officials confirm no Nipah infections in Phuket
Officials confirm no Nipah infections in Phuket
PHUKET: Phuket officials have confirmed that no cases of Nipah virus have been detected in the province, dismissing claims circulating on social media as false and warning that the misinformation risks causing public panic and damaging Phuket’s image as a safe destination.
Phuket targets ‘black plate’ vehicles on ride-hailing apps
Phuket targets ‘black plate’ vehicles on ride-hailing apps
PHUKET: Provincial officials have called in digital ride-hailing platforms for talks aimed at removing unlicensed vehicles from app-based transport services, as authorities step up enforcement against illegal taxis and mounting pressure from both traditional taxi drivers and app-based drivers continues.
Phuket Expressway inches towards project bidding
Phuket Expressway inches towards project bidding
PHUKET: The Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) has confirmed it is moving ahead with the Phuket Expressway project, a major infrastructure development aimed at easing chronic traffic congestion and supporting the island’s long-term economic and tourism growth.
Complaints trigger probe into beach boat building in Chalong
Complaints trigger probe into beach boat building in Chalong
PHUKET: Boat-building activity encroaching on public land at Khok Tonod Beach in Chalong has been confirmed following a field inspection by the Phuket Provincial Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC Phuket), amid ongoing complaints from local residents about noise, dust and debris.
Nearly 600kg of debris cleared in Kata underwater cleanup
Nearly 600kg of debris cleared in Kata underwater cleanup
PHUKET: Nearly 600 kilogrammes of abandoned fishing gear and anchors have been removed from the seabed off Kata Beach as the Third Naval Area Command led a major underwater cleanup operation aimed at protecting Phuket’s marine ecosystems.
TAT pushes regional marine tourism
TAT pushes regional marine tourism
PHUKET: IMT-GT cooperation took centre stage at the Thailand Boat Festival 2026 last week as tourism authorities and private-sector operators from Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia gathered in Phuket to advance cross-border marine tourism development across the subregion.
Officials target greenhouse gas emissions
Officials target greenhouse gas emissions
PHUKET: Provincial officials have begun formal implementation of their provincial greenhouse gas reduction strategy, holding its first Climate Change Committee and Working Group meeting of 2026 while also launching a province-wide environmental cleanliness campaign aimed at supporting its low-carbon and net-zero ambitions.
Phuket Airport steps up Nipah virus screening
Phuket Airport steps up Nipah virus screening
PHUKET: Phuket International Airport has intensified health screening and disease-control measures for passengers arriving from high-risk areas amid concerns over the Nipah virus, airport officials have confirmed.