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Prison sentences, fines for football match-fixers
Prison sentences, fines for football match-fixers
FOOTBALL: The Criminal Court yesterday (Mar 18) sentenced 15 people, including eight former Thai Premier League footballers, to between one and five years in prison, in a major match-fixing case that started in 2017.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Water guns down for Songkran! 10-day quarantine starting April 1st || March 19
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Water guns down for Songkran! 10-day quarantine starting April 1st || March 19
PHUKET XTRA - March 19 || Brought to you by PVCPhuket Quarantine to be eased starting April 1 |:| no water splashing at Songkran |:| Abandoned boats catch fire off Phuket shipyard |:| Man drowns in Pa Khlok fish-breeding pond Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Quarantine to be lifted for some tourists from Oct 1: CCSA
Quarantine to be lifted for some tourists from Oct 1: CCSA
PHUKET: From Oct 1, quarantine will not be required from tourists arriving from specified countries, Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin announced today (Mar 19).
Man drowns in Pa Khlok fish-breeding pond
Man drowns in Pa Khlok fish-breeding pond
PHUKET: A 62-year-old man was found drowned in a fish-breeding pond near his house in Pa Khlok last night (Mar 18). Police are investigating the man’s death, though slip marks in the mud beside the pond suggest that the man had slipped and fell into the water.
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CANCELLED - Songkran Splash Jungle Pool Paty
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Haze returns to Phuket
Haze returns to Phuket
PHUKET: The air quality is fine and no precautions need to be taken, says the local environment office in Phuket, despite the thick haze blanketing the island today (Mar 19).
Tough talk at first face-to-face US, China meeting in Biden era
Tough talk at first face-to-face US, China meeting in Biden era
WORLD: US and Chinese diplomats clashed yesterday (Mar 18) in their first face-to-face talks since President Joe Biden took office, with the world’s top two powers each digging in on a laundry list of issues on which they diverge broadly as the meeting opened in Alaska.
Recycling warehouse caretaker sells 20 tonnes of secondhand steel without boss knowing
Recycling warehouse caretaker sells 20 tonnes of secondhand steel without boss knowing
PHUKET: A 41-year-old Myanmar man has been arrested for selling an estimated 20 tonnes of discarded steel items from a recycling warehouse that he was hired to look after while the company remains closed due to the ongoing economic crisis.
New names on the Phuket Pairs Bowling honours board
New names on the Phuket Pairs Bowling honours board
BOWLS: In steaming hot weather on Monday (Mar 15) a full complement of 16 bowlers battled it out to become this year’s Phuket Pairs Bowls Champions.
Chinese fishing boats abandoned in Phuket catch fire
Chinese fishing boats abandoned in Phuket catch fire
PHUKET: Five Chinese-flagged commercial fishing boats left abandoned in Phuket more than 10 years ago caught fire while moored off Laem Nga Cape in Rassada, north of Phuket Town, yesterday (Mar 18).
New Krabi airport terminal to open in October
New Krabi airport terminal to open in October
KRABI: A third terminal at Krabi Airport is expected to open in October to double the airport’s passenger handling capacity, according to the Department of Airports (DoA).
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Patong Beach wastewater key in sea urchin infestation! || March 18
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Patong Beach wastewater key in sea urchin infestation! || March 18
PHUKET XTRA - March 18 || Brought to you by PVCPhuket |1 new COVID death in Thailand :| Charter rejected in 3rd reading |:| Patong wastewater a factor in rise of red sea urchins |:| Warning over Phuket wildfires Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Officers hunt suspects for slashing open dolphin
Officers hunt suspects for slashing open dolphin
PHUKET: Sirinath National Park officers have launched an investigation to prosecute the person or persons responsible for slashing open a spotted dolphin whose body was found on rocks in the Sakhu section of the national park yesterday evening (Mar 17). 
Warning issued over Phuket wildfires
Warning issued over Phuket wildfires
PHUKET: The Phuket Governor has issued a general burnoff ban and a general fire warning as dry conditions continue across the island. The warning comes as fighters in Rawai were called to douse a blaze at a snake show storeroom yesterday (Mar 17).
Patong wastewater a factor in rise of red sea urchins, says expert
Patong wastewater a factor in rise of red sea urchins, says expert
PHUKET: Phuket marine life expert Kongkiat Kittiwatanawong has identified wastewater released into the sea as among the key contributing factors leading to red sea urchins being washed ashore at Patong Beach.
Woman dies after head run over by van
Woman dies after head run over by van
PHUKET: A 48-year-old woman from Phang Nga died after she fell from her motorbike and her head was run over by a van at a busy intersection on the outskirts of Phuket Town yesterday evening (Mar 17).
Japan’s Momota wins at All England, Indonesians out after virus fears
Japan’s Momota wins at All England, Indonesians out after virus fears
BADMINTON: World number one Kento Momota made a winning return to international action at the COVID-affected All England Open yesterday (Mar 17), but Indonesia’s team were forced to withdraw after a passenger on their flight to Britain tested positive for the coronavirus.
Sniffer dogs could be used to detect COVID-19
Sniffer dogs could be used to detect COVID-19
THAILAND: Sniffer dogs could soon be employed at major transport hubs to detect COVID-19 in humans, the head of a pilot project at Chulalongkorn University has confirmed.
WHO experts say countries should keep using AstraZeneca jab
WHO experts say countries should keep using AstraZeneca jab
WORLD: World Health Organization (WHO) experts yesterday (Mar 17) recommended countries continue to use the AstraZeneca vaccine, but said they were looking into the jab’s safety after a slew of countries suspended its use over health fears.
‘Big Joke’ gets advisory job at RTP
‘Big Joke’ gets advisory job at RTP
THAILAND: Surachate ‘Big Joke’ Hakparn will work in an advisory position, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday (Mar 17), confirming speculation that he would be assigned to a new post at the Royal Thai Police (RTP).