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Power outages to affect Kamala, Kathu, Sakhu, Srisoonthorn
Power outages to affect Kamala, Kathu, Sakhu, Srisoonthorn
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced four power outages that will affect areas in Kamala, Kathu, Sakhu and Srisoonthorn tomorrow (Mar 18) as work is carried out on upgrading voltage cables.
Club Med Phuket finally reopens
Club Med Phuket finally reopens
PHUKET: The Club Med resort in Kata, on Phuket’s southwest coast, has finally reopened after being closed for more than two years.
Thai blood slave saved from death
Thai blood slave saved from death
SA KAEO: Eight Thai people were rescued after being lured into illegal work in Cambodia, including a woman whose blood was withdrawn before she was due to be killed for organs.
Phuket elderly to get booster jabs
Phuket elderly to get booster jabs
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) will launch an intensive campaign next Monday (Mar 21) to provide third-dose booster injections to people in Phuket over 60 years old.
Songkran holiday extended, restrictions expected to be lifted
Songkran holiday extended, restrictions expected to be lifted
BANGKOK: The government has announced that there will be a public holiday period of six consecutive days over Songkran as it also evaluates ways to lift remaining festivity and travel restrictions.
Biden slams ‘war criminal’ Putin as Ukraine civilian horror grows
Biden slams ‘war criminal’ Putin as Ukraine civilian horror grows
KYIV: US President Joe Biden branded Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” yesterday (Mar 16) as the Russian leader’s onslaught in Ukraine claimed more civilian lives, and a theatre where “hundreds” were sheltering was destroyed by bombing.
Tight finish at the 2022 Sailor’s Regatta
Tight finish at the 2022 Sailor’s Regatta
SAILING: High spirited competition and better than expected wind conditions made for a hugely successful 5th Sailor’s Regatta last weekend (Mar 11-13), with this year’s 3-day event, organised by the Phuket Yacht Club (PYC), seeing extremely tight racing take place around Chalong Bay and the surrounding islands to the south of Phuket.
Phuket marks 371 new COVID cases, no new deaths
Phuket marks 371 new COVID cases, no new deaths
PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report has marked 371 new local infections confirmed across the island yesterday (Mar 16), bringing the total number of infections recorded since Jan 1 to 42,058.
Pre-travel COVID tests set for axe
Pre-travel COVID tests set for axe
BANGKOK: The government is set to allow tourists to enter Thailand without the need to show proof of a negative RT-PCR test within 72 hours of travel as required by the Test & Go scheme.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Killer of Swiss tourist in Phuket gets life in prison || March 16
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Killer of Swiss tourist in Phuket gets life in prison || March 16
PHUKET XTRA - March 16 || Brought to you by @PVC Phuket Life imprisonment for killer of Phuket Swiss tourist |:| Russia envoy working to aid vacationers |:| 7 charged in hazing death |:| Bomb injures four rangers in Pattani Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket #PhuketNews #Thailand
1.4kg of ‘ice’ seized in Phuket raid
1.4kg of ‘ice’ seized in Phuket raid
PHUKET: Officers from Border Patrol Police Unit 425, stationed in Phuket, seized 1.4kg of crystal meth (ya ice) and more than 160 tablets of methamphetamine (ya bah) in arresting a 28-year-old man who they say was part of a large drug distribution network on the island.
Slow progress by Phuket police in catching extortionist in police uniform
Slow progress by Phuket police in catching extortionist in police uniform
PHUKET: Police have made little progress in their investigation into a man wearing a police uniform while extorting money from a Phuket expat under threat of jail.
Police search for foreign shoplifter
Police search for foreign shoplifter
PHUKET: Police are looking to charge a foreign man for twice stealing snacks from a store in Phuket Town run by a 70-year-old man.
Vietnam ends COVID-19 quarantine for international travellers
Vietnam ends COVID-19 quarantine for international travellers
HANOI: Vietnam announced an end to quarantine for international travellers today (Mar 16), as it seeks to restart its tourism industry after two years of strict COVID-19 restrictions.
Limp Champions League exit rounds off miserable Man Utd season
Limp Champions League exit rounds off miserable Man Utd season
FOOTBALL: “We are not good enough,” admitted Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea when faced with the fact the Red Devils will now go five years without winning a trophy.
Life imprisonment for killer of Phuket Swiss tourist
Life imprisonment for killer of Phuket Swiss tourist
PHUKET: Teerawat Thothip, a 27-year-old resident of Pa Khlok, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 57-year-old Swiss tourist Nicole Sauvain-Weiskopf at the Ao Yon Waterfall, on Phuket’s east coast, last August.
European leaders in defiant Kyiv trip as Russia closes in
European leaders in defiant Kyiv trip as Russia closes in
KYIV: A trio of eastern European leaders met Ukraine’s president in his besieged capital yesterday (Mar 15), in a defiant act of solidarity as Russian forces pressed in and air strikes claimed yet more lives in the city under curfew.
Russia envoy working to aid vacationers
Russia envoy working to aid vacationers
BANGKOK: The Russian embassy in Bangkok is working closely with tourism authorities in Thailand to help accommodate the thousands of Russian tourists stranded here by airspace restrictions that are blanketing the region following the invasion of Ukraine.
Phuket marks 384 new COVID cases, no new deaths
Phuket marks 384 new COVID cases, no new deaths
PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report has marked 384 new local infections confirmed across the island yesterday (Mar 15), bringing the total number of infections recorded since Jan 1 to 41,660.
Vagabonds lineout for ACF charity match
Vagabonds lineout for ACF charity match
RUGBY: Phuket Vagabonds RFC will split ranks and lock horns for a charity rugby match this Saturday (Mar 19) in order to celebrate the Asia Center Foundation’s (ACF) 20th anniversary and to raise vital funds for 11-year-old Nawin Kaeotha, a dutiful young man who deservingly benefits from the ACF’s Scholarship Program.