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Phuket Opinion: Can we please have a moratorium on stupidity, shame?
Phuket Opinion: Can we please have a moratorium on stupidity, shame?
PHUKET: This week’s confirmation that the volume of water released into the island’s mains supply network from the Bang Wad Reservoir has been already drastically reduced by 25% is a real eye-opener.
Tourist ‘beach bus’ crashes on way to Paradise Beach, no serious injuries say police
Tourist ‘beach bus’ crashes on way to Paradise Beach, no serious injuries say police
PHUKET: Tourists travelling in a small truck converted to carry people in the back escaped serious injury on Saturday afternoon (Nov 9) as one of the front wheels “failed”, sending the pickup truck into a roadside ditch on the road to Paradise Beach, south of Patong.
Traffic Police warn of Phuket road closures for Phukethon
Traffic Police warn of Phuket road closures for Phukethon
PHUKET: Phuket City Traffic Police are urging motorists to avoid certain roads and areas that will be affected by this weekend’s Phukethon event, with a half-marathon and a full marathon to be completed along major roads on Sunday (Nov 10).
Construction of B789mn Phuket Prison enters final stages
Construction of B789mn Phuket Prison enters final stages
PHUKET: Construction of the new Phuket Provincial Prison, being built at a cost of B789 million in Srisoonthorn, Thalang, is entering its final stages and is currently expected to start housing inmates by May next year.
November at The Nai Harn: Pizzas, pairings and more at resort’s Italian takeover
November at The Nai Harn: Pizzas, pairings and more at resort’s Italian takeover
Flitting between Bangkok and Phuket has advantages and disadvantages. It enables me to enjoy the best that Thailand has to offer: the hustle and bus­tle of Bangkok and the leisurely pace of tropical Phuket with sun, sea and sand, but the dis­advantages are sadly many.
Serial thief arrested, police call for victims to reclaim stolen items
Serial thief arrested, police call for victims to reclaim stolen items
PHUKET: Police are calling for people who have had items mysteriously disappear from their homes in Rassada or Kathu in the past month to contact them in case some of their property has been recovered following the arrest of a man for a spate of thefts in the past three weeks.
Legends of Change: Phuket author shares stories of women leading the vegan revolution
Legends of Change: Phuket author shares stories of women leading the vegan revolution
“Vegan” has become a loaded term. Utter the word in the 1940s, when it was coined by The Vegan Society, and you’d likely be met with blank stares. Drop the v-bomb in conversa­tion today, however, and you seem to awaken the inner caveman in anyone within a mile radius.
Security forces add southern curfew to arsenal
Security forces add southern curfew to arsenal
BANGKOK: Security authorities have received approval to consider a curfew in eight districts of four southern provinces for one year, but they say the move has nothing to do with this week’s deadly attacks in Yala.
Man faces jail for opening jet door
Man faces jail for opening jet door
BANGKOK: The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has launched an investigation after a foreigner ripped open an emergency exit on a Thai Smile jetliner as it was preparing for take-off from Chiang Mai airport.
Laguna Golf Phuket, Banyan Tree shine at World Golf Awards
Laguna Golf Phuket, Banyan Tree shine at World Golf Awards
GOLF: Laguna Golf Phuket’s 18-hole championship course and Banyan Tree Group’s flagship Banyan Tree Phuket have been named Thailand’s Best Golf Course 2019 and Thailand’s Best Golf Hotel 2019 at the 6th Annual World Golf Awards held in Abu Dhabi.
Save Water! Water flow from Phuket’s Bang Wad reservoir already cut by 25%, to be halved from New Year
Save Water! Water flow from Phuket’s Bang Wad reservoir already cut by 25%, to be halved from New Year
PHUKET: Water supply from Bang Wad reservoir, the island’s main water source, was reduced by 25% last Friday (Nov 1), and will be reduced to half its regular flow from Jan 1, the busiest week for tourism on the island for the whole year.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Locals yank stubborn python! Elder expat survives robbery! Escapees in ICU? || November 8
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Locals yank stubborn python! Elder expat survives robbery! Escapees in ICU? || November 8
PHUKET XTRA - November 8 || brought to you by PVCPhuket.com No sky lanterns near airport! |:| Elder expat wounded in burglary |:| 5-meter python, locals help pull another! |:| American, Thai wife escapees still in ICU |:| Ranger stabbed in deep south! Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Darasamut Underpass to close overnight for electrical maintenance
Darasamut Underpass to close overnight for electrical maintenance
PHUKET: Both lanes through the Darasamut Underpass will be closed from 9pm tomorrow (Saturday, Nov 9) to 5am Sunday (Nov 10) while the Provincial Electricity Authority carries out repairs and maintenance to the electrical lighting and fans in the tunnel.
Phuket Sikhs to honour birth anniversary of founder Guru Nanak
Phuket Sikhs to honour birth anniversary of founder Guru Nanak
The Sri Guru Singh Sabha Association and Thai-Sikh community of Phuket will celebrate the 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh religion, with a programme of events on Sunday, November 10 from 9:30am to 12:30pm at the Sikh gurdwara on Suthat Road.
Phuket's Kata Group launches B1.75bn Pamookkoo Resort
Phuket's Kata Group launches B1.75bn Pamookkoo Resort
PHUKET: Kata Group, the long-established Thai local hotel operator that began with the opening of its first hotel on Phuket’s southwest coast 40 years ago, has launched its eighth resort, Pamookkoo Resort, representing an investment of B1.75 billion.
German expat, 72, wounded by knife-wielding Phuket house robbers
German expat, 72, wounded by knife-wielding Phuket house robbers
PHUKET: A 72-year-old German expat was left bound with tape and suffered a 12-centimetre knife wound to his left arm as two men armed with long knives robbed his house yesterday evening (Nov 7), making off with ATM cards and later withdrawing only B5,100 before the cards were cancelled.
Phuket residents lend a hand heaving python from neighbourhood drain
Phuket residents lend a hand heaving python from neighbourhood drain
PHUKET: More than 10 people were needed to help rescue workers heave a three-metre python out of a drain in front of a house in Koh Kaew last night (Nov 7).
Phuket health office launches project to provide free state-paid medications at local pharmacies
Phuket health office launches project to provide free state-paid medications at local pharmacies
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) has announced that patients suffering from certain illnesses and conditions can now collect their state-paid medications from approved pharmacies across the island instead of having to wait at their local hospital.
Patong, Karon, Kata to suffer week-long daily mains water-supply outages
Patong, Karon, Kata to suffer week-long daily mains water-supply outages
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply will be affected in parts of Patong, Karon and Kata from next Friday (Nov 15) to Saturday (Nov 23) while maintenance work is carried out at the reverse-osmosis plant between Patong and Karon.
Thai preparations for SEA Games kick off
Thai preparations for SEA Games kick off
FOOTBALL: Assistant coach Totchtawan Sripan says three-time defending SEA Games football champions Thailand's chances of grabbing another gold in the 2019 edition depend on how the players "handle the pressure".