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Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: US gov’t shutdown affecting Phuket? Sunscreen affecting coral! More South Thai bombings! || Jan. 18

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Phuket Opinion: ‘Reviving’ drowning victims

Phuket Opinion: ‘Reviving’ drowning victims

Phuket officials, Soi Dog rally after dog rabies death

Phuket officials, Soi Dog rally after dog rabies death

Snorkelling: safe or dangerous? It’s up to you

Snorkelling: safe or dangerous? It’s up to you

Bangkok haze sweeps into surrounding provinces

Bangkok haze sweeps into surrounding provinces

SEC punishes top Bangkok Airways shareholders

SEC punishes top Bangkok Airways shareholders

Bay Regatta aims bigger

Bay Regatta aims bigger
Sunscreen among contributing factors killing Phuket’s coral reefs
Sunscreen among contributing factors killing Phuket’s coral reefs
Friday 18 January 2019, 08:30AM
PHUKET: The impact of harmful contaminants in sunscreen as a contributing factor in the deaths of coral reefs around Phuket will be presented to Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan and other high-ranking officials at a Cabinet meeting in Bangkok today (Jan 18).
Tout dumps slow loris with tourist, evades arrest at Kata Beach
Tout dumps slow loris with tourist, evades arrest at Kata Beach
Tuesday 15 January 2019, 12:08PM
PHUKET: A slow loris tout dumped the slow loris he was carrying with a tourist then ran away to avoid arrest at Kata Beach yesterday afternoon (Jan 14).
Local residents angered over open sewer stench
Local residents angered over open sewer stench
Tuesday 15 January 2019, 10:46AM
PHUKET: Residents and business owners in Samkong, on the northwestern outskirts of Phuket Town, gathered yesterday (Jan 14) to jointly complain to officials about the overpowering stench and health risks of the canal that runs through their bustling community.
Bangkok ninth worst city on Earth for air quality
Bangkok ninth worst city on Earth for air quality
Monday 14 January 2019, 11:25AM
BANGKOK: The poor air quality stemming mainly from a high volume of hazardous fine dust particles in Bangkok and surrounding provinces will persist Monday, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) says.
Handling waste at Kamala
Handling waste at Kamala
Sunday 13 January 2019, 11:00AM
QUESTION I am a tourist and I recently saw some different coloured bins at Kamala Beach and wondered what the different coloured bins are for? Is it for separating recyclable waste? If so, is trash separated at the point of disposal, and hence disposed of properly for recycling? What happens to the waste put into these bins? Does the local council have a way of recycling waste, or at least making sure it gets to the right people who can recycle it? – Kendra, from USA   ANSWER The Kamala Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) uses bins of three different colours for the public to dispose of their general litter. Green bins are for general waste such as food, yellow bins are for recyclable waste such as plastic bottles or even something that could be sold, and red bins are for “hazardous materials”, which includes batteries, paint cans, fluorescent light tubes and so on. We have a lot of these throughout Kamala subdistrict, about 120 bins in total. We provide one green bin for every three to five households in the area for residents to use together, while yellow bins are placed in front of Kamala Mosque and in front of houses of community leaders and local environmental officers in every village in Kamala. Red bins we have placed in public park areas and in front of the 30th Rajaprajanugroh School Phuket. We empty the bins twice a day: once in the morning to collect the waste put in the bins during the night, and again late in the afternoon to collect the waste put in the bins in the daytime. Waste from the red and green bins is taken to the solid-waste separation and disposal facility at Saphan Hin. There, waste from the green bins will be incinerated and the waste from the red bins will be stored until there is enough material to economically transport it to a facility outside Bangkok for safe disposal there. Waste from the yellow bins is sold to local people who collect recyclable waste, and they sell it on to a larger merchant dealing in recyclable waste. The money raised, only about B200-B300 a month, is donated to a local temple or mosque. We do have an area behind Kamala OrBorTor office where some waste is stored. This is usually for burying items like discarded old sofas or branches of trees that we cut in the Kamala area. – Somsak Chaochang, Chief of the Health Division, Kamala Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor).
Phuket Opinion: The year of living feebly
Phuket Opinion: The year of living feebly
Sunday 6 January 2019, 09:00AM
Let’s face it, 2018 wasn’t a great year for Phuket. We ended the last high season with the island overrun with tour buses brimmed with Chinese tourists on so-called “zero-baht tours”, jamming the roads and piers, but business operators finally admitting that some independent Chinese travellers were finally arriving free from the package tours.
Layan lockout: Public access denied amid Supreme Court wrangle for B10bn beachfront land
Layan lockout: Public access denied amid Supreme Court wrangle for B10bn beachfront land
Saturday 5 January 2019, 09:00AM
PHUKET: MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) is advising people to keep clear and not enter any gates installed at properties along the Layan beachfront while the Supreme Court hears an appeal by five people claiming to own the land in question.
Phuket wildcat comatose after struck by vehicle
Phuket wildcat comatose after struck by vehicle
Wednesday 2 January 2019, 10:54AM
PHUKET: A leopard cat from the wilds of Phuket is receiving care at the Soi Dog Foundation animal shelter after being struck by a vehicle in Mai Khao yesterday (Jan 1).
Haze hits Bangkok
Haze hits Bangkok
Saturday 22 December 2018, 10:03AM
BANGKOK: The hazardous ultra-fine dust that has been sweeping through 20 districts of Bangkok will last for a few days, City Hall’s Environment Department warned yesterday (Dec 21).
Phuket beach croc’s future still up in the air
Phuket beach croc’s future still up in the air
Friday 21 December 2018, 03:26PM
PHUKET: The crocodile caught offshore from Layan Beach, on Phuket’s west coast, in July remains held at the marine life research centre in Thalang while officials still wait for instructions on where to have the reptile moved, or released, to.
Ital-Thai boss Premchai begins court fight in black leopard case
Ital-Thai boss Premchai begins court fight in black leopard case
Thursday 20 December 2018, 08:59AM
KANCHANABURI: Construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta remained tight-lipped before the media as his turn came to testify in the alleged black leopard poaching case yesterday (Dec 19).
Leopard sharks return to ‘East of Eden’ Similan Islands dive site
Leopard sharks return to ‘East of Eden’ Similan Islands dive site
Monday 17 December 2018, 06:14PM
PHUKET: A inspection of the Similan Islands Marine National Park north of Phuket has confirmed that that marine environment at popular dive sites in the archipelago are recovering well, national parks officers have reported.
Hunt for Phuket oil spill perpetrator underway
Hunt for Phuket oil spill perpetrator underway
Monday 17 December 2018, 12:21PM
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Thanyawat Chanpinit has called on the Phuket Marine Office to identify where the oil spill that washed ashore and coated that waterline black at Tungken Beach at Cape Panwa yesterday (Dec 16) and process the ‘highest legal case’ against them.
Planning Your Garden - Strategies Based on Nature’s Lessons
Planning Your Garden - Strategies Based on Nature’s Lessons
Sunday 16 December 2018, 10:00AM
Over eons, tropical plants have learnt how to cope with a range of conditions. It is worth noting these strategies.
Phuket’s coastal eyesore construction is legal, confirms mayor
Phuket’s coastal eyesore construction is legal, confirms mayor
Saturday 15 December 2018, 01:00PM
PHUKET: The building under construction on the coastal road to Krathing Cape, north of Nai Harn Beach, is legal, Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos has confirmed.
Community clean-up at Bridge of Pak Bang canal, Patong
Community clean-up at Bridge of Pak Bang canal, Patong
Saturday 15 December 2018, 11:30AM
Yesterday (Dec 14), Patong Municipality, Muslim for Peace Foundation Branch Phuket, held a BIG CLEANING DAY at the base of Bridge of Pak Bang canal, Kathu, Phuket. Attaubah club, Patong Development Foundation, Pak Bang canal local fishermen, Kok Makam community and more than 50 people joined this activity.
Tourists safety, waste issues raised in US Ambassador visit to Phuket
Tourists safety, waste issues raised in US Ambassador visit to Phuket
Wednesday 12 December 2018, 10:19AM
PHUKET: The US Ambassador to Thailand Peter Haymond was in Phuket yesterday (Dec 11) and conducted a formal visit to Phuket Provincial Hall, where he raised the issues of tourists’ safety and environmental issues, namely waste management.
Dolphin in care dies, Phuket marine experts now question ‘plastic’
Dolphin in care dies, Phuket marine experts now question ‘plastic’
Thursday 6 December 2018, 06:31PM
PHUKET: The dolphin that was receiving care at the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC) after being recovered from Nai Yang Beach last Friday has died, and now marine life experts are casting doubt on whether or not the dolphin vomited plastic while in care earlier this week.
Shops pledge to cut plastic bag use, one day a month
Shops pledge to cut plastic bag use, one day a month
Wednesday 5 December 2018, 12:07PM
BANGKOK: As many as 40 retailers and store operators have entered an agreement with the Mineral Resources Department not to provide plastic bags on the fourth of each month.
Hundreds turnout for Thailand Environment Day Karon Beach cleanup
Hundreds turnout for Thailand Environment Day Karon Beach cleanup
Tuesday 4 December 2018, 05:47PM
PHUKET: More than 600 people turned up to take part in the underwater and beach cleanup held at Karon Beach yesterday (Dec 3), ahead of Thai Environment Day today (Dec 4).
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