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Power plan for data centres readied

Sunday 19 July 2026 11:00 AM

BANGKOK: Thailand’s energy authorities are intensifying efforts to finalise considerations for the country’s pilot direct power purchase agreement (PPA) scheme, which is expected to support the rapid growth of data centres and cloud service businesses.

Phuket sets dates for PorTor Festival

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 19 July 2026 10:30 AM

PHUKET: Phuket City Municipality has announced the schedule for this year’s PorTor Festival, with the island’s annual Hungry Ghost Festival celebrations set to run from Aug 25 to Sept 10.

Vulnerable family gets support

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 19 July 2026 10:00 AM

PHUKET: Officials have stepped in to support a vulnerable family in Phuket Town, providing debt relief, employment assistance and help with school expenses after a complaint highlighted their financial hardship.

PM hails Phuket boy’s world coding triumph

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 19 July 2026 09:15 AM

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has hailed a 9-year-old Phuket student after he claimed two world coding titles and was ranked No.1 globally at an international competition in Italy.

Silence: Governor dodges questions about investigations into corruption

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 19 July 2026 09:00 AM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Chotinrin Kerdsum has declined to answer key questions about the widening corruption investigations that have engulfed Phuket’s provincial administration, refusing to say whether investigators have identified additional officials linked to the alleged network that prompted the biggest shake-up of the province’s leadership in years.

Former Phuket governor backs metropolis plan ‒ then warns of risks

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 18 July 2026 11:30 AM

PHUKET: Former Phuket governor Nirat Pongsitthaworn has publicly backed plans to establish Phuket as a metropolitan administration, but warned that dismantling the province’s existing administrative structure could create risks for national security, emergency response and public services.

Government bonds worth B4bn on sale

Phuket News / Business

Saturday 18 July 2026 10:30 AM

BANGKOK: Government retail bonds dubbed ‘Aom Plus’ (Savings Plus) worth B4 billion go on sale at the end of this month, designed to encourage more working-age people to save.

Phuket hosts national training to boost PAO engineering with AI, GIS

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 18 July 2026 10:00 AM

PHUKET: Phuket hosted a national training programme this week aimed at helping engineering personnel from Provincial Administrative Organisations (PAOs) across Thailand adopt digital technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), to improve infrastructure planning and public services.

Myanmar worker arrested as police raid Kata cannabis shops

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 18 July 2026 09:30 AM

PHUKET: A Myanmar national has been arrested and more than B500,000 worth of cannabis products seized after Immigration Police raided two cannabis shops at Kata Beach as part of an investigation into the alleged illegal employment of foreign workers.

Phuket adopts 'One Health' strategy to strengthen disease surveillance

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 18 July 2026 09:00 AM

PHUKET: Local officials have stepped up efforts to strengthen disease surveillance and public health protection by adopting the ‘One Health’ approach, bringing together government agencies responsible for public health, livestock, natural resources and local administration.

Tourists fined after driving onto Phuket beach

Phuket News / Phuket

Saturday 18 July 2026 08:30 AM

PHUKET: Tourists have been fined after driving a car onto Ley Phang Beach in Cherng Talay, with police reminding visitors that the beach is for walking and relaxing, not for driving.

PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: EXPOSED: Phuket B1mn Identity Fraud, Muay Thai Camp Scandal Suspect GONE || July 17

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 17 July 2026 06:33 PM

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Artist Hub Thailand launches new platform

Phuket News / Business

Friday 17 July 2026 05:15 PM

Connecting vendors, organizers, and artists — invites Thai talent to join free during Beta. Under the motto “Local Talents. Global Stage.,” AHT opens pre-registration for its August–September 2026 beta, with free access, no set-up fees, no hidden costs, and no commission.

Rungruang denies corruption allegations, files criminal complaints against accusers

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 17 July 2026 12:24 PM

PHUKET: Former Phuket Provincial Palad (Chief Administrative Officer) Rungruang Thimabut has publicly denied all allegations linking him to corruption investigations, insisting he had “absolutely no involvement whatsoever” in either a local government recruitment exam bribery scandal or allegations that he demanded a B1 million bribe in a Phuket land case.

Norwegian implicated in Thai boxing camp sex scandal dies

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 17 July 2026 10:58 AM

RAYONG: An 80-year-old Norwegian man who financially supported a Muay Thai boxing camp in Rayong and was accused of sexually abusing boys there died two days before police raided the camp and arrested its supervisor, authorities said yesterday (July 16).

Drug crackdown continues as 5,352 meth pills, 347g of ‘ice’ seized

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 17 July 2026 10:55 AM

PHUKET: Raids over the past week have resulted in the seizure of 5,352 methamphetamine pills (ya bah) and more than 347 grammes of crystal meth (ya ice) as the latest ‘Operation 90 Days’ anti-drug campaign continues.

Three tourism stimulus schemes await approval

Phuket News / Business

Friday 17 July 2026 09:45 AM

BANGKOK: The Ministry of Tourism and Sports is planning to propose three tourism stimulus projects worth B2.45 billion, aiming to generate B56bn in economic value through a domestic travel co-payment scheme, domestic flight discounts and international flight subsidies.

Phuket Governor honours Nene after PM announces backing

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 17 July 2026 09:35 AM

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Chotinrin Kerdsum has presented teenage musician Rattikan ‘Nene Royal’ Amlai with a certificate of appreciation, a day after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced government support for the 16-year-old following her success on ‘America’s Got Talent’.

Anutin, Xi to meet in Shanghai

Phuket News / Thailand

Friday 17 July 2026 09:19 AM

SHANGHAI: Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Shanghai today (July 17) during his visit to China, with Thai-Cambodian border security expected to be high on the agenda.

Late penalties confirmed as Phuket underpass closures drag on

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 17 July 2026 09:00 AM

PHUKET: Late-completion penalties against the contractor responsible for Phuket’s delayed Smart City traffic management project will continue to mount after overnight closures at four major highway underpasses were extended for a seventh time.

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