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Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Whistleblower fatally shot! Returning B400K in cash? Crash takes pregnant woman! || March 20

Phuket TV - PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Whistleblower fatally shot! Returning B400K in cash? Crash takes pregnant woman! || March 20

Woman, 26, crushed by water truck on Kata Hill

Woman, 26, crushed by water truck on Kata Hill

Power outage to leave Cherng Talay, Kamala, Srisoonthorn without water

Power outage to leave Cherng Talay, Kamala, Srisoonthorn without water

Polish hotel owner charged after threatening staff with gun

Polish hotel owner charged after threatening staff with gun

Fear of SME impact from minimum wage hike

Fear of SME impact from minimum wage hike

Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller contributed to US man’s cancer: jury

Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller contributed to US man’s cancer: jury

Laguna Phuket Marathon sets the pace as leading destination marathon in Southeast Asia

Laguna Phuket Marathon sets the pace as leading destination marathon in Southeast Asia
Official inspects elephant camps after Big Buddha complaint
Official inspects elephant camps after Big Buddha complaint
Tuesday 19 March 2019, 02:09PM
PHUKET: The Acting Chief of the Phuket Provincial Livestock Office has acted on a complaint sent to The Phuket News by a reader about a very young elephant being used to make money from tourists at the side of the road that leads to Big Buddha.
Men injured by bomb placed to protect bird’s nest operation
Men injured by bomb placed to protect bird’s nest operation
Tuesday 19 March 2019, 02:06PM
PHUKET: Two men have been seriously injured by an explosive device placed near the entrance to a cave used by a private bird’s nest operator on a small island in the northern reaches of Phang Nga Bay, east of Phuket.
Premchai jailed for 16 months, not guilty of black leopard charge
Premchai jailed for 16 months, not guilty of black leopard charge
Tuesday 19 March 2019, 01:25PM
KANCHANABURI: Construction billionaire Premchai Karnasuta was sentenced to 16 months in jail for illegal possession of a dead pheasant and weapons, and supporting poaching – but he was acquitted of any wrongdoing connected with a black leopard carcass found at the scene, which was blamed on other defendants.
National PWA Governor visits Phuket over failing water supply
National PWA Governor visits Phuket over failing water supply
Monday 18 March 2019, 06:46PM
PHUKET: The national Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) Governor has quietly visited Phuket in person and urged the local PWA office to solve the island’s drought problems and to come up with a plan of how to continue supplying water needed by April 1.
Phuket officials turn to satellites for marine safety
Phuket officials turn to satellites for marine safety
Saturday 16 March 2019, 11:00AM
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Supoj Rotreuang Na Nongkhai this week held a meeting with the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) to discuss the development of an information system that will gather data to assist with marine activity in a bid to prevent future marine disasters.
Private company provides water for free as Cherng Talay reservoir runs dry
Private company provides water for free as Cherng Talay reservoir runs dry
Saturday 16 March 2019, 09:00AM
PHUKET: One private company is providing water from its own reservoir to Cherng Talay Municipality free of charge to supply residents as the municipality’s own main reservoirs has run dry.
Court gives Similan Islands green light to limit visitors
Court gives Similan Islands green light to limit visitors
Thursday 14 March 2019, 09:31AM
BANGKOK: The Similan Islands can limit the number of visitors to prevent environmental damage, the Supreme Administrative Court has ruled.
Kamala to get B58mn wastewater plant
Kamala to get B58mn wastewater plant
Wednesday 13 March 2019, 03:02PM
PHUKET: Construction of Kamala’s first wastewater-treatment plant began this week, with the B58 million facility scheduled for completion by February next year. The news comes after another week of black wastewater from Pak Bang Canal at the southern end of Kamala fouling the water at the popular tourist beach.
Phuket among provinces to be transformed into ‘smart city’
Phuket among provinces to be transformed into ‘smart city’
Tuesday 12 March 2019, 09:42AM
BANGKOK: The government is gearing up to achieve its target of 30 smart cities in 24 provinces, including Phuket, by next year and hopes to transform 100 cities nationwide to smart cities by 2022.
Kalim beach cleanup staged as rubble remains
Kalim beach cleanup staged as rubble remains
Saturday 9 March 2019, 12:21PM
PHUKET: More than 100 officials, hotel staff, volunteers and local residents joined a mass cleanup at Kalim Beach yesterday morning (Mar 8) under Patong Municipality’s ‘Aware and Conserve the Environment’ campaign.
Resorts start rolling in own water tankers as Phuket dry spell continues
Resorts start rolling in own water tankers as Phuket dry spell continues
Saturday 9 March 2019, 09:00AM
PHUKET: A leading figure in Phuket’s hotel industry in has confirmed that hotels and resorts across the island are starting to feel the effects of low water pressure in their mains water supply, which is forcing some hoteliers to arrange their own water supplies to ensure guests are not affected.
Emergency water supplies deployed in Koh Kaew
Emergency water supplies deployed in Koh Kaew
Thursday 7 March 2019, 06:26PM
PHUKET: Emergency water supplies have been deployed in selected areas of Koh Kaew following a slew of complaints of tap water running at very low pressure – or even not all – despite assurances from the Chief of the Phuket Waterworks Authority that water-saving measures have been introduced.
Phuket Water Authority to propose water rations as ‘water-saving option’
Phuket Water Authority to propose water rations as ‘water-saving option’
Tuesday 5 March 2019, 05:32PM
PHUKET: Water rations will be among the options presented to the Phuket Governor “soon”, Graisorn Mahamad, Chief Provincial Waterworks Authority, told The Phuket News today (Mar 5).
Phuket Opinion: Up the creek
Phuket Opinion: Up the creek
Sunday 3 March 2019, 09:00AM
PHUKET: The wastewater treatment plant at Bang Tao finally coming onstream this week is welcome news. The plant comes as part of a decentralised “cluster” strategy to have one small plant in Bang Tao and another at Surin Beach, where the “black pool” of water has been a feature on the sand every time it stops raining for more than a decade.
Cherng Talay’s first local wastewater treatment plants come online
Cherng Talay’s first local wastewater treatment plants come online
Saturday 2 March 2019, 09:00AM
PHUKET: The popular tourist beach areas of Bang Tao and Surin Beach on Phuket’s west coast make history yesterday (Mar 1) as the first wastewater-treatment plants serving the areas are brought online – the first major step forward in the hope of eradicating the putrid pools of black wastewater that have gathered on the two beaches for more than a decade.
Police called to investigate alleged arson wildfire at Thai Mueang national park
Police called to investigate alleged arson wildfire at Thai Mueang national park
Friday 1 March 2019, 11:18AM
PHUKET: Police in Thai Muang, Phang Nga, have been asked to investigate possible arson for a fire that quickly spread out of control on Wednesday (Feb 27) and scorched more than 60 rai inside a national park.
Bangkok Asia-Europe Meeting to target marine waste
Bangkok Asia-Europe Meeting to target marine waste
Friday 1 March 2019, 09:31AM
BANGKOK: New political commitments to protect marine resources are expected to be announced in two key international marine meetings to be held in Bangkok next week, officials announced yesterday (Feb 28).
Officials turn to ozone to help clear Bang Tao canal wastewater stench
Officials turn to ozone to help clear Bang Tao canal wastewater stench
Tuesday 26 February 2019, 06:40PM
PHUKET: Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) has installed an ozone water-treatment machine along the Bang Tao Canal to help treat the dirty water there, which has turned black with pollution and is causing a foul stench along its course to the southern end of Bang Tao Beach.
Black water flows across Kamala Beach
Black water flows across Kamala Beach
Monday 25 February 2019, 03:50PM
PHUKET: The Kamala Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) has vowed to raise the issue of the black water running across the sand and into the sea southern end Kamala Beach with the Phuket Governor while the local authority works to clear the water and find the source of the pollution.
Phuket City Municipality issues second water rationing warning, urges residents to conserve water
Phuket City Municipality issues second water rationing warning, urges residents to conserve water
Saturday 23 February 2019, 01:00PM
PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality is urging residents to use tap water sparingly in order to make water-supply reserves last throughout the dry season, and has issued its second warning in a week that water pressure may be introduced in order to conserve water-supply reserves.
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